6 Months of International Surf Travel: Staying with Auntie Jenny in Sydney

Jenny is Fiona's eldest sibling. She is a total character and was really fun to spend time with. Here she is on the couch, fully engaged in conversation with Cam:

Here is the front door. Sort of a jungle opening. Jenny splits her time between this place in the Annandale neighborhood of Sydney and a place "in the bush" in Barraba, NSW. Barraba is a 6 hour drive from Sydney:

I told you already that Jenny is a character. Now you get a sense of why/how. This is the ladder up to her room (where she sleeps) in the attic. Yes, in her mid 70s, she swiftly climbs the ladder like a fireman and comes down elegantly as well:

Getting the tour of the kitchen:

I spy a few tea kettles. A very Leigh kitchen:

Bullfighting poster leaning against the piano in the living room:

Jenny's son Bart lives in the Annandale house as well. He is a very bright and funny guy. We stayed up late talking about Australian politics, culture, and our life dreams and aspirations:

Jenny giving the tour of the back patio:

The toilet is outside on the patio. Now I get it:

Jenny raises sheep. She shears sheep for wool. She dies the wool. She spins the wool on her own spinning wheel. Then she weaves different objects and pieces of apparel. Then she sells those pieces at weekend markets where local and foreign hipsters buy her stuff like hotcakes. She is a vertically integrated wool baron!

Here I am with a couple of her kettle warmers. Double fisting tea kettles. I am almost a pure blooded Aussie Leigh!

In keeping with her role as a 100% bonafide character, Jenny is part of a local uniformed brass band in Sydney. She plays the Cornett (a small trumpet). Here she is in full uniform. The night we arrived, she was playing in an outdoor concert a few miles away in Ryde, for their annual "Christmas carols on the lawn concert:"