The Wondering Jew

Still, it was another lovely morning. The beach was far more packed out with people than it had been the previous day, with people partaking in activities ranging from splashing in the water to surfing, and rowing to kite-surfing (without the surf board – no, honestly!). The majority of people seemed to be crowded at the southern end of the beach, so a couple of strolls up and down from one end to the other offered quite a variation in scenery, both human and natural. One thing I did notice is that the seaweed here that washes up onto shore seems to have these kind of grape things growing on it. Maybe that’s common, but it’s not something I’ve ever noticed before. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera with me so couldn’t take any pictures, I will however ensure I bring it along next time I go.

After that we got back to the house, and that’s when the heatwave really kicked in. Over a hundred bush fires flared up around New South Wales, although they were too far west to be of any serious danger to us. Being just on Pittwater, it was quite a moist heat round here, and in fact you could visibly see a haze rising off the water, so nothing like the dry, instantly parching heat that slaps you in the face like a boiled sock when you get off a plane in Tel Aviv. Still, unlike in the UK, where if it’s too cold people complain, and if it’s too hot people complain, everyone here just went about their business. That left me with not much to do, so I wondered round the garden taking some pretty boring photos. You can see one at the top of this post, and clicking on it should take you to the album. But you’d probably have to be pretty damn bored to do that.

Anyway, today I’m back off into the city, to hand in a couple of forms to the bank, and this time for a bit of job hunting. I’ve applied for some online already, but thought I’d make myself known to some of the IT recruitment agencies around town. I’ll probably have another blog post ready this evening, maybe even with a couple of pictures of the city. No promises though!

Stay tuned!

Matt x

Woke up early this morning and went with Amanda and Ariella (cousin and aunt) to Palm Beach. While they went for a swim in the seawater pool, I went for a stroll up and down the beach. I must have looked a right douche. Jeans rolled up, sandles in hand, rucksack on back, wearing my Darth Vader “Your Empire Needs You” t-shirt, getting absolutely soaked by some of the less forgiving giant waves that were pounding the shore. Every aspect of me screamed “tourist”, or “pom”, or some kind of ridiculous combination of both.

I didn’t give a shit. It was fantastic.