29 May 2007

Meet three friends in one day

I had an English lesson with Justine. She stays her brother's apartment for a month.
There is a lovely balcony, so we had a lesson there today. It was so warm.
The max temperature was 24 degree .

After the lesson, Justine and I walked to the city and we separated at St. Mary's Cathedral.
I went to Divna's house and took Sunce for a walk. I phoned my friend Mayumi and we met at the Woolloomooloo wharf. Mayumi and Sunce became friends.

We went to a small park in the Domain. When we come to the park with Divna, we let him run.
But I kept him on a lead because I worried that he may have run away.
There were two dogs in the park. They played with Sunce.
They looked like they liked each other.

We walked in the domain. We found a realistic image.

After sunset, we went back to Divna's house.
Suddenly he stopped and looked at the other side of the street.
Divna was just about to come home.
I was very surprised that Sunce found Divna because we were at least 15 metres apart.

We went back to Divna's house. Missy was barking.
They looked happy because Divna came home ealier than usual.
I was also glad because I didn't expected that I could see her.
We talked a lot.
I could meet three of my friends today.
It was such a pleasant day.

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27 May 2007

Lawson Ridge Fire Trail

It was such a warm day. I saw Justine at the station at 10 a.m.

We saw a dog at the station. The dog was the same breed as Jude. We talked with it's owner for a while...
Suddenly a young man spoke to me in Japanese. He has been studying Japanese for 8 years.
He spoke Japanese very well. He found that I was Japanese because of my accent...
His name was Andrew. He wrote his name in Kanji "安渡龍" (an do ryu-)

I went bushwalking in the Blue Mountains with Stephen and Justine.
It was an one-hour drive from the city.

We arrived at Lawson Ridge Fire Trail at 11:40 a.m.
Since it was so hot we left our warm clothes in the car and started walking.


We walked across a field. Probably it was more than 20 degrees in spite of it being the end of May.

Stephen and Justine became friends quickly.

We saw a Red Gum in the bush. It looked like it was bleeding.


It was 1:40, so we were hungry. We had lunch on a rock.


After the rest, we went back the way we had come.
Justine and Stephen looked like they were having a lively conversation.

I was very glad to introduce my friends to each other.
We named ourselves the Gum Nuts.
It was such a happy day.



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25 May 2007

Middle Head (the second half)



I walked towards Balmoral.There were long steps between Middle Head Road and Balmoral Park. The steps were made by grate to protect the bush.

I arrived at Balmoral Beach soon. I took some photos then hurried back to Middle Head.
It was a little hard to went up the steps.



I started walking on the track to Clifton Gardens.
Middle Head could be seen beautifully.

I saw another big ship leaving Sydney Harbour.

It was very easy walk because there weren't any uphill slopes.
There was a small park at Georges Head. The city could be seen from there.

There was a lovely restaurant at Georges Head. The name of the restaurant was "the tea room".
It was very short walk from there to Clifton Gardens.
There was a small cafe at the Clifton Gardens Wharf. I had had a cup of coffee at this cafe when I came to Bradleys Head two weeks ago.

I would catch a bus to Mosman but there wasn't any timetable at the bus stop.
I didn't think a bus was coming soon... I had to walk.

I started walking. There were a lot of huge houses.
The people who live there must have spectacular views.


It was very nice to walk along Bradleys Head Road.
There were such nice views of Sydney Harbour.

I saw a beautiful sunset from there.
My apartment could be seen as well.

At last I arrived at Mosman. I have walked at least 8 km today. I was so tired.
I didn't expected my walking became long like this.
However it was such a good time.
I did my shopping at Mosman, then I caught a bus at Spit Juction and went home.

Middle Head was really beautiful place. If you are in Sydney, you must go there.

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