Blogs from Palm Beach, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

This is going to be a quick one; I'm running out of internet!! Yesterday was dull, the weather was horrible so I just went grocery shopping and to the wildlife centre. Like the aquarium, they showed what kind of animals can be found in Australia - most of them are some of the most poisonous animals in the entire world, great. There were many many rooms simply dedicated to a variety of different snakes and spiders. It wasn't the same kind of awe that struck me when I saw the seahorses that live in Sydney Harbour!! One of the main attractions of this wildlife centre is one of the largest crocodiles in captivity. I saw it, and thought it was one hell of a big crocodile. Naturally all the Australians surrounding me thought it wasn't a ... read more

I had a really bizarre dream last night about Buffy the Vampire Slayer...don't ask!! My fascination with Buffy worries me. I somehow got out of bed at nine and still managed to catch the twenty to ten L90 bus to Palm Beach...the home of Summer Bay and Home and Away!! The beach was lovely, really sandy as it goes, probably the sandiest I have ever walked on in my life...but it was hard work trudging through it on my way up to the Surf Club. I am not really a Home and away fanatic but just being on the set was awesome enough for me so I celebrated this achievement with a Double Choc Chip Cornetto!! Avalon, the next beach down looked gorgeous too with spectacular scenery...I may return there again to walk the coastline before ... read more

Anyone who is a fan of Home and Away will obviously know Summer Bay! We took a bus from Manly up to Palm Beach to go in search of the cast from H&A, well i did anyway!! We got off the bus at the last stop and quickly found out where we had to head to see the Surf Club. We were getting closer and closer and i was so excited! I don't ask for a lot in life, all i wanted was to see Alf Stewart and did i? No, i did not! Didn't see anyone actually! There was a little kiosk serving cold drinks and before the old guy could even ask what i would like i blurted out 'where is Alf Stewart' and to my horror his reply was 'oh he is in ... read more

april 20 showers. sunday morning spruik, exercise entertainment and met daniel ozfrench vive la republic. flat white and fun he's inviting me to speak at the francophone club! if i'm hereabouts. then lunch it's been so long since i could dook on a barby, pittwater views those national park hills majestic in their greenery. on to bilgola where rebellion showed, bloke flying curreent flag minus union jack. i took shots for calendar. classic. 'my australia'. clouds rolling steadily from south, pleasant but. and great weather for shady walking. two eagles harassed by a smaller dark bird. magpie chasing another bird, it looked like for dinner. embroidery patches now a compelling idea. april 21 last nite midnite dark quiet carpark between two trailersailers, rainy, car came in and parked with headlights full on carly, it woke me. ... read more

april 15 the good stuff. rainy. now three shops rosebay flagging. $8 thai lunch on damp day dry in patches. parkedup s/c view east houses on hill bushland at tip. saw foil boat kids go out in a.m. in lite airs they planed. watch goint to newport from today. they set out in the book like a dry run for the boer war, so not much has changed 'cept the environmental cost of armies unsustainable. kev wants japan and india into security council. it's not a broad enough ambit. add brazil pakistan nigeria and indonesia for starters and veto by and in ten years by three. israelis should enter palestine as teachers not soldiers. dare to dream. see gaia. when the real estate bubble in tel aviv twitches buy gold. doesn't take a genius to see ... read more

Busted We awoke on Sunday following our Blue Mountains excursion with numb joints all round. Settling into (the couch) our new flat wasn't too much of an option as we had things to buy, so with much grumbling we headed into town. We went around our usual shopping places and nothing of note really happened until I decided to be lazy and get the bus from Town Hall to Railway Square. I'd been purchasing student bus passes, despite the fact I knew that it was only NSW students who were eligible for this (it's still not clearly outlined anywhere though). Although I have my fake International Student Card from Bangkok, it's only some places in Sydney that accept it as student ID and I thought this inconsistancy was silly, so I deemed myself a student for ... read more