SUNDAY IN AUSTRALIA

It is Sunday, December 14. We have been in Australia for 14 days. We have 16 more days. I have yet to see a venomous snake, a deadly spider or a Koala bear. I did see a tree that could not make up its mind which way to grow. It was erie and gave me a "fright" as they say down under. 


Mom and I walked 2.5 miles to breakfast this morning (and back 13,000 steps by my iPhone) to the city of Cleveland. We sat in an outdoor breakfast cafe, named Secret Coffee, faced the bay and had eggs benedict. The egg yolk is more yellow than American egg yolks, but otherwise it is about the same. The bay is called Reby Bay and is dotted heavily with large catamarans and 30'-40'yachts. For breakfast, I had a long black. e.g. big coffee with milk. 

It was a busy area dotted with local painters displaying their paintings, not too impressive, but pleasant. The area has about a dozen restaurants facing the bay, sushi, funky Mexican, hogs breath and some seafood places. So far the best food is at Kevin's home. I did have some great sushi at a local mall and will go back for more later this week. 

Mom and I are trying to walk a few miles each day to replace my tennis and her hiking. I am doing a bit of work for two of my clients in America so I have things to do at the business end too. The most difficult issue for work is matching the time zones.

We were briefly considering a 5 day side-trip hiking the fjords of New Zealand, but passed as of today.