#42. Happy Halloween, Bondi style

Definitely much more popular than when we left Sydney in 2008. One difference is you really have to preserve a jack o' lantern (bleach rinse, WD40) in the Australian sun.

But you can't beat NYC for Halloween as this picture of a friend's daughter shows

#41. Day 3 of nippers

#40. Sculptures By The Sea

it's on again until November 6. We've been warned it's hugely popular and to expect traffic and pedestrian chaos on the next 2 weekends. As with other modern art, hard to know what to make of it. At least X, M n F got some practical use out of this oversized orange flip-flop.

#39. First day of nippers

We were lucky - it was a beautiful morning, about 21 deg C at 9 am and not a cloud in the sky. X., our little future lifeguard, loved it. They didn't go in the water much; the pool is still closed after the storm in June (post #15); scheduled to be ready next week or the one after, and it was high tide in the Bogey Hole.

#38. Australian Reptile Park

Lovely sunny day today, so PnX wnet to the Reptile park at Somersby while M went on to Terrigal to visit Marie. X had fun.

#37. Trainworks at Thirlmere

Labour Day long weekend and it was a beautiful day today. We decided to visit Train Works at Thirlmere, 100 km (60 miles) to the SW of Sydney. it was fun, including the round trip on the historic train to Buxton.

#36 Kinechewa! Hello from Tokyo!