Kangaroos in the snow
Kangaroos look mighty funny in the snow. That's probably why they like to stay in the bush. Some fun in the sun... and snow... on a little day trip to Mt. Buller in Victoria.
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Tim Burton, ACMI, Stephen Fry, rambling and delays
Many days have passed and still having fun in the sun... rain... sun... rain... hurricane... sun... Melbourne.
Oh, and also Tim Burton and Stephen Fry dropped by.
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Don't cliff me, John! - The Great Ocean Road Trip
In the words of Justin Lee Collins, awaiting John Barrowman's answer to the question "Cliff, marry or shag?" as proposed by David Tennant: "Don't cliff me, John!" These words gained new meaning as Tony and I drove slightly above the recommended speed along the traitorous cliffs of Victora's Great Ocean Road.
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Footy (AFL), Footbal (or soccer) and some random times
The concept of spectator sports can be compared to going to a restaurant for the soul purpose of watching other people eat. A trip to the MCG, a Footy match, some World Cup and a Dutch guy in the Aussie papers.
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Shark porn and equal rights! (Day 26 - June 10, 2010)
My otherwise calm trip to the Melbourne Aquarium was interrupted by a rally for equal rights/equal pay for women (and I think volunteer workers too?) in the work place. Fun to start the day with a little social outrage but, for the rest: smooooth sailing.
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Everything that happened in between
Because sometimes a whole lot of things happen that actually don't really end up being all that interesting. This is what happened these last few days.
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Let the sun shine
The sun burns brightly at Melbourne's Federation Square, as Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's "Solar Equation" shines. A projection of the sun's surface generated on the fly using the magic of fluid dynamics.
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#cowwatch at the Docklands
A little bit of nothing, a little bit of tram thing, a little bit of shooting the breeze and some cows up trees.
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The most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have, and a wombat
Travel advice fit for every man, from king to servant: Don't panic. Whilst it's an excellent idea it doesn't match up to the simplicity of getting drunk and hugging a wombat.
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How doo you zoo?
A little trip to the zoo, looking at adorable tiger cubs, eating and drinking expensive concessions and kissing frogs.
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Monopoly money, alien sun and dangerous roads
Australia is a strange place. Perhaps it's because all the blood rushes towards your head here.
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It's raining in Singapore, dammit!
I'm in Singapore and it's raining! Unfortunatly that joke has been completly ruined.
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I'm not quite gone, yet
Not quite gone yet. I will be soon. I leave for Australia in the morning, I'd better start packing.
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