Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains is the local name for the Great Dividing Range, which are a mountain chain nearly hugging the entire eastern coast of Australia. The distance from Sydney to Katoomba, pretty much the heart of the Blue Mountains, is only about 100 km. But between city traffic around Sydney and then the mountainous roads past Penrith, it takes about an hour and a half or more.

Henry Rollins

Friday night we went to see Henry Rollins at the York Centre, a semi-round theater at the University of Sydney. He was outstanding - went for over three hours! Spoken word completely, which is just amazing.

Great stories about his visits to Tehran, Damascus, and Beirut, all taken especially because they are capitals considered the enemy of the Unites States. He talked about the generous and welcoming people he met on his journeys, and the fact that people are pretty much the same all around the world.

Real hyperactive, extremely intense, very funny, very serious. Thanks Henry!

The neighborhood and environs

The neighborhood I live in is Darlinghurst, which is very close in, a 20-minute walk to the CBD. Here is a layout ... zoom out some to see some places not on the original view ...



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