Well im finishing up today so wont have internet access til after xmas.
Its like 21 degrees here ! this isnt xmas this is summer... though thats what *they* actually call it over here. crazy upside down people !
21 deg isnt actually warm... for some reason. maybe since im used to like 28/30 these days :( i will need a hot water bottle for when i get home i think !!! :)

i think the plan for xmas day is traditional: cocktail sausages with beans for brekkie, salmon and cheese for lunch, and i think steak is on the menu for dinner.
a bottle of whiskey thoughout the day, and i think ill be picking up some sparkling wine for myself, found a nice cheap tasty bottle over here.
I think we will pick up a DVD series of some sort and watch that... and also Need For Speed: Carbon, the latest car racing game for the PS2.

boring xmas, but yeah. not that its not just another day, hey ! ?

I dont think ive put up a rant on Hey yet... seemingly alot of australians put hey at the end of every sentance... hey ?
i dont know... ill save that for another time.

got photos from home for oh so long ago and one stood out from the rest. Though u will probably be the only one who will be reading this, so since u sent it to me, im sure u know it :)
I barely remember it :) good times :) hehe.

Happy xmas to all, and ive i dont get to blog before new years, happy new year too.
(havnt even got a draft of whats happening on new years... too soon :))
There is a place called South Bank which is right across from brisbane city, on the river. its very nice. There is going to be alot of festivities on, fireworks at 9pm and midnight. might be a possibility.

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OK quick post here.
I have uploaded all the photos from yesterday and today, about 130mb in total i think !
ill make a post about what i did in the two days in the next couple of days.
Here are the photos:
Tuesday
Brisbane Science Centre
Wildlife World
Sydney Tower
Wednesday
Sydney Power House Museum
Sydney Maritime Museum
Sydney James Craig Tall Ship
Sydney Opera House

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So it was late Friday and I just arrived into work. 3pm-11pm shift. and my boss said that I wasn't needed on Monday for work, then after me querying the amount of work, said I was needed, then said I wasn't needed.
He offered for him to get me work in a different department, but after a quick moment of contemplation I decided against it.
within an hour I had decided to go to Sydney for a few days, and had my tickets and accommodation booked.
I left Brisbane on Monday at 12:30pm, and arrived in Sydney two hours later at 3:30pm. good old day light saving times.

I got to the hotel, and paid the rest of the bill, 30 quid a night, which wasn't bad. I booked for a 4-person shared, but got what looks like a twin to myself...*touches wood that I haven't jinxed it for the rest of the week*

Anyway. the most important thing an irishman does when they enter a new city is to find the nearest irish pub, of course. so after asking the taxi man on the way in, I headed off in the direction that I was told. after about 10min walking I knew I wasn't finding it so found the next pub and entered. It was small, and quiet, and looked more like a betting place than a pub. so I left. I saw an internet cafe(the one im in now) and went there to get more info.
I found directions to the pub, and I planned the rest of my day.
The Irish pub was called Scruffy Murphy's. It wasn't that bad, first place I found with bulmers on draft... and it was at a reasonable price. I didn't like it, maybe im used to the sweet stuff ive been drinking.

I picked to visit the aquarium since it was open until 9pm or 10pm. I went in paid for my tickets and went to the first display and remembered that I didn't have batteries for my camera ! not the first time that happend to me on my trip... and I went out last time and bought about 16 batteries, and rechargeable high-powered batters, and a charger, which is fully charged sitting at home in Brisbane waiting for me to bring out... typical!
After about 20min walking I found a store that was open that I could buy the batteries and was back.
I was actually impressed at some of the stuff there. did ya know that the way you can tell a croc and an alligator apart is that you can see the bottom teeth in the croc, and the alligator has like sockets for their bottom teeth to go into in their mouth !!!... I did see a display on the fresh water and sea water crocs... but yeah I didn't pay attention to that one.
One display they had was a display tank that had under water corridors so you could get under the tank to see all the fish... and crocs... and stingrays.
2m crocs swimming around with fish and even a tortoise ! I didn't get a pic of the tortoise though ! :( check out the pics in the photo album here.
I think I spent about 2 hours in there. It was good ! :)

Next on the list was the imax cinema, which boasts the biggest screens in the world, so I had to see it. From the moment I walked into the cinema I was amazed. the screen was atleast 50m wide and prob same tall, there were about 50 seats in the front row, and as the rows went further up into the hall there were more, 10 rows back. I sat about 4 rows from the front, which turned out to be a bad idea.
Oh I didn't mention that the screen was a 3d screen... so I was given the most ridiculous ive ever seen! deadly ! :) pity I didn't ask anyone to take a photo of me in them ! :)
I watched Deep Sea 3D which was about 45min long and showed all about all the fish in the sea, how each helped others, and which ate which. but it was all in 3d ! which was really amazing.
that brought me upta 10pm, so I decided to walk along the promenade and see what I would have for dinner. all the way down I saw a restaurant on a ship, so headed towards that, and see what they had. They had a full lobster for about 40 dollars, which I decided I would go for. so walked up to the entrance and walked in and was informed they just closed ! :( went back to find a steak restaurant and had a nice sirloin with pepper sauce... I didn't really list the pepper sauce, but the garlic butter I got was the best garlic butter I ever got in my life ! well impressed ! :)

Well that was my first day. I have tickets for another two places: Sydney Wildlife World; and Sydney Tower + OzTrek. and I have the opera house to goto aswell. there is a 2hour tour that will bring you back stage and all. hmmm.

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