Getting to know Sydney

The trip from New York to Sydney took longer than the travel itinerary promised. Because of stormy weather the day I left, I missed my connection in San Francisco, and had to wait for the next flight out, which was a full day later. So I arrived in Sydney on Sunday July 1st. Joe Wolfe was very kind and picked me up at the airport, and then treated me to breakfast on the rooftop of his apartment.

This week has been a time to get acquainted with Coogee Beach, the neighborhood where I am staying, and also with the acoustics group at UNSW. I have been getting a big tutorial in acoustics 101, as well as learning a lot about the computer.

Here are a couple of pictures from Coogee beach, and the local neighborhood.






The third, fourth, and fifth pictures below are from today's morning walk along the coastline just south of Coogee Beach. Sunrise over the Pacific is a thing to behold because the horizon is so clear and well defined. Along this cliffside walk there is a marsh with a wooden walkway, and there are lots of frogs in the marsh all singing at once. Some sections of the cliffside have a really wild look, and then in other parts you can walk down a series of stone ledges to the water's edge.