Hooray! It is getting sunnier and hotter in Sydney now every day. Spring is here, and it feels like summer already. The Jacaranda trees are now in full purple bloom. Their colour is actually even brighter in real life than it comes out in the photo.
We are also already approaching Christmas again. Santa Claus invites the drivers-by for shopping. :)(I think his face looks Indian, possibly.)
Yesterday I was in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney, where they had a Goth street festival (Under The Blue Moon) and a Halloween Party at night. Halloween is celebrated in Australia, but not nearly as big as in America. The Australians are trying not to adopt too much American culture too quickly. The above Santa Claus may suggest otherwise, I admit. Anyway, there are NOT pumpkins everywhere here at Halloween, not like in Germany. But maybe that's also largely because it's not pumpkin season here now.
Those people dressed in black fancy Goth costumes must have been sweating in the 30+ degrees afternoon sun. I did sweat, anyway, wearing black as well for the party later on. Which was nice, they had live bands and DJs, dance performances and neo-burlesque shows, only the music was too loud for my ears.
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