Si forgot to mention a very important and significant event in his last blog – I met Hugh Jackman! Hugh Jackman, aka Wolverine. In. The. Flesh! Turns out even gorgeous celebrities have children who need to go to school. Of course, it was the posh private school I mentioned before and of course I love it even more now. Have decided to carry on working a little longer even though Si has finished (well, ok, yes it may have something to do with the desire to meet my friend Hugh again, I’m just hoping that next time I might even manage to talk to him rather than just grinning like an idiot!)
Other events sort of pale into insignificance but I’ll do my best to recount them nonetheless. Saturday we went to explore Parramatta, in the rain. It’s supposed to be one of the oldest settlements in Sydney with lots of old buildings but all I can really recall now is that it rained. All day. Apparently November had twice the amount of rain than normal here for this time of year (a third of that was in one night too!). Doh! But it’s ok, don’t feel too sorry for us cos on Sunday the sun came out in full force to bathe us in its glory once again. So we made the most of it. Headed down to Bronte for an early morning swim. Suppose it was more of a splash around in the waves really, seems a bit cheeky to call it a swim. Especially since we saw the final leg of the Bondi to Bronte ocean swim. Over 1800 competitors swam more than 2kms, in the sea. With a whale! (Forgot to mention that on Friday night we saw some beach surf life saving competition action, unfortunately, team GB didn’t too very well despite our cheers.) Witnessing all these fit people doing all their fit stuff inspired us a little. Si mentioned something about us now having 9 months in which we could hone our bodies into their peak physical fitness but I’m not sure I could hold him to that (or want to!) However we did say that we will put more effort into our swimming, just need to buy some goggles first – swimming in the sea isn’t easy! And maybe one of those nose plugs. Wonder if a wetsuit would be going a bit too far…
After our beach visit we headed into town to visit the Rocks market and walk across the Harbour bridge. I am working myself up to doing the bridge climb!