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Started my day today by sipping a white chocolate mocha from Starbucks, looking over Circular Quay at the Opera House, under a clear blue sky. There are worse ways to start a day.

The Blue Mountains, plus some snaps of the ferry trip from Darling Harbour to Olympic Park.

Such a tourist trap.

Yes yes, I know. There’s LOADS more to Sydney than the sodding Opera House and Harbour Bridge, but here’s where I trekked to on Saturday, amongst other places.

Word on the street is that home broadband is connected, and my router is with an Australian Post driver as I type, so brace yourselves for an onslaught of ramblings and photos.

I had my first Tim Tam slam last night, and man alive it was good! I selected white Tim Tams from the supermarket, for no other reason than I like white chocolate. I have since been told that the double chocolate Tim Tams are better for Tim Tam slams though, as the double layer of chocolate helps maintain the structural integrity.

For those who don’t know what a Tim Tam slam is, it’s a test of endurance, stamina, wit and determination. You effectively use a Tim Tam as a straw. As a Tim Tam is constructed from biscuit and chocolate, sipping a hot mug of tea through one can be a jolly exciting experience, sometimes resulting in a chocolate explosion, and always in a large dollop of soggy biscuit at the bottom of your tea vessel.

Anyway, here we have the white chocolate Tim Tams:

Step 1

Carefully nibble the opposing corners of the selected Tim Tam:

Step 2

Insert one of the nibbled corners into your drink, and prepare to suck through the opposing corner:

Step 3

Keep a steely determination, and maintain structural integrity of the Tim Tam until it will hold no longer: