Australia Day 2010

No blog for several days, then two entries come along at once....


So: 'Straya Day, as it appears to be called, was yesterday, 26th January, and commemorates / celebrates (depending on whether you are an indigenous Australian or not) the arrival of the First Fleet in Port Jackson in 1788.


So I went for my morning coffee to find that John and Antony were cooking up a sausage sizzle at Bertoni's....

But it was too hot to eat there, so I went down the road to Gladstone Park to seek the shade of the Morton Bay figs...

With my new wheels I set off for the ocean, where the hordes had descended on Bondi.....

But I went snorkelling in Clovelly instead, where it was much quieter. When it had cooled off a little, I went up to Vaucluse, which is near 'The Gap' (the entrance to Port Jackson) to film my vidcast for the 6th Form assembly at Trinity - complete with Akubra....

 

And at sunset I drove down to Watson's Bay for fish and chip on the beach, and watched the sun go down behind the city and Harbour Bridge. 


For those who are interested in a potted history of Australia and assuming it works, click on the picture above to see the video (be warned, it's not very interesting and a good example of why I don't work in tv).