Hey guys

Well had a great day of bumming yesterday :) Did a bit of touristy stuff, cos I still feel like a tourist here! Did a wander around near circular quay, to macquarie place, which started as the garden of the 1st government house in the 1700s. The anchor from the sirius is there, which was one of the ships in the 1st fleet - interesting, it looks so dodgy and hand-made! There's also this little obelisk monument from 1818 I think, which they erected to mark the point from which all distances to other towns were measured - it's this incredibly plain looking stone thing, which apparently they hated because it was too ostentatious! Here's a pic. The first street light in Australia was also put in there - it was lit with whale oil! Yummy!


Then went to the Museum of Sydney, which is built on the site of the first government house, which was built in 1788 and pulled down in 1849 or something I think. It's pretty cool - lots of stuff on the early governors and convicts, and the aboriginals point of view of settlement (invasion?). They've also marked out in different coloured granite on the pavement in front of the musuem the original outline of the house where the foundations are, and the black grid is what they used to excavate the site in 1990. Looks like they've got a great cafe there too, so will have to check it out sometime.


Then Mark and I went to see Sarah Blasko last night in Newtown - she was good, really enjoyed it - a bit more rocky than I was expecting. Crap support act though - he got the shits because the audience wasn't responding to him enough - get a grip dude...