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.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Driving in Australia

During our trip on the Great Ocean Road we came across a few signs that you will not see in the US.  I guess you have a lot of foreign travelers, I just found it funny they post signs for all of the visitors about how to drive.  Australians are more blunt than Americans are as you can see on the caption to the 2nd picture in an advertisement posted by the government.  And instead of deer crossings you can see in the last picture there are Kangaroo crossings. 


Driving on the left side of the road. 
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