I’ve finally made up my mind on my travel plans now that winter in New Zealand is ending.

These might change but tomorrow I’m buying the plane tickets so it won’t be able to change in the short term anyways.  I’m off to Sydney in early/mid October.

I love it here in New Zealand but there are too many kiwis and I’m looking forward to being back on the beach for Aussie summer.

I’ve been looking around for places to rent/lease not so much in Sydney but more on the coast – being a ‘mountain town’ kind of guy for the last few years moving back into a big city doesn’t really float my boat and somewhere a little quieter on the coast but still just an hour from the big smoke would suit me fine.

Even though I didn’t grow up in Sydney I have some great friends in the city and a group of really good friends who live on the coast and I’ve got a stack of leads to follow up on.  But if any of you guys have any ideas please feel free to send them through.

One thing I can’t believe since getting off the plane in Sydney is how many hot people there are here. Both guys and girls.

I can’t put my finger on one single thing….

• Perhaps it is my attitude is different being on ‘holidays’ and in a place that I love.
• Perhaps it is the warm weather and more skin is being shown – watched the cricket the other day with a bunch of mates and most of the guys weren’t wearing shirts (that doesn’t happen too often in Colorado or in winter New Zealand).
• Perhaps it is showing more flesh which makes people want to look and feel better.

I’d be keen to hear any ideas on the subject.  I think I myself have lost a few kg’s since I’ve been here and despite the rain I have gotten a little bit of colour which I think makes me look slimmer as well.

Just imagine what an entire summer here would do for me……

Speaking of beautiful people – I’ve posted here before about Shannon who has just moved up to Sydney from Melbourne.  His blog has been going for a while now and it sounds like he is doing great with it.  Here are some pics he emailed me and I’m told this is the very first place they have been seen.

Shannon is doing a ‘Speedo Challenge’ where people tell him where to be photographed in his speedos – check it out hereo.

Another set of photos that Shannon sent me can be seen ‘here’.