Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4303

I visited the The Leonardo da Vinci Machines - An Exhibition of Genius where sixty four models of Da Vinci’s famous machines are featured, many of which can be touched, tried and tested by visitors, and each explores the master’s genius in design. The exhibition is from the Museum of Leonardo da Vinci in Italy. To satisfy the world-wide interest in Leonardo Da Vinci and his creative process, the Florentine artisans of the Niccolai family from Teknoart have spent the last half-century studying the mechanics of his projects and have created an outstanding exhibition of fully functional models of Da Vinci’s inventions. The models have been constructed by the artisans and are based on Da Vinci’s famous codices. There was also two BBC produced documentaries regarding Da Vinci's life on show throughout the day.... read more

Hello All, Ive got 2 min left on my internet so I gotta be quick. Things are good. Tom and Jenny are great. I stayed with them for 3 nights and now im at a hostel. I did manage to get a job. I will be here until Oct 2nd/3rd and then I still dont know where I will end up going. We will see what happens. I miss everyone. Talk to you soon Blair... read more

Thursday morning Paul and I arrived in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. It was about 12 days and 1000 miles since leaving Luganville, Vanuatu. The passage was split into two parts. The first part was 4 days from Luganville to Chesterfield Reef. This was a pleasant passage. The winds were 20-25 knots, mostly aft of the beam. And they did us the tremendous favor of reducing as we approached and entered Chesterfield. After a few days at Chesterfield we left for the last leg to Bundy. We left in light winds and probably motored for 36 of the first 48 hours we were underway. Then it all changed in less than 12 hours the winds went from 10knots to 30knots and the seas quickly followed. The run wasn’t a pleasant downwind sail. The winds were abeam to aft ... read more

Dear all, Hope everybody back home and around the world are well! Again a very cool week, week number 4 and no less exciting. Cant really remember what I said in the last blog but I’ll start with the gig I went to last Sunday. I went down to circular quay, which is where the opera hose is, and there was a free gig / live TV show. Its was for Video Hits, kind of like our Top of the Pops. Got lots of cool shots and got on national TV, just in the background, but it was very funny! Then Came the CD Single, The track I worked on, within the first 24 hours of being in the country came out. AND I’ve got credit. As you can see in the pic’s below, I got ... read more

First trip to beautiful Perth. I also got to see some of my best friends again - you know who you are ;-)... read more