Australia 1998!
Just after Thanksgiving, we braved a 26-hour trip to Sydney.
Robbert had a three-week visiting scholar position at the Basser Department of Computer
Science at the University of Sydney from December 1st to
December 21st.
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| Sydney Opera House |
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| Sydney Harbour Bridge |
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We stayed for most of the time in an apartment in Manly, a beach town near Sydney. Robbert's commute to work was pretty nice: he
could look out our apartment window and see the ferry coming in to the Manly wharf. Then
he'd hop downstairs and take a half hour ferry ride to the Circular Quay in Sydney, where
he'd catch a bus to the University of Sydney.
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| View from our window |
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| Ferry between Manly and Sydney |
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| Our wonderfully childproof apartment |
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| Manly Corso at night |
These beautiful birds visited us on our balcony and ate our bread
crumbs!
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| Sulphur-crested Cockatoos |
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| Currawong |
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| Rainbow Lorikeet |
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| At the Australian Museum |
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Our fantastic host Alan Fekete took us to the Taronga
Zoo
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| (notice Sydney skyline) |
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and to the Blue Mountains
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| Path through the Australian bush |
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| The Three Sisters |
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| Inside the Jenolan Caves |
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| Cave dweller |
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At Alan's house, we met a blue tongued lizard!
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| A Blue-Tongued Lizard |
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| On its way into Alan's house... |
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We also got together with Aminta Hennessy,
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| On the Corso in Manly |
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| At an Indian restaurant |
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Ken Yap, and the Halpern family.
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| Ken Yap |
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| David & Sarah Halpern |
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