Tuesday, March 20, 2007
March 15 - Basak's Roll-Off
Here's some of the project team out for Basak's roll-off. ACN is sending her back to Turkey to some project in Ankara.
March 10 - The Outback & Ayers Rock
We went to central Australia to go camping in the Outback for a few days and visit Ayers Rock/Uluru, a sacred Aboriginal site and the world's largest monolith:
Uluru is 9.5km in diameter and 350m tall. We hiked around the base in the early morning since we would have died doing so in the afternoon heat. Well, probably not me, but someone not in peak physical condition. Some people also climb to the top of Uluru but doing so is disrespectful to the local Anaju so we didn't.
Here's me wearing my newly purchased Crocodile Dundee hat (made of kangaroo leather) standing in front of Uluru:
In various locations Uluru has traditional cave paintings such as this one:
We also went to Kata Tjuta, known as The Olgas:
Since we were in the Outback, we were roughing it and had to endure a relentless swarm of flies throughout the day. Everyone bought bug nets to wear, and since I have an irrational fear of bugs, I was no different:
An interesting fact is that Australia has over 200,000 feral camels which are used for both food (not bad as a burger) and touristy fun (Simon & I on the left):
We then drove into Alice Springs and flew back home to Melbourne.
Uluru is 9.5km in diameter and 350m tall. We hiked around the base in the early morning since we would have died doing so in the afternoon heat. Well, probably not me, but someone not in peak physical condition. Some people also climb to the top of Uluru but doing so is disrespectful to the local Anaju so we didn't.
Here's me wearing my newly purchased Crocodile Dundee hat (made of kangaroo leather) standing in front of Uluru:
In various locations Uluru has traditional cave paintings such as this one:
We also went to Kata Tjuta, known as The Olgas:
Since we were in the Outback, we were roughing it and had to endure a relentless swarm of flies throughout the day. Everyone bought bug nets to wear, and since I have an irrational fear of bugs, I was no different:
An interesting fact is that Australia has over 200,000 feral camels which are used for both food (not bad as a burger) and touristy fun (Simon & I on the left):
We then drove into Alice Springs and flew back home to Melbourne.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Monday, March 5, 2007
March 3 - Gone Fishin'
The expats went fishing on a private charter in Port Phillip Bay! This was actually the first time I've ever gone fishing and ended up catching 2 small fish (not pictured).
March 2 - Footy!
On Friday night we went to an Australian Rules Football match (known here as "footy") between Western & Brisbane. It was a 2nd round match of the NAB Cup, which is the preseason tournament. There are basically 30 people running around on the field doing a few things:
- Running with the ball
- Trying to tackle the guy with the ball
- Getting open to catch a kick or pass
- Covering the guys trying to get open
Feb 24 - Jennie's BBQ
Jennie had a BBQ at her building's garden area. We ate ALOT:
Jennie, Weerapong, me
TJ
TJ, me, Krista
Weerapong, me, TJ, Danny, Krista
Jennie, Weerapong, me
TJ
TJ, me, Krista
Weerapong, me, TJ, Danny, Krista
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