King Charles and Queen Camilla touched down in Sydney, Australia on October 18, kicking off his first visit there since he became monarch. The king, 75, and his wife, 77, are embarking on a royal tour that includes several days in Australia and Samoa.

Sydney’s CBD is, usually, a sterile wasteland on Sunday mornings, a place where the human spirit goes to wither and die and skateboarders go to ollie on the Reserve Bank’s front steps.