July 23 - 26
My flight(s) to Sydney go well and I arrive only one hour late into Sydney in the evening. In total it turns out to be a 21hr trip, with a very good connection in Singapore. I pick up a rental car and with the help of a GPS drive south in the dark to Wollongong only an hour away. (BTW - the movies were not good )
Wollongong is a pretty town next to an industrial port with a very large steel factory that is progressively being closed down due to the high costs of labour in Australia. The weather is a little cold (being winter) in the evenings and the hotel room is not heated, however the days warm up to 18°c.
In the Port - Scrap steel ship being loaded
I am quite tired and go to bed at 9 am and sleep until 6:30am. I am quite happy whenever I wake up and find that I have managed a good night’s sleep after changing so many time zones. However the next night I am not so lucky and wake up at 4 am, and go for a long walk along the beach in the dark from 5 - 6am.
I have 2 days of meetings in a cramped construction trailer at the project site. The only break I get is getting out early one afternoon, where I get to enjoy a run along the ocean.
Saturday I drive back to Sydney along the scenic coastal drive, to catch my flight to Perth.
The coastal hwy
The view back towards Wollongong
The view from the beach at low tide
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