Australia!

I made a friend from the Mac software development community recently and he had a wild idea: “Why don’t you come visit me for a while?”

Never mind that Peter lives 17,000 km / 10,500 miles away from me. Literally on the other side of the world.

Of course I went!

So I’ve been hanging out in Western Australia for most of the past month, working half-time remotely from my friend’s house in Perth and exploring when I could. Here’s some of what I saw from my road trips across Western Australia:

Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia

Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia

Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia

Moora, Western Australia

Here’s a road sign we don’t see back home!

Kangaroo Sign · New Norcia, Western Australia

Desert, Western Australia · Pingrup, Western Australia

Wave Rock · Wave Rock, Hyden, Western Australia

Port Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia

King’s Park Botanical Garden, Perth, Western Australia

Funny thing: When Peter drove me to the airport at the end of my time here, he said, “You know, Eric, I’ve lived here for 20 years and I think you’ve seen more of Western Australia than I have.”

After my time in Perth, I stopped for a few days to visit a college buddy who had moved to Brisbane. One evening, I drove out to Noosa Head National Park, a few hours north of Brisbane. I got there just at sunset and caught this photo looking back across the Pacific to the mainland.

Noosa Head Sunset · Noosa Head National Park, Noosa, Queensland, Australia

This has been my first big international trip and I love, love, love it! Can’t wait to see more of the world!