Sydney / Canberra / Central Coast - June / July 2017

Took Callum back to Sydney for part of his school holidays. Here he is, having Teh Tarik at HKIA...

Flew Tuesday on Cathay which was fine. Slept a bit. Alex picked us up from Pymble. Met my new car...

Wednesday we drove to Canberra to see my mother. The retirement village is a nice place, as far as those places go. We went to dinner at the Ainslie Club. Stayed at the Hutchies. Played the tourist and went to the Portrait Gallery and Parliament House.

Old Parliament House...

National Portrait Gallery...

Love the bike racks on the front of the bus...

Had ice cream at Frujii...

Got up next day and walked up Mount Ainslie. Minus 1 !!

Proof !!

Above the clouds...

Saw Neryl again and headed back to Sydney. Stupidly I missed the exit and ended up driving though Sydney in peak hour !

Friday went to Umina and measured up for some curtains. Here I am in my new hoodie...

Saturday went to Umina to put up the curtains while Callum visited with Chelsea. Stayed at Glenys' and had a great BBQ.

Front bedroom...

Side bedroom...

Sunday had drinks with friends at The Commodore in North Sydney. Spotted a Simon Le Bon impersonator...

Vanessa, Julie, me and Chris...

Richard and Simon...

Afterwards, went to Noodle City in Gordon and spoke some Cantonese to the waitress...

Monday did some chores and had dinner with Simon and the boys at The Bayview, Gladesville. Afterwards, took Alex and Callum grocery shopping...



Tuesday went to Freshwater and walked to Shelly Beach, with Alex, Tyler and Callum.

Wednesday I flew back to Hong Kong. Qantas flight. Watched Kong:Skull Island which was really good, plus Going In Style with Michael Caine which had some funny moments.

Chi Linh Nunnery and Victoria Peak - June 2017

Summer started with a vengeance - very hot and stormy. We had our first typhoon but overnight so we didn't get a day off work / school ! 

Work was good, getting used to the new office and finding new lunch places. This one is Naka in Wing Lok Street. Italian / Japanese Fusion...

Scallop risotto...

One day we were in Diamond Hill, so we went to The Nunnery. Beautiful timber buildings in nice gardens...

We took Callum to his first Rubik's Cube competition, just to observe...this is the blindfolded 3x3 event...

Walked up The Peak, which I do a lot. Very sweaty...

Tesla's are pretty common here. This one looked good with black wheels...

Japanese in Peel Street...

Our pool...

The lifeguard was so bored, every time I got out, he would mop up the puddle...

It's a nice place to sit and read...

Went back to Naka with a group of friends...

Found a new street near where we live with a Canadian Restaurant, and this place which I am not sure what is...

Had to pick some art for the new office, so went to the studio of a guy that had done some other stuff for us. Highly accomplished guy. No English. Had a traditional tea ceremony which was great. His studio had some really nice traditional Chinese furniture. In an industrial building near Tsuen Wan.

Had takeaway from here. In the laneway next to work...

Walked The Peak again in the middle of the rainy weather after the typhoon. I wasn't expecting it to be this clear...

This one looks back to our apartment building, almost in the centre of the photo, in front of the four big towers on the left...

At the new coffee place near work - Amber. This is cold coffee with ice-cream and a brownie...a rare treat for me...