These cats know gelato

i FOUND milano.  not sure if it found me......

lots of great things, and an abundance of average things....thus, one can conclude, that some local knowhow is needed to for this one.   We still got along OK.

Just a little hill on Lake COMO.....as snapped on the zurich to milan trainride.  incredible.

Lung cancer....seems to be a fairly well known about condition in AUS.  Not so in europa.  maybe (kings) castles and (impressive) churches cure cancer?  I doubt it...but. it seems "faith is a gift they have received, and i am yet to" (T.H).  "Damn Churchies" (A.Y.)

Snail attack.  Stoked kid.  Historic buildings.  I could not resist.   

CH - Confederation Helvetica (part 6)

Pissing on someone's floor is like engraving something in the fresh cement outside their house....it takes a while to get forgotten.  2nd hand info.  Or 3rd maybe.

DAVOS - is a city in the CH alps...not a resort, not a town, not a village...a CITY.  Got it. And so....apparently cities in the alps have palm trees and spas @ 2300m elevation.  "sure, its OK, you can make relax and sauna spa after ski"......

In this city (and on the drive home), I also learnt that DJing is no longer about matching beats, scratching and digging through crates.....it is now cheat programs, effect buttons and music theft.  ClastParty.

CH - Confederation Helvetica (part 1)

"Das ist kunst" is swiss-german for "THIS IS ART" - u hurd it here early.

Spani treated me to some Zurich sites.  Mellow place.  Mellow people.  Says plenty about being neutral and staying wealthy.

I mayB addicted to Swatch.  Swatch stores.  Swatch presents.    And,  Photos (of limited quality). 

A photo of a Swiss Bank seemed necessary.  very jason bourne of me I know, but if it comes naturally...

I do not compute how those ducks and swans can tolerate being in that cold lake (L Zurich). I'd be shitting all over people and things as well - unphased

Lovely City.  

Thanks Renato

Thanks Rudolph (Renato's DAD).

   

2zero1zero continues on its fine way

More moments worth citing....
personally, i dont think economy plus deserves its own sign...it stinks worse than munich cupboards.  and they stink.

we graced the Transworld POLL awards (before the stripclub) with some 'last one's here' style that often defines Buller kids.  I am not sure the loco mexico's are aware of the Corona Can Invention either....
further, a keen eye will notice a broken nose in that shot.

More STanton memoirs....and more proof that Ed does ski.  Not looking entirely certain about the white shit falling from the clouds    (?) though is he. 

euro dictations

ISPO.  SIA.  abbreviations a plenty over this way, here are some moments i enjoyed. 

Stanton is a major place.  epic terrain.  better apre! MOOSEVRIT loves a table dance. 

Schloss Neuwanstein....the disney castle was based on this.  We asked for the english guide, not sure if we got it.  more culture the better i say.

some twenty ten freshness

a fine start to the year at this end.  hope you can all say the same.

Bobby is one vocal boy.  i think we have a connection, an 'arrangement', whereby he needs affection (his family doesnt give enough), and ive got some to give.  like i said, a connection.  but as a smart man recently eluded me to, it is more likely that he is infact gaming new for a semi expensive couch and a courtyard to escape his owner's brat children.  either way, i enjoy his compANY.

not a tremendous amount of seaside activity this decades so far, but i have started to remedy that....im glad this moment didnt go umappeciatted!

children in this house would be stoked.  future epileptics maybe, but presently stoked.  It should be noted this extreme token of appreciation (to chirst) (or santa?) is more widespread north of our border.  Greenacre.  Makes me smile seeing this.  Reminds me theres lots of love in the world.....funny really, as its hardly eco-friendly!

fireworks arent scared of rain

a little break here, a small hiatus there, and here we are again back talk-typing. . Twenty Ten.

Heres how my decade ended..... an inperfect union of what was.  at times it was maddenning. overwhelming.  and all the while, necessary

Just a little intersection that always makes me feel priviledged, which is important.

It seems self tattooing is the new coffee.  tom pelley (doesnt really like ice cream...go figure)

HUME dam, and for once i wasnt in a mad rush.  so i stopped, turned the color exageration button on and snapped some angles.  its so much nicer with a bit of water in it!

A friend of mine from Switzerland headed south for a visit.  we got sushi, rain, and galleries.  stereo hifi typical melbourne.  and so a mandatory Bells visit followed. He renato, nicht wahr los?

Andy cook.  (soul guy)  shapes a fun stick pretty good.  destroys a fruit mince tart even better

Perisher (or any ski resort for that matter) in summer just feels right.  if you havent done it lately, i urge you to.  its funny how we gravitate there in winter for action type sports, but being there in summer reinforces how necessary it is to simply be out in nature.  i like this view very much

this is how my nye 09 started, and continued

this is how it ended.

none.

BOBBY has issues, and just for a change, isn't ashamed of them.

we all have issues.  some try and hide there's, some hang them out to dry in a crowded street....this is what BOBBY does.   he is a new friend of mine.  flealess.  vocal.  hates a sleep in.  loves a flywire.  doesnt have an opinion on the birds who shit in my courtyard everyday (maybe he's a vegan - i think it would be more helpful if he was a flexitarian).      GOOD with the bad!!

And to conclude, stealing does not make you happy in the end.

ATTAK POLLY

I went to see Attak Polly on Saturday after dark.  In true rockstar form, the frontman, Junior (AKA steve rannick) had his way with a prize groupie that evening, then, in true 17 year old form, caught public transport home the next day.  EPIC

They made a bunch of nice noise (the band).

PSS - these shots were meant to be warm and semi blurred (not unrecognisably burred).

we had some friends over for lunch on the weekend.

tofu and rice crackers anyone?

weekend in WYE river

i had two goals this trip.

1. get rupert comfortable on my (a)  longboard

2. take photos and enjoy hanging out with some of my family members.

seemed fairly successful.  Great coastal getaway.

season finale.

the drive to buller is easy.

i enjoy the shft seasons (particularly when they warm).  gravity seems to get the better of me in winter, but less so in summer.

some older stuff

continuing on the recent lack of anything interesting -

jackson hole 2006 - the good ol' days (mintues)

st kilda  2007 - closer to now

not much happening. but

so not much inspiring stuff documented or seen.  but i guess thats just life.  

Anyway, 

Peep this for kicks, maybe  .  

now let me talk you through this, here we have Cezare Christeinsen, in the start gates to what would appear to be a race of some sort.  in jeans (phone in back pocket) and a wollen sweater with no mental notion whatsoever to wear gloves or anything weather protectant.  This guy is a Champion. You can almost here the disgust in the Austrian Race Officials verbs.  

FYI - he requested that race bib for it's number, and later uttered something about magic johnson and aids. 

another snow inspired entry.  hotham with friends.  

i am glad the seasons over.

 

u know your at BAWBAW when....

there's dimmey's snow walking boots tags in the car park 

FYI _ dimmey's have renewed their lease.

and, this find is still single. she has mega style, dry knickers (which means she one-up's me) - and moves up from a 4/10 at buller to a 7/10 at bawbaw.    

in which case, why wouldn't u? ....

amnesia is just like having a faulty camera - but better.

here i will just reCAPP THE recent happs.  and by happs i refer to things i dont think i would have remembered adequately without ruining the moment with a flash.  maybe i just have no confidence.

"i keep forgetting, then re-realising, that life still holds some mystery; and its epic"

1. authorative Sirens are to Sheparton what Coffee is to Melbourne,  just part of the program.  driving from albury to the hotpig. 

2. surfing your buddies couch is always a gamble.....this one paid off big time!!!!

hotham couch surf (woke up to the bestest best waves ever!!!) =

 

3. brisbane often looks like this after a night in the valley.  i hate 6am flights, I hope the pilots get loading. 

  

4. keeping kids on shred.  not my line but some people dont know that. fALLs.  ALLtime. 

5. and finally.  Jindy in the winter (rain). tip - imagine you are looking at this with 'magpie to the morning' (NEKO CASE) playing in the background from you car you left running because you pulled over in a hurry because the view took your breath somewhere else.  who said faulty cameras are annoying