Intro

Introduction
Our family has moved halfway around the world to Sydney Australia for me to crunch numbers in another hemisphere. This blog will document our travels and provide enough number crunching to satisfy your wildest dreams. It may even give you a feel for the authentic Aussie life, which consists of drinking Fosters all day and eat blooming onions at every meal (I have already offended my mates here with that comment). I named this blog Life on the penal colony because Australia was where convicts of the British Empire were sent during the late 18th and 19th centuries (History). They were critical in building up Sydney to what it is today (cheap labor). As you can see Sydney is a far cry from any remnant of colonial life, in 2009 Sydney was ranked as the 2nd most expense as well as rich city in the world ($$), it reminds me of Randolph County, NC in so many ways (now I have offended my mates at home). If there is anything you would like to see more of or any questions please let me know.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

The new digs

View of the the Harbor

View to the East

William Buck has great taste, what more can I say. They put us 70 stories high in the middle of the city. We are in the city's tallest residential structure with more than 75 floors. All the apartments are on floors 60 and up. Our family is learning that we don't need as much space as we think. Our apartment is a little more than 1,000 square feet and we are still comfortable. I would trade location for space any day of the week (at least temporarily) in a city like Sydney, especially with views like this. We can see most of Sydney from our dining room and have a beautiful view of the harbor from the sun room. We are one block away from the office building where I am working which makes for a short walk each morning.  The last picture is one of our apartment.  We took it from Hyde Park, the main park in downtown Sydney. 
Where I work, a view from our apartment
Our new home
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