My flatmate, Elizabeth (right), on her birthday (Feb. 1), with her brother, Andrew, and his wife, Fiona

Essington Apartments, my home away from home

My huge walk-in closet (I think it's as big as Dave's whole room in Tokyo)

My bedroom in the flat

The view from our balcony

view of the ocean (and all the big coal ships) at nightfall

Between Newcastle Ocean Baths and Nobbys Beach

Lighthouse at Nobby's Headland at night

Nobbys Beach (the lights are ships offshore)

Reflection of Fort Scratchley on a pond at the Foreshore

Christ's Church Cathedral on the Hill

Moonlight on water at the end of the Nobby's Headland walkway

My flatmate, Elizabeth, and her friends Guillermo ("Will") and Tiffany, on our "Moon Walk"

Elizabeth and me

Sunrise

I think this one's particularly nice, with the ship and the kayaker

Old wreck off the coast of Nelson Bay/Stockton Beach

Me four-wheeling with Will on Stockton Beach

Funny money (Australian currency)