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ETD 2005, Sydney, Australia

2005-10-01

i visited Syndey for a week for the annual ETD conference, especially to attend the NDLTD Board meeting, hosted by University of New South Wales

people at the conference sessions

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some of my colleagues during the working lunch harbour cruise

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more colleagues ... at the back of the boat

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Ellen Tise, fellow S.African

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some random conference folks

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and yet more conference folks busily snapping up the sights

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Addisons - where i stayed

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the Sydney harbour bridge

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as we go under the harbour bridge ...

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the harbour bridge again

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the bridge yet once again

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people walking up the bridge - yikes!

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some ship that looked naval

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the monorail going across the bay

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a historical ship of some sort

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Sydney Opera House

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and Sydney Opera House again

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the front steps ... it really looks better from a bit back, hence no close ups

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Sydney the metropolis

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view of the city from outside the Opera House

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the harbour mounth from the Sydney Tower

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UNSW (in the middle of pic) from the Sydney Tower

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islands in Syndey - explains why on the boat i lost all sense of where i was

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the waterfront from high up

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prawns! yummy! at the aquarium unfortunately

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some fish just kinda catching a park

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an alligator ... i think

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some kind of jellyfish

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walking down the dark tunnel ... i dont think there were many ppl there when i went

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the shark area at night ... quite deserted

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one of the sharks just sommer sitting on the glass

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shark slowly swimming past

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and another shark ... really, now, these look likes sharks in any aquarium

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some fishy stuff tangled

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coral, this is what i really came here for

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and more coral

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and yet more coral

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glass walkways ... as if sharks dont freak you out enouhg

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dory - the little fish that couldnt remember

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a real coke bottle!

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flavoured condoms in a dispenser ... ausies dont settle for that government-issued stuff you get in SA cloakrooms :)

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toilet paper in a vending machine?

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urinals at the university ... notice how low they are - only 2 tiles from the floor ... hmmm ...

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