Friday, March 31, 2006

Aussie Dollar is Falling - Waves are Rising

We've had a busy week with 2 hockey training sessions (Peggy), 2 baseball training sessions (Nick), a few classes to teach (both of us), and our regular work schedule on top of that. We've decided we need a much needed break so we're heading up the coast to Port Stephens for the night. But before we leave, we have breaking news ...

The waves in Bronte have been HUGE this week, among the largest we've seen since moving here. A cyclone that moved into the Tasman Sea is responsible for kicking up the huge surf. On Monday, we did as the locals do and took our cameras to the beach to watch the waves. There were a handful of surfers out -- but no even tried to catch a wave in the 30 minutes we watched. A swimmer crazy enough to check out the surf was 'rescued' by the lifeguards and towed into the beach on the back of a jet ski. We later saw the swimmer on the boardwalk bragging that we was in fine shape out there swimming and only agreed to be rescued because he'd always wanted to see what it was like to be on a jet ski. (That's Aussie mentality for you!)

For those of you contemplating a trip down under, we'd like to bring to your attention the recent fall of the Aussie dollar against the greenback. It's recently hit a 18-month low against the dollar, getting as low as 0.71 AUD = 1 USD. The lower the Aussie dollar goes, the further your money will go on your trip here. Save up to 10%!

posted by Peggy C. at 11:06 AM