A lot of rock

The other day I was sitting on the balcony, having a beer, when I decided that the 3 palms next to the pool had to go. They were ugly, provided no shade and were blocking the view. So I got up and in a couple of minutes I chopped them down. I then spent 2 days digging out the roots.

This patch of garden became my new holiday project. It was time to do some landscaping.

We went up to Australian Natural Landscapes to get a few bags of pepples to cover the patch of garden. The guy told us that it was $30 a bag and we needed 8! There was no way we were going to pay that much for rocks. He then said that we could get 1/2 Ton of river rocks for $30 (because we had the trailer). So next thing we knew, there was a front end loader dumping a mass of rocks on the trailer.

The only problem with this was that I then had to spend the rest of the day carrying the rocks, a bucket at a time, down all the stairs to pool. 2 days later and I am still sore.

But it was worth it, as the garden now looks a lot better.

Sydney to Hobart on Google Earth

Just found that you can get a Sydney to Hobart feed for Google Earth. It updates every 10 minutes. It is very cool.

A Christmas Kangaroo!

Happy Christmas!

I am sitting on the couch, post lunch feeling stuffed while everyone else sleeps - my favourite part of Christmas.

We have had a successful Christmas so far. James did well on the present front. For the last few weeks he has been wanting Santa to bring him a rabbit toy... and he did. However when he unwrapped the rabbit, he exclaimed "A Kangaroo!".

I think the plan for the rest of the day is to relax, swim and eat/drink more. Perfect.

Dog on a Plane

100 impressions in 4 minutes

A not so wiggley Saturday

Saturday morning...we were all dressed and about to get into the car for the highlight of James' entertainment calendar - The Wiggles Concert at the Entertainment Centre. James has been very excited about this for weeks now.

I pick up the tickets and for some reason just happened to look at the date.

"Um...Kath, we are a week early. It is next weekend"

As soon as I said this, my mind went into fast forward mode to work out an alternative activity to suggest before James worked out that we weren’t going to the Wiggles for another week. Luna Park.

So we went to Luna Park.

Talk about a run down, expensive, boring place to go. I think we spent about $40 all up and the best thing James went on was almost the equivalent of a ride you can find at most supermarkets.

But, he enjoyed it and $40 (in my mind) was well worth the money to avoid a weekend of disappointment.

Souvenirs

Check out Michael Hughes' photo project at Flickr, it is fantastic!

So am I happy?

Alright, I have had time to think about it and I am not overly happy with my 44th at the Worlds. I think I would have been happier if I ended up in the 30s. I was 394 points short of that, so I guess I was close.

However, looking back at Australia's results at previous worlds, my 44th does not look too bad.

I am now really excited about the Nationals in July. The last time (prior to the Worlds) that I flew an actual competition was the Nationals in 2003, so to actually start having more regular competitions is fantastic.

I know that it seems to be a bit opposite, however I am going to use the Worlds as a warm up for the Nationals.

Another Worlds Video

Some video from the Worlds

Here is a nice marker drop from Markus Pieper from Germany.

No TV for a week!

Oh my god. We just had a thunderstorm and there was a lightening strike near by. As it happened, our Foxtel (Cable) TV went dead and didn't come back. I just talked to Foxtel and they can't get anyone over until Thursday night.

As we don't have an aerial, we are reliant on Foxtel for all TV (including Free To Air). Oh well, I guess we will just have to talk and read.