I took my rental car down south of Canberra before heading east to the coast. I was amazed at how similar the Australian coast looks to the Oregon and Washington coasts. Of course, this is another of the shots where I set the camera down and let it snap away while I walked around. I don't even know how many of these types of pics had nothing in them because I was just walking around off camera. At one point, it was so windy that… Read More

On June 27th, I caught the bus down to Canberra. For all of you that don't know, that's the capital. A friend (and amazing musician) from high school, Ryan Weed, is doing his PhD there in Anti-Matter Physics. While there, I got to watch a Rugby Union match, something that I had never seen live. They also had a party, which was a house warming for Ryan and a celebration of the end of term. Karim (Ryan's roommate) does a pretty… Read More

One day, Chris and I took the ferry from Circular Quay to Manly Park and got lunch at the Bavarian brewery. It was amazing how similar Manly is to surfing/tourist towns you would see all along the US Pacific coast. I wouldn't normally eat meat, but since I was traveling, I decided to try a lot of things that I would not typically. At the brewery, they had a Schnitzel "challenge." If you finished it, you got a free drink, so I… Read More