Tuesday May 09, 2006 6:30 am Sydney NSW

A. Morning Musings

6:30 am We are now in Sydney for the day. Tomorrow we fly home. The weather has been unbelievably good the last month. Not a cloud to be seen. The overnight low as supposed to be +9 which might be a record for this date, but the temperature rapidly rises to the mid-20's by late morning.

Word is just out that the two Aussi miners trapped underground have been rescued. Fantastic.

B. Plan

Chores:

Literature: continue reading "Napoleon: The Emperor of Kings".

C. Actual

5:30 PM A solid day. We visited the Chinese Peace Garden at Darling Harbour and then walked downtown to Circular Quay where we took the ferry to Manly. We had a nice barramundi filet and chips at Manly then had an excellent cappucino and Danish at the International airport. We are now back at the hotel to catch the day's news about the miners.

8:40 PM I have just finished a couple of hours redesigning my To Dos web page to make it both clearer and shorter. I no longer have a special table where I note what has been completed each month. That is now blended into the single table that documents both what has been planned, worked on, and completed. It is simply a matter of getting the design right.

Early morning Sydney skyline from hotel window
Chinese Garden of Friendship at Darling Harbour
Sydney opera house		Harbour bridge

A final toast to Australia

D. Reflection