Poll question answer

So the answer is: a mixture of second generation accents mixing together.
Actually all answers have some sort of merit to them and seem to be popular among people. Linguist however agree that the children of immigrants mixed their various accents to get the Australian accent.

Another short ride

Added a few additional photos to this post. Check out the Skippies in the wild.





So here is another ride that we took through some of the Eucalypt forests around Sydney. The photos are from a camera phone and aren't that great, but will give an idea of what it's like. It was very nice to get out of the city again and see some wilderness where all you could hear were the bugs and birds making noise. It was very relaxing, and passing by several fields of cattle and horses it almost felt like going into the foothills. In fact one of the towns we went through looked very much like Forresthill without the conifers. Note the color of the river, the picture doesn't do it justice but it was very red from all the iron deposits.

Our 8 year anniversary

For our anniversary we were going to go on a motorcycle trip and get out of Sydney. The weather forecast called for rain though so we decided to scrap the trip and go another day. Instead we got a hotel room in downtown Sydney and went to the Opera House for a performance. It was the Australian Chamber Orchestra doing Rapture. It was amazing and the acoustics were spectacular. Most the photos of the city are from our hotel room, except the photos of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Those were taken from a bar we visited for a pre-dinner drink. We also had the good luck to get a reservation to one of the best restaurants, and probably the best seafood restaurant in Sydney. The food was delicious, the fish were very tender and partnered with some very interesting ingredients that worked very well together. It turned out to be a great day and as you can see in the photos not a cloud in the sky.