Futurescapes and El Caminos

It's Thursday February 5th here in Sydney, and its Wednesday February 4th back home. So I guess you could say I'm sending this message from the future. So heres' a few notes on what the future is like. First of all everyone drives on the wrong side of the road here. Now, that may seem like a minor difference, but when your crossing the street on foot and looking the wrong way... watch out! Second, do any of you remember the El Camino? Its like this half car half pick up truck that was around in the 70's in North America I think and it wasnt very popular. Well, here in Australia it must have been a big hit, because there are modern El Camino type cars driving aroung EVERYWHERE! Anyways, those are the two strangest thing I've encountered in the land of Aus so far. Now on to the regular stuff...

We have now been in Sydney for three days (I think.... the jet lag has me a little messed up on time still) and we have seen the major sights. Let me tell you, Sydney is one beautiful city. On our first day we walked through some gorgeous city parks filled with all sorts of interesting flora and fauna. Hopefully the pictures will do them justice. Let me tell you we have TONS of pictures of the local plant and animal life. Jenn has a rather strange obsession with taking no less than 3 pictures of every critter and plant see sees. I think shes up to 300 already. But I digress. After our walk through the park we arrived at Sydney Harbour where we saw both the Sydney Harbour bridge and the Sydney Opera House. Both structures are architectural masterpieces.

On our Second day we to Taronga Zoo. It was really amazing too. We saw all sorts of rare Australian wild life (It seemed Jenn was shooting pictures every few seconds). Touring the zoo took the entire day. But it was worth it.

Finally, today we woke up very early (once again, I blame the jet lag) and took a bus to Bondi beach to see sunrise. It was a pristine night sky and the sun rise was gorgeous. Once the sun was up I went for my first swim in the ocean. Some rather large surf was rolling in, but I thought I could handle it. Well, the first wave hit me like a freight train and forced what seemed like a gallon of salt water down my throat. I emerged from the wave coughing and sputtering with a terrible taste in my mouth. I thought I was fine at this point but then Mother Nature gave me another lesson as the wave pulled back from shore and took me on a little ride along with it. It was a frightening but fun experience. For the remainder of the day we walked along the coast of Sydney. Once again, the sights were breath-taking. You will have to see the pictures.

Tomorrow we head out from Sydney towards Tasmania.

G'day!