The Geeky Brit

So we decided to spend our last day checking out one of Sydney’s world famous beaches. We followed everyone’s recommendations and chose to miss Bondi Beach (Far too tacky and not the best beach anyway apparently) and to take the ferry to Manly beach.

I was a little bit skeptical at first. Manly Beach. Sounds a lot like Muscle Beach. Maybe I will stand out… But, then again given that everyone in Australia has 0% body fat and looks like a model, I already stand out. I chose to show Australia the beer gut, and put up with the disbelieving stares shared between me and my lovely wife. You know, the ones where people are saying to themselves “How did he manage to land her?”.

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So last night we were booked on a dinner cruise around Sydney Harbor. We were both looking forward to this, as the harbor really is beautiful.
When we went on our honeymoon a few years ago we had a bad experience with a dinner cruise, so we had made sure to be fairly specific about how we wanted this cruise to be. We made sure we had guaranteed window seating, and did not have to share the table with anyone else.

As we were waiting to board, it became more and more obvious to us that we were to be in for an interesting experience. I don’t wish to sound too posh, but I do wish there was a dress code for this sort of excursion. My lovely wife and I were dolled up to the nines, but we were in line with a group of Korean tourists in t-shits, shorts, flip-flops and plenty of japanese made electronics…

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Yesterday on our way to the blue mountains we drove past the Pelco office here in Sydney. It is only a short walk from our hotel, so whilst my lovely wife was spending exorbitant amounts of money at “Paddys” ( An indoor market), I decided to walk and see the guys in the office that had somehow sold everyone in Sydney a Pelco camera.
The office is not big, and has only been here for a couple of years, but the guys there welcomed me like a prodigal son, in a typical show of Australian hospitality.

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So this Saturday is election time for Australia. The incumbent Prime Minister John Howard is fighting for another term in office (He has been PM for 11 years now). However, the Australian Labor Party, and its leader Kevin Rudd is looking like they are set for victory right now.

Being an outsider, it is interesting being here right now. It seems that the whole media world in Australia seems to be against John Howard.

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