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whales of New South Wales

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Sydney, 2000.10.07

Today, we've been in Australia for 8 months! Time flies when you're having fun.

We're off, once again, to go whale watching in Pt. Stephens. Our last trip was a total bust, so we've got half-priced tickets this time around. The temperature is supposed to hit 35 degrees today, which will be a nice change from the 10 degree weather we encountered the last time. Clever whales, heading towards Antarctica.

rand()m quote

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

—Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.