The roommates and I went to Sydney this past weekend. Videos to follow when I have bandwidth.
Journal notes:
- Free beer at Tullamarine
- Breakfasts at Kaz Cafe
- Opera House
- Psycho Sam
- Harbour Bridge
- I am a one-man wolf pack
- Here's your sign, Angela
- Bondi Beach
- I get to see Drew and Dyana again
- Cool cab driver
- Bad Tiger Airways experience number 2 (of 2)
Pictures:
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| This is what Sydney Central looks like |
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| I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map! |
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ANZAC Memorial
Commemorating the sacrifices made by soldiers of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps during WWI |
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| Hyde Park |
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There were a bunch of large photo prints on display in Hyde Park, as part of the Sydney Life portion of Art and About.
I liked this one the best.
It's called Contact, by Matt Kaarma |
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| Historic Chinese Market Gardens, Matraville by Cassandra French |
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| It's Time To Wake Up And Become Sustainable by Jennifer Blau |
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| Super Size Hamburger by Garry Trinh |
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| St. Marys Cathedral |
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| Archibald Fountain |
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| Archibald Fountain |
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| Sydney Harbour Bridge |
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| The Sydney Opera House |
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| They have a hop-on-hop-off catamaran service to take people through the harbor |
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| View of Sydney from the opera house. That's a cruise ship pulling out of the harbor |
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| Aldo taking a picture of Lisi, Angela, and Michaela |
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Ian Donaldson ran 1,080 km (671 miles) in 30 days to help fight the battle against depression.
We were there when he crossed the finish line |
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| "I just felt like running" |
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Psycho Sam thinks he's a robot, and likes to play with fire.
He also gave a kid ten bucks to throw a club at him.
Not at the kid. At Psycho Sam. |
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| Psycho Sam doesn't make balloon animals. |
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| This is what happens when you heckle Psycho Sam |
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| Aldo stole the show with his Jean Claude Van Damme impression |
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| Then this guy stole the show from all of them |
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She said yes!
(and, presumably, a lot of four letter words when they got home) |
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| Sydney Harbour Bridge |
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| View from Sydney Harbour Bridge |
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| Bondi Beach (it's pronounced "bond eye") |
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| It's not the Matisse, but it was still pretty cool to see |
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| Drew and Dyana |