When in Bondi...

I live five minutes walk from one of the world's greatest surfing beaches. If I'm ever gonna try my luck at surfing this is the place to do it. So I spoke with a couple friends, and my first step to becoming a surfer chick is getting a wet suit. Remember it's winter here, so the water isn't too warm. I found a great shop just down the road from me called Dripping Wet. They were wonderful, and having a terrific sale, too. The lady sized me up, handed me a suit, and my luck started immediately. It fit! I'm hoping to test it out next weekend. In the mean time I had a little practice on the couch.

Just darling.

Not too far from Queen Victoria's Building is Darling Harbour. There's a busy foot bridge that takes you over the water to Pyrmont. It's nice area full of boats, a maritime museum, and restaurants. Here's a couple of pics.

The QVB in the CBD.

I really haven't done too much sight seeing while in Sydney.
Actually, pretty much none. I've been focusing on finding work and
setting up a routine. After the last year of being all over the
place, I'm ready for a little bit of normalcy. But I do try to take
snapshots when I'm out and about. Here is the outside and inside of
the Queen Victoria Building. I had lunch there one day in between
meetings.

Pretty Manly

I took a quick little ferry ride up to Manly to check it out. I've
heard it's just beautiful. Turns out, it is. Although, I went late in
the day, so I'll have to go back to get more pics. Here's a preview.

Aussie Rules.

I was lucky enough to attend an Australian football match my first
weekend in town. I wasn't entirely sure what was going on, and still
can't tell you how the game is played, but it was good fun. If you're
interested, wikipedia can explain it to you. http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Australian_rules_football

Life's a beach.

Living in Australia. It's definitely a culture shock, but not so hard
to get used to.