I briefly mentioned this earlier but I want to wax lyrical about my local supermarket. They have a quiet night, which is for two and a half hours on Monday night from 6:30, for people who get overstimulated by too much... stimulation. Yeah. So there's no music, the beeping of the cash registers is significantly quieter and they dim the lights ( Read more... )

It's still hot. Frig, this summer. No extended walk this weekend because of it. I was hoping to go down to the south coast, ride the Goolwa to Port Elliot (maybe all the way to Victor Harbor) route, hoping it'd be cooler down there than up here, but it was still forecast for 35. As it turns out, that happened at about 11am then it suddenly dropped ( Read more... )

Featuring the QVB Christmas tree and Jetstar. Cos that's all there was. ( Sydney Day 7: Saturday 3 November )

Featuring the Three Sisters, the Wintergarden and Blue Mountains Sparadise. ( Sydney Day 6: Friday 2 November )

Up to the Blue Mountains for dinner at Darley's Restaurant! ( Sydney Day 5: Thursday 1 November )

Featuring the Queen Victoria Building, Barangaroo and Automata. ( Sydney Day 4: Wednesday 31 October )

Featuring Hyde Park, the Australian Museum and Korean barbecue. ( Sydney Day 3: Tuesday 30 October )

Day two in Sydney! Featuring the Sydney Fish Markets, Darling Harbour and the Chinese Garden of Friendship. ( Sydney Day 2: Monday 29 October )

Having come to the conclusion that I won't get the printed photobook done before Christmas, let alone printed and sent to Sydney, I've decided to post it all here first, do the book properly with words like I did for Japan. So here we go, Sydney 30th Birthday Extravaganza Week! ( Day 1 - Sunday 28 October )

K SO FUNNY STORY. Every time I've been on the computer since the last update, it's been to write. The previous chapter I finished before this current awesome run was in April last year. I'm now halfway through the fifth in less than a month, and holy shit balls I love it. You'll remember my last update, a month ago, was about how I'd finally forced ( Read more... )