Archive for the ‘2006: Australia’ Category
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Numbers Down Under
# of days Down Under: 317
# of days in Sydney: 243
# of days in Australia: 288
# of days in New Zealand: 31% of year spent Down Under: 86.8%
% of time Down Under spent in Sydney: … -
The last day…
My last day in Sydney! And it was spent with all my favorite people. Late morning, I met Mike and Melvin down at Circular Quay and we crossed the harbour bridge one last time, just like we did to start …
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Sydney Aquarium
My 2nd-to-last day in Sydney began with rain. Lots of rain. I never had any desire to visit Sydney’s zoos or aquarium during the year, but after snorkelling in the reef over spring break, I’d been wanting to check out …
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Manly to Spit
Ever since I arrived in Sydney, one of the things I’d been wanting to do is the walk from Manly Beach to the Spit Bridge. Of course it became one of those things I had PLENTY of time to do… …
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Coogee Beach BBQ & hike
It was the first day after my exams had ended, and the first of my last 4 days in Sydney… and I spent it at Coogee Beach with some people from Unimates. A few of us arrived early to grab …
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Vaucluse & Rose Bay
After my 9am philosophy final, Melvin and I caught a bus to Vaucluse, the up-scale area, and walked around the Vaucluse House, admiring the well-kept lawn and gardens, fountain, cute porch, and wine cellar that we could see through the …
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Mosman & Cremorne
Today the weather was absolutely perfect. It was a great day to be alive. So I took Aristotle with me [or at least my craptastic notes for studying for tomorrow's exam] and caught a bus to the North Shore. I …
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Royal NP overnight hike
I just spent the last 2 days hiking the coastal track of Royal National Park. It was a very long and trying 30km, both physically and emotionally. But somehow we all survived and reached the end, which I am now …
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Fair, Museum, & 7 Bridges Walk
Yet another exciting weekend in Sydney. I had big plans for Saturday, which began by meeting Melvin at the Town Hall at 11:45. I was all proud of myself for showing up exactly on time, to the minute,
and then …