Australia 2009

Here are the photos for our second day in Sydney. Enjoy.

What are the odds? We were randomly walking through Sydney, and as we walk by the Four Seasons, cameras were flashing. We see the back of some buffed guy getting photos taken with fans. I joked that it was some famous foosball player, but once we saw the blond locks and sunglasses, we realized it was “The” Hulk Hogan. I couldn’t get my camera ready fast enough, but this is what I got. Cool eh?

Staying at the Harbour Marriott at Circular Quay has one “key” advantage: step outside, and the sightseeing immediately begins! After our first lunch in Sydney’s Financial District, we spent Friday afternoon exploring “The Quay” (pronounced “kee”): strolling around the harbour, taking in views of the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge, the even more famous Opera House, followed up with a walk through the Royal Botanical Gardens. “Bats! Bats, everywhere!”, was soon to be heard out of the Tour Guide’s mouth (that … Read More

Here is a gallery of photos from our first day in Sydney.

Just a quick update. We landed, had a funky shuttle ride to the hotel, and have a great view of the Sydney Opera House. Now that our room is ready, we’re going to freshen up and walk those 14+ hours on the plane off. Back soon!

Well, this is it. We are on BART heading to SFO. Andrea and I both wish you a great Thanksgiving. Eat some turkey for us since we are skipping over it when we cross the International Date Line and land on Friday.

Kirk here again. I’m trying to find out how to embed the tracking map in this post. But I can’t get it to work just yet. Ugh. Instead, download and install Google Earth. Then download the following KML file (geH1702530.kml) to load in Google Earth. With this, you’ll be to track our flight live in 3D with Google Earth courtesy of Flightwise.com. Of course that won’t happen till we leave. We depart tonight (Nov 25) at 10:50pm from SFO on … Read More

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Kirk here. As you might, I kind of like gadgets.  Yes, I actually own that 1992 Motorola DynaTAC to the left… unfortunately, it won’t work in Australia, or anywhere for that matter. Darn! For this trip I’m bringing a few toys with me and wanted to show you what’s being packed. I also wanted to test out my work-flow for uploading photos here.  First, I’ll be transferring the photos from the memory card to my laptop.  Then I’ll use Picasa … Read More

It’s Tuesday. Really? Not yet Wednesday? Can’t wait ’til next week Wednesday.  But then again – not much more than a week left and I have NOT yet (1) packed, (2) started to put my stuff together, (3) or even made a to-pack list! Yikes!  That’s what you get for working on getting your website up and running in time for the trip (ok, I’m just “in charge”, but Kirk is the one actually “doing stuff” to get the site … Read More