Day 58

Last evening in Sydney. It has been ridiculously hot the past few days. It hasn't quite sunk in yet that I'm leaving, but I will be back anyway. One day. Suz cooked delicious noodles.

Day 47

Back to Sydney today. The 1st day passed in a bit of a blur because of everything that happened in the early hours of the morning! But afterwards, just general packing/laundry stuff. I am so happy I pre-paid for the Jetstar lounge at the Gold Coast airport! The sushi and tomato soup went down really well, especially because I was still feeling so bad from my cold. They had a really good spread, little meat pies to nibble, cakes, coffee maker, pancake maker with maple sauce (yum!!), juices, soft drinks, fruit, beer and wine. Sat myself down with some magazines and the hour passed too quickly. Got home before midnight. Sleep...

Day 33

So friggin' hot today. Was the worst day ever to be trudging about hot asphalt. Started from the Customs House in Circular Quay, into the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), through The Rocks, under the bridge, through the wharfs, back into the Rocks and finally, into Guylian cafe. The Rocks have a long row of pubs, most backpackers and uni students pub hop...slowly regressing to a pub crawl by the end of the night. No drinks for us today, which was probably good considering I've had 3 jugs of water since I got home but not had to go the toilet yet. Yes, it was ridiculously hot today. Incidentally, don't go to the Guylian cafe at the rocks, $10 for an iced coffee,overall bad and expensive pastries, when you can get far better at the Lindt Cafe.

Day 31

We were supposed to go to the fish market today but got there slightly late. Before that we went to Max Brenner's Chocolate cafe, hence all the photos of the interior design. I had a white chocolate and strawberry shake. Deeeeelish. Lin had the suckao, melted dark chocolate in warm soy milk. Mmmmm

As a result, we got to the markets before it closed and only 1 shop was really open. Had delicious sydney rock oysters and I had badly cut tuna sashimi. I felt slightly cheated as it wasn't that cheap as well..

Still..a good day! Chocolate and seafood..

Day 29

Went to Adriano Zumbo cafe, the man is a God! Droooool. I had the "Weekend in the Cross" Pistachio pâté sucree, rose brûlée, rhubarb compote, fresh watermelon, raspberries, watermelon sugar sachet, and Lin had "Your Frund un the Frudge...Toasted!" Caramelised puff pastry, toast mousse, tomato jelly & melted cheese crémeux.. obviously a play on the tomato cheese sandwich, that tasted...perfect. Just firm and then light and melted away in the mouth, nothing like a cheese sandwich. mmmm

I would have helped her finish it, but was far too involved in bringing back my childhood in the flavoured sugar sachet and black sesame macaroon. Best of all, got to meet the man in person when he dropped into the shop to check everything out! Hee hee, I was raving about his place to Lin since she arrived and insisted that she go there asap. I love the cheeky names of the food, the actual food, the presentation..what's not to love ;)

Had a good rest of the day, Queen Victoria Building is feeling very European and Christmassy. Loved the Swarovski christmas tree, and lots of cute little girls in ballerina dresses and skirts because they had just been to watch Angelina Ballerina.

http://adrianozumbo.com/gallery/

Day 0

The date that I'll be leaving Sydney is looming... 2 months tomorrow. I love where I live because it's so close to the ocean and to amazingly beautiful beaches. Unfortunately while I relish the fact that I live so close to the ocean, I don't actually go to the beach that much! Probably because I'm too lazy and because I always think that I have something else to do..

So since I'm leaving soon, I've decided to go to the beach everyday. And I've started this blog, to encourage myself to go to the beach, get into the water and take some pics and put them online as proof that yes, I did do it!

I usually can't be bothered to take pics at the beach, but I've discovered that my underwater casing is a great place to store my ipod and summer is here and the water and sun is much warmer.

So here we go...60 days of summer.

ps: Like the impressive looking piece of camera hardware? Can you spot the thumbtack on the shutter button, secured by sellophane tape?