Anzac day

25th April Sydney
Happy Anzac day!
This is the national day in both Australia and NZ where they celbrate getting sloughtered at Galipoli in the first world war.
In the morning there were marches through the centre of town, mainly ex-service men from the second world war, the last of the Galipoli survivors have died off.
The streets were lined with people clapping in genuine appreciation.
This was the first year where they let the turkish march in their parade.

It is the one day in the year where playing "two up" is legal, this is gabling on heads or tails (with two coins). So there were some packed pubs with people cheering and throwing money at the toss of a coin.

I went to see their iconic harbour bridge and walked accross it.
You can see their iconic opera house from here.

26th April
I went for a bit of a walk about town today.
I found a cafe run by two ancient women that hasn't changed since the 50s or 60s.
There I met a paranoid guy who thought that the fox network were out to get him...
The weather isn't that great here at the moment. You know you are on a different continent though, because even the city wildlife is a bit weird. The park birds have big hooked beaks and at night the sky fills with huge bats.