29 April 2013

And the winner is Sydney


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Next flight: QF429 from Sydney to Melbourne 11:30am to 1:05pm

Status: Looking good, shouldn't have any hassles from here.

Jo's being a real trooper. You should bombard her Facebook page with words of encouragement :)

20 years ago this year Juan Antonio Samaranch announced the winning bidder for the host city of the 2000 Olympic games. I still remember the utter jubilation of the delegation as they heard their city named - and that was just the Chinese as they misinterpreted a commendation for Beijing's bid as if they had been awarded hosting rights.

Anyway, I never really understood Sydney until about 5 years ago. I'd visited dozens of times but for work. All I saw was the miserable hurried masses on public transport and work situations. Then, one time we sailed Sydney Harbour and it clicked - that was what all the fuss was about. To know the hurried masses were still scurrying about while we were silently sailing below was a watershed moment.

Sydney beer: Beez Neez

Sydney photo:








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