Leaving on a jet plane…

I probably won’t get to update this blog over the next month, as I travel around Europe. I’ll get back in touch with the tech world then!

The trip will be blogged at http://www.koalabear.ws (when I can get to an internet connection!).

Countries and US States visited

Apparently I’ve been to only 8% of the world’s countries (excluding countries where I just had stopovers):
create your own visited countries map. 

And then I’ve been to 21% of the US States (again excluding flight stopover places):
create your own visited states map.

Sydney “world’s best place to eat”

The LA Times food critic has written that Sydney is the number one place to eat, with superb locations and excellent food.  She said “The best Australian chefs have caught the soul of a cuisine, so whatever they cook rings true…. Funny thing is, Sydney seems to do practically every other genre spectacularly well too. So much so that this city of 3 million has become a mecca of sorts for anybody serious enough about food to get on a plane and fly 16 hours to get here.”

From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16722586-38198,00.html

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-sydney25sep25,1,4609371.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Sydney “world’s best place to eat”

The LA Times food critic has written that Sydney is the number one place to eat, with superb locations and excellent food. She said “The best Australian chefs have caught the soul of a cuisine, so whatever they cook rings true…. Funny thing is, Sydney seems to do practically every other genre spectacularly well too. So much so that this city of 3 million has become a mecca of sorts for anybody serious enough about food to get on a plane and fly 16 hours to get here.”

From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16722586-38198,00.html and http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-sydney25sep25,1,4609371.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

1 in 4 Aussies born abroad

24% of the Australian population are direct immigrants, with the highest groups from:

• Britain:6%
• New Zealand: 2%
• Italy: 1%
• China: 1%
• Vietnam: 1%

From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16662689-39555,00.html