Sarah's first week at work turned out very well but the language barrier has proven to be a challenge. She feels right at home with the transition with similar process and structure, but learning how to do things the Aussie way results in extra time and many questions. The first week she struggled understanding what people where saying not only from the accent but because Aussie's shorten everything or use different words. She is very excited about her team and her leader has taken great care of her. I have been her valet until we return the mighty Camry. My transition to "kept man" has been just fine. I find my time slips away so quickly with my new daily chores and shortened days. My design time takes up most of my day until I take a run to the grocery store for dinner plans, then pick up the lady at 5:00. I find I can't put in a heavy all day design-a-thon anymore, but can I really complain?
We visited Byron Bay which 1.5 hours away from home. The beach was very nice and much calmer from Surfers. I believe we were there on a bad swell day, but usually this is a very popular surf spot. We spent the day on the beach reading and swimming. The town itself is very cool filled with shops and food options. The people are generally very young and you get the impression this is a destination like Whistler because of the amount of camper vans and hostels. I read a tip about visiting the Lighthouse which turned out to be a really amazing place. The 360 degree views of the Bay and ocean were infinite. You can walk down a pathway to find the eastern most point of Australia which is neat. On our walk to this point, we spotted our first Kangaroo who crossed the walkway in front of us. It left Sarah breathless. He was a little guy not much larger than Lola. He looked very fuzzy and had no problem with humans while he ate the grass on the edge of a cliff. We stopped at Byron Bay brewery to taste their efforts. They had a great outdoor space with a 3 man band playing live dubstep which was very random. The beer wasn't good at all but it was a great stop. We had a terrible dinner at St. Elmo which is really making us question if this country knows how to cook at all. Their menu looked great and the restaurant was beautiful. They had all the ingredients right, but they didn't know how to use them resulting in very bland food. I mean, our are expectations that high from cuisine in Seattle?
Co-workers suggested we check out the Sunday Farmers Market, we were told they have a pie guy (for Thanksgiving) and cheap produce. It was a pretty killer market. Vendors had everything you would want, we will make a new habit of this. After this, we went to the Gold Coast Car Show. The show had a variety of old Holden muscle and U.S hot rods. There were a few great examples of Euros and 3 Ford GT's! It was strange to see RHD and LHD American muscle cars. There really is fuel in Aussie blood.
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