Australia

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We have now been in Sydney for 4 months. We arrived ready to get stuck into some work and we found jobs working as packers in a warehouse for a mail order company. Pen's talents were spotted and she was soon "promoted" to quality control but I remained a humble packer.
After 2 weeks we had found work within our field Pen has been designing offices and I've been working as a Business Analyst for Pepsi.

We have enjoyed living and working in Sydney catching the ferry to and from work back to our beautiful little flat overlooking the harbour. On weekends we would almost always head for one of the Northern beaches either Kitesurfing at Narrabeen, Surfing at Dee Why or playing beach volleyball at Manly.

In November we popped backed to South Africa for 5 days for Pen's brother Darrell and Lauren's wedding.

We are now ready to hit the road again and on 3 January we fly up to Brisbane to continue the adventure.

Watch this space.....

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Photos

Sydney Harbour
Our 1st view of the Opera house and harbour.

Sydney Opera House
Interesting fact: The architect who designed the Opera house has never seen the completed building.

Taronga
We lived within walking distance from the Zoo and enjoyed seeing the Koala, Kangaroos, Duckbilled Platypus, Wombat, Tazmanian Devils

View from our flat
Our balcony was the perfect place to enjoy a couple of sundowners after work.

Ferry to Work
We lived in a suburb called Mosman on the North Shore and this is the ferry we took in to work everyday.

Cockatoo
Pen befriended the local Cockatoos who'd come and visit us in the evenings after work.

Kiteboarding at Narrabeen
Whenever the wind coincided with the weekend we'd head to the beach for some kitesurfing.

Sydney Harbour Bridge
Dave's work Christmas lunch was a boat cruise on the harbour.

Travellers
After chsing each other around the world we finally caught up with David Watling in Sydney. www.whereintheworldiswatling.com

Surfers
Dave and Keith return from the surf at One mile beach near Nelsons Bay.

Christmas at Nelsons Bay
We had a fantastic week with Keith and Lisa Marshall in Nelsons Bay over Christmas.

New Years Eve - Sydney
The New Years eve fireworks in Sydney were incredible - the best and biggest show we've ever witnessed.