Sinner or Winner

Trip Start Sep 01, 2005
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Trip End May 11, 2006


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Tuesday, February 7, 2006

So I'm walking through the centre of Sydney on my way to the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Waiting to cross the lights. Who do I see on the corner of George Street and King, none other than the Sinner Winner guy from Oxford Circus, the one we all know and love (sort of). I waited to hear his trademark line "Don't be a sinner when you can be a winner" then realised he was just as boring as ever and left. As I walked up George Street I wondered to myself what he was doing here. Was he here on business or was he on holiday? Maybe he's a workaholic and couldn't pass through without doing a bit of preaching. "Listen love, if I don't get this done it's going to be a nightmare when I get back to the office next week, I'll have sinners piled up a mile deep and it'll take me a month to clear the backlog. If you don't live in London you may not have a clue what I'm talking about.

I took a few pictures (pretending I was photographing the building behind) and then headed off to the art gallery which is in the centre of Sydney Domain, the city's largest park 01-Love the sandal sock look you've got going on.
01-Love the sandal sock look you've got going on.
 . I saw some good modern art. I skipped the rest of the gallery with the intention of coming back. I never actually made it in the end. I walked up to Bennelong Point, home of the Sydney Opera House to see what all the fuss is about then headed back into the city to catch a film. The Aristocrats is not so much a film but more a documentary, all the same it's brilliant. It'll be right up Richard, Mauricio, and Ben's street. Mum, don't go to see it, I don't think it's your thing. Also worth a mention is Walk the Line, aka the Johnny Cash film, if you haven't seen it check it out. Both Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sing all the songs live and do it stunningly well.

The State Library of New South Wales had a free exhibition on of David Moore's work. He's an Australian photographer who grew up in the 40's and 50's and worked primarily in Australia and the UK and nearly always in black and white. His work is stunning and well worth going to see if they ever exhibit his work in the UK. I've uploaded some of my favourite pictures but you can see them all here.

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/100photographs/001.cfm

I'm staying in a nice hostel called Eva's backpackers in an area of Sydney called Kings Cross. The area has an uncanny likeness to Kings Cross in London, crap and seedy. The main street is jam packed full of strip bars, "massage parlors", and sex shops. Kings Cross's redeeming features-leafy, cafe lined streets, nice restaurants, and trendy bars-are to be found a short walk from the main road. My hostel is on one of the aforementioned streets and has a roof garden which has a great view of the Sydney skyline, both day and night.

On the day last day here I took a tour up into the Blue Mountains, so called because of the vapour that rises off the Eucalyptus trees in the region scattering the short-wave length rays of light which are predominantly blue in colour.
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