So I'm back in Sydney, but I've had a few fun days before I got here. On Sunday I went flying with the Lake Keepit Soaring Club. The previous day the forecast had not been great, but the thermals kicked off about midday and folk had flown nearly 300km in the afternoon. The forecast for Sunday was similarly downbeat, and similarly wrong. I helped out in my clumsy ill-informed way for the first few hours pulling out gliders, checking equipment, ferrying folk ...

Back in Sydney enjoying a nice Shiraz and a strong Cheddar.

Quick trip to the Blue Mountains, weather permitting, before go back to Sydney.

Gliding great. Now in Ausie wine country. Guess what's next...

I was only in Brisbane for a few days, but in some ways, it was my favourite city in Australia. On arrival, I tried the hop-on-hop-off tour bus which wasn't very good. The commentary was live, but the poor guy must have said the same words so many thousands of times, he couldn't help but let some of his boredom show through. Nevertheless, it did help orientate me to where the city was. The next day I did a guided walking tour of the Brisbane architecture an...