Sunday, July 27, 2008

Sunday Ride

We cycled to Cabbage Tree Bay 14km from home.





In the background you can see Manly beach.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Bledisloe Cup 2008 - Game 1

The ANZ Stadium is the 2000 Olympic Stadium.

The Bledisloe Cup is a rugby trophey competed for by Australia and New Zealand since 1903.
78 854 attended the game with most dressed in yellow.


Great performance by the Wallabies.
Aus 34
NZ 19

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Australian Parliament

The Australian Coat of Arms


Old Parliament House 1927-1988


Was designed by an American...


Speaker of the house with the mace


New Parliament 1988-Present






The House of Representatives



The Senate
Magna Carta (Latin for Great Charter, literally "Great Paper")
Created 1215.
One of the last4 remaining originals
View from new parliament back over the old parliament an up to the War Memorial

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Canberra

Canberra is the Capital of Australia. It's a 3hr drive South from Sydney.




South African Embassy


What would capital hill be without a protest

The Australian War Memorial.


A view from the memorial back up to parliament

Wall of remembrance




National Museum of Australia


"Lake George" just outside Canberra. The drought has been severe in OZ.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

General Out and About

Museum of Sydney - Went to see the "Flying Boats" exhibition.



Get my biltong for rugby here.













Sunday, July 6, 2008

Cronulla Beach

Cronulla is a suburb located south of Sydney