I've been a bit lazy about posting the past few days so time to play some catch up. In all honesty, not much has gone on other than surfing, job hunting, apartment hunting, and the weekend binge drinking. The Australian Open of Surfing started up so I got to go check that out.
The quick release mount that attaches my GoPro camera to the mount on the surfboard cracked so I haven't been able to take anymore footage. Need to bite the bullet and just buy a new one since GoPro customer service hasn't responded to my warranty claim. Jackasses.
Job hunt hasn't turned up any employment yet but I just dropped a whole fresh batch of resumes off into all the bars/pubs/hotels near the Circular Quay area. I'd rather work in Manly but The Rocks/Darling Harbour area is pretty busy and there is a gazillion different places. I'm adding "Get one drink at every bar until I can no longer walk to the next bar" to my list of to-dos in Sydney. Won't be hard to accomplish.
House hunting has also been unfruitful. There's a lot more lessees than lessors. The Northern Beaches seemed to have escaped any sort of real estate bubble burst. No one is upside down on their mortgage and trying to rent the place out just to stay afloat. Supposed to hear back from a couple more places today in Dee Why so hopefully one pulls through. Luckily, Julian and his family haven't given me the boot yet so I still have a roof over my head. Depending on what I hear back from the realtors, I may stay in a hostel in Manly for a few days just to meet some people and be closer to the party scene/Australian Open.
And now for the binge drinking which, of course, I never document since who wants to take pictures when they could be drinking a beer and socialising (yes, I spelled that correctly America) with people. I need to start hanging around more 20-something year old girls. They love to document. One of my uncle's ex-coworkers, Marty, turned 40 on Friday so they occupied the top floor of Mezzanote, a little restaurant down on The Strand which faces east overlooking Dee Why beach. Great spot to have a few beers. Met the other Paul that I've heard so much about and heard some great stories involving my uncle. Can't wait to be apart of the stories when he visits in March/April. Anyways, after that I stumbled down the street to the Dee Why RSL and continued to punish my liver with some mates that have been kind enough to welcome me into their circle of friends. That made surfing in the morning a whole lot of fun. Went to another one of my uncle's friends for a BBQ on Saturday night. This guy has the most amazing house with the most amazing view that I've ever seen. Best part is that he's a standup guy and you'd never guess in a million years that he had that kind of money. Down to earth and likes to party.
Lastly, the Australian Open of Surfing kicked off last Saturday. After the above mentioned surf at Dee Why, I headed down to Manly with Steve (NZ guy I'm looking for a place with) and we watched the tail end of the Junior Women's and the first few heats of the Junior Mens. Waves were kinda fat and shitty but the surfers still did a decent job. Unfortunately, they were pretty far out so it was hard to get any good, clear pictures. There was also a skate demo going on in a bowl they built on the beach so we checked that out for a few minutes (see video below). Got sunburned as hell even with the sunscreen lathered on. The sun down here is a whole different beast.
On a random note, the first picture below is of what the Aussies call cream biscuits (biscuits = US cookie). This particular brand is TimTam and they are more addictive than meth (I'm assuming). They have them in the States now but they're made by Pepperidge Farm, believe Target carries them. Do yourself a favor and go buy a pack. Bite off one corner and then the corner diagonal from it and use it like a straw to suck up milk, coffee, or tea. Make sure you pop it in your mouth before it dissolves in your fingers. Just don't blame me if you gain a few pounds/kilos from repeated consumption.
TimTams. So. Damn. Good.
View from the 2nd floor balcony of the house I was at on Saturday for the BBQ. Doesn't get much better than this.
Manly Cove, taken from the ferry on the way into the city to job hunt.
These were parked in Darling Harbour. Not sure if they were active duty vessels or retired for the museum but definitely cool to see them up that close.
Psuedo-regatta that was going on when I was leaving the city. Wish I had a panoramic camera because this is pretty much what it looked like for 180 degrees. Don't these people have jobs?
Australian Open of Surfing, Junior Women's
Some random guy to the north of the contest area that was ripping harder than the contestants.
Australian Open of Surfing, Junior Women's
Australian Open of Surfing, contest area facing south with a shot of the skate bowl.
Australian Open of Surfing, contest area facing north.
Australian Open of Surfing, Junior Men's. This kid couldn't have been older than 14 and was killing it. This is after about 3-4 big turns and getting the connection into the inside reform.
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