Bula! My daughter Ashleigh was visiting this week so we decided on a whim to spend a few days in Fiji- which is only a 3.5 hour flight from Sydney, similar to travelling to the Caribbean from the southern states. Since this is Ashleigh’s final semester at A&M and I’m celebrating my b-day for a…
View MoreMrs Macquaries Chair is a famous attraction on Sydney Harbor. The story is that the wife of the first Governor was so homesick for England that she would sit on the edge of a peninsula and watch the ships. Her husband then had men carve a chair for her out of the sandstone there. Alas,…
View MoreLisa’s Sister had arrived on Friday morning from the states and Lisa and I had been keeping her busy for the next two days. She had had one request before heading over in that she wanted to do a walk about. Lisa eventually explained to her before her arrival that a walk about was a…
View MoreLisa’s sister, Julie, came over to Sydney from the bay area for a long weekend and got the crash tour of Sydney. For Mother’s Day, Lisa, Julie and I went to an Italian Restaurant on Bondi Beach, North Bondi Italian Food. It seemed to be a very happening place where people go to see and…
View MoreI’m not very hip and don’t really understand things like Van Dutch or Diesel clothe lines made up of denim and cotton. Nor do I understand why someone would want to pay $200 on a cotton t-shirt that has a print on it of a tattoo on it. But I do now know, after getting…
View MoreThe emperor isn’t wearing any clothes. I ate at the Chinese BBQ King. It was okay, but fell to number 3 on my list of best BBQ Pork in Sydney’s CBD. I had the BBQ Pork on dry noodles. I’m pretty sure now that dry noodles aren’t dry, but they aren’t in a soup like…
View MoreObservatory Hill overlooks a good part of Sydney Harbor including where Lisa and I lay. There is a formal Observatory that most likely served folks well until Sydney got bigger and light pollution got greater. I hate light pollution. One of the great things about being in the bush is that you can see so…
View MoreI enjoyed and learned so much from Gerry’s Safety & Sea Survival Course, that I signed up for the Marine Radio Operator’s Course his was delivering on Tuesday the 5th. After passing the test at the end of the day, your dual HF & VHF Radio License. I hope I passed it, won’t know for…
View MoreBeen a bit tardy on my blog lately; I guess I’ve been busy. On the weekend of May 2-3rd, I attended my Yachting Australia (YA) / Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Safety & Sea Survival course. It was being held at the Mosman Bay Sea Scouts Meeting house. Think of it kind of like boy scout…
View MoreANZAC day in Australia would be close to what we in the states might call Memorial day. It is a very important celebration, most likely on par with Memorial day services in Washington DC. It feels like Australians respect and honor their military more that we do. It is something I have to think more…
View MoreThe other day, Lisa and I were working in the office and we heard Dearth Vader from Star Wars breathing quite loudly. We looked to make sure neither of us were watching some Youtube trash on our laptops. His breathing was coming from outside our window and was punctuated with a gargled voice. Here he…
View MoreTuesday was a sailing day again. Went out at 12:30 and we got to use the Spinnaker pole. If you’ve ever seen a yacht sailing with what looks like a giant parachute high above the bow or front of the boat, then you have seen a Spinnaker. From Wikipedia, “spinnaker is a special type of…
View MoreSo I have several quests that I’m working on while in Sydney and one of the lesser ones is to find the best Chinese BBQ Pork. Maybe after I finish this quest, I’ll move onto the best duck, but one type of meat at a time is more than enough. Today’s entrant was Emperor’s Garden…
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