Luv toys. guys - just seen the Echinida warning sign - I may have some sort of porn vision going on here, but it looks remarkably like a 'adult massage' toy Ive seen advertised (Aherm) in adult interest pamphlets - I can see why aussis seem soo happy now! Take care funsters.
Colour part 2 I was feeling slightly bad about sending you comments about your colourless photos but having opened this blog directly after sending my comment, I'm now glad that I did!!! You can't have a black and white carousel horse!!! Sacrilege!!! Loving your work as ever and Happy New Year! I hope it's better for you than last year....how can it be!!!!xxx
Colours! Granted your photography is spectacular..but I miss seeing everything in colour now. Remember in this foul country we see almost everything in black and white due to a lack of rays here! More colours please!!!!
Long Neck Girl. Wow, didn't know the custom of stretching necks still exists. Pictures of them were pretty, yet at the same time sad. I worry about their future and possible pain they may have to go through.
Sid and Knee Well there's a thing. Knee sidding - I suppose you took a boat out to Watson's bay and take a gander at the back of the opera house and check out the scariest looking spiders ever?
Also, I don't know if you ended up looking for a bar or restuarant up Oxford Street - definately a funny place to be when you're upwardly standing continually - there is even a bar next to a fantastic cambodian restuarant which is is aptly named "The Toolbox". Men only - bring your greeseproofs!
Glad to see you guys are faving hun - enjoy your kremlin.
By the way, dad found something I wrote about a three leged greyhound with a collapsed lung which brought back a few memories - remind me to remind you about it later.
I even have that letter you sent to me when you lived in Rothesay where it was covered in "Scud" and "shine" everywhere. Suprised that letter ever reached me except for the message "Postman, follow the arrows"! Nice
Speak soon you shiny boned template of john merrick's catasrophic ending mixed with a bag of reumpold stiltskins embryo salt and photographic tad pole implants with telapathic constituants from Bulivia and the great beyond!
Luv Dup Watcha fealla and feller'ette - so, I finally managed to check out my spam and there was you're blog - sorry mate. Its not spam at all, or baloney even ;-) ... Top photos as always Mr West, havent seen any of you in them as yet, but to be honest I've only just started the look through - me and Mrs Von B will be most dissapointed if there arent any purely unnessasary pictures of female flesh and Mr West pretending to be taking picture of the 'scenery' ha ha - we know you!!
Anyhow - back to the beer, wine and chilling out for me and the good lady - wish you both well and will let you know bout the next meet for an adventure! Was thinking Vegas and the chicken ranch.....now that would be an adventure - women wouldnt appreciate it much though ha ha.... laters good people..
Merry Chrismas mate Been following all your Blogs (LH)...hope mattie bought you some hair straighteners for christmas-i couldn't go camping for one night without mine, how can you cope for a whole year-ha ha!!! obviously its Mrs Hollis speaking after all the husband seems to be lacking in hair these days-well on his head anyway, but lets not go there!!! p.s please come home, miss you both, and your chats over cups of tea/or wine Jen-try not to forget me please! Now my turn...(Mr Hollis) I need my drinking partner back...Matt you will be glad to know that I have become a connoisseur of Guiness...who knows Real Ale could be next!!! PS moving to No 2 Flagstaff Road on Monday 8th of Jan!!!!!
Surfers Paradise You wait until you get to Piha (north Island New zealand) it'll knock your block off - the best bit of ater you'll ever get to have a fight with. Matt, you and I went in the sea in Bournemouth when we were kids when there was a RED flag out and we thought it would be a dare or at least slightly dangerous - well, this is like having forty of those flags out it don't matter if it's cold, you wouldn't feel it anyway - it's the only sea to make you feel really small and insignificant!
Also, from the picutre I have seen of Surfers paradise, another thing you'll look forward to in NZ on the beaches are NO MASSIVE HOTELS SHADOWING THE BEACH - they don't and will not exist. It is El Natural - and I think you'll find it fantastic!
glad Auz treating you well though - keep up the good work of an already splendid journal you mott!
Two Faced Bunny Heater Considering that they move so fast, I think your Blue Faced Honey Eater picture came out pretty good! I remember you getting very frustrated at a humming bird in California last year - 2005. It was along the Pacific National Highway, about half way between San Francisco and L.A. The poor thing was only trying to find a little smackerel of something for its lunch, but it wouldn't stay still enough for you to take its picture. ..fish..
On Fruit Bats Oh, Matt, what a gorgeous little fruit bat! Just like the one in your book - remember it? So ... er ... did you get to kiss this one as well? ..fish..
Cape Leeuwin Especially interested in Cape Leeuwin, as, in tracing my family tree have found out that in 1898 my Great Grandma stayed in a place called Cape Leeuwin on her way to Bowral, Oz. Wierd coincidence!
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Queen film was excellent. Yes having lots of fun. Too much to find time to update the blog for now!! Watch this space...