Bondi Beach, Sydney

February 17, 2012 (Sydney Date)

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