time to catch up...

I'm going to do my best to keep you entertained and interested in what I'm about to tell you... normally Audrey is the mastermind behind writing these... well it's my turn. So here goes.



The last time that you heard from us we were riding out the biggest cyclone in Australia's history (ok maybe I'm exaggerating). In the end we were able to go diving and most importantly Audrey was able to hold her beloved Koala. At 3:30AM last Thursday Audrey and I, groggy from lack of sleep, stumbled out to the street and caught a shuttle ride out to the airport to catch our flight to Sydney which left at 5AM! It was an early morning but we made it to Sydney and were picked up by our dear friend Meg. After dropping our stuff off at her apartment, we got down to business. We went straight to downtown Sydney for a close up of the opera house, harbor bridge, and the city center. Such a cool city. From there we caught a ferry to Manly Beach where we were going to have a BBQ but the rain washed out that idea... so wet and frustrated we made our way back to the apartment and had our indoor bbq dinner there with Meg and Benn.

Our time in Sydney has been very busy, no sitting around for us. The next day I flew out to Perth which is the most isolated city in the world. It's over on the western side of Australia. I headed out there to visit an old friend of mine. Meanwhile Audrey and Meg had an adventure of their own. Meg's aunt had rented a beach house north of Sydney so they went up there for the weekend. On their way back they stopped in the Hunter Valley which is Australia's prime wine growing region.

I made it back on Monday night and then on Tuesday we made out way back down to the opera house for a proper tour. It is the coolest building that I've been to. The architectural details are amazing. The interior of the concert hall is incredible. The design of everything in there, floor, walls, roof they are all so cool.

After our tour we took a water taxi over to Darling Harbour for dinner. It's such a neat area, so many shops and restaurants - there are also alot of really cool fountains and water displays. It's one of the neatest urban parks I've ever been to.

All in all, we've had a wonderful time in Sydney with Meg... she's a gracious host and has packed our time here with the locals' ins and outs of the city. Tonight we go to a tapas cooking class on the harbor and then tomorrow onto the beach and apparently the best breakfast ever at the Greedy Goat. We head home on Wednesday -- THIS Wednesday. Believe it or not our time here is coming to an end... crazy.