28th Feb 2007
G’Day Mate
I was in Sydney for week on business a couple of weeks ago. Reminded me a lot of the Bay Area, with more city and fewer Californians. Pretty place, seems very livable, met some nice people. Altogether, however, it was hard to justify the 25 hours of flying time for a bunch of white people who basically seemed like they could be Californians with funny accents. I even said as much to a handful of Australians, who all agreed they had a lot in common culturally with Americans, more so than Brits. No one was even offended by the suggestion. What kind of foreigners are those who wouldn’t bristle at being called “like Americans”?
This photo was a highlight. A group of slacker guys in their late 30s/early 40s from the looks of them, riding a bike off this pier repeatedly. The stunt itself was thrilling for a few seconds, then it took then 10-20 minutes to fish the bike out of the water and haul it back up. I went by later to the spot and looked in, and the water looked alarmingly shallow. I’ve done silly things like this in my days, but I don’t know that I would have been comfortable seeing the bottom of the bay floor so clearly. The water’s just too clean for that much fun.
I asked this guy for his email address, proposing to email the photo. “I’m living in a hostel!” was his somewhat cryptic reply.
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