No Pictures of Kangaroos Here

Not that many more km added to the count but thats because we got caught up in Sydney, and more specifically, Bondi life. Originally we didn't plan to hang around the city here too much until we dropped off our van but now it seems that I may have fallen in love with this place. If I could wake up in the morning, go for a jog on the beach, head to work, then come back to surf and have

Basically, it's all because I've met some of the nicest people here. When I was teaching skiing at Sunshine Village and living in Banff, I made friends with two Aussies from Bondi who I've kept in touch with since then very meagerly. Almost nothing I guess, maybe a few emails. That was 4 years ago almost. But upon my arrival here, it's as if we'd just lost touch for one night. The Aussies decided to treat us like their new Canuckistani

Because Nate and Lucas are both ex-travellers (lucas was in america/canada/south america for 2 years, Nate for 4!! he just got back last month) they know what is hardest for us and what we'd like to do. So since making it to Bondi, we've parked the old girl across from Nate's house, which is right on a huge golf course and 15 minutes from the beach, and have taken part in Aussie life.
First, we went to an Australia Day bbq on Coogie beach where there was a cookout and numerous friend's of Nates wondering w

We also met up with Louis' sister and her friends from Montreal. This is really funny because Louis and I ran with the bulls so many months ago and have kept in touch since he took off for his MBA in Montreal. While reading about the race to get to Australia, he reminded me to visit his sister, who is a down under quebecer now and was really cool about inviting a pair of Canadians to her Australia Day party

Tomorrow we drive south, time to see what this van can do on the highway
5 Comments:
Sounds cool.
I love those pictures (even though there are no kangaroos). They remind me of when I went cliff diving in Mexico and Mt Hood. It's always fun and the feeling is amazing when you're in the air. Plus if you think it's scary (like I do), you taste sweet victory after you do it cause you conquered your fear.
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Anonymous, at 1:00 AM
Thomas, it's 2 in the morning there, go to bed!
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Dzido, at 1:06 AM
It sounds so wonderful. Meanwhile Thomas had 2 days of racing in Collingwood and three hours of timing for All Star competition. The temperature was between -10 and -20 C. Brrrrrr.... We don't need air condition though. The kangaroos are funny. Like big rats. Now show us a koala and a croc.
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Anonymous, at 1:09 AM
That looks absolutely stunning. I've made my mind up. After we live here for awhile and become big stars and buy a fancy place on the upper west side, we're living in Australia for awhile. By a beach. Surfing after work and having dinner on a patio sounds marvelous.
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Anonymous, at 12:01 AM
Ok. I cut myself on a cheese grater tonight. I told you this fear wasn't irrational. Cheese graters are DANGEROUS!
... from now on when we cook, you're grating the cheese so I don't grate my fingers.
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