tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224933622024-03-06T01:07:27.615+11:00I got a 7 for english now watch me travel theworldJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-65509099020790182892016-11-26T11:18:00.003+11:002016-12-08T16:40:02.995+11:00Home cooked dinner.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When your gown-up son, invites you dinner, sets a table and cooks a two
course meal, it makes every one of those 500000 meals you've dished up
over the years all worthwhile!!<br />
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Well, you are ever too old to enjoy the animals at the zoo!! We had a fun morning at Canberra Zoo - thank you everyone for the birthday voucher!!. The red Panda was the special highlight, and it was a was an extra treat to feed the lion! .. by feed , I mean poke a piece of meat on the end of a pair of long tongs through the wires. <br />
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Canberra zoo was a surprise- quite compact, without feeling too enclosed for the animals. Very good value for small children - you can see a lot of animals in much less time and seemingly cover a lot less distance than at Taronga. I can't wait for Bean to be old enough to bring here!!<br />
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We saw, lions, cheetahs, sun bears,red pandas, giraffes, meerkats, and the usual Aussie animal contingent-but we skipped past them. When you can see echidnas and wallabies 100metres from your front door, you get very blasé about native fauna.<br />
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If you want to see the red Pandas, here is a tip for you!- they really dislike heat, so you won't see them in summer- they'll be hiding at the top of a tree to keep cool. Make sure you go in winter!! They're much more likely to be running around and feeding then . <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYU79-7uzsw_Km4OEW2e-ZwvK-l3lbYYzPvsh_kSGK0aLI0xnfF56bIWioT2TTCPa7r8L4COmp3XsjdRi8FCpMOiIftuEjn4PFYcQ6DgB-stXg0ZEVgYyGpy5R_sF5BexhrC2Yw/s1600/PB130046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYU79-7uzsw_Km4OEW2e-ZwvK-l3lbYYzPvsh_kSGK0aLI0xnfF56bIWioT2TTCPa7r8L4COmp3XsjdRi8FCpMOiIftuEjn4PFYcQ6DgB-stXg0ZEVgYyGpy5R_sF5BexhrC2Yw/s320/PB130046.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
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And here I am feeding the lion. - he was a bit of a pussy cat!! He was more in a grassy enclosure, than a meadow.<br />
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<br />Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0Canberra ACT, Australia-35.3075 149.124417-35.722120499999996 148.47897 -34.8928795 149.76986399999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-60146802091778544942012-12-07T08:01:00.000+11:002012-12-07T08:01:26.083+11:00John Lewis Christmas AdsJust in case anyone is reading this- apart from a machine in Mountain View California, I loooove the John Lewis Christmas ads - thought I would share:-)<br />
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Christmas 20102<br />
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<br />Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-79522333211234924802012-05-10T22:41:00.000+10:002012-05-10T22:42:42.639+10:00Easter breakSome pics from our walk around Narrabeen lake. The council has installed a lovely new board walk starting next to the Sports Centre.<br />
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General lake views.. boys fishing,<br />
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girls hanging out<br />
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and a pelican party complete with cheezels:-)<br />
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It was a very fun little Easter party - no hats this time, but party games instead..a treasure hunt in the garden, an easter hunt and a fabulous lamb roast!<br />
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After the lamb roast, we ventured to the garden for the party games. Megan was the winner of the treasure hunt, but graciously shared her booty (with the rest of the family and fun was had:-)<br />
"Oooh Millie, Look what I found":-)<br />
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Everyone got a turn:<br />
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and conversation was forsaken , in favour of our latest app craze #drawsomething! The only conversation to be had went something like this: "What do you mean, it doesn't look like a lava lamp??...Of course it's a lava lamp."<br />
"But where is the electrical cord?"<br />
"....Electrical cord? I drew you a volcano...that was a clue!!"<br />
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Happy Easter everyone!! I loved having you all for dinner, the games were fun and drawsomething was hysterical!:-)<br />
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Just to finish off the day - fresh from the oven , some Anzac biscuits:-)<br />
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<br />Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-78534170483408711272012-04-27T18:08:00.001+10:002012-04-27T18:12:52.833+10:00Anzac Day ParadeA few shots from the Parade:<br />
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Starting with the Police bikie gang , ( and if you look closely, a sousaphone)<br />
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Next came the regular taxis each carrying a digger - the crowd loves them and they love the crowd - they're mostly sozzled by now (9.00am) - sitting in the front seats of their cabs with their stubbies - I know -I chatted to some of them while they were waiting for the parade to start.<br />
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And it wouldn't be a parade without the pipes and drums..ooooh yes, I'm loving this!!:-)<br />
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Then a bit of Navy bandness:<br />
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Then some jeeps carrying the brave:<br />
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Some cadets carrying the banners of the First World War - obviously no WW1 diggers are left, and soon there will be no ww2 vets left either:<br />
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Next some Navy brass file past the cenotaph:<br />
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Then ...drumroll drumroll drumroll... The Millenium Marching Band.. Here we are falling about laughing. WTF are they wearing? Who do they think they are? HP?... Megs is dead glad she's not with them now!!<br />
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Lots more bands come and go, lots more sailors come ..and go<br />
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At this stage ( about 11.00 and still not sign of the army or airforce, we decided to call it a day -rather tired having not been to bed, so started making our way up George St to Town hall station. .. - a few random things seen along the way:<br />
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Cute kids with their rosemary and medals, more interested in play than parades.<br />
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A Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel: ( big big cheers for him)<br />
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lots more bands, but <br />
I'll leave with these guys.- Anzac Day is all about them, and I salute them with kisses and thanks <br />
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</div>We decided to go to the Dawn Service in Martin Place. The Dawn Service has nothing to do with dawn - that doesn't happen til about 6.30 on April 25th. The service is apparently held then, because that was the time the boats first landed on the shores of Gallipoli on April 25th, 1915. So we set off in the cold at 2.30 am to drive to St Leonards to catch the train into town. (hardly as epic as landing on the war torn shores of Gallipoli in small boats in the freezing cold waters, I know). Here's the documentary evidence - Martin Place @3.50am:-) <br />
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After the service, we had brekkie - the BEST bacon and egg rolls - and hung around the cenotaph looking at the wreaths and absorbing the atmosphere while we waited for the Parade to start. One side of the Cenotaph reads "Lest We Forget" , the other "To Our Glorious Dead".<br />
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A couple of diggers with an impressive array of medals, happy to pose for me:-)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgnkEIDAJGLLkqAeCSsxSabgEntnxjcgiY6eLIpU_fWWLsZBPI3bJCaRSRiDHqrbZhTVZVEynwTiSlXLhKm83roQok0pc3eQtHV__aFgj8M44uCHn26V2tadSX1k9zooZBpbvOw/s1600/IMG_2939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="267" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgnkEIDAJGLLkqAeCSsxSabgEntnxjcgiY6eLIpU_fWWLsZBPI3bJCaRSRiDHqrbZhTVZVEynwTiSlXLhKm83roQok0pc3eQtHV__aFgj8M44uCHn26V2tadSX1k9zooZBpbvOw/s400/IMG_2939.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Taxis waiting in Pitt Street to take the elderly and infirm diggers.<br />
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Sousaphone on it's way to join it's band....Gotta feel sorry for sousaphone players... Ridiculous looking instrument!! Must be heavy! Sounds weird!<br />
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Journo filing a report on the steps of the Westin, Martin Place<br />
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Friendly cadet giving out sprigs of rosemary with little Aussie flags <br />
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Me and my new friend:-) - a selfie..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0Ez4I8hjJxwHymnuFBztz-Z6FAn83GlU70XxJKkElUy_SgDxDYPPPGTBstuM4TLgMtk5xp4wPNSH8-_S-XalGSTFwLsChpnMiuDxSDstAoVR4CQLcsee_I3wenjrEf2c1FkYVA/s1600/IMG_6860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0Ez4I8hjJxwHymnuFBztz-Z6FAn83GlU70XxJKkElUy_SgDxDYPPPGTBstuM4TLgMtk5xp4wPNSH8-_S-XalGSTFwLsChpnMiuDxSDstAoVR4CQLcsee_I3wenjrEf2c1FkYVA/s400/IMG_6860.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Anzac Day will continue next post with the Parade!:-)<br />Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-5075619254862523042012-04-22T17:21:00.004+10:002012-04-22T17:23:01.699+10:00The EagleDad is addicted to this Danish crim series featuring the epic Icelandic detective Hallgrim Hallgrimsson. He is so obsessed he spent an entire day of the Easter break recording the intro theme song and making it into a ring tone... The music is weird. It sends Megan and I into paroxysms of laughter every time we hear it! Certainly no-0one else in the world will have that as a ringtone.. Am working out a way to publish it on here for your enjoyment.. will update when I've figured it out!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5_hgSXSvi0bc80SPD3Wx68Kk5zXvLsFSqzwkhdPF2HrSjT5BhehoNel8Ne5R1zL4uBzdz6cnESiXLa2aYdldTX85Dibt3ijVrB1UChF_970bvnVmp37WE9U5Y6mCyt4-BX8GyA/s1600/DSC04285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5_hgSXSvi0bc80SPD3Wx68Kk5zXvLsFSqzwkhdPF2HrSjT5BhehoNel8Ne5R1zL4uBzdz6cnESiXLa2aYdldTX85Dibt3ijVrB1UChF_970bvnVmp37WE9U5Y6mCyt4-BX8GyA/s400/DSC04285.JPG" /></a></div>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-3650236401086980882012-04-16T11:04:00.013+10:002012-04-17T09:53:13.996+10:00Canberra - Day 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazCslg_EkTm3o3kyZ_Bt0j_fv1KHv76hs-_i0wP1jPv7TJ06rx9gCC0NRZxS9iWay-nxH31hR6hdEC4fgD7DyY9WIHLbXadxJIQKKyvYHmbdBGS7uuBsi4M4l4qSPNMrapL1nTQ/s1600/IMG_2130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazCslg_EkTm3o3kyZ_Bt0j_fv1KHv76hs-_i0wP1jPv7TJ06rx9gCC0NRZxS9iWay-nxH31hR6hdEC4fgD7DyY9WIHLbXadxJIQKKyvYHmbdBGS7uuBsi4M4l4qSPNMrapL1nTQ/s400/IMG_2130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731801150460204658" /></a> <br /><br />Once again I was up before dawn, this time with the intent purpose of going back down to the lake to photograph the balloons. Dad looked out the window for a weather check and reported cloud cover and drizzle. We debated whether balloons would fly in that, decided probably not and snuggled back into bed. About half an hour later I looked out the window again in tme to see half a dozen of them hovering over the city. I sprang out of bed and belted down the median strip heading towards Parliament House like a demented lunatic. (I know you'd be very surprised at that Chris).<br /><br />So I think we may have missed the best of them as the possse of photographers were packing up and leaving as we arrived, but I nonetheless got some shots, so that made me happy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYaNYh9NI3exxFaWl2vWI04tmCGCZMT4f-OYrQfKQZwkBuuTPg9GOPtwIcITKPHF25FCwXDTReQV5fVn_9eaHGLCD55DifXFEmV7HNCE4cTEVPS78Ofq6oiRbzLqKdGXrHKMTHw/s1600/IMG_2133.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYaNYh9NI3exxFaWl2vWI04tmCGCZMT4f-OYrQfKQZwkBuuTPg9GOPtwIcITKPHF25FCwXDTReQV5fVn_9eaHGLCD55DifXFEmV7HNCE4cTEVPS78Ofq6oiRbzLqKdGXrHKMTHw/s400/IMG_2133.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731802659309030834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcs_XVlSlEx3qHd-8WpHM_G7OZMwMnmUd5LU2COtiOpxIxD3BDCEX6ZGHmgloEGC1zDnUeAwR_CrPNVED1eHW1lBBBK-KcbXMKvOftcgwWTmI07fMgZRvxys8JIyQnf6lwW6zpYw/s1600/IMG_2136.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcs_XVlSlEx3qHd-8WpHM_G7OZMwMnmUd5LU2COtiOpxIxD3BDCEX6ZGHmgloEGC1zDnUeAwR_CrPNVED1eHW1lBBBK-KcbXMKvOftcgwWTmI07fMgZRvxys8JIyQnf6lwW6zpYw/s400/IMG_2136.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731802669470937538" /></a><br /><br />I took a few of the birdlife <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-AMZduvqn9QFTdf1d6-eE_a6MGK-w6i88LnufoqaCZF-oVl0kwBjozm-ZXUdt0wSCOaGKRKuSwZwFUcY9CvAcAPZsSQbLTiXdyxM6DckJPF3J6MPx-hMDX56FgtKPfn8A-HREw/s1600/IMG_2189.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-AMZduvqn9QFTdf1d6-eE_a6MGK-w6i88LnufoqaCZF-oVl0kwBjozm-ZXUdt0wSCOaGKRKuSwZwFUcY9CvAcAPZsSQbLTiXdyxM6DckJPF3J6MPx-hMDX56FgtKPfn8A-HREw/s400/IMG_2189.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731805959827819714" /></a> and we walked a little round the lake , then headed back for breakfast ( at the apartments this time - it was included in the tariff, so thought we should avail. - decent , nothing out of the ordinary, but free:-)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEYoAHOjmfeUYndjVlXYV-7YS_2tWgs5t5Gft4ymPhWM2lY8i2DhN3zJsDeAysHQwWrf_TU9P790QYm7Fy0VeMTabkyU_tlWmh0AWpiO4X4qSv5sRT-fkViLcf57e2ju9t1S7FQ/s1600/P1060315.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEYoAHOjmfeUYndjVlXYV-7YS_2tWgs5t5Gft4ymPhWM2lY8i2DhN3zJsDeAysHQwWrf_TU9P790QYm7Fy0VeMTabkyU_tlWmh0AWpiO4X4qSv5sRT-fkViLcf57e2ju9t1S7FQ/s400/P1060315.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731805950337405954" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn4tB66KYr9-mKk_P9RKp7f-iUBw28QcnCUSlPKZUXQi41QR4BL6LqDM2n6f_1Hl1ueAkuGvwv33YcG6zhcgzv1ESWPnanjSRj-8PlQhqRoPpfzviCzSAQt8hk45kjfAJzvy9oQ/s1600/P1060325.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn4tB66KYr9-mKk_P9RKp7f-iUBw28QcnCUSlPKZUXQi41QR4BL6LqDM2n6f_1Hl1ueAkuGvwv33YcG6zhcgzv1ESWPnanjSRj-8PlQhqRoPpfzviCzSAQt8hk45kjfAJzvy9oQ/s400/P1060325.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731805966870954290" /></a><br /><br />Canberra carillon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnf8Aj8da4Sn_OrlcVp2ufGJ-BXq_rfnMsGy3-o5F6caAL1x93ucQzbzKaKzNUOIOdKNoPI5n7n9Xw1qXLTzbmjTRs7Sz941eFum1QN_E2ZvLmxrQI0IW_BGHf-4qsIOQvQxImKw/s1600/IMG_2097.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnf8Aj8da4Sn_OrlcVp2ufGJ-BXq_rfnMsGy3-o5F6caAL1x93ucQzbzKaKzNUOIOdKNoPI5n7n9Xw1qXLTzbmjTRs7Sz941eFum1QN_E2ZvLmxrQI0IW_BGHf-4qsIOQvQxImKw/s400/IMG_2097.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731810079151026706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXfru0eRZ9w4t2hkl5Y6tZwk2jXUAnPAuEPW6zX3CTijKe78t6hlHPmVEBRrLBXo23_07ps7n0qdZlNuQqFEmFOo_rA8U0r7R8QVdY425UPhkZI6jW9F-yW6emsG-b7PJAa-bdQ/s1600/IMG_2093.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXfru0eRZ9w4t2hkl5Y6tZwk2jXUAnPAuEPW6zX3CTijKe78t6hlHPmVEBRrLBXo23_07ps7n0qdZlNuQqFEmFOo_rA8U0r7R8QVdY425UPhkZI6jW9F-yW6emsG-b7PJAa-bdQ/s400/IMG_2093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731810091141802946" /></a><br /><br />After brekkie we headed back to the Gallery precinct to check out the National Portrait Gallery .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFodgZz5eYtWidK0ZBKctZ55QIBRqDUnk8T_jO2_hdZrVsiuBojmOruiIrSReiIcwS4Rv3KAtDha4ebp4zuNzHNSXYIVwRf0Qj_aK_0lgTIYXMnW8pci75zlkBuY_ydbjZM5YV7g/s1600/IMG_2207.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFodgZz5eYtWidK0ZBKctZ55QIBRqDUnk8T_jO2_hdZrVsiuBojmOruiIrSReiIcwS4Rv3KAtDha4ebp4zuNzHNSXYIVwRf0Qj_aK_0lgTIYXMnW8pci75zlkBuY_ydbjZM5YV7g/s400/IMG_2207.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731812408223010402" /></a> We were quite pleased we had already done the Renaissance, as the queue for it was quite long! --( only limited numbers admitted each hour).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgko3JmeZU54q8GtHtUzx0U1KE6KgNvODP2ontJl-_yOzMhzPDMUGuwDQThJfOf_MAUd_LzHoq_TdmOl3vHc08JZ-aV6OxuwoBxt-zQ7oceT-o3qcLN3_bS-v8MtGFJ0IfzV7vnMw/s1600/IMG_2216.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgko3JmeZU54q8GtHtUzx0U1KE6KgNvODP2ontJl-_yOzMhzPDMUGuwDQThJfOf_MAUd_LzHoq_TdmOl3vHc08JZ-aV6OxuwoBxt-zQ7oceT-o3qcLN3_bS-v8MtGFJ0IfzV7vnMw/s400/IMG_2216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731813329911264434" /></a> I really enjoyed the contemporary section of the Portrait gallery; Dad was more keen on the historical section. I did learn one fascinating fact there though. Mr David Jones is hung there and apparently, DJ's is the oldest Department Store in the world still trading under it's original name- He would be very proud! I fear his scrupulous standards and ideals of providing the very best the world has to offer, along with a comprehensive stock of everyday items, may not have lived on however. <br /><br />So, having done the Gallery, it was time to head on back to Sydney.. Megan had told us there was stuff to see in Bundgendore,<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1TeyORHPTnwO_qN5f4HrAznA19SgBGjsS5ikWQbAU3UErp_7jDO-Lp5U2fZRdVE3ZXU2OrMjSe6bYKTUm4y27_-4cHDO-FBvE2LXQNojyuf3qnQChaj3PA30eBjPaxaSuEMl_Q/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1TeyORHPTnwO_qN5f4HrAznA19SgBGjsS5ikWQbAU3UErp_7jDO-Lp5U2fZRdVE3ZXU2OrMjSe6bYKTUm4y27_-4cHDO-FBvE2LXQNojyuf3qnQChaj3PA30eBjPaxaSuEMl_Q/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731818303656961458" /></a> so we headed home that way ( the other side of lake George.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0X4Po0Buxk2XexiyGV6GHmEFRMUfvXMSNaT0HOJngi-eLazW4csp0dAL3NXaL9apEhvkHVQvC-whBDcMhdFgBBFjOlHRvjMShqceKOokRZlv3M1XIWieg_Vr70MTac672PB9NA/s1600/IMG_2239.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0X4Po0Buxk2XexiyGV6GHmEFRMUfvXMSNaT0HOJngi-eLazW4csp0dAL3NXaL9apEhvkHVQvC-whBDcMhdFgBBFjOlHRvjMShqceKOokRZlv3M1XIWieg_Vr70MTac672PB9NA/s400/IMG_2239.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731823491304690354" /></a><br /> She was right!! The biggest attraction was Pansy, who was last seen flaunting her stuff at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeiu7rk5dEM1HAqJAqML2OB9gW3iJUy7WNa-QgiE6RgnmTTaC-rJ5KtkYXN-VuQus2HNrUBn6uQAp_wozIEmmJocmfF_Lh6Rmino-ifcNi8P4Uajm0WlwVBvGLyIRf-ySAWVazQ/s1600/P1060329.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeiu7rk5dEM1HAqJAqML2OB9gW3iJUy7WNa-QgiE6RgnmTTaC-rJ5KtkYXN-VuQus2HNrUBn6uQAp_wozIEmmJocmfF_Lh6Rmino-ifcNi8P4Uajm0WlwVBvGLyIRf-ySAWVazQ/s400/P1060329.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731818295447160514" /></a><br />We had lunch here at a very very good cafe. It was packed to the rafters - i think a lot of Sydney/Canberra daytrippers must come here on a Sunday as the tiny little town is packed with antique stores. While we were waiting for our lunch to be served ( excellent soup), I was admiring some nature landscape photographs on the wall ( quite large, vertical format..very attractive. ) I went closer for a better look and discovered the photographer was Richard Moorecroft ( remember him-- used to read our news?).<br /><br />So after Bungendore, we continued on to Goulburn vis Tarago.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAc33_xDGvOlm3FFs_IOoV3XdKq7tgh-fJFx8gzr9H1uj_i3C5oTNAGq7J5747Gvgt69FXxtsGXt3PwgOiTq9s8UnnOc1BKtTGP4sofBWisTNfzBvKb2OiAQcCWtsVkM6ZJzY9w/s1600/IMG_2300.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAc33_xDGvOlm3FFs_IOoV3XdKq7tgh-fJFx8gzr9H1uj_i3C5oTNAGq7J5747Gvgt69FXxtsGXt3PwgOiTq9s8UnnOc1BKtTGP4sofBWisTNfzBvKb2OiAQcCWtsVkM6ZJzY9w/s400/IMG_2300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731832087243015378" /></a> Tarago is really just a pub and a couple of houses and a bikie gang.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBI9HppdHxAF16h_srR97h4EF1Tebw-GeCrO4P2Tt46Gz19q7eo9k859oiZuE6ZtQs4GDsU8QJo-tX04U7ftZ__mCDHA2zaHQypXvwxf_3LIf5GrSOU0h2jtd5esF3FnM092ZzA/s1600/IMG_2314.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBI9HppdHxAF16h_srR97h4EF1Tebw-GeCrO4P2Tt46Gz19q7eo9k859oiZuE6ZtQs4GDsU8QJo-tX04U7ftZ__mCDHA2zaHQypXvwxf_3LIf5GrSOU0h2jtd5esF3FnM092ZzA/s400/IMG_2314.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731823482851151074" /></a> Lots to photograph though:-)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WcevQoJSI-DN2vO_TVNbH51V_0aFx3uZPlOccZMgjFjK7UcVR-7LEmnkHTPYJ9mHsiwwaPnp1JLg6KGOhZqgZ0wH2jM245bEIuLd3sFQqJNyNDdDKGoboumKf1GTLRerhqrNeA/s1600/IMG_2309.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WcevQoJSI-DN2vO_TVNbH51V_0aFx3uZPlOccZMgjFjK7UcVR-7LEmnkHTPYJ9mHsiwwaPnp1JLg6KGOhZqgZ0wH2jM245bEIuLd3sFQqJNyNDdDKGoboumKf1GTLRerhqrNeA/s400/IMG_2309.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731830927604557410" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpDBRlkx5DSvncgh6bWaPIt2excVZSh_cn2Gm2rTxMqpMLGur_NXi4vtuL5qUUhDiJ54_0J65Y7ab43qEJt3ftUBveV0m0gfRFX_ERk6avgUdfs42mccRGMFrW3cZlkGma9zPqg/s1600/IMG_2267.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpDBRlkx5DSvncgh6bWaPIt2excVZSh_cn2Gm2rTxMqpMLGur_NXi4vtuL5qUUhDiJ54_0J65Y7ab43qEJt3ftUBveV0m0gfRFX_ERk6avgUdfs42mccRGMFrW3cZlkGma9zPqg/s400/IMG_2267.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731823473699886530" /></a><br /><br />We stopped off in Berrima on the way home for a cofffee.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrRYuwYMxbJywgOc56KTY9KCDVwo7CcqkXjMJGZm9p-fPOnN6_8HYmRBXJjWbPW1WMed9_qSoa6SWQ1ZfV-W47o2YRZlFUcIBZUKy-hNNZjbfsuWtcSSl8-POevQuQ-2AOau6IA/s1600/IMG_2346.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrRYuwYMxbJywgOc56KTY9KCDVwo7CcqkXjMJGZm9p-fPOnN6_8HYmRBXJjWbPW1WMed9_qSoa6SWQ1ZfV-W47o2YRZlFUcIBZUKy-hNNZjbfsuWtcSSl8-POevQuQ-2AOau6IA/s400/IMG_2346.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731832098663956002" /></a> <br /><br />When we got home Megs ad made us a delicious meal. Thanks Megs. and there you have it - our little mini Aussie roadtrip:-)Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-74389008224763792612012-04-15T13:10:00.018+10:002012-04-15T18:47:58.342+10:00Canberra - Day 2Lake Burley Griffin in the dawn<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RJdol5-Oig_1BI2gPCJZA-brInsQxg6qPGPbeAXsuEvuMaKg6B3neD6pndjqw8S4L3oi1v9gwhZ-PZqd-JqF9VeWbyALZ69WHAcfsT9_sMC0bnHJfYuiCBbSw6yENnEzrgwV1g/s1600/IMG_1623.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RJdol5-Oig_1BI2gPCJZA-brInsQxg6qPGPbeAXsuEvuMaKg6B3neD6pndjqw8S4L3oi1v9gwhZ-PZqd-JqF9VeWbyALZ69WHAcfsT9_sMC0bnHJfYuiCBbSw6yENnEzrgwV1g/s400/IMG_1623.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731499202368401266" /></a><br /><br />Day 2 started before dawn as I was hoping to get some nice sunrise shots. So we drove down to the lake in time to see a posse of photographers complete with tripods leaving their cars and marching off. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJk0K6Ad8S1_AnQxnpTLY44y7gaOPshyCIPY9kSRfXcnZLrUjcbQugotzSxeUMOV5oMUqHM_5lEwfUuQ6VRM3ot8SsZ4TZS8vcYvIte89ZiziBg7FZrGtDbBpTtkvARKBJOgPehw/s1600/P1060223.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJk0K6Ad8S1_AnQxnpTLY44y7gaOPshyCIPY9kSRfXcnZLrUjcbQugotzSxeUMOV5oMUqHM_5lEwfUuQ6VRM3ot8SsZ4TZS8vcYvIte89ZiziBg7FZrGtDbBpTtkvARKBJOgPehw/s400/P1060223.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731500001880386498" /></a> I figured I was onto something and we scurried after them!!.. It turns out we'd landed in Canberra on the weekend of a hot air balloon festival which was very exciting, except the photographers had chosen the wrong vantage point and after waiting for about an hour, we decided to give up,and turned around just in time to see the balloons on the other side of the bridge.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4irN7lv32DTXzf9Qg1p3fcGEKePX9yB7cayUPWUV5pZvvQypiF8YqJSJs-M6IZyHFMB8qzuroOvx-BXc8s2tDyIanvGSKk2tNUtwxNC_gjduSzhriTCpa7Aeu4k-Cwp7PXtg_g/s1600/IMG_1696.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4irN7lv32DTXzf9Qg1p3fcGEKePX9yB7cayUPWUV5pZvvQypiF8YqJSJs-M6IZyHFMB8qzuroOvx-BXc8s2tDyIanvGSKk2tNUtwxNC_gjduSzhriTCpa7Aeu4k-Cwp7PXtg_g/s400/IMG_1696.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731499220030594706" /></a><br /><br />So I took a couple of lake shots<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHCBt2mpz-m7475ZhKUYE2KykEeh9QioG-y2YmBy2JaNGAmbFwbSekStMnjSc22EGRm2Vpo9i0GC_cfEE_ENZpqTtD0dLbEhRTRHk8NCNC7uFnr5-iF_RBloRTI2HE2cVs9YH4A/s1600/IMG_1741.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHCBt2mpz-m7475ZhKUYE2KykEeh9QioG-y2YmBy2JaNGAmbFwbSekStMnjSc22EGRm2Vpo9i0GC_cfEE_ENZpqTtD0dLbEhRTRHk8NCNC7uFnr5-iF_RBloRTI2HE2cVs9YH4A/s400/IMG_1741.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731502695329266178" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZedFY9egP0K83nouTVuuaG8EoRkUKDu4EmJoMHsSj1sNzbb0tgyA3k1E7Wor5pFkhIwWo_inPf-3mxA7gQUH77-HQRCLXibHWWTA7XUIV0CDnp4JgE0eNMe3j3FPkHznnk3hAg/s1600/IMG_1706.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZedFY9egP0K83nouTVuuaG8EoRkUKDu4EmJoMHsSj1sNzbb0tgyA3k1E7Wor5pFkhIwWo_inPf-3mxA7gQUH77-HQRCLXibHWWTA7XUIV0CDnp4JgE0eNMe3j3FPkHznnk3hAg/s400/IMG_1706.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731503427195001650" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTc23IqHFVDR_SzfEAfHMaAEZeZpr6ZVhS4UUH3xv2Y34AGKQdZEuhNPV5R-hVwfSuQPDgximRpj6xWxatOEv5f8aQrLfMM7vRD4fsiWHUwhk1ymiLxsZAi_YKpN7sm1Xi3sH64A/s1600/IMG_1752.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTc23IqHFVDR_SzfEAfHMaAEZeZpr6ZVhS4UUH3xv2Y34AGKQdZEuhNPV5R-hVwfSuQPDgximRpj6xWxatOEv5f8aQrLfMM7vRD4fsiWHUwhk1ymiLxsZAi_YKpN7sm1Xi3sH64A/s400/IMG_1752.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731502702233456546" /></a><br /> and we retreated to breakfast in my favourite Canberra brekkie spot - The Pork Barrel Cafe..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5OJD_mIqkshrE6nn5tB-JuyyUoZXukrDbH4WRfN3_SjUfPGsv7u6jgQOx5qTaooXeY2AvBwOhi0YOSwMarj4BUi6KSMb8rDxzxzrGq_Vq3_iubJSX_VrErmeRzweeQaDxMaBzQ/s1600/IMG_4607.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5OJD_mIqkshrE6nn5tB-JuyyUoZXukrDbH4WRfN3_SjUfPGsv7u6jgQOx5qTaooXeY2AvBwOhi0YOSwMarj4BUi6KSMb8rDxzxzrGq_Vq3_iubJSX_VrErmeRzweeQaDxMaBzQ/s400/IMG_4607.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731506680392874546" /></a> They do great muesli..dad had the pancakes and assured me they do great pancakes too!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO27VTcnQjFGorVDYnc4O15OMgg1XS2jsUk01rTmByphZA7JH_NJgHz3jp5TQhb8kkcgDAUHm1rJY61yMm7PMoCjRAqmtDVfqCgDkNiDBDX9YxR40fR4SM6ENZVXtaZpElr4Axw/s1600/IMG_4610.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO27VTcnQjFGorVDYnc4O15OMgg1XS2jsUk01rTmByphZA7JH_NJgHz3jp5TQhb8kkcgDAUHm1rJY61yMm7PMoCjRAqmtDVfqCgDkNiDBDX9YxR40fR4SM6ENZVXtaZpElr4Axw/s400/IMG_4610.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731506670282962146" /></a><br /><br />Canberra- home of hot air!! and the might of the Aussie Air Force.!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCC2KfpxRqgjDc9yiulSyhABegXTKqb3zvp8m1dmqcDDCfzhPmlzDpvU41Ap4V7h9iEv75auEkRwuKlYQHxPFAYiGmkgpn-CLw1q-N_Vid_h0lcsgtC6b2emiGLSENVbqrYm9Q5Q/s1600/IMG_1794.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCC2KfpxRqgjDc9yiulSyhABegXTKqb3zvp8m1dmqcDDCfzhPmlzDpvU41Ap4V7h9iEv75auEkRwuKlYQHxPFAYiGmkgpn-CLw1q-N_Vid_h0lcsgtC6b2emiGLSENVbqrYm9Q5Q/s400/IMG_1794.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731526474458606370" /></a><br /><br /> Then we headed off to the War Memorial<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqDKjvOS6-mjEzuopQ-MSounSWuJd45i1kfq1mtDdaYNIRjNsh8kLKShSYx6zD10YNKth6R2IibqKx1NTEjkocspMEgjo4g3JI4mImZwCSlpbsAPeGzsM-4i8pmIl9-uO1vA1GQ/s1600/P1060272.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqDKjvOS6-mjEzuopQ-MSounSWuJd45i1kfq1mtDdaYNIRjNsh8kLKShSYx6zD10YNKth6R2IibqKx1NTEjkocspMEgjo4g3JI4mImZwCSlpbsAPeGzsM-4i8pmIl9-uO1vA1GQ/s400/P1060272.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731537175617208610" /></a><br /><br />..Had a good 4 hours here.. I would have been happy with 2, Dad would have been happy with 8..4 was a good compromise!! It's a very beautiful memorial but I have a more limited stamina and interest in the museum than dad! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUD8VFqfsi4BbRfywpIp9Jd3KhwNTm-sEXIzSxgGKaW2PEWLyb_RmDTD1Vk-SLgAOr88Q8IhxJZr65Df7hGULcfSHfRSBejUFdC371MUO4mH2Mn1izEyVNLj9iFKXIu6ZkE40s1w/s1600/IMG_1854.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUD8VFqfsi4BbRfywpIp9Jd3KhwNTm-sEXIzSxgGKaW2PEWLyb_RmDTD1Vk-SLgAOr88Q8IhxJZr65Df7hGULcfSHfRSBejUFdC371MUO4mH2Mn1izEyVNLj9iFKXIu6ZkE40s1w/s400/IMG_1854.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731526485709803570" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTTzzABhDBB-l6W0fgXmDVbhkPGg3MXMjGh_nCKeQm452rmBKwN620z_OCOT6cVbtjmlnUS2O4H-EdKZkQQ2_P6upSt-L98KvHm7IwKJD7KQuZ-72NJaOZRVqRLhCubwEbFfLiQ/s1600/IMG_1862.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTTzzABhDBB-l6W0fgXmDVbhkPGg3MXMjGh_nCKeQm452rmBKwN620z_OCOT6cVbtjmlnUS2O4H-EdKZkQQ2_P6upSt-L98KvHm7IwKJD7KQuZ-72NJaOZRVqRLhCubwEbFfLiQ/s400/IMG_1862.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731529143988132354" /></a><br /> <br />A fraction of the Honour Roll<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8hYHlk99u9QNrSn05TdnBanQtajDC2STzVfsANmSReCfLZN84yrbmHi2Bcyv4tbVmp4Bev1LHJq5tj_3CBVZ9hyphenhyphenjrJrU5Tn_RA1jl4f_el27RJR4OGrjwmzkmVyBYG2S7D_y1A/s1600/IMG_1903.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8hYHlk99u9QNrSn05TdnBanQtajDC2STzVfsANmSReCfLZN84yrbmHi2Bcyv4tbVmp4Bev1LHJq5tj_3CBVZ9hyphenhyphenjrJrU5Tn_RA1jl4f_el27RJR4OGrjwmzkmVyBYG2S7D_y1A/s400/IMG_1903.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731539280428951970" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0c8IrYYMwUbWdQ66tE7pKLwrucbafPvSBICPnJJVdmWLsPSeq3hhF3cFolmyDECKUJEt3AETIzrvJQkrVbsyX3J9obUfgftPOqJFBXuXna7Bc_0GCEpsuQvou7SZRW8DCVosexQ/s1600/DSC04235.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0c8IrYYMwUbWdQ66tE7pKLwrucbafPvSBICPnJJVdmWLsPSeq3hhF3cFolmyDECKUJEt3AETIzrvJQkrVbsyX3J9obUfgftPOqJFBXuXna7Bc_0GCEpsuQvou7SZRW8DCVosexQ/s400/DSC04235.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731531173401561442" /></a><br />Model of the Australia..Poppy served on this ship on active service in WW2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxeBoNS682OxZfTe6-vp45Cd2ZIZzSp32V27monhIrw9bnrrsY0ElhwrdThyXKsy4IJeKfBTKD0mwWarjQhw9hDishac2QTHWYUodLNGPo4Y9CRValSD4wFSN4-PbQEZApb8kOg/s1600/IMG_2009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxeBoNS682OxZfTe6-vp45Cd2ZIZzSp32V27monhIrw9bnrrsY0ElhwrdThyXKsy4IJeKfBTKD0mwWarjQhw9hDishac2QTHWYUodLNGPo4Y9CRValSD4wFSN4-PbQEZApb8kOg/s400/IMG_2009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731531183701280946" /></a><br /><br />This is the bike that chases Steve McQueen up the mountains!! ( I was quite excited at this point!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRwoQh4oOQ92lB8B8l1HxxaNWlsOffWs0eeR9FO96Qiw9lyCPrLgjOC_YAkDmolAQjhruXBfahGDlaZxga2dYeoKYOAFunda4IOPHXPGxdzcSAJOcgMKLXAhjz_95myvmcWPZOA/s1600/IMG_2040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRwoQh4oOQ92lB8B8l1HxxaNWlsOffWs0eeR9FO96Qiw9lyCPrLgjOC_YAkDmolAQjhruXBfahGDlaZxga2dYeoKYOAFunda4IOPHXPGxdzcSAJOcgMKLXAhjz_95myvmcWPZOA/s400/IMG_2040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731533731640754178" /></a><br /><br />I wondered if it was a subliminal statement to project the Japanese flag onto the floor for people to walk on..I didn't see the flags of our great and glorious allies cast all over the floor.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjAR1uOMrkVZhuI9ODu2k7THAYODNKnFuQnNHPCBcDc12iT8l5hiUL3JzZNC1yUjD32_gApXKq4K8Iq8Vi5VSzkp1ETVdKaHAKzybJVOlsm3Dl841JN9IIq1OcCLNiZfblYwjhg/s1600/IMG_2043.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjAR1uOMrkVZhuI9ODu2k7THAYODNKnFuQnNHPCBcDc12iT8l5hiUL3JzZNC1yUjD32_gApXKq4K8Iq8Vi5VSzkp1ETVdKaHAKzybJVOlsm3Dl841JN9IIq1OcCLNiZfblYwjhg/s400/IMG_2043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731533285331654210" /></a><br /><br />We finished the day with another walk around the sculpture garden,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylfNs66Dtq3YO6JxVzncgOy-3LjfDIt_lkCHUouJWXmiNorOBsTj2qmzRYVoQ4TdGxwEfWbbrk6kw4x-KxISwpko1ZI4cTN1YG37vOg_aIZ7mC4rLK8-Xvh38vBgbDSqBOH9xlg/s1600/IMG_2110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylfNs66Dtq3YO6JxVzncgOy-3LjfDIt_lkCHUouJWXmiNorOBsTj2qmzRYVoQ4TdGxwEfWbbrk6kw4x-KxISwpko1ZI4cTN1YG37vOg_aIZ7mC4rLK8-Xvh38vBgbDSqBOH9xlg/s400/IMG_2110.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731542314939427538" /></a><br /> dinner at an Asian noodle bar ( best laksa ever) and the movies.. We saw Marilyn.. I think Michelle Williams was unlucky to come up against Meryl Streep in the Oscars..She was stunning....the rest of the movie was a bit of a nonevent though ( except for Judy Dench- who is just a deadset superstar!)Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-84689357343582661702012-04-07T12:01:00.013+10:002012-04-08T15:57:02.544+10:00Canberra -Day 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbOntjDKvOBbKeY7AxQ8-MwSG1U9euc5GVcCxt0Hx5izeCS096wzc6nRyFni_pgVbRij4iOqPY00PQiU4VcIidh-mABf_oLcgFtq46U81u6Xae1CneWefTS_cUFmYQiSmBcTs_Q/s1600/DSC04135.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbOntjDKvOBbKeY7AxQ8-MwSG1U9euc5GVcCxt0Hx5izeCS096wzc6nRyFni_pgVbRij4iOqPY00PQiU4VcIidh-mABf_oLcgFtq46U81u6Xae1CneWefTS_cUFmYQiSmBcTs_Q/s400/DSC04135.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728485306242984130" /></a><br />We took a mini break to Canberra- The purpose of the trip was to visit the National Gallery to see the Renaissance exhibition.( to get in the mood for September!!). We picked serendipitously, the best weekend to go - Canberra was full of sights!!<br /><br />So we went via Goulburn and stopped at the Paragon Cafe to revisit our childhoods:_)Growing up in the country(not Goulburn but country towns very similar) in the 50's, every country town in Aus had a Paragon Cafe and served great milkshakes in tin containers. Dad was ecstatic to revisit that particular childhood memory! From Goulburn,past one of our great National Icons,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsIAMeHTV2vPkXuapUfC_NmjUwWYZdbVuhyvNjt-605SddbsKhBDMODlFTb9w0oJ4TVC7h_UGJvx3tsvmw76GWLF4MC8KbfDhsf2HRnACwdIIza1o0CrqU_XIAAqMmFB6D-ZZsg/s1600/DSC04138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsIAMeHTV2vPkXuapUfC_NmjUwWYZdbVuhyvNjt-605SddbsKhBDMODlFTb9w0oJ4TVC7h_UGJvx3tsvmw76GWLF4MC8KbfDhsf2HRnACwdIIza1o0CrqU_XIAAqMmFB6D-ZZsg/s400/DSC04138.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728481915558930338" /></a> it's a quick trip along the Federal Highway past Lake George and the windmills (squint -they're there in the distance!) to La 'Berra:-)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3Aull-gyEVIjETx4kP3HrblnG-TPQ1wCRDspiHjL4NPw9Lc8dphJ6xBaJKb6z7vnLz1L0WHk1DW2hAcWksD7QuOytwXSnbKDHnaL5oAa0IShY1KXQiZ5CowJEBV_SQeOAKXsxw/s1600/IMG_1256.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3Aull-gyEVIjETx4kP3HrblnG-TPQ1wCRDspiHjL4NPw9Lc8dphJ6xBaJKb6z7vnLz1L0WHk1DW2hAcWksD7QuOytwXSnbKDHnaL5oAa0IShY1KXQiZ5CowJEBV_SQeOAKXsxw/s400/IMG_1256.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728481924355008402" /></a> Our first stop was the Gallery where I snapped a couple of apparently illegal pics before a very officious assistant clapped her hands at me and yelled "No Photos". I pointed out to her politely that I hadn't seen any "No Photograph" signs, to which she replied there were none because they didn't want to interfere with the ambiance of the place. Apparently there was one on the front door -- I checked on the way out..it's down the bottom on the left hand side and about 1 cm high...o Puhlleseeese. So here are the illegals.. some Aboriginal art in the foyer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsWriAZdwp80ko2imrCJ5LpoXAD35gBT8TTuBCCVBAp0L-al0Bx-LeTibBFTmu3T-XyZtVrQf2ad90i3mMmDbbPOvKpsdoJh1yNR5StGduUkEcFBMeFNkNr3OtWjKKw5jkAGVow/s1600/IMG_1281.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsWriAZdwp80ko2imrCJ5LpoXAD35gBT8TTuBCCVBAp0L-al0Bx-LeTibBFTmu3T-XyZtVrQf2ad90i3mMmDbbPOvKpsdoJh1yNR5StGduUkEcFBMeFNkNr3OtWjKKw5jkAGVow/s400/IMG_1281.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728852879667223906" /></a><br />and these very cute little Indonesian clockwork Angels. - They're a bit blurry because at this stage the nasty lady clapped at me, and I jumped!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yic_1OnDOwh5CGSGzmMkp_JtDXPNQRMkhyphenhyphenuMcJPYH-YS0VY-qQvqD9ksBVi9lXqBY_FELNorNAtDnscdTHH3ORHChJCmQ1eE3fHG4zzi3sXitTvGpHb5YzmpztFW0lNaiYWwgw/s1600/IMG_1282.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yic_1OnDOwh5CGSGzmMkp_JtDXPNQRMkhyphenhyphenuMcJPYH-YS0VY-qQvqD9ksBVi9lXqBY_FELNorNAtDnscdTHH3ORHChJCmQ1eE3fHG4zzi3sXitTvGpHb5YzmpztFW0lNaiYWwgw/s400/IMG_1282.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728852889957466210" /></a><br /><br /> I was a bit bemused by the Renaissance exhib- the art is fabulous, but I was kind of confused about the restoring..most of them ( all the big names Botticelli, Raphael, Titian etc were so bright and perfect they looked as though they had been done yesterday not in the 1400s. And the Baby Jesuses are downright scary! Anyway, by tis stage I had the NO Pics rule firmly implanted, so there are none inside, but later, unexpectedly, much to my delight there was an illumination show on the facade of the building, so free renaissance for all in the moonlight! Great!!..<br />But first, a little drink in the sculpture garden with all the bright young things of Canberra <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRguc2ISY5mOwzpICx7iT2wf33hyUkix3aVscSpIhHG8Y_9GcaLJ1aJdaNXkO42K6sHXq20Ti2PmnaiZtdmQU3mUPgFeZCKDHJfFel5iEuRLJXlJFf1rQtbOEeximqH2VwrOeWQ/s1600/IMG_1317.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRguc2ISY5mOwzpICx7iT2wf33hyUkix3aVscSpIhHG8Y_9GcaLJ1aJdaNXkO42K6sHXq20Ti2PmnaiZtdmQU3mUPgFeZCKDHJfFel5iEuRLJXlJFf1rQtbOEeximqH2VwrOeWQ/s400/IMG_1317.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728858861994156290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrN8rouOK3lnxq46gTOQEatzLjPqewM7nSnLDUxXAHYvZl5nq3F-3qguwh_E6Ogd0gi3bMCxsOuI8OhI75hq9gBsv9gTkPjQBQNH4rIJTNyuwS3oJvG8taNTQ_4rq0odyYrD65Q/s1600/IMG_1321.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrN8rouOK3lnxq46gTOQEatzLjPqewM7nSnLDUxXAHYvZl5nq3F-3qguwh_E6Ogd0gi3bMCxsOuI8OhI75hq9gBsv9gTkPjQBQNH4rIJTNyuwS3oJvG8taNTQ_4rq0odyYrD65Q/s400/IMG_1321.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728858875148670834" /></a><br /><br />Then onto Dickson, (btw we took the Golf for it's first road trip)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAb0GTNcZlX8YPNKiXILs-IxHO4lHS6koUEf5nyyQxSDUi0T1AH7lXe_YiiEZpYuxQrTZNrFrgLCMnoiWVFg-cgWd68tujLkosHu4UQj9kNEDe4dLycSGbkXa1As5rRoKFTYY5FQ/s1600/IMG_1347.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAb0GTNcZlX8YPNKiXILs-IxHO4lHS6koUEf5nyyQxSDUi0T1AH7lXe_YiiEZpYuxQrTZNrFrgLCMnoiWVFg-cgWd68tujLkosHu4UQj9kNEDe4dLycSGbkXa1As5rRoKFTYY5FQ/s400/IMG_1347.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728894845832704194" /></a> <br />where we had Korean-- very tasty, but very hot and fresh pure beer!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA2W8cVFiBwxQHEsGcpgD3Icz0Hxxw0Y8fYp4f9OhYWtUzInNdz87UEGduL_AiI0M0fOzeqLcvJKfCSTT3wD_-8M8irJiLQy8MolPd8-2f4SO2tkivtUPsPjtP3LdAAlaBfMGpg/s1600/IMG_1383.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA2W8cVFiBwxQHEsGcpgD3Icz0Hxxw0Y8fYp4f9OhYWtUzInNdz87UEGduL_AiI0M0fOzeqLcvJKfCSTT3wD_-8M8irJiLQy8MolPd8-2f4SO2tkivtUPsPjtP3LdAAlaBfMGpg/s400/IMG_1383.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728894848550189970" /></a><br /><br /> We finished the night traipsing around the illumination display<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKzqSMPvaNhaC8nfjFa3dTR6B95LxkBA8zMg468MZ-ddiuTd8ePjFzJT1C9fLkggdazGiX0Zg5l-9ttxPqxgrcIN3R-BUVocXKalTyFzWtCAFFZmyCBY8DDfjY7IveMVE7nWrjw/s1600/IMG_1435.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKzqSMPvaNhaC8nfjFa3dTR6B95LxkBA8zMg468MZ-ddiuTd8ePjFzJT1C9fLkggdazGiX0Zg5l-9ttxPqxgrcIN3R-BUVocXKalTyFzWtCAFFZmyCBY8DDfjY7IveMVE7nWrjw/s400/IMG_1435.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728901716692189922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbrqxET8xdtTh423bLdaxx1aEv9Zqun5KM7HiBn4x1fgenO8uDENlDIKckOdzAOVQ6T5JtIlxZvrBBNcJOyoiw-R8KW1RycORyber-asZmKzngBJiVqLnVOlT5gAR9Vo0OyXivQ/s1600/IMG_1424.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfZ_QH4l7RDG9ETM0MoJuMdWVUdrNk3_a5TRnbpZXdCHc1mMTZp_yUG8g5DV3AtzX2wd6hVw-zxVO03Uv48drsslbSeOp-uJyZanbT2vyxv0HzoTQZj6h83_xqL5W0dNWO9wOGw/s400/IMG_1500.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728903137513825298" /></a><br /><br />Finally..on the National Library building, I liked the books!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNydZUnJgw8yQb2rEXhkp-B9ya_PP84xa_JYZG-jbrLoq3Y_Xb0Rc4f3rIKVatm4bavAMvvorMHwFSWOxuoms0fuia2TjJWLaTzuv9iGX2KtSNESLEeEj-dwWUMkw4HEVjUMa8kw/s1600/IMG_1539.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNydZUnJgw8yQb2rEXhkp-B9ya_PP84xa_JYZG-jbrLoq3Y_Xb0Rc4f3rIKVatm4bavAMvvorMHwFSWOxuoms0fuia2TjJWLaTzuv9iGX2KtSNESLEeEj-dwWUMkw4HEVjUMa8kw/s400/IMG_1539.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728903140782856962" /></a><br /><br />So that was Day 1.. more excitement to come tmw..Watch for it!Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-55966399600325343522012-03-23T15:21:00.009+11:002012-03-23T16:38:07.446+11:00Le Fils à JoWhat an exciting day I had!!! My ultimate destination - the Verona @ Paddington, to see Le Fils à Jo as my second offering in the French Film Festival (fff)., but on the way I encountered a few adventures..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKoag9TkRvPKBqpW0h8Y1w3-lTfKk2xKSyhUlwpxocvNJJmwwEWJeFmCx0sCGg8BzYu2q-UC6qHscWTbkT1bjCJ3ui5skeSz-JTuoAonpfgVPg0YNjH23RysY_IRXPb-cCKRmhQ/s1600/DSC04053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKoag9TkRvPKBqpW0h8Y1w3-lTfKk2xKSyhUlwpxocvNJJmwwEWJeFmCx0sCGg8BzYu2q-UC6qHscWTbkT1bjCJ3ui5skeSz-JTuoAonpfgVPg0YNjH23RysY_IRXPb-cCKRmhQ/s400/DSC04053.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722947074665024402" /></a><br /><br />First off was a squiz at a film crew who were taking shots of some sailors from HMAS Sydney on the steps of the war memorial in Hyde Park. I was interested in the fake sad-looking poppies he was shooting through. Bet they come up a treat as glorious bright alive-looking poppies in the foreground in the finished product.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0GesnVlqsX3MM1AsxXv5gLb_MD7K3XoyTogm59jow-EtbCzp_4rwjiCwlX_WHBLQOU7GQ7SvbaZbY5SAuJCmt8FNTkmN6BAxI_gHM16qEeP-XtvFwjHoyvsJlnK6rUcqsMgiGw/s1600/DSC04058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0GesnVlqsX3MM1AsxXv5gLb_MD7K3XoyTogm59jow-EtbCzp_4rwjiCwlX_WHBLQOU7GQ7SvbaZbY5SAuJCmt8FNTkmN6BAxI_gHM16qEeP-XtvFwjHoyvsJlnK6rUcqsMgiGw/s400/DSC04058.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722946013196085442" /></a><br /><br />Next I popped into the Australian Museum to see the Nat Geo Wildlife Photography Exhibition. My fav was a photo of a fox in the forest taken by a German photographer Klaus Echle( German artists/photographers seem to be the flavour of the month with me atm). He described how he visited the forest for 6 months to build up a rapport with the fox before he photographed it ( Hello, Little Prince) <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFottbRBtuDR2wltH7jPVP05rc6HojqWGhzrPT56HWiKfaZY4XlDrrjuOqg-DfbvtB7RMI0MOdDr2jnMZm8fBivN2yFm7Mew1Vh8OmHbqmST2jghiYhNrLf2mqTq5ov6Rj7Ev7w/s1600/DSC04063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFottbRBtuDR2wltH7jPVP05rc6HojqWGhzrPT56HWiKfaZY4XlDrrjuOqg-DfbvtB7RMI0MOdDr2jnMZm8fBivN2yFm7Mew1Vh8OmHbqmST2jghiYhNrLf2mqTq5ov6Rj7Ev7w/s400/DSC04063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722952003166673474" /></a> . I love the light in this photo and the perspective from below and the fact he must have used a wide angle lens here, so he must be very close to the fox - a beautiful photo. There were many many spectacular pics, most notably from some very young talented photographers, but this one spoke to my heart:-)<br /><br /><br />Next I had a very quick squiz at the dinosaur exhibit, before continuing on my way up Oxford Street to the Verona.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfAwBYSsnjOfaPGYcQV5wcDKyn5ydlCnz2RyzWfIpQ58d688B5C4d4yAKw892NphsKcdl19YI3B2RIeRrsVhxXc9Pwqc53aKHj9gPz6nI9OStEQU700LSfgjSak44u6Xje8liYw/s1600/DSC04072.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfAwBYSsnjOfaPGYcQV5wcDKyn5ydlCnz2RyzWfIpQ58d688B5C4d4yAKw892NphsKcdl19YI3B2RIeRrsVhxXc9Pwqc53aKHj9gPz6nI9OStEQU700LSfgjSak44u6Xje8liYw/s400/DSC04072.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722952012841633026" /></a><br /><br />The objective of the day was to see Le fils à Jo. Jo's son plays rugby ( hello, they made this movie for me!!) Unfortunately he's not so great on the rugby field much to the disappointment of his father ( an ex rugby star). There's a sub plot similar to The Castle( big corporation tries to take over rugby field), and a bit of a love interest. There's plenty of backslapping and rugby camaraderie and feuding on the part of the dad and his ex team mate. There's quirkiness and humour and friendship and love.. I and the other 2 patrons thoroughly enjoyed it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVk9u6JUySLNb_iQgpPjRDTMPOYS9eFIktZ5fjTky7ETmOFAIvolU2DEkwUlHpJOEtA8481XfIJrnycD6z5f_xuJp343OLSkmZnv63HAdLvUYHcn0f7ewcAt2GkpVz5657GJAxg/s1600/DSC04100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVk9u6JUySLNb_iQgpPjRDTMPOYS9eFIktZ5fjTky7ETmOFAIvolU2DEkwUlHpJOEtA8481XfIJrnycD6z5f_xuJp343OLSkmZnv63HAdLvUYHcn0f7ewcAt2GkpVz5657GJAxg/s400/DSC04100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722959716617814322" /></a><br /><br />Then it was a pop in next door to Berkelouw books where I had a lovely time browsing , drinking coffee and exploring the upstairs 2nd hand section<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCM63vpFrYK8nJfZLI6Rzn10okHxVGtQA1i0QzRvXfY3zypI787iMUZ_HRqiVU8mJzxzP1OrG_LrE8FoGvV8WFVAqVcD1UlVHdgW_RE0nDbeo2R_MgJz8CcetqjNMD5gXyFroKQ/s1600/DSC04095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCM63vpFrYK8nJfZLI6Rzn10okHxVGtQA1i0QzRvXfY3zypI787iMUZ_HRqiVU8mJzxzP1OrG_LrE8FoGvV8WFVAqVcD1UlVHdgW_RE0nDbeo2R_MgJz8CcetqjNMD5gXyFroKQ/s400/DSC04095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722960506671924370" /></a>.<br />Then back down Oxford Street,( feeling O so cosmopolitan and sophisticated adventurer of the world ( yes delusional, I know) where I came across bookshare -<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmGLrPrbbuTd9ureCDQduN8__bN2We8dyFQ90bgNX8v3oDPXP56oSwHr43D3QiR81bukKPfj6goCA0e-hJuyuXLVu2rBwzchAJvEh7sFRiyFoM8V9rZOjiWABOSzr2MtwhVDUGQ/s1600/DSC04102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmGLrPrbbuTd9ureCDQduN8__bN2We8dyFQ90bgNX8v3oDPXP56oSwHr43D3QiR81bukKPfj6goCA0e-hJuyuXLVu2rBwzchAJvEh7sFRiyFoM8V9rZOjiWABOSzr2MtwhVDUGQ/s400/DSC04102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722962470830220930" /></a><br /> a bookcase set on the footpath where people can leave/take any books they'd like to share.. What A Fabulous idea - book recycling. I found a copy of Open ( Andre Agassi's autobiography.). I was ecstatic - had been meaning to read it for a while.<br /><br />Staggered on downOxford St in the pouring rain and so to home - it had been an exhilarating, grand day out!!Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-46369371522645404112012-03-13T11:13:00.011+11:002012-03-13T13:41:09.383+11:00Gallery Visit No. 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LLM9rhbdAeesTkkc3FvNLdA-7xUXP02rnTuuzPmQon9ngJfZpIi9NRxUC2D05bRMuykACV31D9OwF-47i_kIuxLgCg9vzWWOohSeP79KIvxWGDtoaJ6BoiLKWx3J-2ZU1QsXhw/s1600/IMG_9346.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LLM9rhbdAeesTkkc3FvNLdA-7xUXP02rnTuuzPmQon9ngJfZpIi9NRxUC2D05bRMuykACV31D9OwF-47i_kIuxLgCg9vzWWOohSeP79KIvxWGDtoaJ6BoiLKWx3J-2ZU1QsXhw/s400/IMG_9346.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719202775237405378" /></a><br /><br />I had a day in town , ate lunch with Timmy, then headed over to the Art Gallery to catch Picasso before it leaves. Glad Chris and I hadn't gone to see it in Paris ( the Picasso museum being just around the corner from our hotel, as it seems a lot of it was over here. Am not really a Picasso fan, but was glad I went for educational purposes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88SIv0Fjoh8SnhmrjiuB7Dxjo9b30S0t-L2krUKK_p3dvoCcMkKvzDr6EYehnXFKKyOP9jN5AkSh4ZfjrP6031ELPCZ3U2b3Mg0A5orYTBUR3uKy9OUKdCUYqpIb-000l3QlP9g/s1600/IMG_6122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88SIv0Fjoh8SnhmrjiuB7Dxjo9b30S0t-L2krUKK_p3dvoCcMkKvzDr6EYehnXFKKyOP9jN5AkSh4ZfjrP6031ELPCZ3U2b3Mg0A5orYTBUR3uKy9OUKdCUYqpIb-000l3QlP9g/s400/IMG_6122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719200428280963490" /></a><br /><br /><br />There was some sort of Police anniversary celebration day going on when I got to town.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRBjgk53bjusMaqIqUdfz3qe-09hkiMtq0UdkiLGLseqMbT8vRkcaGJNFxL2npdqRt9XJO8LlrLMJUKJtuXEStn_L2_8_5SDl2z_snfQyOgjbmKBkiOsvQPLD8XUpcodzbSL0ag/s1600/IMG_9284.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRBjgk53bjusMaqIqUdfz3qe-09hkiMtq0UdkiLGLseqMbT8vRkcaGJNFxL2npdqRt9XJO8LlrLMJUKJtuXEStn_L2_8_5SDl2z_snfQyOgjbmKBkiOsvQPLD8XUpcodzbSL0ag/s400/IMG_9284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719199630877883266" /></a><br /><br />I walked up Martin Place..(thought these were odd (German flag) colours to use for a surf carnival banner advertisements, but I did like the coordinating flowers.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9zETYNdQPTDdKJuhkxAANCapSI2Os-XkHZ0sOypv8DbcAnYmhr04K5b2gRPKSPN1IeIyG4ClwEguutAg69OKRVAVQOOUF9zgkRbHYxTl1QDTeLNL9ZhbeH37pMzHwSVmmavlcA/s1600/IMG_9313.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9zETYNdQPTDdKJuhkxAANCapSI2Os-XkHZ0sOypv8DbcAnYmhr04K5b2gRPKSPN1IeIyG4ClwEguutAg69OKRVAVQOOUF9zgkRbHYxTl1QDTeLNL9ZhbeH37pMzHwSVmmavlcA/s400/IMG_9313.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719201550621712578" /></a> <br /><br />No pics in the exhibition, so here are a couple from around the gallery:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWFxjbXSSLNNOrfXl09VsUFexsGx-vltJg3Kz3NKeZuZE_giiIcUP7vqT6cu4PYeyNt08PIhYALqJP91YJ6gnMTR9gULMMtp1acTo9hbStCprHvcLfoF7fPjQEryPIOLiZkyxSw/s1600/IMG_9335.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWFxjbXSSLNNOrfXl09VsUFexsGx-vltJg3Kz3NKeZuZE_giiIcUP7vqT6cu4PYeyNt08PIhYALqJP91YJ6gnMTR9gULMMtp1acTo9hbStCprHvcLfoF7fPjQEryPIOLiZkyxSw/s400/IMG_9335.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719202760994345138" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-QjaeT5vMMJuGo9wUkjFc0D3_LMm5T7LAUpFWFlD8REpQg9bmGFrboBOvl_3Cyi3VCueLZ5O0A02hYjBk5IAYDbfVcUfTm5tnkVabGa3d4BRJ9MpTAJQMjtUXnZmbG2Q5Gof2Q/s1600/IMG_9329.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-QjaeT5vMMJuGo9wUkjFc0D3_LMm5T7LAUpFWFlD8REpQg9bmGFrboBOvl_3Cyi3VCueLZ5O0A02hYjBk5IAYDbfVcUfTm5tnkVabGa3d4BRJ9MpTAJQMjtUXnZmbG2Q5Gof2Q/s400/IMG_9329.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719202748046090514" /></a><br /><br />and heading home back towards town. (financial district - Deutsche Bank, RBS, Amp buildings)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSKjbgHKcKKUwn9i_qmagwEhv9IEJRFMmXpEjIxkZjmAY99ESAbNWq4C3lU0_t_2jZh87C1maSEGDzvEOyOdpVmMvWnBJCF_VzUwm10EyMEyX3kjDqk8SJ5v5I2lpMm-2o7GyWw/s1600/IMG_6143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSKjbgHKcKKUwn9i_qmagwEhv9IEJRFMmXpEjIxkZjmAY99ESAbNWq4C3lU0_t_2jZh87C1maSEGDzvEOyOdpVmMvWnBJCF_VzUwm10EyMEyX3kjDqk8SJ5v5I2lpMm-2o7GyWw/s400/IMG_6143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719204840323012226" /></a>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-20128288979672620022012-03-13T09:47:00.004+11:002012-03-13T11:13:10.911+11:00A little bush walk on a grey day to stretch the legs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVkMQk4y81o8sR30bwLo1ZuXmQoNHJFK_I9MSyucyLt6p9Wnb6q8uGEDTULuf1CHg46qcAG-IjpldVQXOjcueEl_DhQX4P33Hd4KxbwqIx1F75JRQ19YlpsdwtdsVVoTHc-dasQ/s1600/DSC04004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVkMQk4y81o8sR30bwLo1ZuXmQoNHJFK_I9MSyucyLt6p9Wnb6q8uGEDTULuf1CHg46qcAG-IjpldVQXOjcueEl_DhQX4P33Hd4KxbwqIx1F75JRQ19YlpsdwtdsVVoTHc-dasQ/s400/DSC04004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719165093072835554" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1kpFw80IgF98d1E1fTzBmhOdO8vBdRs52ZW_XC5sxyAabGD-9QnIfSIYex0x4wor8oBiDaDEZ2QM2vSe5DFIxZi3st17Fvs8QOBUKlyF_9TmqpUi5SLCWr9vEoxkaUGj3Ocibg/s1600/IMG_0933.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1kpFw80IgF98d1E1fTzBmhOdO8vBdRs52ZW_XC5sxyAabGD-9QnIfSIYex0x4wor8oBiDaDEZ2QM2vSe5DFIxZi3st17Fvs8QOBUKlyF_9TmqpUi5SLCWr9vEoxkaUGj3Ocibg/s400/IMG_0933.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719165095818871122" /></a><br />Took a short walk across Bongin Bongin Bay, and up onto the Mona Vale Reserve Headland. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcnRUysZV2uM38cZUdCno1AuydWYI7X717UFPOh7wtUpzZxcVSxfrDx3AOhgoZ7enPebUCJcqPAC8XX0PF22jTxD44qV2BvGD8OhoS-NO9ZTkBuvXs4q01DZzvJOFtJxpV7EDDA/s1600/IMG_0919.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcnRUysZV2uM38cZUdCno1AuydWYI7X717UFPOh7wtUpzZxcVSxfrDx3AOhgoZ7enPebUCJcqPAC8XX0PF22jTxD44qV2BvGD8OhoS-NO9ZTkBuvXs4q01DZzvJOFtJxpV7EDDA/s400/IMG_0919.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719165084339349122" /></a><br /><br /> It was a grey day, but felt good to be out and lovely to paddle my feet. The water (at the edge) is warm still from the summer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-1KCLCRXdUPJKRWbN99at9pyVloF1gYal-oDyps1LZmlH4SreyhcowWbqSe6FJ5AnJ0gJvZO6J0qLqetz8CktKVIdXMNnEORvUb-UEoGZU3bsqX6agIotp39ngj5afp4KWIw1Q/s1600/DSC04022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-1KCLCRXdUPJKRWbN99at9pyVloF1gYal-oDyps1LZmlH4SreyhcowWbqSe6FJ5AnJ0gJvZO6J0qLqetz8CktKVIdXMNnEORvUb-UEoGZU3bsqX6agIotp39ngj5afp4KWIw1Q/s400/DSC04022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719167319508350962" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeqI2laDwGSHjMxzduop_Zc2MDseIAlKVtVR8GcHGxpx1s9Dt50bOOhW8UJhlN0Ccp3v4BBGiKQLu4ha-g_l8pkCwzmtTMNJc9bCWtVaZx9jxqA-MRorPF8gHwLydmJOtyfFLew/s1600/DSC04051.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeqI2laDwGSHjMxzduop_Zc2MDseIAlKVtVR8GcHGxpx1s9Dt50bOOhW8UJhlN0Ccp3v4BBGiKQLu4ha-g_l8pkCwzmtTMNJc9bCWtVaZx9jxqA-MRorPF8gHwLydmJOtyfFLew/s400/DSC04051.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719167326905748258" /></a>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-75196056644565198412012-03-06T12:07:00.008+11:002012-03-06T13:24:52.353+11:00A movie, a stroll around the harbour and noodles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67XArWi1qc_xiNhWYUfiUJEs2VMPUyQO1MpIrMWdPHzbmswhGOcOhw702nWQhMWDr9Ul6fbRxW6QK0FJNr1F_mX-5nX9dpXpzTkAAMECHdDXTbHTH-lEGui50C-7UvpBsdRfVMA/s1600/IMG_0732.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67XArWi1qc_xiNhWYUfiUJEs2VMPUyQO1MpIrMWdPHzbmswhGOcOhw702nWQhMWDr9Ul6fbRxW6QK0FJNr1F_mX-5nX9dpXpzTkAAMECHdDXTbHTH-lEGui50C-7UvpBsdRfVMA/s400/IMG_0732.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716587183771598850" /></a><br />We went to see Hugo pre the Oscars as it was much hyped with nominations. Having recently returned from Paris, I was in looove with the cinematography. Barry,not having recently returned from Paris,was not so much, although he did appreciate that this is a visually stunningly beautiful film. Plot may have been a little slow.<br />We went to our favourite cinema -the Orph.<br /><br />The plot, in case you don't know, is the story of Hugo Cabret, an orphan living in the walls of the Gare du Nord and maintaining the station's clocks. There a are a lot of images much like this! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoPezwXqmMumHtUjEmVEDyvQjAQ4pTAO5Sw1Lv03ZvzYYto7AxUWy6zBhm2DlDrvsUOgzCfHWHcocET9eyY0qNuYB-nvL1F59vKPVQ2DvqunNHaKRJQtVW99FATXrbqUibKFn3Q/s1600/IMG_5351.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoPezwXqmMumHtUjEmVEDyvQjAQ4pTAO5Sw1Lv03ZvzYYto7AxUWy6zBhm2DlDrvsUOgzCfHWHcocET9eyY0qNuYB-nvL1F59vKPVQ2DvqunNHaKRJQtVW99FATXrbqUibKFn3Q/s400/IMG_5351.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716591746441915026" /></a><br /><br />We followed the movie with a stroll around the harbour @ Kirribilli. We saw the Radiance of the Seas leaving the Overseas Passenger Terminal and executing a nice 3 point turn in front of the Opera House!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q1HLmz6ZAZx1KRxHrv1lYhelVb36Qj93AZZDHbeo1dItb83bUFPdaGRmkZ6YOQMFwZoZd5m71I_UN3BGLdA50OU0v_RBqQoMeQTkXsIX3fPgLZ7Ni5-9gKt1_lNeyXGzy8-sWA/s1600/IMG_0800.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q1HLmz6ZAZx1KRxHrv1lYhelVb36Qj93AZZDHbeo1dItb83bUFPdaGRmkZ6YOQMFwZoZd5m71I_UN3BGLdA50OU0v_RBqQoMeQTkXsIX3fPgLZ7Ni5-9gKt1_lNeyXGzy8-sWA/s400/IMG_0800.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716593376874818242" /></a><br /><br />and had a bit of a squiz at Luna Park..well the gates, anyway.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw6IuwS3oK5aGvfgRknZZYVBpD8fZF2ruS-tD30wwhDaQSTt42xCbfmqzK9ptLdk4b4vKXRT2j1638tNdE56d2RO9cNCRHolwfSHKjM-wyUGublU-cjNlHNUWUAFJrMZEgtHjXQ/s1600/DSC03913.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw6IuwS3oK5aGvfgRknZZYVBpD8fZF2ruS-tD30wwhDaQSTt42xCbfmqzK9ptLdk4b4vKXRT2j1638tNdE56d2RO9cNCRHolwfSHKjM-wyUGublU-cjNlHNUWUAFJrMZEgtHjXQ/s400/DSC03913.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716599833452810946" /></a><br /><br />We finished the day meeting Tim and Millie and Megs at Ryo's Noodles for dinner. This place is famous with the asian community..There are apparently always queues all the way down the street. T & M queued for us for half an hour..we swanned up for the last 10 mins.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2G9ts1xDG7SWa_q_lUtwWAJN_6Tc5UV2Gvs7GwC61EJovwY1m0rDfBeEJuIcrzpipk2GD0fl_XAilB5Grh5btFInz04iqM0e4Yl4e_KqsKDatqu2B6SbVuYqwmC9hHWx1u3i9w/s1600/IMG_6085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2G9ts1xDG7SWa_q_lUtwWAJN_6Tc5UV2Gvs7GwC61EJovwY1m0rDfBeEJuIcrzpipk2GD0fl_XAilB5Grh5btFInz04iqM0e4Yl4e_KqsKDatqu2B6SbVuYqwmC9hHWx1u3i9w/s400/IMG_6085.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716602265388959922" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yXURdk0uGtgA8mZFVxkUP_bxcb5MRGp8zzmKmsnxMumf44fEjRffkxgz8KWGGQzQ3aPhLAfoHy8wNqQHZaFAVP-arVYRDA6wEiY8DAlo4CK0_Q5bl7D7cPpUB4ugO_DjKfrFuA/s1600/DSC03922.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yXURdk0uGtgA8mZFVxkUP_bxcb5MRGp8zzmKmsnxMumf44fEjRffkxgz8KWGGQzQ3aPhLAfoHy8wNqQHZaFAVP-arVYRDA6wEiY8DAlo4CK0_Q5bl7D7cPpUB4ugO_DjKfrFuA/s400/DSC03922.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716602260111617682" /></a><br /><br />Fortuneately, Tim knew what to order!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJsHknwNGkJEN9Xb1qWc9HqoBQQfAGqvyenYBHr317VbyxxYkp_iJBHSE4836FNpKKsbArMlPqBwNT-0wlyL4V7sJHYhs_grZipiFzo7mWhda0ZmdNfmpRmvJmj6law3EhFNBJA/s1600/DSC03919.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJsHknwNGkJEN9Xb1qWc9HqoBQQfAGqvyenYBHr317VbyxxYkp_iJBHSE4836FNpKKsbArMlPqBwNT-0wlyL4V7sJHYhs_grZipiFzo7mWhda0ZmdNfmpRmvJmj6law3EhFNBJA/s400/DSC03919.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716603658530305826" /></a>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-3260602029562068092012-03-06T10:05:00.006+11:002012-03-06T11:44:14.667+11:00Another concert<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTqaSkLr97fn11tVEW3bIVtk6H3SHT83V5GWOyR57OMyMBLP9ziWArBWJiAPx1IstRW8d9L73a3ZdCASKkAqIpAu-VMT8uKWxQeJZJgRAs1kQ1hOeKLeD423U4TwF7yeHaKTqCQ/s1600/DSC03989.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTqaSkLr97fn11tVEW3bIVtk6H3SHT83V5GWOyR57OMyMBLP9ziWArBWJiAPx1IstRW8d9L73a3ZdCASKkAqIpAu-VMT8uKWxQeJZJgRAs1kQ1hOeKLeD423U4TwF7yeHaKTqCQ/s400/DSC03989.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716569477245204210" border="0"></a><br /><br /><br />This time, a girlie night out with Joan, to sit on the lawn at the zoo and see Marina Prior -- last seen in Phantom of the Opera a million years ago.. We were too late to see the animals..except this lonely male Asian elephant..- I took this, then as soon as I had returned to sit in the queue, a security guard walked past and the elephant blew a huge dust cloud of dirt all over him from it's trunk. I was so glad it hadn't done that to me, and so sorry I missed that shot!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR3E2NSdlMgjQ3NtkQq3AjQCN5D3v3XFsNY7B38ywJM5oEMiiiDLDh9eiNJsSANKbNshm1t-BDw4m0Jw3BTFuoddD5N0dTsORfy33_93GtMDEEOanKKbO6MmRIZbpSV9wXSbFHQ/s1600/DSC03932.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR3E2NSdlMgjQ3NtkQq3AjQCN5D3v3XFsNY7B38ywJM5oEMiiiDLDh9eiNJsSANKbNshm1t-BDw4m0Jw3BTFuoddD5N0dTsORfy33_93GtMDEEOanKKbO6MmRIZbpSV9wXSbFHQ/s400/DSC03932.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716559119662958866" border="0"></a><br /><br />The concert was strange, very brief, and the sound was very peculiar.. way too loud and tinny, but the evening reinforced my knowledge that the animals have the best views in Sydney. Do you think they appreciate them? Do you think they look at the sun setting each night behind the Harbour Bridge and feel privileged? Anyway it's lovely.. gives the zoo that unmistakable Sydney feel!:-) <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_GTCjSseEaAaJeDhxLSF6aOx3-OfeJWKpv8BNhCIuWLELw2G9yX-uTMiZfOlQBiJnuvVYcT6Al_sECTYk75IDdc2hHk_mdSaew285tHgEUWZzMVH_qHq_yMlexnzZ3RMffhyphenhyphenOg/s1600/DSC03961.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_GTCjSseEaAaJeDhxLSF6aOx3-OfeJWKpv8BNhCIuWLELw2G9yX-uTMiZfOlQBiJnuvVYcT6Al_sECTYk75IDdc2hHk_mdSaew285tHgEUWZzMVH_qHq_yMlexnzZ3RMffhyphenhyphenOg/s400/DSC03961.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716565710262986130" border="0"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCngILUjlkUwwoi_6gJznoxQ11Y-cvjLysw48PNRkeT-Sa-SuyOCRKn5gc7SwnriFqLN_IasDW-dUJbLtxEU_3mUCvl7j26mLZ8UM7HUHrkS8QWwtch3jKmz_HBOgx7Sk541R0xw/s1600/DSC03949.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCngILUjlkUwwoi_6gJznoxQ11Y-cvjLysw48PNRkeT-Sa-SuyOCRKn5gc7SwnriFqLN_IasDW-dUJbLtxEU_3mUCvl7j26mLZ8UM7HUHrkS8QWwtch3jKmz_HBOgx7Sk541R0xw/s400/DSC03949.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716578273113246546" /></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxxFP0lpB2jn5-fJBy7mPGNRA7-li_xGVWr2FcMr8hQRhctjj43qYKN0tDg9d83NLAEUfU3YvQM434' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-27388195247739557402012-02-23T10:48:00.003+11:002012-02-23T17:44:35.401+11:00Another gem from Shaun UsherHow do you spend your days??<br /><br />This is the precursor, sans fancy graphs, to Chris's insights of the other week!<br /><br />I like "trying not to fall asleep in chairs" and "collecting scattered thoughts":-)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/8nc9l7#.T0V-pQ9yHoQ.blogger">Twitpic - Share photos and videos on Twitter</a>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-33895677010728405912012-02-21T10:30:00.006+11:002012-02-21T11:05:11.256+11:00More concerts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkT2ywSWCgdcLH8XG0FXJRzPvRL0CYJ56d83NuYWHxtVOBawiiXnvTwbzMVLW4-u9NgtQ40QBwQzVlsGoiFXIYFf7wLrtbSaNMChQmzjP9Mf3kwLkwBNVTdzIysKp6kwliWenNA/s1600/IMG_0667.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkT2ywSWCgdcLH8XG0FXJRzPvRL0CYJ56d83NuYWHxtVOBawiiXnvTwbzMVLW4-u9NgtQ40QBwQzVlsGoiFXIYFf7wLrtbSaNMChQmzjP9Mf3kwLkwBNVTdzIysKp6kwliWenNA/s400/IMG_0667.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711364973145374002" /></a><br />We followed up on the Beethoven with an ACO concert at Angel Place on Tuesday night. The program was Chopin and Mendelssohn... The Mendelsssohn was my favourite of the night.. so melodic, so exuberant and energetic.. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNidia5-r6FFBXWsFldn724oeO8LsparcLmHofuVLm4MnikfDwGcnBLR9L8mJPqYU36lWuowVORUb1kS7u2MvRS-_ZOq9wSwHnNgVui6DFx5w3Z-wu39KZgIC6lpmCUidywAK2AA/s1600/IMG_9257.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNidia5-r6FFBXWsFldn724oeO8LsparcLmHofuVLm4MnikfDwGcnBLR9L8mJPqYU36lWuowVORUb1kS7u2MvRS-_ZOq9wSwHnNgVui6DFx5w3Z-wu39KZgIC6lpmCUidywAK2AA/s400/IMG_9257.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711366019542662194" /></a><br />This is what we heard!<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7A8WORYVF44" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />The car park beside Angel Pl, has the levels coloured, numbered and instrumented. We were on harp level, red B3 ..no chance we could lose our car - not like that hopeless Chatswood place with it's grey level!<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtghINwDZybbEnTlJn7oj3RwKOsfboX-MC5JikN_ZdIhrKKx8-GxlMe6Z0vZV8WR-y9mOoD62LtiUVKOen2UUfNNiht91nzuZfWB5jZRmbWXjSqY4BGUD-jb3aPHFfILx0I2KBig/s1600/IMG_6013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtghINwDZybbEnTlJn7oj3RwKOsfboX-MC5JikN_ZdIhrKKx8-GxlMe6Z0vZV8WR-y9mOoD62LtiUVKOen2UUfNNiht91nzuZfWB5jZRmbWXjSqY4BGUD-jb3aPHFfILx0I2KBig/s400/IMG_6013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711371806225782802" /></a>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-19488253032299956982012-02-15T10:32:00.003+11:002012-02-15T10:46:04.245+11:00A Dinner Conversation - Why I Like MunichSo this is part of the conversation at dinner on Saturday night.. <br /><br /><br />Me..(banging on about being Bavarian in another life)<br />Mark: "you know everyone laughs at the Bavarians"<br /><br />Me: "No,why?"<br />Louise: "well, everyone likes them, but you can't take them seriously, everyone laughs at them"<br /><br />Me: "but why?"<br />Mark: "Well, they're yokels"<br />ME: "Yokels?? like westies? Like Dale Kerrigan (the Castle)?"<br /><br /> <br />Mark: "No Like Queenslanders..that's what they are..Queenslanders<br />Me: "O no wonder I feel so at home there!"<br /><br />Everyone laughs!!!!!!!!Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-47761828685057893992012-02-14T08:52:00.011+11:002012-02-14T11:12:30.447+11:00The Weekend 10/2The weekend got off to a great start with a concert on Friday Night @ the Opera House - Vladimir Aszkanezy and the SSO<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE70BiQGcjusAuhgnqc9OYfuSg65SU2qnogAUD6R7N8u9j-qRDsNz4XWpHGZqp_giFxoiug0Me10kbbR3k-DzIn9nuKbDZXa2m924hZWfP2TDtiFo5KebYX6yrHOuvw4M3Tex-bw/s1600/IMG_9210.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE70BiQGcjusAuhgnqc9OYfuSg65SU2qnogAUD6R7N8u9j-qRDsNz4XWpHGZqp_giFxoiug0Me10kbbR3k-DzIn9nuKbDZXa2m924hZWfP2TDtiFo5KebYX6yrHOuvw4M3Tex-bw/s400/IMG_9210.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708766043544881778" /></a>- Beethoven's 9th. We had the dodgy seats behind the stage -turned out to be perfect -so interesting to actually be able to see the conductor from the front and the workings of the orchestra. I love watching the musicians. We were directly over the choir stalls - fabulous inspiring soaring sound.. Here is a totally naughty pic.. They announce ad nauseum "No photography in the auditorium", but flashes were going off everywhere in the interval!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6P1zPysd2HnsFLeRNiQh2nhObU0h6uH68F1uAg26XJwV-BLpnq2Sse2V_Cqo7V0KZPSPlhtDxER2Uf3e47cRc7-nxshm__kEDilm0uMiWdlxFLmHuUCIHDuxOqCZ6pReIR3u9Q/s1600/IMG_9172.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6P1zPysd2HnsFLeRNiQh2nhObU0h6uH68F1uAg26XJwV-BLpnq2Sse2V_Cqo7V0KZPSPlhtDxER2Uf3e47cRc7-nxshm__kEDilm0uMiWdlxFLmHuUCIHDuxOqCZ6pReIR3u9Q/s400/IMG_9172.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708747209899571282" /></a><br />and because you can never have too much Harbour Bridge!!...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSi4lDg6Nu1I4VUREhmPVeMizrLsS7_9uznhkNMlLS4p3JwWwYSm8yTFTqXcvAWkGtPAJv81KHa5Ra0VgsRPCmjG4h3d4F6XIGmgC2z36NiL5_IjXXqIvVNrMtyNtxqQ996wuzg/s1600/IMG_5959.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSi4lDg6Nu1I4VUREhmPVeMizrLsS7_9uznhkNMlLS4p3JwWwYSm8yTFTqXcvAWkGtPAJv81KHa5Ra0VgsRPCmjG4h3d4F6XIGmgC2z36NiL5_IjXXqIvVNrMtyNtxqQ996wuzg/s400/IMG_5959.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708765334954915506" /></a><br />Saturday, I spent a slothful day reading this:<br />It's a heartstoppingly beautiful book - set in wartime German- <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRIi-ScfsEs3Q9d1HHbTqNHfd8LtJYci389Ub39DxBOcqniab9vpIRrXVFRn634CXxHOC2a2yMDOATay4krX1liuHn1ud0YDJktFo_BKT3dlWYqyA1gBy9RsvzujgbX0maXp64Q/s1600/IMG_5960.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRIi-ScfsEs3Q9d1HHbTqNHfd8LtJYci389Ub39DxBOcqniab9vpIRrXVFRn634CXxHOC2a2yMDOATay4krX1liuHn1ud0YDJktFo_BKT3dlWYqyA1gBy9RsvzujgbX0maXp64Q/s400/IMG_5960.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708747214805820530" /></a><br /><br />Sunday Dad went to work in town for a few hours. I went with him and occupied my time enjoying Hyde Park..can never have too much St Mary's either:-)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UpymWpiu3SZnXEBtTxtZjP4CEjsgaUKFD9QuNnQ7M8aKeY2bY9F7lRagvc1X6MRalJJwmufBft_9HbgZWJ5E6lrKFnCyCgL8wSlLYZ5uJDf8yP_tACJ86kSjtKLzXBzWn2cLoQ/s1600/IMG_5981.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UpymWpiu3SZnXEBtTxtZjP4CEjsgaUKFD9QuNnQ7M8aKeY2bY9F7lRagvc1X6MRalJJwmufBft_9HbgZWJ5E6lrKFnCyCgL8wSlLYZ5uJDf8yP_tACJ86kSjtKLzXBzWn2cLoQ/s400/IMG_5981.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708767435107169858" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v3so_VIo-Q9a0z3Szs-NeUojcFquE1Po4fkCTBOf0zQjRnpZVDvliMV7_veKTRKogIYiQ_25trExBVlQTNcqrRYPzeLiYUh-e7OOrSP7Ht6Vl-SS3FvWsnVTWQ_2Tm_0ansjEg/s1600/IMG_9237.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v3so_VIo-Q9a0z3Szs-NeUojcFquE1Po4fkCTBOf0zQjRnpZVDvliMV7_veKTRKogIYiQ_25trExBVlQTNcqrRYPzeLiYUh-e7OOrSP7Ht6Vl-SS3FvWsnVTWQ_2Tm_0ansjEg/s400/IMG_9237.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708768693890413842" /></a><br />(protect your Queen !!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxdNsnkmh5QVWB1EwbSRQcfSC4nGTg3koQXEWg-HJkRlybJVKOfZi8Lg43PQLjE_fnRWb4J6slJKbp2_5_EbEc3uyroK1eqksKxeqawTJBt4ZUdM2EReYcB2Twv7sXswtWnrUNA/s1600/IMG_9238.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxdNsnkmh5QVWB1EwbSRQcfSC4nGTg3koQXEWg-HJkRlybJVKOfZi8Lg43PQLjE_fnRWb4J6slJKbp2_5_EbEc3uyroK1eqksKxeqawTJBt4ZUdM2EReYcB2Twv7sXswtWnrUNA/s400/IMG_9238.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708769478513040050" /></a><br /><br />then browsed around Kinokuniya for a while and bought a $10 edition of Grimms' Complete Fairy Tales ( They're the chappies who wrote Hansel and Gretel). I would have thought I was familiar with a fair whack of the works of the Brothers'Grimm, but on reading the index, I discover there are no less than 279 fairy tales, of which I knew about 20:-(.. Now I am on a mission to read them all..<br /><br />Sunday night we had dinner @ juju's(King's Cross) with Louise and Mark ..great bentos! Was so full afterwards though, Louise and I walked back to Louise's. Rushcutters was beautiful as always. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q0RktQZiM0Xg9Jbb1MIXLHRwxdmB64WgWO0hNqEg8-ahH_2vc3cFQtQ_GR4pAt2Vbyti5MwSYEGPyzmXd9hQc4vive5K2rZncpwgAAlUpkFGuIT_H6lSBGpbz-XRKHkoKf0lpg/s1600/IMG_9253.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q0RktQZiM0Xg9Jbb1MIXLHRwxdmB64WgWO0hNqEg8-ahH_2vc3cFQtQ_GR4pAt2Vbyti5MwSYEGPyzmXd9hQc4vive5K2rZncpwgAAlUpkFGuIT_H6lSBGpbz-XRKHkoKf0lpg/s400/IMG_9253.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708776017614544754" /></a>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-65872471248703652002012-02-09T11:09:00.008+11:002012-02-10T10:28:39.023+11:00Happy Birthday Gerhard!:-)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgpHvvGiLtcCu_5Z9GNb-Lz8WcnRQOM0pcP5NmA4ZGzm7bdtx3Jop5EScf7cG-usAf9nal4ZAdQxXpD19evHJ4UWN6bmHqtWKjr-VPmT60bn2QjaDTaul0RxZSWWIBS6lwPY0pQ/s1600/IMG_5302.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgpHvvGiLtcCu_5Z9GNb-Lz8WcnRQOM0pcP5NmA4ZGzm7bdtx3Jop5EScf7cG-usAf9nal4ZAdQxXpD19evHJ4UWN6bmHqtWKjr-VPmT60bn2QjaDTaul0RxZSWWIBS6lwPY0pQ/s400/IMG_5302.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706931875320158114" /></a><br />Lieber Gerhard.. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Best wishes on your 80th birthday. We enjoyed your exhibition very very much.! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKfsgVQW-q8jUqBgGSaIupKkCSQ1Y9Fo8rH52SKT1u-D9UtlIAB9BJ2QhnC65_RutPlBAJthmfsAEvu2LjQOrxrIg_-kfpN9YWdI9RvI8ZalT6MCwxARBfqMkhsQWIVzpo7FFTw/s1600/IMG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKfsgVQW-q8jUqBgGSaIupKkCSQ1Y9Fo8rH52SKT1u-D9UtlIAB9BJ2QhnC65_RutPlBAJthmfsAEvu2LjQOrxrIg_-kfpN9YWdI9RvI8ZalT6MCwxARBfqMkhsQWIVzpo7FFTw/s400/IMG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706925577316394834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PefNFRcQtJ2_T841FFSJ4DobXHVAI67U0npW3YZZLX2CGo8IOqYf1XQCceV_253jlMycj906TWOfQhFSbzrYlevS5j1vWM_TQVgFBReJFPsCbV7R4xwft_deg1cUAl9b9jg7BA/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PefNFRcQtJ2_T841FFSJ4DobXHVAI67U0npW3YZZLX2CGo8IOqYf1XQCceV_253jlMycj906TWOfQhFSbzrYlevS5j1vWM_TQVgFBReJFPsCbV7R4xwft_deg1cUAl9b9jg7BA/s400/IMG_0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706925582202998146" /></a><br />Danke schön, und Genieß den Tag:-)Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-22750823953491374142012-02-08T12:39:00.003+11:002012-02-08T12:47:30.035+11:00So This is What It's Like to have Cousins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cEqJpO7ZJd_Z2YoLFyEZDF5quiHOMW4w9CbBDM4UH0gUWozfJ0vdWB6Ha1YH5CDYOEPOqa6j8n6N9RaqaFuipJVsyfh8TYoaqMCLNN5eoNmIhbHkJ34qtIrRlYECD8xudfuTwQ/s1600/DSC03826.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cEqJpO7ZJd_Z2YoLFyEZDF5quiHOMW4w9CbBDM4UH0gUWozfJ0vdWB6Ha1YH5CDYOEPOqa6j8n6N9RaqaFuipJVsyfh8TYoaqMCLNN5eoNmIhbHkJ34qtIrRlYECD8xudfuTwQ/s400/DSC03826.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706574588108485762" /></a><br /><br />Clinton has a transfer to Sydney Head Office. He and Berri came to dinner while they were down here househunting. We had a fun night and Megs declared .."o so this is what it's like to have cousins".. Extended family is good! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWms9c3DHvgND6MR5XVbXlvvfDnryfPZMT-2IcbrYq3jAAfV73WHGfAwndWwm5mBcmBn_cZVTSAP64Fqw1jT5WgLcFJqZEC3Vwj8Ye4TgL1uiJxwPGGOrbydW0Yljgp2hZS73fw/s1600/DSC03827.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWms9c3DHvgND6MR5XVbXlvvfDnryfPZMT-2IcbrYq3jAAfV73WHGfAwndWwm5mBcmBn_cZVTSAP64Fqw1jT5WgLcFJqZEC3Vwj8Ye4TgL1uiJxwPGGOrbydW0Yljgp2hZS73fw/s400/DSC03827.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706574585192632178" /></a>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22493362.post-7048068925183982952012-02-02T16:56:00.006+11:002012-02-02T17:56:40.535+11:00Open Air Cinema -2012<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBeEkb0X7FsrfQjPplo_v-aZmYCP09mBL1D8YRK6utyBWuduk3bOoyC1u2HmMA2vxYxwL2L-v-D1Cj3yRQ_kn-IZXMqGPxCojNYdcD3AubnnCqxxUBx4qsFWj-HiDXFU0NtQQ6w/s1600/IMG_9072.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBeEkb0X7FsrfQjPplo_v-aZmYCP09mBL1D8YRK6utyBWuduk3bOoyC1u2HmMA2vxYxwL2L-v-D1Cj3yRQ_kn-IZXMqGPxCojNYdcD3AubnnCqxxUBx4qsFWj-HiDXFU0NtQQ6w/s400/IMG_9072.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704417729144314338" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6EGVjbvsG2As0kopY7kD1sc1bgpVcqcFBZPQH1RjJMDCMLoQEMV6YsYT3n1Gtadif3SvTCivmlu4cBM4KemCIQmfspDonEO6KCnto1hzesuWCfECEvTlcI3FnMJsn8FMe12MNg/s1600/IMG_9078.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6EGVjbvsG2As0kopY7kD1sc1bgpVcqcFBZPQH1RjJMDCMLoQEMV6YsYT3n1Gtadif3SvTCivmlu4cBM4KemCIQmfspDonEO6KCnto1hzesuWCfECEvTlcI3FnMJsn8FMe12MNg/s400/IMG_9078.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704417257437177698" /></a><br />It's become an institution and tradition for us to attend Open Air Cinema @ Lady Macquarie's Chair. The views are unparalleled in the world ( Yes I know it's a big call and very biased!), and it's an exciting summer activity. We have dinner and and a bottle of wine while we look at the view, then settle in our chairs with our white billowy ponchos to watch the movie. Tickets have become so popular unless you can get on in the first half hour of sales, then you will be left with the dregs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7dum4NUnx35cjNorwlhNU2PpF90aE2ZWmiPZuHomuB307jHOTKzEyIxvDKNJGdavitMwhJ-24K_1O0sh1ilznUQjTKsQLmq7WCpUYQUoKj98uzK09FXaDbt6u2uGwbbZLnvSAA/s1600/IMG_9106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7dum4NUnx35cjNorwlhNU2PpF90aE2ZWmiPZuHomuB307jHOTKzEyIxvDKNJGdavitMwhJ-24K_1O0sh1ilznUQjTKsQLmq7WCpUYQUoKj98uzK09FXaDbt6u2uGwbbZLnvSAA/s400/IMG_9106.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704426726154987170" /></a><br /><br />This year we were left with a charming little French number - "Goodbye First Love". Was very pleasant and wonderful to see Paris and the gorgeous French countryside, but plot-wise not a lot happened except a lot of walking about soulfully and looking at stuff from the gorgeous young protagonist. The soundtrack was cute though - i enjoyed it..so all in all a pleasant little film - 3/5:-) (Must have a look and see if M&D have reviewed it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiS8e1sF8uADa4FsUlJ8Q9Iuw7uuFVViM9Oy8oj5SMApKghTv_dZ4Vo7-xC8F_qY3mXpgC3-nal1kqpWdzdfu1msfgKo5N6nEHCuqNoI9mkEn0G8Vo3BYqQ4OdyDem_JOsvJqYQA/s1600/IMG_9069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiS8e1sF8uADa4FsUlJ8Q9Iuw7uuFVViM9Oy8oj5SMApKghTv_dZ4Vo7-xC8F_qY3mXpgC3-nal1kqpWdzdfu1msfgKo5N6nEHCuqNoI9mkEn0G8Vo3BYqQ4OdyDem_JOsvJqYQA/s400/IMG_9069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704417251406923794" /></a>Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431650169842838645noreply@blogger.com1