#australia

It's a pickleball day back to home courts after the school holidays. We had only 4 players - warm up - play a game - take a rest and swap over for another game. Played a bit better than last time back

Calamvale parkrun is about 30 minutes' drive south from Brisbane's central business district. We have only done it the

Got a different day lined up. Meeting one of my wife's colleagues to go go fishing. Not done that for a while - on a tinny (Oz speak for a small boat) View from the boat ramp First fish landed - out host

So it's not just any house, it is a architect design house in Upper Beaconsfield in Melbourne Australia. It is from the 1970's but I think you would call it mid century modern, with a twist of brutalism.

Rained a lot during the night. Had a late night working on the first Internet Marketing launch in a while. Because it has been a while was slower than normal. Plan was to go to the church fete. Delayed

Australia is infested with newcomers and many of them are great people. Of course, like with many immigrants to other countries, there's a bunch of mother fuckers who refuse to assimilate into the Australian

A different venue for pickleball today to work around the school holidays. Took one wrong turn and ran a bit late - missed out on the first 29 minutes. That knocked steps back a bit. Location shot - new

Got organised to do the first train - bike - walk thing in 12 months. Plan is to take train to a place that is safe to ride with good access for orchid walking - picked a track that would offer up donkey

Harris Ave parkrun is another interesting named event. There are lots of things here, where it is held but parkrun headq

After more than 12 months got organised to get my Sydney bicycle ready to ride. The backstory is a cracked rim 12 months ago repaired straight away and the bike stayed in the garage. Not true as we did

Back to the zoo again, and yes, sorry if you don't like animals. This time the orangutans were out in force and I couldn't resist. We were lucky with our timing. Often you get a glimpse of orange high

By now you will know the drill on pickleball day. Got a seriously bad back from a soft bed at the weekend. Did the stretching exercises ti be able to walk to the car. Lily from our garden Bottlebrush also