Novotel Olympic Park Sydney

... telescopes photograph these objects in space and what they look like through infrared or x ray or other types of cameras.

A short stop into the King's Cinema where we sat through 3 student films that really only a mother could love. But I give them credit for trying to do these things and hey, they are playing in a museum!

Finally ...

... the backpack (can’t get on without it) and leaves almost immediately on the return trip, with an American WW2 vet who had a quick one minute look at the island, then returned, saying this was his second visit to “France”. There are delays at the ship, and it takes Murray nearly an hour to locate the gear and return to the shore. So much for our great plan ...

... enjoyed a pizza dinner and another leisurely stroll through Circular Quay before bed. Thursday is a big happy hour night so the cafes and bars were packed with "Sydney-siders" starting the weekend. There are cafes and restaurants/bars practically on every corner with outdoor dining areas that spill into the sidewalks. So it's fun to walk through the city in the evenings enjoying the sights and sounds. I'm finding it to be a very safe and walkable city.

... much alone in a foreign country and knew no one.

So, in a bid to make friends I contact everyone I knew in Sydney (which amounted to about 5 people).

And it was because of this, that on my third day in the country I ended up selling 167 ponchos to festival goers - despite the lack of rain.

Basically, one of the five people I contacted was Heather's good friend Kirsty, who has been a godsend to me since I arrived. She ...

... We strolled around the Circular Quay, Sydney Opera House, Chinatown, watched joggers at the harbour, had sushi for lunch, saw a giant chess game and walked around town. We spent the night watching "Transformers" the movie. Pretty standard city day, but we enjoyed it! We were looking into shows at the opera house, but alas, nothing within our time range catches our attention!

... fantastiske havnen... Kanskje det faktumet at det er en gate som heter ACDC Lane? Ikke vet jeg heller men jeg hadde noen flotte dager der. Jeg gjorde ikke så mye spesielt, gikk rundt omkring, i museer og parker men stemningen er veldig avslappet til tross for at det er en storby. Jeg tok meg en dagstur vestover fra Melbourne, mot Adelaide på det som heter Great Ocean Road. Bygget av soldater som returnerte fra første ...

... around at the camp-ground to decide whether we should stay there the night, and at the nearby pens for the cattle and sheep, and in several sheds filled with swaying meat hooks and hung-up animal hides, and in the end sean was like 'yeah, we really should stay here' and i was like 'NO!' well, would you? cattle pens, meat hooks, hides? it all sounds like something out of a horror movie! as it happens, i lost the fight and so there we were, in the middle of nowhere, on a ...

... partying. Everyone was assigned meals to prepare and we indulged in some delicious eating - Brad cooked up this spinach and cheese baked deliciousness and we had endless piles of meat, eggs, beans, etc. for breakfast. And despite all of the partying, everyone was remarkably responsible, with the kitchen constantly being cleaned and dishes constantly washed. Brad and I jammed out on guitars for sometime. Everyone lounged ...

... br>find any tasmanian devils in their cage, but we got to see dingos
nonetheless.


1:30< br>PM - After the park we continued westward another hour to the Blue
Mountains. There were lots of towns within the Blue Mountains region,
which looked too touristy to stop at, and once we got ...