Monthly Archives: September 2012

It wasn’t particularly nice out last Friday (Sept. 21), so we decided to go to the Australian Museum. It isn’t that big, but we still didn’t have enough time to see everything. The exhibits we saw were interesting and well … Continue reading →

Last Tuesday we took a train to the Blue Mountains, a national park on a very old mountain range a couple hours outside of Sydney. The park is very large; it spans at least three stops on the train. We … Continue reading →

Well, we’ve been here for just over two weeks and it has been a whirlwind of getting settled. Adrienne has been putting up great with my desire to get settled in somewhere quickly. In the last two weeks we’ve gotten … Continue reading →

Last Saturday (the 8th) was our last day staying with Viive and Ian before moving into our own place. To celebrate, they took us out to dinner and to see some of their favorite spots around Sydney. We went to … Continue reading →

Our route to Sydney went from Detroit to Los Angles, and then on to Sydney. One of the great things about flying to the south west is that many of the planes go over the Grand Canyon. Adrienne took some … Continue reading →

I always forget just how much is involved in moving to a new place. Adrienne and I have been dealing with finding housing over the last few days. Sydney’s public transit system is still in its adolescence, and we’re still … Continue reading →

It’s somewhat difficult to calculate exactly how long I went without more than 2 hours of sleep. We left Michigan around 5PM local time on August 31st and arrived in Sydney around 6:30 AM local time on September 2nd. Sydney is 14 hours ahead … Continue reading →

We have started our big adventure. We made it into Sydney with no real trouble, the flight was mostly smooth, arrived slightly ahead of schedule, and we breezed through customs without having to say much. However, I did have a … Continue reading →