Mantra on Kent Sydney

... night on the beer with work to come pick me up. I'm really very grateful. As well as being a gracious host, Colm is quite the guide. We could have got to Manly by tunnel apparently, but Colm had other, better plans. We drove down town and on a beautiful, clear, night I got my first close-up view of Sydney. It was gorgeous. We crest a hill down-town and I can see the tips of the Opera House peeking through some trees. We turn a corner and are ...

... is much bigger and more spread out then I had imagined. After a hour or so of drinking coffee and trying to figure out how to move around the city I decided to hit the road. I knew the general direction and started going for it. After about a mile of wandering I noticed this big double decker bus with yellow letters reading City Sights parked at a bus stop ...

... br>I went in for training today and start properly tomorrow.

The rest of my time in Sydney has been spent sightseeing and winning pub quizzes. Since coming away I have managed to be on the winning team for three out of the four quizzes I have entered. Finally I have found a purpose for my vast useless celebrity trivia knowledge!

* Pictures are going to have to follow as I have wasted almost an hour of internet credit trying to upload - grr!!

... are some where u have to lie on you side to fit through or push yoursefl backwards down a small hole and was a bit challenging at times but it was great fun.

The day after we chilled out down Manly beach for the day and had a lazy one. I also had an old school friend Steph come and meet us who i found out a few days ago just arrived into the country. We hadnt seen each other in like 6 or 7 years so was good to catch up. Yesterday me Rhys and Steph went to Bondi ...

... just relaxed before my long flight home.

Traveling home seemed quicker than getting to Australia, maybe because I knew what to expect. Either way, it's nice to be home. Settled back in very easily, like I never left, and I have plenty of craziness to keep me busy for awhile. 

Thank you all for joining me in my adventures online. I wish I could've shared it with you in person but just the ...

... my mail...4 birthday cards and two packages! It was nice to get some mail on my birthday. :-D

The next day I had two things left on my to-do list for Australia. The first was to find a place that served kangaroo and try it out. I was down at Circular Quay which is the main dock in Sydney Harbor, walking around the cafes and found one with roo on the menu! So, I took a deep breath (because I don't like ...

... No one is too dissappointed with missing Noumea.
The seas add a bit of fun with several of our team, including Kerry suffering from sea sickness. Walking is kind of fun with the general population looking like they have had too much to drink....the drunks are the only ones walking in a straight line! Last night was formal ...

... for more. He didn't disappoint. What's more the Australians really took to him as well - a great show - well worth seeing live. A p**fect way to have exp**ienced the Op**a House that not many can say they've done. So I'm well chuffed. Bohemia The next day it's pishing down. So get the hair cut up to date and decide to get the train out to Newtown, Erskineville and Glebe. They are separated by the Sydney Univ**sity. HOwev**, the weath** really is the worst yet ...

... probably precisely because they DON'T have pads...ouch...I even saw a fight break out during the last game with full out elbow throwing you'd expect in hockey. Oh, and when the guys came off the field it turned out Liam had been playing the last about 70 out of 80 minutes with only one contact on....

...Did I mention these guys are only a club team by the way???

So after this brutal beating one would assume a nice ...