It’s official: we have completed the 50 Sydney City Walks. Thank you, Cousin Cynthia, for the inspirational and exhausting guide that spanned the entire Sydney scene, from the inner city to the harbour shoreline to the ocean cliffs. We walked every kilometer and have the blown-out sneakers and drained camera batteries to prove it. Below …
There is a pedestrian tunnel that runs between Railway Square and Central Station in downtown Sydney. I walk this tunnel as part of my daily commute, along with hundreds of other people. All at once. This has called for me to develop a new commuting skill. I call it Slipstreaming. Slipstreaming is where you look …
This article caught my attention today: “SkyRider airline seats pack fliers into 23 inches of space“. The seat is “like a saddle.” Like this: My first thought: They Can’t Be Serious. My second thought: would asking for stirrups be considered an Upgrade?
Today was the Festival of the Winds at Bondi Beach.
Here’s a downside to moving abroad that one doesn’t give much thought to during the excitement of a new city and a new job and a new climate – it’s called Taxes. You do them in April and think phew, glad that’s over. And then you move to Australia and learn that the tax year …