nov 3 cairns airport. carly my love and i sold you for $50, took photo of you forklifted on top of trashed hippie van at wreckers. will one day list your final photo on website and make you famous. oh for a flesh and blood woman who could be for me so much. now i'm off to the west where warm and DRY weather awaits and the tasks of relocation dislocation... my final day on cairns esplanade where moisture laden southerlies were sultry. in the morning got varied triller and met woman who lived in house on park i'd parkedup on [View Full Entry]

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oct 27 'alia jacta est'. the die is cast. friday flight perth. to leave this exquisite essence. oozing life. the first time i hit perth. no money, knowing no one. and now to break the crystal of life on the road by getting on that red bird (virgin blue) roaring out over trinity bay i've seen lo these many months, with me on it, i've dreaded, longed for it to be a flight to, not from. yet i leave so much behind. words fail me. these extraordinary, ordinary poeple. rosemary dying of cancer on five day boat with lynette, thursday island, [View Full Entry]

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oct 20 have john's list of around 55 birds of the cairns esplanade. have seen and can mostly identify fifty. i went on the bird club walk yesterday. got ruddy turnstone, black-faced monarch. rainy nights and mornings. spruiked smithfield shopping center carpark again for top result. seeing stickers regularly. some have the yellow faded. bummer! but at least the design is still obvious. can't get any inspiration for next move so i'll just hang in. cairns is a nice size. walkable and parkable without paying. library handy. esplanade entertaining, always a new birder to chat with and john always [View Full Entry]

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oct 10 daily routine of esplanade walk, meditation, spruik, swim, esplanade bird watch with many birders sharing sightings, beer, shower, free food at rhino bar, read 'australian' at irish bar. financial news a disaster unfolding. i'm still liking cairns. the richness of the birdlife is extraordinary and the richness of the human followers of this birdlife equally extraordinary. today was pointed out the nest of the pied imperial pidgeon. yesterday 'got' lesser sand plover. one of the great things about being a newcomer to birding is that its easy to get a new bird. the old hands don't have m [View Full Entry]

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oct 3 ABC radio aired an interview with me statewide wednesday evening in the 'drive' show. they announced the website but i thought it was hard to get so quickly. anyhow all i got was one email telling me to leave if i didn't like it. otherwise same same. more stickers in carpark smithfield. [View Full Entry]

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sept 29 another warm sunny day. have been walking the streets of cairns. weekend veggie market good friday, saturday and sunday until guard bloke came out on to street and said stop. not really his patch but he was going to call police and i don't do busking permits. website now really up to date. multiple youtube clips make for more fun. one day i'll get a group and we'll do the chant and post it. watch of global meltdown unnerving. a catastrophe almost inconceivable, except i studied the last one. maybe they can pull off a rescue. we can only [View Full Entry]

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sept 19 the beat goes on at e-bar on esplanade and i've got an appointment at chanel nine monday at NINE. must get national morning coverage. and jurgen is cooking on website. i like it. youtubes, newsletters, waving flag. must mention the animation. it's hot!!!! swim spa. and this cool breeze broadside to the bay. jabiru black in the sun. perfect weather. sept 23 last night sixty seconds chanel NINE cairns local news. many comments today of having seen it. website address aired in text and talk. four emails. two hostile, one neutral, one no content. first day of wind from [View Full Entry]

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sept 18 so i'll try to choke out a line, what with the global financial collapse unfolding, bogged in iraq/afghanistan and now pakistan unraveling (they keep saying we're winning. i remember vietnam but) snd polar meltdown inevitable, i'm having fun. matt's already flopped as a spruiker, i tooped off to hot carparks for excellent/fabulous result. tidal outflow leaving bare green slime. hot, blissfully hot! dry but and marvellous in the shade. float planes and islander children playiing at exercise station. this sacred moment of time. where deep breathing oxygen, our breath will change the pla [View Full Entry]

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sept 17 someone mentioned that my blogs were short. apologies. lately just enjoying cairns with a routine of walks, birds, spruiks, swims and beer at 'pier'. no real news. the blog keeps going in hope that one day i'll post THE BIG ONE, i.e. email asking for flag to appear nationally in print or on tv. weather here warm and i notice that the night lows on sunshine coast are in the middle teens so anytime i want i can go south. no rush but. meeting jurgen this friday to see what he's created for the website upgrade. sunday bird walk [View Full Entry]

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sept 12 good news at last. 'australian' page 9 truth printed re: middle east power plays in lebanon. greenpeace in court win! woman for japan pm? comic books send japanese wine sales over top. the world's going broke. 'all the world to be taxed.' the regime of hard times. australia to 35 million by 2050. trendz, carbon friends. won't be my problem. rain finally stopped, world open again. low tide on mud flats. the migration's begun. ducks and waders. jabiru. sept 15 bloke named jurgen is redoing my website to bring it into 21st century. should be interesting. he said i'd [View Full Entry]

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