{"id":234,"date":"2009-03-09T03:41:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T03:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2009\/03\/09\/on_saying_goodbye\/"},"modified":"2019-05-07T20:35:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T20:35:54","slug":"on_saying_goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2009\/03\/09\/on_saying_goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"On saying goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write I can look across the Domain: beyond the NSW Art Gallery to the Telstra Tower and the other buildings of Sydney’s CBD. To my right, although I can’t see it from here, the Harbour Bridge lurks behind the Botanic Gardens and Parliament House. Grey clouds tussle with white for dominance: here and there they deign to allow glimpses of cerulean.<\/p>\n

\n\"farewell<\/a><\/p>\n

\nIt’s been three years and a month since I got off a plane at Sydney airport for the first time. It’s been quite a wild ride: new job, new friends, new blog(s); I’ve managed to avoid getting sunburnt but almost died from pneumonia. I’ve seen dolphins in the wild, huge spiders, pretty redbacks — but amazingly neither snakes nor funnelwebs. I’ve been amazed by the colorful bird life and caught in the rip at Surfer’s Paradise. I’ve landed exactly one fish and bought a didgeridoo.<\/p>\n

\nPerhaps most importantly I’ve made a lot of new friends, and I know at least some of them will miss<\/a> me as much as I miss them. They all have offers to stay in London.<\/p>\n

\nYesterday we took a ferry to Watson’s Bay. As I looked behind us, the city was covered in cloud, almost hidden from sight. But yachts still played under the shadow of Taronga Zoo and loud-mouthed scrotes celebrated 40th birthdays. As I leave Sydney, I simply hope that I leave as many good memories as I take.<\/p>\n

\n\"City<\/a><\/p>\n

\nOh, and they still haven’t fixed the lifts<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nPS. I’m supposed to mention that OpenLab 2008 is now on sale<\/a>. It was a lot of work, as I’ve mentioned in passing before. Finding fifty entries from the 400+ nominated was not an easy matter. Jenny<\/a> might be able to say something more sensible about it now she’s back from her holiday: I’ve got to go and re-pack four suitcases before we go to the airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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