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Hassles with the internet

Tuesday, May 23. 10:01pm

You don't even know how difficult the internet has become for me. But I persevere and do not complain.

So we had breakfast this morning at some place near the hotel and I was very much looking forward to a true Australian breakfast. Thick toast, bacon that looks like fried ham, coffee thicker than syrup. It was great. I actually took a picture of it because I thought it was worth noting, but it didn't really come out well. After that we went to the Botanical Gardens to see more of the natural side of Australia.

A eucalyptus tree:

Oh! And yesterday I bought a pretty sweet pair of sunglasses. I was looking for a pair of aviator glasses that were one-way. Where I could see out, but nobody could see my eyes. Check these shits out:

The Botanical Gardens lead right to a little place near Sydney Harbour called Mrs. Macquarie's Chair. Lachlan Macquarie was one of the first Governors of New South Wales and just about half of everything is named after him (the other half is named after Ralph Darling, but that's another story). There exists a Macquarie Harbour, Macquarie Island, Macquarie River, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Pass, Macquarie Plains, Lake Macquarie, Port Macquarie, Macquarie's Point and a Macquarie's town (not to mention a bank, a leading University, the national dictionary, a shopping center, an ice rink and one of Sydney's principal streets named after Macquarie as well). Mrs. Macquarie's Chair is a lookout over Sydney Harbor with phenominal views. This picture was taken from this spot and is for my mother:

While in the area I also got other awesome shots of the opera house.

And finally, this is an elephants skeleton:

Posted by Mike at May 23, 2006 08:01 AM