Sydney, NSW, Australia - April 17, 2000

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Monday, April 17, 2000

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sydney, NSW, Australia:

Latitude:	33° 53' 7" South
Longitude:	151° 14' 2" East
Altitude:	236 feet
From Seattle:	8714 miles
Lodging:	Friend / Family - Susie

Today's Travel:

Country:	Australia
Region:	New South Wales
Weather:	Partial Sun

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Trip Stats to Date:

Day:	1103
Linear Dist:	212402
Countries Visited:	68
Regions Visited:	257
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Hotels:	358
Friends / Family:	292
Camping:	121
Hostels:	248
Transit:	70
Other Lodging:	13
Beers:	3880
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Journal Entry:

Called Hewlett Packard's help line and spent nearly an hour navigating the phone system before I got hold of a person. I explained that my H/PC had caught fire and he agreed it should be serviced and gave me the address of a place to take it. On the plus side he's put it in as a waranty claim even through it's nearly five months out of waranty. On the down side they won't accept anything via Australian Post so I either have to deliver it myself or pay a courier. Susie had a bunch of little jobs to do so she agreed to drive me. Stopped by a couple places for her to take care of things then got to the repair place. Found the repair center and turned in my device - unfortunately the 660LX was never released in Australia so they can't give me an exchange so I'm going to be without for awhile... Spent awhile looking for a nice place to have lunch, but we couldn't find anyplace that was open (despite two ferries and I don't know how many miles) and sometime after three we gave up and went to McDonald's.

Back in Sydney spent time at an internet cafe. Then had a great sushi diner with Dean and Susie. After diner dropped by Dean's office to check out his current project and take a look at some pictures / video from the boat trip last February.

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