PRINCE Charles was caught in a thunderstorm at Bondi Beach and a military policeman fainted in the heat at a separate event attended by his wife Camilla, as weather extremes hit the royal visit.
Charles rolled his eyes in disappointment when the heavens opened, forcing him to cut short a meet-and-greet session with emergency services officers.
As hundreds of locals fled Sydney's most famous beach and thunder boomed, Charles was quickly escorted to shelter, waiting for the storm to pass before watching indigenous players in a rugby league match played on the sand.
He had arrived to screams of "Charlie, Charlie", British flags and a sign reading "Say G'day to Betty for me".
A barricade almost came down as excited locals shook hands and had photos taken with the prince amid a sea of smartphones.
"Look at all these fantastic telephones you've got - amazing," he told them.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell welcomed him, saying he would meet "some of the finest representatives of the emergency services that exist anywhere in the world - people who run toward a crisis when others are running away".
Soon it was Charles' turn to scamper, as the rain belted down.
A short time earlier, at Sydney's historic Victoria Barracks, a military policeman had fainted in the high heat and humidity at a parade where Charles' wife Camilla was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of Australia's military police.
But the Duchess of Cornwall was reviewing troops behind him at the time and would have been unaware of the incidental passing out parade.
The duchess, whose father was a British army officer, was regaled by a military band playing the convict song Bound For Botany Bay.
In the only speech of her first Australian visit, she admired the "dashing scarlet berets" of the military police and wondered if she might get to wear one. Her wish was soon granted when she was presented with a beret.
Praising their outstanding service to the nation in war and peace, at home and in dangerous places like Afghanistan, Iraq and East Timor, she said: "It seems to me you are never off duty, rather like my husband."
The 65-year-old duchess said she "deeply regretted" leaving it so late to visit Australia, but now hoped to return often.
The royal couple kicked off their only full day in Sydney with a barge ride on the harbour ahead of a morning tea with Australian Defence Force personnel and their families.
The pair soaked up the sight of the sunny city as they travelled to Garden Island in a wooden ceremonial boat, the Admiral's Barge.
Camilla looked fresh in a knee-length cream dress, cream hat, sunglasses, tan shoes and pearls, while Charles wore a navy blue suit paired with a light blue shirt and a striped blue and white tie.
The prince wore his Australian merino wool suit to the Museum of Contemporary Art to meet five local designers in his role as an ambassador for the Campaign for Wool.
If he glanced up at a nearby P&O cruise ship moored in Circular Quay he would have seen a large banner declaring "Royal Suite Available".
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