From the ashes ...

Check it out, this is the stump of our old tree which self pruned itself a few months ago. Now look at this, it is another sapling growing in its place, right out of the same root system and everyting! Amazing!

Time travelling.....

Check out this site www.nearmap.com. Click on ‘personal use’, then enter a street address and just like google maps it will show you
the aerial photo BUT then you can go back in time (3 years or so) using the series of ‘dots’ on thetop right section.

The day after our wedding, note lots of cars and portaloo

The week before the tree came down

The tree in chunks on the left of the garden

And the most recent, no tree at all.

Semi-automatic violin

We have had an old half size violin at the back of a wardrobe for the last few years and it is of no use to us, so last sunday, whilst enjoying a cold beer on the verandah, i got out the leatherman tool and dismantled a set of speakers and popped them in the back.

Here you can see the speaker assembly, the pod and also a bit of computer RAM to make it look futurey, of course its all held together with duct tape and velcro... not the prettiest sawing job as I was in a rush to prepare for a gig that evening, but I intend to tidy it up next weekend.

Here you can see the two speaker cones right behind the f-holes

And here it was last night at its premiere recital at 228 The Strand

May the force (forks) be with you....

Check out these lightsabre chopsticks my sister got for me last year, they are cool!

New outdoor cinema premiere

Well, we finally got around to using the new outdoor cinema.

First viewing of the winter season kicked off to a toasty start.

Riding shotgun

Dont press the red button......

Did a concert last Friday at my school, look where someone left the cowbells!

Jedi finn

Red Bull Air Race

we went down to see the red bull air race at the weekend. This is a video of Mick and me at the end of the runway with planes landing above us.

Showtime

We took Finn to the movies the other day to see How to Train your Dragon 3D (hense the glasses). Here he is tucking into the popcorn.

Happy Anniversary

We celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary the other day and had a great day out, and Jane got me this as a present. Its a lego replica with nearly 5200 pieces. Im sure there are some cars (possibly toyota's) with less parts.


The instruction manual is nearly 300 pages with a few steps on each page. the bags of bits are not numbered and arranged at random. I'm clocking an average of 20 mins per page, so I should be done this time next year...

More broome shots

Here is one the guide took on my phone

Check this one out, I had to refill the tank of the scooter we rented before dropping it back, full tank $3.33.

And have a look at this, its the Tommy Fleming CD, available in record stores over here in OZ, this guy sure gets around!

Camel Ride

We went camel riding on the beach one evening

As the sun began to set our shadows got really big

Here I am on my guy, note the fancy indiana jones style hat and manbag......

I was at the back and here is the turnaround point.

vrooooooooooom

We hired a scooter from, wait for it, the broome broome car hire company. Classic.

Check out my new party bag, it keeps 6 cans chilled.

Broome

We went to broome for a few days over teh easter break, it was great craic, here is the plane we flew up on.

And here is the shed.....airport.

This is one of the brewerys up there, and here is the sun setting through a cool beer

Normal service shall resume shortly...

I am currently on school holidays and am up in sunny Broome for a week, normal service shall resume shortly....