'I dont think my ........ can handle it' (anonymous) 'u know how i love a mini bus' (me)

This just in....YES team to tour our wonderful island late august.  8 of them.  Stoked. 

there and back again by...

Yet another work roadie.  a week of bad beds, un-met artwork deadlines, restaurant overdoses, mobile kangaroos, temperamental email servers...... and lots of beautiful things along the way to notice.  

the view from Scammels Lookout, on the way to the NSW resorts (at the west side of the great alpine range).   its a beautiful spot, and we caught it just in time with good light and april snow!

a building in CIVIC Centre act that i seem to look at alot.  Theres lots of buildings in the world, but i seem to like this one.  clean, but not sterile.  

i was manning the pedals, ingrid was womanning the wheel, and we snapped this.  Anzac Bridge on the way to Sydney CBD.  Good bridge, but it's fairly hard for a bridge in sydney to get much SUN if you know what i mean.  

Manly After Dark.  moonlight is great for volleyball, sitting and watching, and apparently, surfing shorebreaks.  The people who live on those northern beaches are definitely pretty lucky.  Very nice digs. 

whilst venturing out after THAI (4th thai meal that week) for an ice cream, I heard a ruckus from north beach WoolloonGONG.  inspection revealed a friday night gathering.  families having picnics, fire throwers, fire eaters, organic glow stick purveyors, and an incredible congo drum jam session.  i dont know what the gathering was about, but everyone there had a great time, myself included.  The kid above was on his way home, and the girl below is probably still there.  

email is good, but does anyone miss the post man and his free rubber bands ?

I have moved in.  somewhat.  my first day in was aNZac day.  so cookies, champagne is disposables, new toys for pooch, and candles helped me ring in the new era.  

beanbags are the ultimate makeshift couch.  (which is yet to be finalised......apparently it can determine whether i will be a frenzied colt, or a plump pony - so research and choose wisely i will).  the blanket = no heating yet.  the dog = marvel of the unviserse

a touch of surfing @ 'floors' - good localised break, sketchy take off, but lots of wall to play with.        but westcoast  shortboarders are so agro. 

although you may be awarding points for what seems like a magazine edit / final proof (xoxo), I am spreading beat out to measure for seating requirements.  

fig. 1a = couch & coffee (lamp) table

fig. 1b = dining table and fridge.  

interest free is rad ... 

somewhere to live is important, not as important as your space though

home sweet home. finally!

in what appears to be a beautifully unrelated sunset, it is a fire aided end to many a home (sweet home).  bush fire in the pine forest on the way home from Jindabyne.  i hope the animals are happy and safe wherever they are, they do not get txt message warnings you know? 

the day after the 17th day of april

I am a big advocate for fruit for breakfast.  however, this movement does not work without coffee.  in which case, you spend the day starving.  

but fruit for breakfast after a surf is awesome.  and - i love my webber. !  

I am enchanted by the idea of being in the ocean,  adhering to your it's movements, reacting to its moods, and appreciating mother nature & her gifts.

capturing surfers prior to surfing is of considerable interest to me.  it represents complete distraction & a profound detachment from everything - good or bad; the world effectively stops (which is why christmas is so special). 

in my opinion, we all need as many of these days as possible. 

we named another break this weekend.  It's called CHODES = it's just between assholes and balls, both of which are titled appropriately.  Just lookers left of balls is Shafts (seconds), and lookers left of Shaft's is CHEFS.  Equal in etherical-ness? to Bells during the 50 year storm.

6 surfs in 6 days.  I love the easter swells on the West coast.    

street lights during the day

they are forgotten, they get in cars ways, and they CAN be photogenic. 

below is a scribble via Me, please note, my hand writing gets better each year> 

reading (not words)

everyone knows someone

who avoids the truth

their time was a surpirse

their thoughts are too

a coffee scroll = doubt

the painting confirmed it

they avoid feelings

they didnt need too

easter 200nine

easter 200nine....

lows - sneaky 'boob dusting' 

Mcdonalds @ 3 am

  4am cab driver questionaire

mids - lots of average coffee

highs - moroccan feasts at the beach house

T.Mossians new flick

naming a new surf spot

easter eggs & easter buns

sunday (monday) night tacos

meeting Mr. Wegener 

....and, the clincher, the 5'11 reunion.  

If i could,  I would trimmylifeaway.com  ;   Then again, maybe I am?

Easter was incredible.  So lucky.  Stoked.

YES

A new project for sideways fun.  

VERY BERRY

Berry is a place on the NSW coast, its very easy to drive thru whilst on route to elsewhere.  but this cliff was quit a sight.  excuse the self indulgent photo in the bottom left corner.  

Great views (the ocean) always make me smile

weekend work is sometimes weekend play.

depends on your job i guess.  some Deeluxe stuff I enjoyed working on.  

my 5/4/09

this collection of snaps accurately portrays my 5/4/2009.  everything i did revolved around one of these pictures, with the exception of after sun lotion application. 

i chose to share the first picture because it helps me believe the world is round.  and maybe, i am not the only skeptic out there.  

the two things being performed in the second picture are very important things.  but not often photographed.  1. watching the ocean before entering.  2. talking to other surfers.  

the earth in the third picture is a nice little pot, @ Little Paddocks (Franks Beach).  

Besides being impossibly sunburnt, What a Day. 

(i hope when you read my entries, it is my voice in your head reading it aloud)

(so thanks for listening)

my 4/4/09

is art what you see, or what you make someone else see? i think both.  my 4/4/09

dolphin says hi to guy fishing.  i often see dolphins, and it overpowers me.  they can never breach enough.  i love that they let us enjoy them every so often.  and i envy their beauty & calm.

right hand peeler.  Bendalong

it may sound dumb, but a headland gives me everything i need. when i see one, i feel freedom.  happiness.  and the exploration.      = they remind me how lucky i am to be here.  I understand why sharks get protective about the ocean.  humans seem to screw everything up. North Durras.

another moon based entry

this picture i took at the back of POINT PLUMMER in Jan 07.  It is a location that has recently made Nathan Oldfiel's new film (SEAWORTHY).  it s just north of Port Macquarie.  Amazing place. 

It started me thinking, am I seaworthy?  do I qualify to be in the ocean, at peace, and receive its gifts ?  If not, does it mean I should not be there, that it may expel me from from it ?  via an injury, or predator's meal ?  anyway.  

i cant wait for T.Campbell's new film (THE PRESENT)....fab has ordered me copy and i almost can not wait for it's arrival. almost.

last saturday i found myself beachbound again.  I was tired as usual from a big week, but inspired by the possibility (self made promise) of good waves.  

it was super fun, but the waves did not want me on them.  funny that.  

we also saw a 'controlled' burn in the national park behind Anglesea.  didnt look that controlled, but maybe we are all just a bit sensitive to clouds of smoke right now. 

MondaY mornings are normally b & w

it was monday morning 

and that was a yellow balloon

it made its previous owner happy, maybe.  i hope

either way - it became the standout of MondaY morning

TACO's are a poor man's fajita

it felt like it was summer's last visit to me for 0809.  its probably not, but a great excuse to base my weekend around multiple ice creams anyhow.

the first thing i did on saturday was go for a surf (in boardshorts) with my buddy LE CHEF.     he's a surfboard shaper, and he just got a job a Quiksilver.  he's stoked.  

(but it has nothing to do with the accompanying boobs)

here we are on a midnight ice cream run 

and here we are on a midday ice cream run

on Snday afternoon, i went and saw TOBY KNOX play at the blue tile lounge.  Can play. 

and to finish Sunday, I destroyed some chook fajitas.  

=  I was about as INSPIRED as one can hpe to be on a sunday night.

Out go the fires.

SOUND RELIEF.  Out comes the rain, and in comes the fun. 

Concert Highlights are very subjective.  I was inspired by with  Augie march and Paul kelly. the OILS made my calves the sorest. 

And the Finn's are right, she will have her way.

what's left ?

i do not want monday to have a harmful emotional arousal over my next statement,  but a monday that feels like a sunday is the best kind of monday.  me sipping.  dad glaring.  and rupert guarding.  the direction we're all looking invites the question what's left?

looking at these photos, its a question that's so obvious + an answer that so illusive (for some)

I had a CAT called harvey.

"you cannot live only on hope.  but without it life is not worth living".  Harvey Milk (1978AD)

so anyway, i watched MILK tonight and it deserves great respect.  As does Sean Penn.  

Here in lies the first (uneventful) post from some 'on shore' movements.    

the travel montage continues

some carefully chosen but randomly involved photos I recently took.  whilst off shore.....a winter european visit opens my eyes like i think they were meant to be.  and  i wanted you to see a few of the things that felt right to me.

Day 2 (berlin)

me smiling

me envying those whose faith sustains them

me glad the human spirit prevailed

Day 8. (london)

Day 9 (malta)

sunsets over the Mediterranean always take longer to finish