Recently in Australia 2003 Category
Getting from back to Sydney from Perth was supposed to be a Qantas flight. The only problem was that there was major track maintenance during the time we needed. Originally we were going to take the train from Sydney to Perth. So Kat had the travel agent flip it around, so we flew to Perth. It worked out fairly well. The pictures from our trip on the Indian Pacific are no online.
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Here we have Kat trying to capture my gross photographical incompetence on "film."
"Want to help me repossess a car?"
This isn't a phrase you expect to here while on vacation. But this is exactly what Kat and I heard one day while we were in Port Hedland, Western Australia. Saying that it isn't something you are expecting to hear is a bit like saying that Punch Drunk Love isn't your typical Adam Sandler movie. But again, it's what happened. Enough jibba jabba! How did this come to be?
Jetlag. I have a whole new sense of respect for the term. Our trip has finally come to an end. At long last, Kat and I are back in Chico. I woke up at 7:45am (Monday) in Sydney and it's 9:26 pm (Monday still, damn that int'l date line) and I'm still up like a complete loser checking my email (and paying bills).
I'm so tired I can't even figure out how many hours I've been up at this point. It certainly doesn't help matters that I didn't get any sleep on the plane.
There are plenty of little stories to fill in between "Day 2" and "We're back" so don't worry your pretty little head about it. All in good time...
There is a great piece about the Daily Show in the NYT. I really do miss seeing the Daily Show. No sign of it in the land down under.
You can't go to Australia without going to see at least one Australian Rules Football match, or so I'm told. Yesterday, Steven hauled us off to the footy, and yes, I got pictures. We had first row seats, so the only thing between us and the field was a little fence. A number of times the action was headed right for us. It was quite impressive, and the home team even won. Go Dockers!
Photos of critters and another National Park are up. Cheers mate.
