Three straight days of sunshine has made my orientation to Bondi Beach, well, sunny! My head was reeling after spending three weeks in a tent in the rain forest then abruptly landing in Bondi, the Hollywood of Australia. To ease the transition I spent three nights in Byron Bay swimming and walking the city.
The roller coaster switch from rural to urban landscape provide's a fantastic study of two very different lifestyles. The Channon; has one bar, one general store (also the post office), one art gallery, and a city hall. By gargantuan contrast, Bondi Beach (a suburb of Sydney) and the surrounding area holds over 4 million people or about 4% of Australia's population. Residents of Sydney come from all over the globe and I haven't even been to the Opera house yet, yikes! Sydney also ranks as the seventh most expensive city in the world, Melbourne is number eight and Zurich is number one. A fun place to live and visit but it is a tough place for the unemployed backpacker (that's me) to stretch an Australian dollar! To change this I could either get a job, move to Uluru in the outback, or spring to South East Asia and live lavishly on $10 a day. All serious considerations for me at the moment.
I have been thinking a lot about Natural Building lately. I would like to try some out soon - particularly straw bale or timber framing. Not sure if this will be a career move or something that will turn into a hobby.
Currently I am reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, By Michael Chabon. And, Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway
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Love.
Zack
