Sculpture by the Sea

Sculpture by the Sea is an annual sculpture exhibition located on the coastal walk from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach. This year there were 107 exhibits - all fun and interesting..and enhanced by the beautiful surroundings.
I went with Louise. We had brekky at Bondi Beach before our walk - blueberry pancakes..very nice. Here are a couple of my favourite pics.







The whole set can be seen here. http://picasaweb.google.com/sevenforenglish/SclpturesByTheSeaOctober2008?authkey=IO_vcubDOVQ# ...

and coffee at;

1960's me

This provided amusement - ( obviously i don't have enough to do in a day!!), courtesy of
yearbookyourself

The Boys

Meet our two new houseguests!..

This is Pickle

and this is Busypea aka Busy.

They are Megan's mice. It's fun to have house pets again..

32 Years

Barry and I had our 32nd wedding anniversary. We took this as we were waiting for our lift to arrive - we went out to dinner with friends - H2O @ Narrabeen.

Bushwalk - Seaforth - Bantry Bay

I tagged along on the the Coastal Yacht Club's ( something like that - I can't remember the exact organisation, but there was a Commodore along, so I know it has something to do with boats) monthly bushwalking activities. They are a very nice group of people and didn't seem to mind in the least that I am a confirmed landlubber, with neither the desire nor the means to be messing about with boats.







We started the walk at Seaforth oval, and descended quickly via a good bush track down to the bay. We followed the bay North and ascended - again quickly, but this time on a track which involved a lot of climbing over boulders and under fallen logs to a vantage point looking back at where we had come from, where we stopped for a break. The lady who organised the event whipped out a huge container of home made scones which she had whipped up that morning - ( some people are just sooo competent and energtic).



We emerged from the bush at the Armenian Club and followed the Wakehurst Parkway back to Seaforth. We apparently covered 7 and a half kilometres. I was sore the next day and picked up a tick en route, which Megan had to extract from my leg, but I felt quite virtuous and self - satisfied with my bushwalking and clambering prowess - although i do realise it's a long way from the Oxfam 100kilometre trailwalk!!!

Leila

This little cutie is Nina's ( our neighbour a couple of doors up)grandaughter, Leila. She is the tiniest, cutest little nearly 2 year old and she talks non stop!! ..obviously her Italian heriage!:) These were taken while we were having Saturday afternoon drinks at Mary's.

Our Home in Kyoto

This
will be our home in Kyoto for 6 nights. It's right on top of Kyoto station , so will be very convenient to come back to after a busy day of sightseeing. Apparently there's lots of good cheap food places underneath too, for when we're too tired to eat out.

It's all booked... getting excited!