Convergence and Energy....Discovery and Growth...Adventure in JULY 2008 in the WYD City of Sydney...SAFELY under the stars of the land of the Southern Cross. UnOfFiCiAl bLoG
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
World Youth Day 2008 is getting closer. Visitors and photos at the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney. Water is symbolic in Christian imagery.
******A TO Z********** Australia's population: about 20 million. LANGUAGE: Australian English MONEY: Dollar Notes: 100,50,20,10,5. Coins: 5cents,10c,20c,50c, $1 (100cents),$2. Prices are rounded up to nearest 5 or 10c. GST tax is included in all prices. MEASURE: Metric: Kilograms, Litres,Kilometres. DRIVING: Drive on the left side of the road. WATER: Town water is always safe to drink SMOKING:No smoking rule applies in many situations ****************************************************
****************************** Where are we? Sydney at Latitude 34 has a similar latitude to these cities: Osaka, Japan; Xian, China; Baghdad, Iraq; Casablanca, Morocco; Columbia, USA; Los Angeles,USA; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina. ********************************
******************************************* FROM SYDNEY AIRPORT TRAVELLING NORTH TO FASSIFERN & NEWCASTLE BY RAIL Takes About 3 hours or more.
NEWCASTLE : BROADMEADOW (Change for north coast line) : FASSIFERN Awaba Dora Creek Morisset : : Gosford : : SYDNEY CENTRAL CHANGE TO INTER-CITY TRAINS : : DOMESTIC AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Not to scale, diagramatic simplifiedplan Many other stations are not shown) *****************************************
Synchronisity..........a rough guide to time zones ....AT 8am MONDAY in Sydney (or Newcastle) ...........its 5.00am Mon in Saigon .................3.30am Mon in New Delhi .................1.00am Mon in Moscow ...............11.00pm Sun in Rome .................7.00pm Sun in Rio ........5.00pm Sun in New York ........2.00pm Sun in San Francisco