Manly Beach, Australia
Another day of prep and sight-seeing.
Manly Beach, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Author: Mark E. Johnson
Connections, New and Old
Sydney, Australia
Our first full day here, so why are we here? We brought 17 students to Australia to cover the Women’s World Cup for the Associated Press. In a few days we’ll split into three teams, one headed north to Brisbane, one staying put and mine will head south to Melbourne.
We started the day with a visit from Mark Baker, AP’s photo editor for Australia and New Zealand. What I expected to be a short logistics and welcome visit turned into a three-plus hour long discussion and tutorial with the students – it was fantastic.
We then headed out to explore.
Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Arrival
Sydney, Australia
That was a long flight, but it was sunny and cool when we landed. After rounding up the kids and getting everyone’s credentials, the profs went out to dinner.
Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia
In Flight
Pacific Ocean
The challenge with doing a photo-a-day project when you’re on a 14 hour flight that crosses 11 time zones is you never really know what time it is where you are. So … I think I got this right.
Departure
Atlanta, Georgia
And so it begins – 29 days away, off on an adventure down under.
Los Angeles, California
Last Supper
Athens, Georgia
Last night in Athens for … a long time. So, we went to the mid-grade Mexican place. Which is damned good.
Flipped
Athens, Georgia
I often see car pieces, large and small, scattered around this intersection. Today, I saw where some of them come from.