This is Bondi Beach. You will find Bondi just outside Sydney Australia. Beautiful people, beautiful beaches, just glorious -
Back in the downtown core of Sydney. You can walk by the Art Gallery through the Gardens. If you choose to walk along the boardwalk then you find this delightful sight. The infamous Sydney Opera House. This building's architetural design just from the outside is unbelievable.
This is along the south coast of Australia. Basically, grab yourself a rental car from Melbourne and drive South West along the highway.
This is an area where not having a surfboard is strange. We came by here during a surfing competition. To see further details about surfing in this area: check out this website http://www.surfhistory.com/html/locations/bells.html
This is along the Beach area of Melbourne. Exceptionally popular during the summer months the beach is populated with people.
This is an exerpt of my email during my first few days in Melbourne:
My friend in Vancouver said that Melbourne is
his second fave city after Vancouver, and I can see
why. It has the best of my 3 favorite Canadian
cities: Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. I love the
fact that I can go to the Victoria Market and get all
of the fresh fruits and veggies. I'm still trying to
overcome differences in terminology. For example (if
I have this right), Swiss Chard is called silverbeet
root and romaine lettuce is rockets.
I saw the beautiful fire displays in front of the
casino. Last night I went to the Victoria Market to
see the festivities which occur every Wednesday night
from about november until the end of feb. There were
several musicians throughout the market singing, you
could ride the camels, shop for fabulous clothes,
drink wine and beer throughout the market, eat all
sorts of food or just sit and relax with friends. It
had the small community feel within a larger city. The people were a mixture of suits and hippies,
straight and gay, young and old, different ethnic groups, and they were all there just to have a good
time. Later next week the market will be having opera singers during the evening, which I'm hoping to go and see.
I'm slowly learning to look in the opposite direction for traffic. I have to get that straight before I buy
a car next week. The train/tram system on the weekend has become quite the cultural experience, especially on the weekend. I still fumble when trying to use the coins here: their 2$ coin is the smallest and their 50 cent piece is the largest. The other night I was lucky to meet people who tried teaching me about
certain things regarding language usage. When to use "bloke", when not to use "bloke", what "stuffed"
really means and how proper grammar in speech really does matter (I reckon I'm stuffed when it comes to
grammar!) This time in my travels I have an accent, and people stop when they hear me speak, and usually
assume that I am American. I tend to quickly clarify that I'm Canadian. I, embarrassingly, have to
occasionally ask people to slow down their speed of speech; supposedly it will only get worse in the
outback.
