I’ve been gone from home for two weeks, though I’ve only been in Australia for about 12 days. I lost a day in flight going across the date line. I’ll get that back later this week as I’ll actually land in LA a few hours before I left Melbourne. I leave Fri morning at 930a and arrive in LA Fri morning at 640a. That’s a crazy time travel situation.

In any case, I’ve had a good time here. My wife and I spent a week doing some touristy stuff. The iconic shot with the Opera House was first, along with some travels around the area and a nice relaxing week.

I went to Brisbane for the Redgate Seminar, and didn’t have much time there, but I came back to Sydney for the weekend. Unfortunately I was alone as my wife had to head home to get back to work on the ranch. I took a little time at the Sydney art Museum where I still couldn’t get away from horses.

I also saw a neat modern art repurpose of old tube televisions as a cello.

Lots of other interesting artwork there as well. I’m sure my kids were both jealous and annoyed with a lot of SMS pictures of my experience. I’m not usually a big art person, but it was raining and my daughter (a fine arts major in uni) has influenced me a bit, so I took a few hours to try and see the world from her perspective.

I also spent a few hours Sunday at the theater. I’d seen the billboards with my wife and I loved the movie as a kid, so I decided to try the musical. It was good, and I enjoyed the singing and the way they moved scenes (and songs) around to work on stage. Great performances, but I still like the movie better.

I’m also heading to Melbourne later this week, but I’m only there for about 45 hours, so not a lot of time to see anything. I spent a week there in 2019 and loved it. I hope to get back there with my wife sometime, perhaps on the way to Tasmania or Adelaide.

Now, back to work before the Redgate Seminar tomorrow.