Blogs from Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Another repacking and unpacking of bags and we are settled into the Cottesloe Beach Chalets. Again, it is so nice to have facilities such as hot water, shower, toilet and to the excitement of the girls, a TV, yep moving pictures and words! Tahlia and I enjoyed some catch up time, taking the train into the city and hunting for some bargains in the mall. Matt, Ki and Ella head to Perth’s aquarium to check out the amazing sea life. They then go ten pin bowling, where Ki pumps out some moves to Gangham Style! The days seem to fly by and Tahlia’s last day in WA is rapidly upon us. We spend our last morning together catching the train to Fremantle, where we enjoy a walk about and a tasty lunch. All too soon we ... read more

Hello once again! It's been a busy week here! Each day at work, I've been working on getting this new task finally up and running, and I think it is now all ready to go! I am being given instructions on participant recruitment and payment tomorrow, and then I am ready to start actually collecting data. Outside of my Australian lab responsibilities, Huchao (one of my friends from the lab in China) and I have been making good progress on our manuscript and I have been working on my other-age task that is part of my dissertation. In terms of some humorous work-related news, last Thursday night, Cathy and I were Skype chatting about my data and I started noticing an odd smell in my room. Then, I heard a loud "pop!" and I looked over ... read more

11-2-11. with over 270 photos posted on flagoz on facebook, the gallery of supporters has just begun. planning trip to top end in august so that will be ample opportunity to get support in the territory. when i think of all the wonderful people i met in my three years on the road, i'm sad i didn't have my camera going. never envisioned the power of facebook. neither did tunisia or mubarak. ... read more

8-12-10. grrrrrrrr. seems no clothing this summer. who knows. why does this all have to be so hard? everybody who saw the file thought they were terrific. otherwise i have printed a poster which i can do at the library A3 size for 50cents. now have 15 cafes and other locations with the poster. happy holidays to all. cheers, fred... read more

22-11-10. hi all still waiting for clothing to happen. hopefully january. real news is that i'm doing facebook which allows for visual posts. anybody wanting to receive them can be 'friends' to fred rieben. i've done some lampoons of gillard, swan and rudd in front of the british flag and posted photos of our wine 'republic red'. hopefully will get more ideas for cartoons. taking more video footage and hope to create the next vox pop utube (see new australian flag). still think the first is good. next will include two aussie military blokes saying they like and want the new flag. expect the royal wedding to stir debate. will also be prime material for lampooning monarchy.... read more