24th
Sydney - saying goodbye to Oz
I’ve uploaded many new pictures to Flickr, though you can also see them on Harry’s Light Table site (see right for the links.) I still have a lot of editing to do when I get home so expect more images next week.
I landed in Sydney two days ago, later in the afternoon than expected because I missed my flight in Melbourne (can’t read my own writing) and as I arrived I received a text message from Mick at Tangler who suggested I might want to meet him directly at the Tangler office, which is near Darling Harbor and the Convention Center. I agreed of course as I wanted to meet the larger team and say hello to those I already knew from conversations we’ve had in San Francisco (Web 2.0 Conference) and in Palo Alto (I love University Cafe!) After a “speed dating” session where I met a few key team members and discussed some business Mick and I shouldered my bags and hiked a few hundred meters to a Darling Harbor bar so we could see a friend of Mick’s play in his band. A good time was had, I met some more “real” Aussies, then we grabbed a cab back to Mick’s place in Woolloomooloo.
Next morning was a nice lazy one. Eventually I headed out to meet Zak at the Woolloomooloo finger warf (where Russell Crowe has a house) then we zoomed off in his RS4 Cabrio (4wd v8 Audi, nice :-) to a nice beach near Bondi for some lunch and to talk about my trip and Internet business ideas. Stopped in Paddington for some shopping, then he dropped me in Kings Cross so I could wander this red light district of Sydney. I ended up walking all over the place, getting my daily 10 miles into the treads of my shoes (and knees) but ended up back at Mick’s for some serious photo editing and reading. Mick and Karen were out having fun at a friend’s wedding so I called it a night fairly early.
Today will head over to Manly beach and tonight I plan to have dinner with Mick and Karen prior to departure tomorrow morning. See you soon San Francisco!
BTW - Have I mentioned that NSW is in the grips of the worst drought ever? It’s rained more while I’ve been here than in the last 7 years. Nice timing huh?
