I had been planning to go over to Australia for sometime, partly to attend a cousins' reunion, but mostly because I needed a break from everything and I wanted to catch up with my brother and see his new place in Potts Point, Sydney. The reunion was called off due to the passing away of my Uncle Jim (he lived in Lithgow- Blue Mountains, NSW) but I still went over there all the same.
I caught the 4:50pm Qantas flight on 3rd October 2008 and landed in Mascot airport around 5:20pm (Australian time). Steve met me there and took me back to his unit in Potts Point
The place is compact but has enough room for one person to live comfortably. It is one of about 30 or so units in a five story brick in a building. Quite central to everything you can think off. Kings Cross Station is about five minutes walk from there (depending on your walking speed of course) and the bus stop's even closer. It is also handy to a supermarket, dry cleaners, two video rental shops and not far from the highway that takes Steve to his Editing job at CCH - in North Ryde.
Most of the buildings in Sydney are made of brick or at least stone, which probably wouldn't work too well in Wellington with its propensity for earthquakes (lots of places in Wellington sit right on top of one fault-line or the other).
I settled in and had a few drinks that night with Steve and one of his Friends named Vincent. Good person who never seems stuck for something to say. You could almost go as far as to say he is quite well spoken.
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