So, what have we been doing while we've been offline??? On Monday, Nicole and I decided to try to walk to North Head which is the farthest east on our peninsula. We started from Manly Wharf and soon had to start walking up some hills. It appears that most of Sydney is built on hills. As we left the developed area and entered some park areas, we saw some interesting signs. What is a bandicoot?!
We actually took a very long detour due to poor signage and some accidental ignoring on my part. When we finally reached the top, there were some amazing views of the city and the ocean.
It was quite windy up there and along our whole walk, there were lots of flies attacking us. It didn't help that it was very hot because it seems as if more flies come out the hotter it is.
Some photos of the ocean breaking into the cliffs.
Some of the cliffs that were unreachable.
On Tuesday, we went exploring to Bondi Junction specifically to go to KMart. While we were there, we found a couple of company rip offs.
There are actually a couple differences between this sign and the US sign. The font is different as well as the color and they added in an angled period at the end. Inside the store, it's very similar.
Even Kmart is different here, but it's still called Kmart. Unclear what the international copyright infringements are, but this seems wrong.
Australia's strange fact of the day: Taxicabs. Besides the driving on the other side, as a lone passenger, you are expected to sit in the front seat of a taxi cab. Also, since Sydney is pretty big, there is a chance that your taxi driver might ask you to check the map to find your exact address when you get into your town. Also, all taxis take credit cards, which is pretty nice. Finally, you don't need to tip on top of the amount that the taxi cab is charging you, but that is consistent with the fact that you aren't expected to tip anywhere.
1 comment:
Haha. I like the imitation stores. Its like the fake Chinatown brand name items.
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