Nadal,Dinner at the Opera House, last bits and pieces and para-surfing

I left Melbourne today at 3 (ish). It was hot; 47 degrees on the car's dashboard read out.
Jesus that's hot.
Kind of like opening an oven door and feeling that wind wrap itself around your face.
Except there's no oven.
Hot is what it was.
Believe me.
I landed in Hong Kong around 10:30 tonight and it was 15 degrees..
Big difference.
OK, so I saw Nadal again before I left and I have to say he doesn't photograph well compared to Federer. He's such a perpetual motion machine that it's hard to get a bead on him and get any sort of good pic. He was playing Simon, a sacrificial lamb Frenchman ( though ranked 6th) and the result was never really in doubt.
No he was never in with a chance. His fans were so irritating with their shouts of "allllllllllllezzzzz" that I was tempted to shout " C'mon Venus!" (eliminated 2 days earlier) but didn't have the guts as I'm new to this tennis stuff and wanted to observe the weird etiquette everyone seemed to pretend to be following in the expensive seats . C'mon this was Australia for god's sake and they aren't the most cultured of sports fans.
I wish I'd been a bit more vocal though it all felt a bit like standing on a high platform and wanting to jump (somewhere deep inside) but not having the guts to go through with it.
I don't know if I explained that properly, but I know what I mean.
Yes Nadal continued to pick his butt between points.

It was all very good natured at the end.I was in Melbourne on Australia Day, but from my perspective it was all a bit of a damp noodleThere were odd moments.

Like the Falun marching band.

What's that about I wonder?

It was what it was.Ok let's catch up on stuff.

I had dinner in Sydney, in the Opera house and it was fun and probably over priced though unlike most places with a great setting, accompanied by great food.
What is it about restaurants in high profile settings?
They usually have a great view and crappy grub.
Not here.

I also was blessed with colleagues who made sure I didn't spin my wheels on my own and they took care of me.

They drove me around Melbourne stopping where ever and whenever something interesting presented itself.Man, I really want to do this one day. The speed and air time these guys got up too was something to witness.

I suck....I really do.

I don't do anything like this on MY weekends.....

That's it for OZ.

Its 1:30 am Saturday in HK and I'm sipping a Heineken and feeling all is well with the world.

What are you doing?I'm in HK until next Saturday then in the UK for 2 days to see Jess then its a back to summer in the Southern Hemisphere and the beaches of RIO.
Four days in Brazil then back to the UK.
Then Canada.
Then HK.
Then Qatar.
Will this ever end?
Nope.
Love to all

T