Happy Homecoming!

I was able to see the Australian Olympians return from the Beijing Olympics on Monday as they began a capitol city tour thru Australia and Monday was Sydney's turn to welcome the team home. It was good to see the tourists and locals flock to the city centre and cheer home our athletes. The Australia Post motorcycle riders were handing out free flags and boxing kangaroo flags to the people lining the streets and the atmosphere was great. I was proud to witness this event. Seeing George Street without traffic is a rare sight in itself and is very interesting. I am quite proud of the accomplishments of this little nation, we excel in many ways. I think we ranked 6th highest in the medal tally, which is no small accomplishment by comparison to the bigger nations who had much bigger teams and funding. Thought I would share a few pics. The silver car you see with the police escort contains the NSW state governor Mary Bashir, a very kind and gracious lady who married a former Rugby union player.

Enjoy!