Sydney, Day 2

Just a quick photo update:

Los Angeles: http://jarema.smugmug.com/gallery/639684
Sydney: http://jarema.smugmug.com/gallery/639693

The Sydney photos are from Manly, a beach area about a half hour away from the city, I went on a little 9km walk/hike yesterday that normally takes about 3hr... but I didn't realize the sun sets at 5pm, so I ended up running about half of it and bailing out early (finding the nearest route to a road) in order to avoid getting lost and most likely being eaten by a spider. No joke, the worlds most poisonous spider, the funnel web spider, is found here in Sydney (more generally New South Wales, the province I'm in). Good thing Sarah told me this after I got back from the walk, otherwise I would have freaked out. Today I caught up on sleep and then headed into the city to check out the Sydney Aquarium (got a bunch of sea life captured on video) and to wander the city. Check out the photos!

Also, I went with Geoff and Sarah to a bar tonight to watch a Rugby Leagure game (they have three types here, League, Union and AFL -- Aussie Rules Football) between NSW and Queensland (two provinces) that is a rivalry series they have every year. NSW (the province I'm in now) won the deciding match (series was tied 1-1) in a 32-10 blow out. The players wear no equipment beyond a jock but take a beating worse than anything I've seen in the NHL. Damn.