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Happy New Year one and all!

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

With a very special mention to Mum, John, Uncle Dag, Jason , Sam, John -Anthony, Sofia, Joe and of course the odd little Santa Clause doll we put under the tree each year. I miss you all in equal measures.Happy 2009 everyone!

Christmas Pictures!

Friday, December 26th, 2008

 I will be the first to admit that I have been exceptionally lazy with putting pictures up on the blog. Today though, on a hungover Boxing day while I’m waiting for Lauren to finish work so we can go out for yet another night of Christmas drinks with our mates, I have finally got round to putting some up. These are are Christmas photos from yesterday. I thought I’d add one of my ‘Mo as well for any of you who might not have seen it on Facebook.

I feel the pictures do justice to the day we had, even the slight blurry out of focusness on some of them are indicative of the amount of alcohol that was quaffed.


 

The Christmas Post

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Christmas is here in Oz. It's Christmas Eve and a scorching 29 degrees outside. Spent past few days with Midge and the kids in Croydon. Saw Trevor for a little while but he finished work late and had to leave early ... [Continue reading this entry]

Here comes the sun

Saturday, December 20th, 2008
Blessed with our first real hot day today in Melbourne, a reasonable 24 degrees. Rumor has it that it's going to 30 tomorrow, but this being Melbourne, that could end up being snow. Plans for today, we're going to go to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Could have done more/lesser of two evils.

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
While it is pure vanity and self indulgence for me to self-reference as much as I do, I feel for the purpose of this post it is more than justified. Last week, when I posted about the moron Australian guy who ... [Continue reading this entry]

I wasn’t wrong

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Regular readers will know that when I fist landed in Melbourne I was particularly unimpressed. First off, there was no more 'wow, I could never see that at home' factor as there had been in any of the S.E. Asian ... [Continue reading this entry]

Excessive force on my doorstep

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Not sure how much this made international news, but last week policemen shot and killed a 15 year old boy armed with knives in a skatepark 10 minutes walk from my house. Yes, the kid had two 'very large, cleaver type ... [Continue reading this entry]

Something is making me nautious

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
I have a sneaking suspicion that it's the white chocolate in my cheap as chips Target Advent Calendar. (For Target, see Primark.)  It feels a little like what I imagine morning sickness to feel like in pregnant chicks. Came home from ... [Continue reading this entry]

Counting down instead of up

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
In under twelve hours now, the first half of our year long trip will have diminished into memory. Six months have gone by faster than nearly anything else I can think of. A big part of me is refusing to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Snapped for a little ‘me’ time

Monday, December 8th, 2008
And so, just four days shy of half a year travelling, I've snapped. I've had it up to here. I've had enough. That's right folks, today I finally bought myself a cheap laptop. I cannot stand being away from a ... [Continue reading this entry]