A flight from Arizona yesterday evening took me over the deserts of the South-West, past the valley of wind turbines, and dropped me off at Los Angeles. It is a quick trip and after the sorting of a rental car and GPS, I ended up in Anaheim right next to Disney. Close enough that their nightly fireworks were incredibly loud.

The next day we traveled down the Pacific Highway - a name familiar to Australians - and ended up at the beach at Oceanview. Like coastal Sydney, the southern Californian coast is blessed with wonderfully temperate weather and great surf. The next hours were spent body surfing, sunning, talking before heading off to eat tacos, burritos and quaff down Mexican beer. Not bad. (reply)
Cam Riley: South Sea Republic. Freedom, liberty, equity and an Australian Republic.