Sydney Snap

Sydney has tons of things to do so one day I met my little buddy for lunch and then just walked around discovering some of the city. Here are some of the things I found:

Still one of the best sights in all of Australia. The ferry we take from Manly goes by here every single trip :-)



Getting culture-ized at the Sydney theatre house:



2 mins outside of downtown Sydney is the botanical gardens, which have a great line of sight at some points going back to the city:



This tree is old, really old (I can't remember how old but I did read it on the sign ;-)



Cool artifacts are littered around the gardens:



Leaving Sydney after a well-done night of partying. A little blurry but the ferry hit some wicked waves that night... and I guess my liver hit some wicked alcohol as well ;-)



Here's a quick video (at night shitty quality) of us leaving Sydney at the end of the night:

Manly Fight Night?

I guess Manly isn't quite as posh as I thought it was. While me and a colleague sipped wine and beer over a candlelit diner at a trendy local restaurant, the following was occuring right under our noses:

Police are appealing for witnesses after a young English tourist had part of his lip bitten off during a pub fight in Manly overnight.

"The 23-year-old became in involved in an altercation with a group of men at a hotel on The Corso about 12.50am.

Security were able to pull the fighters apart but the tourist required hospitalisation after part of his lower lip was bitten off.

He was taken to Manly Hospital but is expected to be transferred to Royal North Shore Hospital today for further treatment.

Anyone who witnessed the incident is urged to contact Manly detectives on 9977 9499 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000."

Well Manly just won't stand for that! It certainly must be a result of all the Sydney riff-raff coming over on the jetcat, back to the ferry days I say!! ;-)

Sydney Is Electric!

There was an amazing electrical storm in Sydney over the weekend and my pal Al was there (Manly, across the bay) to take first hand photo's of the commotion. Three weeks and I'm there, three weeks and I'm there, three weeks...

The lightning was all over the place, which incidentally gives a great view of the bridge and city:



Powerful:



Ka-BOOM!!!



Very cool, but hopefully it'll be a bit more sunny and calm for our 2 week VW ride up the beaches along the coast. Here's my fingers crossed!