Sunday, Sept. 27

Everyone either had to work or study so Jenna and I were all on our own. Up the street there was the Ecoliving fair, which we decided to attend. It would have been a lot more fun had it been warmer and not so windy. We did get freebies which is always a plus.
Somehow we forgot how windy it was and decided that a picnic would be a great idea. So we headed to the Gap. The Gap is an ocean cliff at Watsons Bay, near South Head, Sydney. Having a picnic in a wind storm is a great experience and one that only needs to be done once before realizing that it is a terrible idea. Actually it doesn’t even need to happen that many times, it is a terrible idea. Excluding lunch our trip to the Gap was well worth it. The wind was pushing us around the entire time. Jenna said it felt just like home (home being New Zealand). The view was breath taking and could not be captured on film, though I did try.
Among our site seeing experiences we decided to take in some history and go to the Vaucluse House, “home of William Charles Wentworth (explorer, barrister, patriot and agitator for self-government”. We were too cheap to pay for a tour but not ashamed enough to peek inside every open window. The estate reminded me of where the Von Trapp family would have lived and the gardens were straight out of a picture book.
For Jenna’s last night we did karaoke…it turned out to be a memorable night!