tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105942012024-03-15T00:52:24.898+11:00Diary of DadnessAbout life with Michael and Marcus. Small events in a quiet but beautiful part of the world.Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.comBlogger2214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-77998046501543884062024-03-12T09:02:00.034+11:002024-03-12T09:10:57.932+11:00Tiny home improvementWe have suddenly become the owners of a lot of power tools. Mum and Dad are on the move to a smaller home and Dad has to find new homes for a lifetime of tools.<div><br /></div><div>We have just a small tin shed, which has had a variety of garden stuff crammed into it over the last 15 or so years. It leaks so its not a great power tool destination, but I think they will be fine if they are up high.</div><div><br /></div><div>I was cleaning it out yesterday and on the spur of the moment I decided to turn some old decking into a floor. Its sitting up on some risers made of garden stakes. I took this very much D grade handyman job into the realms of C minus by adding a shelf.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a measure of my very limited abilities that I am quite pleased with this improvement.<div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's a full time job (the previous was 4 days with occasional bursts of 5).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_54kySVBlAI_vtns8MWE40xjlgM0QMwkf5La-C5JOK8_opqNA9fctwXcLmd9NmFaZ9c1icGzLYRbK3wauCca0d3JN4O5JQlnL0o4ZGpI0Hssxjr1ifwzskOxtbOMExbtWNCIIPUlcP5g9L3SGqZtxapVll2_WpQF-eAnJIiNYIS6kn8zcyCxifw/s787/TFR.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="787" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_54kySVBlAI_vtns8MWE40xjlgM0QMwkf5La-C5JOK8_opqNA9fctwXcLmd9NmFaZ9c1icGzLYRbK3wauCca0d3JN4O5JQlnL0o4ZGpI0Hssxjr1ifwzskOxtbOMExbtWNCIIPUlcP5g9L3SGqZtxapVll2_WpQF-eAnJIiNYIS6kn8zcyCxifw/w400-h265/TFR.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Marcus </b>was dispatched for about 10 weeks at the end of the year to New York, working out of his Hong Kong company's global HQ. He loved New York to bits, and definitely enjoyed not being hot and humid every minute he was outside. He went skydiving! His cousin Karri flew over to explore NY, and stayed with Marcus a few days. Then they went on an adventure by train up to Niagara Falls. After that they flew home together for Christmas in Hobart.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Michael </b>lived at a residential college for his 2nd year of his arts degree, not far from our house. It was a mixed success. It did him good to get out of the house for a while and socialise with a different group, but it wasn't a great year academically. He was also doing front-of-house training at a social enterprise cafe called <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hamlet_hobart/">Hamlet</a>, and doing a lot of driving practice on his Ls.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>What was I doing? </b>The usual, I guess. My job is undemanding but not stressful and I am happy with that balance. I work in a small team of 4 in an office big enough for 16, and we all get on really well. I think we generate a lot of turnover for the agency so the rest of the place tends to let us get on with it. I've got my little paintings, occasional outdoor soccer on Sunday and indoor on Wednesday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Winston </b>is a big old dog now. He'll be 14 in March. He is on 3 daily medications to help his arthritis and his laboured breathing. His back legs are prone to weakness. Normal stairs are impossible for him now, but if they are widely spaced like our front steps he can push himself up with his back legs together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Ruby and Coco</b> have settled into a steady life of minor crime which does not vary much from month to month.</span></p><p><u><span style="font-family: georgia;">Early 2024 news</span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Elf's</b> new job was very quiet to begin with until the boss came back from an extended Christmas break overseas. Now it is very full-on, and the earlier start means we can't walk in to work together (we have been, but I have to scramble at the home end then kill time at the work end). But Elf is glad she made the move, she is enjoying the people, including two she knew socially already.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Marcus</b> had such a busy time in Hobart over Christmas that we didn't see all that much of him. But we had seen him in Hong Kong in August, and we will again, so the most important thing was for him to go back to work crammed full of happy memories and re-connections with his mates here. He has just been to the highlands of Vietnam for 4 days with two friends, and he loved it. He is learning plenty at work and is given plenty of responsibility. The next big thing is another work trip to London. While there he is going to get together with cousin Miah (now studying music in Liverpool) and together visit the Swiss cousins in Winterthur.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Michael</b> has had a really progressive few months. He didn't pass his first driving test, but he and we were keen for him to try again pretty soon. He did the test in Marcus's car this time; and passed! So he's under his own steam on four wheels now. We had only just got home from the test, flushed with success, when he took a call asking him to come to a job interview, his first ever. The interview went well and he's now been offered that job, as a dining assistant at a fancy hotel on the waterfront. He'll seat diners, set and clear tables etc. The job was organised through Hamlet – hopefully he'll start work soon. Michael's also doing a new course at Hamlet, currently he's making a lot of coffee. He's taking a year off from his degree and living at home. It's lovely for us and our many pets to see him every day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Winston</b> had a bad time in January. 5 months ago we switched him from one of his daily medicines to a monthly injection. In retrospect he had an awkward few days after each of those vet visits. This time his back legs collapsed and he seemed really poorly. We had his harness on him around the clock as he could not get up unaided. (I thought we were seeing his final days; as once we all went back to work he would be alone at home and I didn't think that was fair to him in his immobile state. The slope of our yard meant at times he was tumbling right down to the front gate with no way to get back up.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Meanwhile Elf never gave up; she had faith his strength would come back. He did seem a fraction stronger each day. On occasions we would see Winston lying down, then later see him staggering along somewhere else. Then one morning we finally saw him get himself up off the bed! (It was an excellent omen as that was the day Michael aced his driving test.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We have sworn off that new medication and he has continued to be a basically healthy but quite old dog. He's still keen for walks, and people still stop us and ask "what is he?" – although often afterwards his legs are quite weak for hours. I do not think he's going to see another Christmas really, but for now he's living his best elderly life.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpt7i9kn7H3Cyl0Yx6qejqJFDuKRAniNfLi8_M3A9X2pdR2O86k8VMsskrOQP9w-d8L3-pqazaf4cSezHdKxTR1UbcEsrtpbMHkCH7WvY4nfO2rQ0os1WJAXMregV-HTkDNN5XurQTcJxSz-lys2Kgl4cgPmIrkYlBAycekAwbZ2kytMXXDZIaA/s2016/384556224_1663982637780496_6069236151927489800_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpt7i9kn7H3Cyl0Yx6qejqJFDuKRAniNfLi8_M3A9X2pdR2O86k8VMsskrOQP9w-d8L3-pqazaf4cSezHdKxTR1UbcEsrtpbMHkCH7WvY4nfO2rQ0os1WJAXMregV-HTkDNN5XurQTcJxSz-lys2Kgl4cgPmIrkYlBAycekAwbZ2kytMXXDZIaA/w640-h480/384556224_1663982637780496_6069236151927489800_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">As mentioned above, Miah is on an exchange studying music in Liverpool, UK. The circle of cousins is widening – although she will be back later in the year. And Bea in Switzerland intends to study marine biology in Townsville. Marcus has learned that he is entitled to work remotely for 2 months of the year as long as he has access to fast secure internet - maybe he'll be able to do that from home? Not sure yet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My mum and dad are moving into an independent living unit at Queenborough Rise in Sandy Bay. The process is underway but might take a couple of months. They are doing a good job sorting out decades of collected stuff; their own and their parents'. They'll have much less space, but there is an enclosed garage; mum has a plan to keep making art there. They had a general garage sale over two weekends in November; now it's time for a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/399383129258071/399383139258070?active_tab=about">specific art studio sale</a>, which will be over the next two weekends. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">And that brings us more or less up to date!</span></p>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-58854189103599209192023-11-09T09:11:00.027+11:002023-11-09T09:25:57.276+11:00Little paintings from the last 12 months<p> I've been doing these for the 18 months or so. <a href="https://dadness.blogspot.com/2022/10/a-couple-more-paintingsdrawings.html">I posted some around this time last year.</a> and then there's <a href="https://dadness.blogspot.com/2023/06/small-hong-kong-paintings.html">these I did in Hong Kong</a> and <a href="https://dadness.blogspot.com/2022/11/boa-vista-road.html">this one which I animated.</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This load are mostly around Hobart but a couple from further afield.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I work on a 7cm square, occasionally I go double width. I love how they look when I scan them and zoom in; they come up looking loose because they are painted so small.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDqaeJm601f4RsAmNIX0ORVa9CYbI3Kgn2I4df8bz38-p6azqF9Vzj9MdTCV_qUSmOJcmK5eQK0lvhICiam6LniO6480r_nwdNqRn6rCKzjhB66B9IXGvI_ZQxBnRAMTSDP7UimbE7DH2x2-R5v8S661hACKV2dC2kuHXmzv7epasaNh4a-ghYQ/s3230/liverpool%20st.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3230" data-original-width="1468" height="939" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDqaeJm601f4RsAmNIX0ORVa9CYbI3Kgn2I4df8bz38-p6azqF9Vzj9MdTCV_qUSmOJcmK5eQK0lvhICiam6LniO6480r_nwdNqRn6rCKzjhB66B9IXGvI_ZQxBnRAMTSDP7UimbE7DH2x2-R5v8S661hACKV2dC2kuHXmzv7epasaNh4a-ghYQ/w427-h939/liverpool%20st.jpg" width="427" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top of Liverpool St</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKU3QdOEkpjIvnCnUtzNgc7znOR9qPcNtXxD29SDt7hfbAGXTNPC1NvQyb5lK1_Il0_vOMC9QxLcqVQQm-_qv3V6X8OS88C8PoeOz-OQ8gHjP_FGP7dLvz_QT1KcAKniTjwH4bSmHtbiR2gOWtp3zOJrfgl-rOS5dfja6h5hoP3sQ3QtWucGe7Q/s1806/amy_street.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="1806" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKU3QdOEkpjIvnCnUtzNgc7znOR9qPcNtXxD29SDt7hfbAGXTNPC1NvQyb5lK1_Il0_vOMC9QxLcqVQQm-_qv3V6X8OS88C8PoeOz-OQ8gHjP_FGP7dLvz_QT1KcAKniTjwH4bSmHtbiR2gOWtp3zOJrfgl-rOS5dfja6h5hoP3sQ3QtWucGe7Q/w400-h354/amy_street.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy Street, Burnie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_BNQfb97NbEfMpLwtjQQ12jd4DMonxsXo4gXQg9M67uRWFdbBo7EbG-CE2FfprPzcXrCW9akphUVghFLzhTThV7HTsXR8VtO3vkezbDxvfwOyEWTZVuY3M2ONY9bj-BDc8XfqZJFWiasUIQKPytm1f8xI_0QMltP7FecQJsLnoCL3s-tjdBSkw/s1443/milles_st.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1443" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_BNQfb97NbEfMpLwtjQQ12jd4DMonxsXo4gXQg9M67uRWFdbBo7EbG-CE2FfprPzcXrCW9akphUVghFLzhTThV7HTsXR8VtO3vkezbDxvfwOyEWTZVuY3M2ONY9bj-BDc8XfqZJFWiasUIQKPytm1f8xI_0QMltP7FecQJsLnoCL3s-tjdBSkw/w400-h395/milles_st.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milles Street, South Hobart</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUjaYesbjaSSsCK29PKRtYHoqpr0jIcOmsAElXh2ZgeiRawhgeOvaYETQR1sKWdkw1i0bBfFYLpbdKUQyBsWijLAx5ALKEM0f0kMDhX9RvzAJvvj6ggaFdzQiw09wHOgROwkmEX6hWHwWVYRUB_OkMwakIJhOB7mdys7f0kJT2UwHrzql7Vw2ikw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1479" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUjaYesbjaSSsCK29PKRtYHoqpr0jIcOmsAElXh2ZgeiRawhgeOvaYETQR1sKWdkw1i0bBfFYLpbdKUQyBsWijLAx5ALKEM0f0kMDhX9RvzAJvvj6ggaFdzQiw09wHOgROwkmEX6hWHwWVYRUB_OkMwakIJhOB7mdys7f0kJT2UwHrzql7Vw2ikw=w392-h400" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corner Melville and Murray St</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhl1PvzWihKziRwQyfVr-2cNvw5d0GSkNw0LNrucvPSdK3es_zdl4tv5IxFS_bo7ZhtgV2zBCTfeYo2GDdGe7vsGgTTvDyFQ010mRHLq-v_IktRz764TVSqqlptB_hlW0uAPG7r4c8Uf70S2eiUr9TqOBASXopeTIyASVl9jHe22WdrYnW5yuenA/s1517/kempton_oval.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1517" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhl1PvzWihKziRwQyfVr-2cNvw5d0GSkNw0LNrucvPSdK3es_zdl4tv5IxFS_bo7ZhtgV2zBCTfeYo2GDdGe7vsGgTTvDyFQ010mRHLq-v_IktRz764TVSqqlptB_hlW0uAPG7r4c8Uf70S2eiUr9TqOBASXopeTIyASVl9jHe22WdrYnW5yuenA/w400-h395/kempton_oval.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goal Umpire, Last Quarter at Kempton Oval</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NolFqeMvUOXC0wht203naP3ueylUV51s4kyhVkFKpPKCCBZA5sz6nbEf8Hcc3G0kj7YmtfnKQO7Ms8jM7nkpokU7RqydE8-Xfh8vssGxZarEZQUubkgK9AM4S98RgO603yIfxz3WpKImX_fLNxKF8V9LOEB556ZnY_s1k_oWjx4KFM5VepuIXQ/s1580/Bottom_of_Lynton_Ave.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1546" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NolFqeMvUOXC0wht203naP3ueylUV51s4kyhVkFKpPKCCBZA5sz6nbEf8Hcc3G0kj7YmtfnKQO7Ms8jM7nkpokU7RqydE8-Xfh8vssGxZarEZQUubkgK9AM4S98RgO603yIfxz3WpKImX_fLNxKF8V9LOEB556ZnY_s1k_oWjx4KFM5VepuIXQ/w391-h400/Bottom_of_Lynton_Ave.png" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottom of Lynton Avenue</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKRDq0HUT6XXSDMY75aPh7nHN8Daw2jDO08Nw2IZnOdSDKWe4xHMGbcc6dDvZomASZXCVxmMkU_qv13UW2FUMdobaN6WuvTPN1HN_fkz-E9H9VavIWN1X6im7PVWaw8I5SnpaClBkNvgmg4gCgsDqK_i4sWHCqPHfG_5BbIJJ7XnSUe5IC-vJKg/s1493/Top_of_lynton_Ave.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1493" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKRDq0HUT6XXSDMY75aPh7nHN8Daw2jDO08Nw2IZnOdSDKWe4xHMGbcc6dDvZomASZXCVxmMkU_qv13UW2FUMdobaN6WuvTPN1HN_fkz-E9H9VavIWN1X6im7PVWaw8I5SnpaClBkNvgmg4gCgsDqK_i4sWHCqPHfG_5BbIJJ7XnSUe5IC-vJKg/w400-h400/Top_of_lynton_Ave.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top of Lynton Avenue</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD0bpuBkGxiUNbO_wu0kIq7AMynbNSoVYQy8ModXpmQPvu7eD_fqjxz2rji7i1sXG78DCG5hyhkpAJf9pcnIT3y47Dm7WtEYCTIPwOR9eWa4rpDVTI3airc307dC_r5hR3LbyTcawxGkqr0g1BKTQXSYdDB-h53T72I_yJA5eRBv_yXqyMusPaw/s1786/cascade_paddock_east.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="1786" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD0bpuBkGxiUNbO_wu0kIq7AMynbNSoVYQy8ModXpmQPvu7eD_fqjxz2rji7i1sXG78DCG5hyhkpAJf9pcnIT3y47Dm7WtEYCTIPwOR9eWa4rpDVTI3airc307dC_r5hR3LbyTcawxGkqr0g1BKTQXSYdDB-h53T72I_yJA5eRBv_yXqyMusPaw/w400-h381/cascade_paddock_east.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking East, Cascade Paddock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFS3aZz1bB6yJXhhZmP0HpU8GctlzR_18k4hadq4DEYvcGauFLEWg2MzRt-uyPqZVUMx3lduLmf2kf3vccP4z5oV-j0XbSUIfZOMhaELBOzfLIVmlAyGd1l8ilmS7IGxbAOdQAq-yyGEmU-9cHzdSSeGdpg4vROfwG9x60SAX8sejGO3lDm0vRw/s1487/cascade_paddock_west.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1487" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFS3aZz1bB6yJXhhZmP0HpU8GctlzR_18k4hadq4DEYvcGauFLEWg2MzRt-uyPqZVUMx3lduLmf2kf3vccP4z5oV-j0XbSUIfZOMhaELBOzfLIVmlAyGd1l8ilmS7IGxbAOdQAq-yyGEmU-9cHzdSSeGdpg4vROfwG9x60SAX8sejGO3lDm0vRw/w400-h390/cascade_paddock_west.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking West, Cascade Paddock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAjINWyaKBS_9rNZtz_B5BjBtZ0BCUfmecGD50dP3CvS4qltxU_8dgzn49ylVoOBfNIdWaxY-ELTvgQfjmYWEgbsxVBUyxwZVhtCbMJ1ULJIh1C19c1bkN2ieN7wUaCRTYzDTzniHiHC_y46w5AOO_LgpUeyhYBhGWMQS8tZZS0AGNEA0JhD1hQ/s1617/Patrick%20St%20From%20St%20Andrews%20Park.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="1574" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAjINWyaKBS_9rNZtz_B5BjBtZ0BCUfmecGD50dP3CvS4qltxU_8dgzn49ylVoOBfNIdWaxY-ELTvgQfjmYWEgbsxVBUyxwZVhtCbMJ1ULJIh1C19c1bkN2ieN7wUaCRTYzDTzniHiHC_y46w5AOO_LgpUeyhYBhGWMQS8tZZS0AGNEA0JhD1hQ/w389-h400/Patrick%20St%20From%20St%20Andrews%20Park.png" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patrick St from St Andrews Park</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlQS_sRDWfb_Zq1K7TlaUPbF0WLsO_Qfsectn4i7JLAJEPQxX2jSMWxfupesI2CrKnPVk8l9bq6MhO9dEA8cScayHLTl9HqjNBSXHxPPa3o_cimzq-fT9vBI1MRy6-8vU9JkE6SpLYuOyjX6Ha66-3XE_k1ih9SZ02WgJym_Cq7TQcn-Z-78jYA/s1718/top_end_bathurst.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1718" data-original-width="1660" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlQS_sRDWfb_Zq1K7TlaUPbF0WLsO_Qfsectn4i7JLAJEPQxX2jSMWxfupesI2CrKnPVk8l9bq6MhO9dEA8cScayHLTl9HqjNBSXHxPPa3o_cimzq-fT9vBI1MRy6-8vU9JkE6SpLYuOyjX6Ha66-3XE_k1ih9SZ02WgJym_Cq7TQcn-Z-78jYA/w386-h400/top_end_bathurst.png" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top of Bathurst St</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0I2xp158WIlye6rvmpPv6dki0h5mEFxWVaSmi3LpKsn04R3GKRBv9JyZnKIoc17int465YsxxA3B6vytIwd5-AlrhQhd-1yQxlcaG9i0Gg6upSddY_jR9OFHdxRjZvyWsRaGLvg2HFjcvwx8FK3RX5xgCghQEsiqE62u9u9bTkzohGTLXv0VLw/s1887/harrington_tunnel_2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="1887" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0I2xp158WIlye6rvmpPv6dki0h5mEFxWVaSmi3LpKsn04R3GKRBv9JyZnKIoc17int465YsxxA3B6vytIwd5-AlrhQhd-1yQxlcaG9i0Gg6upSddY_jR9OFHdxRjZvyWsRaGLvg2HFjcvwx8FK3RX5xgCghQEsiqE62u9u9bTkzohGTLXv0VLw/w400-h391/harrington_tunnel_2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rivulet at Harrington St</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNv1zM2shYMYrnFsNT_2rlOJXkVTp2fSNKRWe5cYfxiUSCpywyACfMk3r0MeX9tGNPfiDAzG2-ts7CMwAVeJXzrhAVwvl_6eqQF-pLbImsD_7t5OoMPPe7afJNU60sSTpXP-E_K4WAOnN52vG-zOkLh9dspvvhZZBLCCjFQ3i0Z-qdCa5kiz-kQ/s1703/caverhsam%20court%20eliz%20bay.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="1703" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNv1zM2shYMYrnFsNT_2rlOJXkVTp2fSNKRWe5cYfxiUSCpywyACfMk3r0MeX9tGNPfiDAzG2-ts7CMwAVeJXzrhAVwvl_6eqQF-pLbImsD_7t5OoMPPe7afJNU60sSTpXP-E_K4WAOnN52vG-zOkLh9dspvvhZZBLCCjFQ3i0Z-qdCa5kiz-kQ/w400-h400/caverhsam%20court%20eliz%20bay.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caversham Court, Elizabeth Bay</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZ-u2AWMY4eso8WMZUuVQviPZ4ggSIkek3at6mptNrnKlbvMIB5S3GB71LB0BezdkajCMj7CU8J6KWqHYZhgIDkmrwERFFoDrkmTnqhVoEPJrjcqNjMlKy7gHUt84hDWL0OIwhunf7wQ7Yu6uf6KtYBgkunXiU_isVFP_HMMRcsO2AMnyoeh3Pg/s3192/port%20road_final.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="3192" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZ-u2AWMY4eso8WMZUuVQviPZ4ggSIkek3at6mptNrnKlbvMIB5S3GB71LB0BezdkajCMj7CU8J6KWqHYZhgIDkmrwERFFoDrkmTnqhVoEPJrjcqNjMlKy7gHUt84hDWL0OIwhunf7wQ7Yu6uf6KtYBgkunXiU_isVFP_HMMRcsO2AMnyoeh3Pg/w640-h362/port%20road_final.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Port Road at Boat Harbour</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYO6_7NBN9Ff4h1ze-kxffLLadW8SVrBrwTeF1k-ZGDmg24gYCH3yjhgi2tI7WHeJMk3IVYoHvxvdizFtY8ozx_3rItd4dHxBrDhkDEvb6yc0NtAumUbQnPumfmVyQp-f_5lKw0KYQh5aNtqhgtw5wIcol4bdpwj0ZuDYbcTiviEr6CHuWIv9kkw/s1698/federal_st_corner.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="1674" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYO6_7NBN9Ff4h1ze-kxffLLadW8SVrBrwTeF1k-ZGDmg24gYCH3yjhgi2tI7WHeJMk3IVYoHvxvdizFtY8ozx_3rItd4dHxBrDhkDEvb6yc0NtAumUbQnPumfmVyQp-f_5lKw0KYQh5aNtqhgtw5wIcol4bdpwj0ZuDYbcTiviEr6CHuWIv9kkw/w394-h400/federal_st_corner.png" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Federal St Corner, North Hobart</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-63765806209509164622023-07-27T17:22:00.003+10:002024-01-04T11:08:31.764+11:00Important List! #13 – 21 Tasmanian football grounds on Google Street View<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr11ixV0-dqWwp8I51ocRPbilHXLXRc0PMR4P2KZ5hYbrE-lh8Q-ILYvg0O4rD3OmUUm6g35zFUIc0i1sQ3ApXwW2whmcKG0nuK_wPZIBHCS1RBTDizBi49s7fAaen6M_IP4AWrQRW_fRJRHwvNjvg924ADIQpMli9XzgmO4mvxUrCd6Po3rV2A/s1649/Screenshot%202023-07-27%20at%202.59.04%20pm.png" style="margin-left: auto; 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</div><br /><br /></div>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-88455384923803042322023-06-18T21:17:00.000+10:002023-07-14T11:51:04.323+10:00Hong Kong Journal 🇭🇰 Day 6Sunday 18.6.23 We had breakfast way up the hill in Staunton St at <i>Barista</i>. Big thunderstorm this morning. Marcus, Michael and I took the Mid Levels escalator to the top.<div> <div>(Elf stayed in the aircon at Marcus's). We rubbernecked at the pistachio-coloured mosque. </div><div><br /><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div>Then walked through tall apartment blocks with security and parking at the base. Bamboo scaffolding, incredibly high. Some wonderful 19/ early 20th C buildings on the way down; very expressive shapes.</div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /><div>Back to Marcus's, with a plan to walk to the Peak Tram. Torrential rain, I didn't have my umbrella but needed to go down to get my shoes. Had to use my sandals sparingly, tended to blister. I was near saturated when i found the umbrella in my backpack.</div><div><br /></div><div>The tram goes up at about 25° angle, v steep. You lean back on the ride up and again on the ride down which goes backwards. The storm passed and our views were very fine. Remarkably tall buildings are constructed a long way up the slope.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: left;">Once out there we walked about 40 mins return on a level path. Lovely waterfall above and below the path, and a view over to the west in the Kennedy Town direction.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw55-GX-y4IPBL4xdtXXtRPGGSVJc5pGutfaWwig45JjdfrQ6rI1SJkKMSBU1MZ5LKdJPTg_eeTjlY' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We had lunch at Hungry Jacks and I had an ice cold pint. I'm drinking beer at most opportunities because I'm always hot and feeling like I've earned one.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Re-boarding to descend, some people were very pushy. I think there is a good side of the tram to be on, and they were determined to sew it up.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dztALDv2Vjqbzl19EKoQUtQvSFQV3oE2S5oHRLXUgo8EIeVhNTdw3yzdCJ1Usqew3k8PGI8XcR4uHo' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div>We walked back around to Central past the Ministry of the Interior, the <a href="https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/aalis+Flagship/@22.2801093,114.1553316,3a,90y,60.17h,102.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s21XbDxolIJp-sszuhy3g8Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x340400652a7e0645:0xc76c719cbd65f373!2sThe+Foreign+Correspondents%E2%80%99+Club,+Hong+Kong!8m2!3d22.2803881!4d114.1559798!16s%2Fg%2F1tcyc1t8!3m5!1s0x34040064d69e6d13:0x1096ff6e53459109!8m2!3d22.2806419!4d114.1562037!16s%2Fg%2F1q5gvw2f8?hl=en-GB&authuser=0&entry=ttu">Foreign Correspondents Club</a> and the spooky former hospital. At 4pm we left Marcus to prep for work tomorrow. </div></div></div></div></div>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-84009585493711763962023-06-16T10:24:00.000+10:002023-07-17T10:28:59.362+10:00Hong Kong journal 🇭🇰 Day 4Fri 16 June<p>Marcus is back at work - he's taking the two Wednesdays and Thursdays off while we're here.</p><p>Today we had breakfast at <i>Everbright</i> in Peel St, just around the corner from ours. Lady chef who writes cookbooks, a bit of a minor star. Clippings on the wall. One bench inside and tables out in courtyard which are unusable in the rain. (On our 3 visits we only once successfully stayed out at a table). </p><p>Peel Street is parallel to Aberdeen St, another very steep slope, and its pedestrian only. At the bottom is a stall where a man sells fishtanks and fish. Then a stall where Elf bought some classic Chinese gold and red tassled lampshades. Then there's a vegetable stall where a lady and her ancient mother sell a range if produce but pride of place is taken by a massive green marrow/melon. It was there throughout our visit. One day it suddenly was cut and one third was gone.</p><p>After breakfast we got washing done, read and snoozed. I found the local supermarket that the Airbnb host had mentioned. The way he described to get there was blocked by a major construction project; although he lives in HK he seems not to have visited the neighbourhood for some time.</p><p>I bought some "salted eggs" which I assumed were hard boiled - they turned out to be raw.</p><p>We spent Friday evening at Marcus's watching TV, the best of everyone’s YouTube faves.</p><p>Some pics from the entrance and stairs of Marcus's apartment block.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJ5BTsQ6FdNpJPfqJ5Pz3WQc7ZUpZhjv7PEWDZUVtBZqN-7PExXF01pxXMBv0pXtxe4I5wjDLjELHS6_QYvwPRbvEPPJhOzpIDddD6toH6LPRHlrJeANIIplJxyMq0eagauGSvfUoMHOugpCUPU3rkKRH4bwXVlP69AzXKgrRXSOR6KygW0bkIw/s1440/IMG_20230616_152058_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJ5BTsQ6FdNpJPfqJ5Pz3WQc7ZUpZhjv7PEWDZUVtBZqN-7PExXF01pxXMBv0pXtxe4I5wjDLjELHS6_QYvwPRbvEPPJhOzpIDddD6toH6LPRHlrJeANIIplJxyMq0eagauGSvfUoMHOugpCUPU3rkKRH4bwXVlP69AzXKgrRXSOR6KygW0bkIw/s320/IMG_20230616_152058_300.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn0N2TIuh9djZ31odeg6IYe6VJDJq59ZojWtiaEwNJYH_LQ8-zxbmNAinUEY9W9OH12J-2xe_-vX76wFAch_fS7fAd6sDfhtP-3yhpTHAulMzOUv5ufVRhRJjw_RENFt5SxJY08qxVA1Ug97C1_nQN-78tUJTwfpfLAAmAT3wg6B30C5TR_SjnQ/s1440/IMG_20230616_152057_915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn0N2TIuh9djZ31odeg6IYe6VJDJq59ZojWtiaEwNJYH_LQ8-zxbmNAinUEY9W9OH12J-2xe_-vX76wFAch_fS7fAd6sDfhtP-3yhpTHAulMzOUv5ufVRhRJjw_RENFt5SxJY08qxVA1Ug97C1_nQN-78tUJTwfpfLAAmAT3wg6B30C5TR_SjnQ/s320/IMG_20230616_152057_915.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7WlGUx2X4jXylLjTpvIUg5Asx2g554u9PsZovj0oi9dj2RvWxrtB5jMC5dPZM-pQ1G5s_rO0pmc-C5kkZCYFckRo_KDz7fVClJMD_Qf3n0GPM1rUMIIe5Kuby8sdtYajU6RFW3MlsPlZOwjjq6w1K2Lhk4uh5PZzPk_Rg4U6s-8z0WQolioJlA/s1410/IMG_20230616_152058_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7WlGUx2X4jXylLjTpvIUg5Asx2g554u9PsZovj0oi9dj2RvWxrtB5jMC5dPZM-pQ1G5s_rO0pmc-C5kkZCYFckRo_KDz7fVClJMD_Qf3n0GPM1rUMIIe5Kuby8sdtYajU6RFW3MlsPlZOwjjq6w1K2Lhk4uh5PZzPk_Rg4U6s-8z0WQolioJlA/s320/IMG_20230616_152058_002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobgZHpyK3cGbeQCv8Su85ipWfAFkYiEu1eB5k9_jEfj4yqvSnWflz7iCCf5ZpRS9PE9INSWJD-sFEDKUd5VgSC8Oki3dnrkEfYverTfwblFudFJ9SAUG9emlL5Ij0NOxlWMxXjekElwYtCNOCDOATbh9T85Uqu9CKqz1CiAsh-EAzWeiRj1OXEQ/s1440/IMG_20230616_152058_113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobgZHpyK3cGbeQCv8Su85ipWfAFkYiEu1eB5k9_jEfj4yqvSnWflz7iCCf5ZpRS9PE9INSWJD-sFEDKUd5VgSC8Oki3dnrkEfYverTfwblFudFJ9SAUG9emlL5Ij0NOxlWMxXjekElwYtCNOCDOATbh9T85Uqu9CKqz1CiAsh-EAzWeiRj1OXEQ/s320/IMG_20230616_152058_113.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACNaaTw0uesNWdTURzg8K4fJd7N7IvRJpxWlsQAPs6R9z5B1c-cA-sb2wWOaL5bwB1FSbtMwqNhY5b0p96qj41BRRwueP67NiR9E7LDnz76sUhGXCw2Z7mMu59pAlaDdUWWAMj_byoKKv7ptkKFZUThQJEZ_6FO80r7P56T911vfgVDAsbYbqjw/s1440/IMG_20230616_152058_221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACNaaTw0uesNWdTURzg8K4fJd7N7IvRJpxWlsQAPs6R9z5B1c-cA-sb2wWOaL5bwB1FSbtMwqNhY5b0p96qj41BRRwueP67NiR9E7LDnz76sUhGXCw2Z7mMu59pAlaDdUWWAMj_byoKKv7ptkKFZUThQJEZ_6FO80r7P56T911vfgVDAsbYbqjw/s320/IMG_20230616_152058_221.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-52454089101679629252023-06-15T21:33:00.001+10:002023-07-15T21:37:31.664+10:00Hong Kong journal 🇭🇰 Day 3<p>We had breakfast at Green Waffle again. Big iced lattes of various kinds. I had a "blue osmanthus". Walking back we saw two guys take their enormous dogs into the tiny 7-11.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISWLbvF3iutQO-HmsreHhSeWCHoimfqt5OiLVc-DooqUXVIOU5DMC_QqtLFV-YIgqJmevQvlarbRHJKqIA_z0cfm1SvQE6DjwHHy7ELHYTwRFdZUJEQB9_Ky6RsxxZOBsD-B0fzjdHoxXL7rtEvIf9_wzIOjQZafpsjmSTK-3B1aJlJ8bNSidng/s1440/IMG_20230616_080327_165.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISWLbvF3iutQO-HmsreHhSeWCHoimfqt5OiLVc-DooqUXVIOU5DMC_QqtLFV-YIgqJmevQvlarbRHJKqIA_z0cfm1SvQE6DjwHHy7ELHYTwRFdZUJEQB9_Ky6RsxxZOBsD-B0fzjdHoxXL7rtEvIf9_wzIOjQZafpsjmSTK-3B1aJlJ8bNSidng/s320/IMG_20230616_080327_165.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>We visited the Man Mo Temple which is just along Hollywood Rd from Marcus's place.Very attractive Chinese temple. Coils of incense like mosquito coils burning everywhere; open at the eaves. Tin trays catch the ashes. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKjaKFNfPRaZM2aCndSfCfCZFgAFksePuUFXHXRyRs1hmWUw0-JieiiUdvuCnVcQkVtdbFpd-WLywfbZrf8-aII7xvGUpk9tzR4DK2ux3Ok9Xl0hCmCU2XyY5jfA9JcbTpJz_AoRHW7Nz6LmtCoxMJqZ8xKsFnD-Jskfsig8m_LFBXlEjAIyYUQ/w400-h400/IMG_20230616_080326_821.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">From there we went down Ladder Street to catch a ferry over to the HK History Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui (TST). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VVBjQ2CewFDSkFWk2z3BQm11raBE7hQ7oHpwSneLKtrrq8OTVlV1x8oy3zXH6A6xoBJmes4_sKjfmmms5KK6GEFRm_rRIs8OBF2uMrF02_QgWNRQFiOW-GCd5O7pBPen5hAkRkBpiGkyvij2quzZniOX4ItFj6gFFPlqqU-gkQrP8Y_aN1vZvQ/s4032/2023-06-14%2012.55.21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VVBjQ2CewFDSkFWk2z3BQm11raBE7hQ7oHpwSneLKtrrq8OTVlV1x8oy3zXH6A6xoBJmes4_sKjfmmms5KK6GEFRm_rRIs8OBF2uMrF02_QgWNRQFiOW-GCd5O7pBPen5hAkRkBpiGkyvij2quzZniOX4ItFj6gFFPlqqU-gkQrP8Y_aN1vZvQ/w400-h189/2023-06-14%2012.55.21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9y_EH_ae58fhe3kki8tVwSLK2M9qQxGSqV-fwrMv9WvF594_Xs-WTe8FhJvfNc18LnlYWyq4gwy4hBenHFy065Ji6dOkSEQGpXf_J_vOt5qfhbeS2k4_eKzygZI_8_5jVno6EbPvOPGvEcRBmm0tTHoYMHP4i0rG4Auqm4JyYcOyZlvrdh1kMkg/s4032/2023-06-15%2012.31.24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9y_EH_ae58fhe3kki8tVwSLK2M9qQxGSqV-fwrMv9WvF594_Xs-WTe8FhJvfNc18LnlYWyq4gwy4hBenHFy065Ji6dOkSEQGpXf_J_vOt5qfhbeS2k4_eKzygZI_8_5jVno6EbPvOPGvEcRBmm0tTHoYMHP4i0rG4Auqm4JyYcOyZlvrdh1kMkg/w302-h640/2023-06-15%2012.31.24.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Ferry to Kowloon then we walked, through a rougher area. We had lunch at Subway. Even here are small shops selling luxury goods like Hennessy cognac, watches etc. The museum was really well done. Some projected animations onto black & white life-size recreations of rooms and exteriors. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLEjzi2SGjxBYrjYxaedIGnCMLO9cemzG3emT0AwsBlpkDL-6ET7JwqpTYTwBeYy4mevKNJfr1wGQcjkUZ8Ve3XfVENNZt88dxsUoRqPxJw3QByOnPGKKlrxrFHCYhMU1JWVUDkQc0rOMXqXxMayrkaJLiUAkrIyFSqDcn_SKXW-38w7QEVOGoQ/s4032/2023-06-15%2015.42.48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLEjzi2SGjxBYrjYxaedIGnCMLO9cemzG3emT0AwsBlpkDL-6ET7JwqpTYTwBeYy4mevKNJfr1wGQcjkUZ8Ve3XfVENNZt88dxsUoRqPxJw3QByOnPGKKlrxrFHCYhMU1JWVUDkQc0rOMXqXxMayrkaJLiUAkrIyFSqDcn_SKXW-38w7QEVOGoQ/w302-h640/2023-06-15%2015.42.48.jpg" width="302" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We popped in for a look at the K11 Musea luxury shopping mall</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="text-align: left;">Back home to ours afterwards for a spell. We run the dehumidifier while we are out. It's pretty warm when we first come in but cools down fairly quickly with ceiling fan + AC.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In the evening back out again back over on a ferry to see the nightly sound & light show from the TST harbour edge "Avenue of Stars". Lasers and screens, massive. All over the harbour, as far up and down as we could see. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-75P88jTE8m5exWPN6rjTh11PYHdm9132BYAp1Mb44bVAv5vIeiMyBd1z4KpqWkhbj1ybc4N2p4OPs5rAutRYAiCcdTc7FKkOT40z_LlyWiL_K9Lh5W-TJhH2xblmG2Pdofiadbz07Jp_pmAJLTn8S5UJkX-T-KWelDpCH28GyMRXAsds7uFqXg/s4032/2023-06-15%2019.36.56.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-75P88jTE8m5exWPN6rjTh11PYHdm9132BYAp1Mb44bVAv5vIeiMyBd1z4KpqWkhbj1ybc4N2p4OPs5rAutRYAiCcdTc7FKkOT40z_LlyWiL_K9Lh5W-TJhH2xblmG2Pdofiadbz07Jp_pmAJLTn8S5UJkX-T-KWelDpCH28GyMRXAsds7uFqXg/w400-h189/2023-06-15%2019.36.56.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the way home we grabbed some takeaway snacks at the ferry terminal - rice triangles. Mine had a sautéed clam centre.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QJzNDP3s39y--cF47qCtwviA6AerlhtYjne5XKpe3vWOxWFSVunSPXkN9JaMka97mIN59JNzr_IKeR42PO4y1tU6ydqInwQ34pVue048wvtbM1E5jzeRNtSPjsG_eCjAbjhzyESayPEyHv5FJWfli2Ry5C5fFjqdRrTPuNB1UhdQIDEXoPdMYg/s1440/IMG_20230616_123030_847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QJzNDP3s39y--cF47qCtwviA6AerlhtYjne5XKpe3vWOxWFSVunSPXkN9JaMka97mIN59JNzr_IKeR42PO4y1tU6ydqInwQ34pVue048wvtbM1E5jzeRNtSPjsG_eCjAbjhzyESayPEyHv5FJWfli2Ry5C5fFjqdRrTPuNB1UhdQIDEXoPdMYg/w400-h400/IMG_20230616_123030_847.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br style="text-align: center;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChLG_eF5aYJHjHX3ImjRsQJuM5Ah67gQwUcbuK1YyCWt4_WE9ZXyctZ2PmFFzyAMAt9NKa4WYENZGlz_Y06F4usp_St0S4l1oSR-w0j_m3mZs-oKgKLJUnF_Gn8fLjj7IFetXNXsbQx2_6Zk-fb469xNthusQHIXn0DC6aE9L9Q6IPhVgdu7cMw/s1393/IMG_20230616_123030_929.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="1393" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChLG_eF5aYJHjHX3ImjRsQJuM5Ah67gQwUcbuK1YyCWt4_WE9ZXyctZ2PmFFzyAMAt9NKa4WYENZGlz_Y06F4usp_St0S4l1oSR-w0j_m3mZs-oKgKLJUnF_Gn8fLjj7IFetXNXsbQx2_6Zk-fb469xNthusQHIXn0DC6aE9L9Q6IPhVgdu7cMw/w400-h400/IMG_20230616_123030_929.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>On the way back through Central we had an evening peep at the lobby of Marcus’s work; very impressive. He loves this painting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1516lwEy8py24Ei9inZQikhNTzHQrQy6V6oBAs6BYfATauh_qUa-LEVZQsTz0I02KdhZ-z2xL5egWgWLIt_kvmwrsMylKl4i58lhUZ8BaJifRUdPXdukU_zkIOCG8v54XMb99neykZa9E0VqlF1fHc05kukxqB5zPt_E4f5iNz1Mnsvlz22L3wA/s2193/painting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2193" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1516lwEy8py24Ei9inZQikhNTzHQrQy6V6oBAs6BYfATauh_qUa-LEVZQsTz0I02KdhZ-z2xL5egWgWLIt_kvmwrsMylKl4i58lhUZ8BaJifRUdPXdukU_zkIOCG8v54XMb99neykZa9E0VqlF1fHc05kukxqB5zPt_E4f5iNz1Mnsvlz22L3wA/w640-h556/painting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-28926941883673290472023-06-14T14:53:00.008+10:002023-07-17T09:59:44.071+10:00Hong Kong journal 🇭🇰 Day 2<p> Wed 13 Jun</p><p>We had our first of many breakfasts at Marcus's local, the Green Waffle in Hollywood Road.</p><p>Elf has no clean clothes! We tried shopping for new ones but there was nothing she liked or thought would fit. Undaunted we went across on a ferry to Kowloon for a look at the M+ Museum. Just as we emerged from the ferry terminal the rain hit hard so we jumped in a taxi.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SAp7EB_UtV3-1PhzuB-fM6Nb2pNGN-Nf8GJCBjrM9GXp-jpT-XYb1-YSRnFdTKwQxbjJDchNHsN4DqqUicnlcRthX6Pon-mnf6ooflOo5rIbZlZDRj051KJ0S-Yw82SIRRZVIkuv44WgzVgx181BLNNhFwapSXdmAg7KRJ1a_QTxwerujNnPfA/s1908/20230624_155340_sq.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SAp7EB_UtV3-1PhzuB-fM6Nb2pNGN-Nf8GJCBjrM9GXp-jpT-XYb1-YSRnFdTKwQxbjJDchNHsN4DqqUicnlcRthX6Pon-mnf6ooflOo5rIbZlZDRj051KJ0S-Yw82SIRRZVIkuv44WgzVgx181BLNNhFwapSXdmAg7KRJ1a_QTxwerujNnPfA/w400-h400/20230624_155340_sq.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTi7FaK9oOY5spssziIKHrbvMJR4glkmCsSVcAZSjzko2XHy52uhfRdZOrKS38zoGfeHQ50cBoZoUu3How2MB7-7OLFc4tPe3dTdCpczrL_F0eHoSFoq6rVJ_gbuhBZNT5ZP8rRJgAS60LfUsxejBIt7NZfYPmD7Od2fWkPoytOczCUjMRaONBA/s840/163662500169790_840_560.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="840" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTi7FaK9oOY5spssziIKHrbvMJR4glkmCsSVcAZSjzko2XHy52uhfRdZOrKS38zoGfeHQ50cBoZoUu3How2MB7-7OLFc4tPe3dTdCpczrL_F0eHoSFoq6rVJ_gbuhBZNT5ZP8rRJgAS60LfUsxejBIt7NZfYPmD7Od2fWkPoytOczCUjMRaONBA/w400-h266/163662500169790_840_560.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M+ (not my pic)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The M+ was largely closed for renovations so we saw hardly anything of their collections but we had a wonderful roam outside, up the massive steps (a bit like an amphitheatre) and across the roof garden. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1jYTIsqxEqzaVPlObgehmpKr4APScGM63a86fY0J2MS1_bb6_XH0pXjtwdmuLVTMegF6oZGBBqccp4wfdOAKL_xzLl0w-mIh-MHcShCmYny1qpDBotcIJy7mqR-4BT1jmQSGDeulefQq18bezUojb9JuVXSHSBgYREH869ZarmYwedF2BxG7lQ/s1906/IMG_20230616_124426_905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="1906" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1jYTIsqxEqzaVPlObgehmpKr4APScGM63a86fY0J2MS1_bb6_XH0pXjtwdmuLVTMegF6oZGBBqccp4wfdOAKL_xzLl0w-mIh-MHcShCmYny1qpDBotcIJy7mqR-4BT1jmQSGDeulefQq18bezUojb9JuVXSHSBgYREH869ZarmYwedF2BxG7lQ/s320/IMG_20230616_124426_905.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We saw some enormous solitary black birds, we think vultures, circling above. 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None of the trucks were interested in anything but cash. You can actually pay for all sorts of things in Hong Kong with your Octopus card; but they weren't having that either. </p><p>We had dinner (first of many) at another of Marcus's favourites, a Japanese restaurant called Next Shikaku in Gough Street. This is a small street that is all restaurants, and I could probably hit it with a tennis ball from the window of our apartment if it wasn't too hot to open any windows.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcWwQ4wP_aPAhNtaIyv4rDKgqIpr8jv19xxMrFObIL5tjtTCyGYPHJbxzgSJ1MPKLX8xi6kSkEsrkKJLa5nhl6GhIeQSNhhro5Fj9PUkyklQvthRw-UEucUjamiuCKxtqMlQw56K2alE3LItoa-q-9iRT-zCMvKBRmBfncJLOEE8nVizbqNOwGA/s2472/Screenshot%202023-07-14%20at%203.14.35%20pm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="2472" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcWwQ4wP_aPAhNtaIyv4rDKgqIpr8jv19xxMrFObIL5tjtTCyGYPHJbxzgSJ1MPKLX8xi6kSkEsrkKJLa5nhl6GhIeQSNhhro5Fj9PUkyklQvthRw-UEucUjamiuCKxtqMlQw56K2alE3LItoa-q-9iRT-zCMvKBRmBfncJLOEE8nVizbqNOwGA/w400-h293/Screenshot%202023-07-14%20at%203.14.35%20pm.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEFiEqRFtcPL86PyDSa9CwKOOcx-NizS-f7mEJ4uWHwD86Bjrx_1zzKzQnSae_Hl-Al-md8PV044NgEuO-8mufVyEQWnqGoAukdn5jQGfrdwKWr-myqZmvx_ni5qdlIS2veEJ_7ChqpzAyOUDjM6GYOsRTuOLcaJ_DF2I5SMc6Xlcq0SHWGvvVg/s4032/2023-06-14%2019.52.00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEFiEqRFtcPL86PyDSa9CwKOOcx-NizS-f7mEJ4uWHwD86Bjrx_1zzKzQnSae_Hl-Al-md8PV044NgEuO-8mufVyEQWnqGoAukdn5jQGfrdwKWr-myqZmvx_ni5qdlIS2veEJ_7ChqpzAyOUDjM6GYOsRTuOLcaJ_DF2I5SMc6Xlcq0SHWGvvVg/w400-h189/2023-06-14%2019.52.00.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We had dinner (first of many) at another of Marcus's favourites, a Japanese restaurant called Next Shikaku in Gough Street. This is a small street that is all restaurants, and I could probably hit it with a tennis ball from the window of our apartment if it wasn't too hot to open any windows.<div><br /></div><div>After dinner we again hung about at Marcus's, waiting for a phone call to tell us that the missing bag was being delivered. About 9 o'clock we got the call!<br /><p>We watched YouTube (M's antenna doesn't work) and became big fans of a Chinese village man who documents his seasonal life. First he was picking figs, which he cooked up with garlic and chilli into a sort of garlic chilli fig soup. We saw him ride around with jars of it on his motorbike as he gave it to various locals who seemed to rate it about 4/10. Then we saw him do some pig husbandry. Pigs and Figs. I jokingly had been calling this very Chinese man Darren as we watched; at the end it appeared that his name was actually Robert.</p><p><br /></p></div>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-83593842175103366612023-06-13T22:43:00.002+10:002023-07-14T15:36:34.313+10:00Hong Kong journal 🇭🇰 Day 1We got up at 3 to be at the airport by 4 for our flight at 6. Nothing was open at all until 5. Queued for ages at deserted bag drop, no cafes etc. "Be there two hours ahead for an international flight" has its limitations as advice.<div><br /></div><div>Transfer in Sydney seemed smooth. Our flight to HK was 9 hours with no WiFi and the window shades down the whole way in daytime. Weird. A little turbulence over Indonesia. </div><div><br /></div><div>We landed and contacted Marcus, then went to baggage pick up. Elf's bag was missing, still in Sydney and due the next day. Upsetting but we moved on through customs to our joyful reunion with Marcus. He bought us all Octopus cards (public transport). Onto the train to the city</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxw345ss4jmm0dKffTPZmeougS79UsnsyruhwJuVd28l5L6MXWwoZfDtOSlZavNWNl-nfAEkV8kwIg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>…then taxi to Wellington St in Central, to our Airbnb. It's incredibly basic, even more so than expected. </div><div><br /></div><div>We dumped bags then walked one block up the hill to see Marcus's apartment. We gave him the gifts we brought and hung out there yapping until 11ish then home. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our apartment has no stove, only a drip filter coffee / toaster oven combo unit.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFyXjvAf9TZsa3RemkedYaD9PE5wX90lWjf22seyXEu9Tw8gRTen1ISC9O3vWU-KkUs7S0lyKLpebdxkIPaMAHjb-9GD1LHhE5wLOzwcGIuDv-d-ovboxZ_1R8SCcGoKYevSrR9E_9u9J6GjB8emx7ewhKi7MFB85SiBB3cc2cSeSUn3TYBXEDA/s4032/2023-06-15%2016.43.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFyXjvAf9TZsa3RemkedYaD9PE5wX90lWjf22seyXEu9Tw8gRTen1ISC9O3vWU-KkUs7S0lyKLpebdxkIPaMAHjb-9GD1LHhE5wLOzwcGIuDv-d-ovboxZ_1R8SCcGoKYevSrR9E_9u9J6GjB8emx7ewhKi7MFB85SiBB3cc2cSeSUn3TYBXEDA/w400-h189/2023-06-15%2016.43.39.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen facilities</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">There's a shower head + hose on the wall in the toilet. Floor is tiled but there's no drain, just a hole chipped in the wall, and floor doesn't slope towards it. 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This sign reminded me of our cat Coco every time I saw it.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-33821309387620583302023-06-13T16:57:00.002+10:002023-07-14T15:36:46.919+10:00In Hong Kong!<div>Here we are! This is Marcus's small apartment. Our Airbnb is about half this size! More news soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-8458166755221676532023-06-13T06:00:00.000+10:002023-07-14T11:49:58.823+10:00To Hong KongElf, Michael and I are on a plane about to leave Hobart en route to Honkers to see Marcus. We've got an apartment for two weeks just around the corner from his, in Central, the financial district. I expect plenty of down time while we are there so hopefully I can post a few updates here. We are excited to see him, he's been away since March. And he is in Hong Kong long term so it will be really great to have a better feel for life there. Taxiing for take off now. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I walked around a truck from Artfast Removals and continued on the north side footpath towards Macquarie Street. A ute passed me going in the other direction, and I began crossing the lane to the south side.</p><p>I then heard and saw the ute reversing towards me at speed. A woman nearby screamed as I scrambled backwards and got far enough out of the way that the ute only ran over my left toe before it halted. I was fortunately not injured. I was wearing workboots and my foot is fine, but it was very close to smashing my knee and /or knocking me down.</p><p>The ute was new, metallic purple, with a hard cover over the tray, with Artfast Removals on the side. I think the rego was ARTFST. The driver was early 60s about 175cm with white hair, beard and glasses. He seemed unhappy with the driver of the truck. I have established, from asking colleagues that have dealt with the company, that the driver was almost certainly Peter Clarke, director of Artfast. </p><p>I approached the drivers side expecting the driver to get out and apologise. He made no move to do so, so I smacked his window with my open hand. He then got out and told me not to touch his car. I asked if he had seen me, and did he know he had ran over my toe? He replied I should get my toe looked at and that he would give me a business card. He did not, he gave me a magnet with the Artfast phone number and email address. He did not give me his name. He repeated that I should not touch his car. I was very angry at his priorities so I left immediately to cool down and avoid further confrontation.</p><p>I have emailed (30/3 and 31/3) and sent a text message (2/4) to the business asking for a written apology but have had no reply.</p><p>He and I are both very fortunate his impulsive driving didn't put me in hospital. As Artfast/Mr Clarke have not responded to me I would like police to check CCTV from the lane at that time. I believe it was dangerous driving that has to be deterred in a city lane with heavy pedestrian traffic. I do not have any video evidence to upload.</p></blockquote><p>I was really angry. Then I calmed down as I went on my way – I was going to Salamanca to buy fruit for the office fruit bowl. I felt lucky to be unhurt, and thought about my family and how fortunate I am; if the worst was to happen I think they are all set up well to get on OK without me. </p><p>I wrote and asked for an apology, because as I was not injured it seems fairly low on the list of incidents police should have to worry about. All it required was for old mate to apologise and, crucially – trust me when I said that would be the end of it, and I would not leverage his apology as an admission of guilt and take it further. It would cost him nothing. I also asked for a statement that he would be more careful driving in future which was cheeky. But why not? He wasn't going to be made to look at pictures of accidents etc which the police do if you they charge you with dangerous driving.<br /></p><p>I stayed on the right side of badgering him but wanted to be 100% sure he had this message. Although given abundant time, he did not respond. You can speculate as to his thought process here but he clearly doesn’t have any concerns about me taking it to the police, or about me casting shade on his reputation.</p><p></p>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-47625729005965398512023-03-28T21:55:00.001+11:002023-03-28T21:55:06.604+11:00The boys have moved out!<span style="font-family: georgia;">My experience of being dad to Marcus and Michael has just had its biggest ever change, as they have both left home within a few weeks of each other. Which is mostly coincidence, it's not a mutiny because we're mean parents.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Michael is just down the road from us at Jane Franklin Hall. For his 2nd year at uni we wanted him to have a richer and more human experience than he had last year, which was very online and isolated. So far the move has been great for him. He’s met a lot of people, and he seems a bit more focused on his work. He organised a small expedition to the tip shop for about 6 or 8 people, which is a big social undertaking by his standards.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">From Jane Franklin it's 20 minutes walk to our house or to the uni in the other direction, and Michael's good friend June is 2 minutes away. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the view from Michael's room. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The financial firm he is working for is called Jane Street, so the boys are both at Janes which is a little confusing. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Marcus found himself an apartment online before leaving Hobart, and he chose well. It's a good fit for him and about seven minutes walk from the office, in an area called Central. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are some photos he posted to Instagram of his neighbourhood. 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But his apartment is clean, new appliances and so on. It's taking him a little time to work out things like where garbage goes, why the washing machine won’t give back his clothes etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwg93ROHC8WdX47t3dBbwQG-qlEp1M3vKC9TengrFfg_GphAzDwdNO43Jqr1bKCO9Ugr_vFmSLf47hiJo5IX67rvIBhMsJ2fTrKL1QUfDZ3WjR3nzM6TYX2qJGzDXuPcMLagHFCL1RnvqvyH4dK09uZ5rA_qoF211X-vbsKuQoD3W5OBNjBxY/s1872/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-28%20at%209.04.06%20pm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1872" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwg93ROHC8WdX47t3dBbwQG-qlEp1M3vKC9TengrFfg_GphAzDwdNO43Jqr1bKCO9Ugr_vFmSLf47hiJo5IX67rvIBhMsJ2fTrKL1QUfDZ3WjR3nzM6TYX2qJGzDXuPcMLagHFCL1RnvqvyH4dK09uZ5rA_qoF211X-vbsKuQoD3W5OBNjBxY/w400-h328/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-28%20at%209.04.06%20pm.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">We have had a few video chats and have been exchanging messages most evenings. It's amazing how nearby he feels at times. He and I watched the footy together a few days after he left, and we will through the winter when we can.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>I have to admit I felt pretty down after Marcus left and there was just Elf and I in the house. A lot of people have said to us words to the effect of <i>'wooo now the party starts right??'.</i> But it just doesn't seem like that to us. 21 years ago we started parenting… and we had only been together less than 2 and a half years. So our time establishing "us" was pretty short and it is now buried pretty deep under years of being mum and dad, co-owners of pets and co-mortgagees. I say well done to anyone who has a clear idea of what they are going to do once the kids are out of their hair.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Meanwhile we see Michael most Sundays for lunch with my mum and dad; and he walks Winston every Thursday. He bought me lunch during the week last week – it's good to see him and he's looking really well.And we had a driving lesson on the weekend too. So life goes on.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-7425934655029001892023-02-11T17:03:00.132+11:002023-02-14T22:44:22.800+11:00A break for a week by a lake<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two years on from our extended-family holiday at Swansea, The four of us and Imp, Ed, Karri and Miah did it again, this time a week at Sisters Beach on the NW coast. Our house was actually at Lake Llewellyn 2km back from Sisters, but very handy to that beach and to Boat Harbour as well – Australia’s Most Beautiful Drive-Up Beach (Wineglass Bay probably has the overall top spot sewn up but you need to walk or sail there).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was an important family get-together as Marcus’ departure for Hong Kong gets closer, currently booked for March 10. The cousins all get on well, and they spent the week sharing a small bunk room. For various reasons we had <i>four </i>cars between the eight of us, so that meant we could go in a few different directions at once although we did spend most of the week all together. The house is called Platypus Chalet, it’s on Airbnb and we recommend it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><i>Disclaimer: we understand short term rental operations play a part in the Tasmanian housing crisis. Our host only has one house not ten, and it's a purpose-built holiday house, so I feel like it's kosher.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our place was one of about 25 at the lake, I think the only one without water frontage. A neighbour suggested to us a good way to get down to the water </span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(but that information is classified)</span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">. The lake was man-made in the 60s or 70s, it seems mostly for watersports enthusiasts. We swam in it and paddled our wave ski on it every day. One day Elf was paddling while Imp swam alongside and they encountered two platypus! Imp was a bit concerned about the famous poison spur but everyone kept their distance and played nice. I was on the bank as they came back in. Imp had run out of swimming energy so she had hung from the back of the wave ski for a while. Then Elf got a bad cramp so Imp propelled them back to shore. 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbDAJYsCRUeWtEclQSxhGdPcQXcZUOwEGwT6NweM3w_Jg0Q1nGKd05T5q3YGo0ndR9ZpdLNzi_j-68H7c991I3mnVVZ_x8Jc-zjZCju3_-XFkXdeTeeDi2-fy2A1Gd3O07g6o_ipgN_G_MTD9-hMTLLkOnj0WEB904qZ10kK24Nm03qpxyx8/s1440/IMG_20230129_141305_864.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbDAJYsCRUeWtEclQSxhGdPcQXcZUOwEGwT6NweM3w_Jg0Q1nGKd05T5q3YGo0ndR9ZpdLNzi_j-68H7c991I3mnVVZ_x8Jc-zjZCju3_-XFkXdeTeeDi2-fy2A1Gd3O07g6o_ipgN_G_MTD9-hMTLLkOnj0WEB904qZ10kK24Nm03qpxyx8/s320/IMG_20230129_141305_864.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A paddle around Lake Llewellyn</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The high side of the lake bank (3rd pic above) looks at first glance like impenetrable virgin bush, but the road to Sisters Beach is right there. So occasionally the <i>Castaway</i> vibe is shattered by very mundane vehicles cruising through on the sealed road. This road has no footpath, and a 100kmh speed limit, but there are ‘Shared Road’ in a few places. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">If I was in charge of a road and I wanted drivers to share it with pedestrians and horse riders I'd probably make it 60, not 100. Imp and Ed have been here before and walked down this road, so they were happy to do so again. But it scares the pants off me as a pedestrian. One day the rest of us drove to Boat Harbour and Imp and Ed walked this road to Sisters Beach then walked along the coast to meet us. They are quite outward bound compared to us.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mum and Dad used to own a block on the beachfront at Sisters, with plans to build on it. It was a very fast growing area in the early 00s and then there was a moratorium on new building for a while – they ended up selling the block and moving east to Turners Beach, and then later to Hobart. The house that has been built on the old block is … disappointing.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDaTB0517KLhFs0Jii-ow2QyKdj3iSiSwPlVz2CIOuRWL4-hdIrukjCoVu2dhYGLa-Y44bPo9TWa2jFQ8HUbeUup09MN3_xMRMUB9EvgqULvGXvxMEYEKHEad2k12fYn5pRrE_C6iBAoX8W4NQqSg26D4tOrqjnFDx6TYGMsJY1nmAJtOKJ4/s1440/IMG_20230121_190451_712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDaTB0517KLhFs0Jii-ow2QyKdj3iSiSwPlVz2CIOuRWL4-hdIrukjCoVu2dhYGLa-Y44bPo9TWa2jFQ8HUbeUup09MN3_xMRMUB9EvgqULvGXvxMEYEKHEad2k12fYn5pRrE_C6iBAoX8W4NQqSg26D4tOrqjnFDx6TYGMsJY1nmAJtOKJ4/s320/IMG_20230121_190451_712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4OKpl6pQt9BksvLYIjUde_488LvAbo0jt7tQ8_cFq-skd5-Pn-t-UidZVV0fQphw6KDnW1U1vJ2uFZ5p5Joqod8-ERq3FbWwZOvVOe-IgFQ850Hrh0EP4xV3WYEGUPBRzWSNp086u9k_dPFj2S-nL2nqmt4Ua1trjOciMy-ni_zvyUCagPA/s1379/IMG_20230121_190451_779.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="1379" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4OKpl6pQt9BksvLYIjUde_488LvAbo0jt7tQ8_cFq-skd5-Pn-t-UidZVV0fQphw6KDnW1U1vJ2uFZ5p5Joqod8-ERq3FbWwZOvVOe-IgFQ850Hrh0EP4xV3WYEGUPBRzWSNp086u9k_dPFj2S-nL2nqmt4Ua1trjOciMy-ni_zvyUCagPA/s320/IMG_20230121_190451_779.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisugR8V6aIS0bKEPcf8v9HJ9dlLk4TLF0mmDYPlU6ZzzFH1JlIt_BYtgrbtMZGi9QN8gy1putOXPj86o-oFxwA2wkWHb5Nptqti-FKb9-Xu6BQuPwPaWEJKf4xh5IbRRLgIvsrGL1vHoe6QeuBbOCyCTXyMvxbC3GIohReuQzKaK2R3NByLH4/s1440/IMG_20230121_190451_851.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisugR8V6aIS0bKEPcf8v9HJ9dlLk4TLF0mmDYPlU6ZzzFH1JlIt_BYtgrbtMZGi9QN8gy1putOXPj86o-oFxwA2wkWHb5Nptqti-FKb9-Xu6BQuPwPaWEJKf4xh5IbRRLgIvsrGL1vHoe6QeuBbOCyCTXyMvxbC3GIohReuQzKaK2R3NByLH4/s320/IMG_20230121_190451_851.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Around the Sisters Beach township. Middle pic is an amazing place next to Mum & Dad's old block built by a boatbuilder. The pic above is just a classic old shack, before people started proper real solid houses here.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We had a day trip to Stanley to climb The Nut. In a shed at the top there was an interpretative panel </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">with various loose theories about how The Nut got its name. Then it mentions in passing that the palawa name for it is <i>moo-nut-re-ker</i> which seems to me like probably the source. 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We gave him a fairly good metal detector; more news on that once he has taken it for a spin. We had lunch for his birthday in Wynyard at The Vault, a great spot overlooking the river operating in an old bank.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We had heaps of trips to the various beaches. We flopped about the house and did a lot of reading. We got in and out of the lake and the spa tub. We watched old movies and TV shows in the extensive DVD collection. The kids had a </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friday night out in Wynyard which was uneventful. I had a day prowling around my old home town of Burnie, and a walk on my own down to Boat Harbour, but I'll do seperate posts for those.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4heJ5t8F0JPgteAxHFfQfZjx1KGEzvy4HR_vDawSO4y75FbRLvq9ZBonnwHsXw6fAWhdl423dk0qJmSiiELfSStqnH-vbQNqqaIg9Rnh8-bVDEA-AJea7wumbSJIXxrgQpStFuAV_hJSeEb8Mr0zE5yzjgKTtTERUaiM0zs0qLzWxHdKZvGo/s1908/IMG_20230122_154441_752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4heJ5t8F0JPgteAxHFfQfZjx1KGEzvy4HR_vDawSO4y75FbRLvq9ZBonnwHsXw6fAWhdl423dk0qJmSiiELfSStqnH-vbQNqqaIg9Rnh8-bVDEA-AJea7wumbSJIXxrgQpStFuAV_hJSeEb8Mr0zE5yzjgKTtTERUaiM0zs0qLzWxHdKZvGo/s320/IMG_20230122_154441_752.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above is Sisters Beach. A lovely place to swim, I had forgotten the water was so clear. <br />It’s surrounded by Rocky Cape National Park.<br />The pics below are Boat Harbour. It was a very calm day so Elf joined us.<br />I had <i>not</i> forgotten the clear water here; the sand is pure white and<br />it's just a joy to behold. There were white fish swimming around in the shallows.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhlh1y4BXJWs0W0ywt7u_sFjRUQmrEjpAK12e2WvOdXD26PbJHi0H92E1vMMb3QNESs2kxA-DJTNhxF2N0aGg4lZYRUgDdA7rqGLPIh4vPN6UUPt4LBFvC2mRtfTV8i26PRw0cE3NKRiTqSH8ySkkhHlm9WmDOwJ_LbUQyBkdtJAYV6HOr4I/s3591/IMG_20230125_150531_340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1880" data-original-width="3591" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhlh1y4BXJWs0W0ywt7u_sFjRUQmrEjpAK12e2WvOdXD26PbJHi0H92E1vMMb3QNESs2kxA-DJTNhxF2N0aGg4lZYRUgDdA7rqGLPIh4vPN6UUPt4LBFvC2mRtfTV8i26PRw0cE3NKRiTqSH8ySkkhHlm9WmDOwJ_LbUQyBkdtJAYV6HOr4I/s320/IMG_20230125_150531_340.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsycc5TBb2cGNfaIRHAtjBi54ItKnC1mw99Fwcj-RFjoREC3_4QMfUKlCORBuMBmSCXAezh8LOWAlXuXMnUEcS_iI8WLYnO2UPPPPukM4u7Xgl96fmkTTyFc-ZyoJZR3Z3G8WMhq9Mbq3mgTZwg2a7PynbxqpXUpo2r2kGBPqNa8lZHhUgddQ/s1440/IMG_20230125_170825_108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsycc5TBb2cGNfaIRHAtjBi54ItKnC1mw99Fwcj-RFjoREC3_4QMfUKlCORBuMBmSCXAezh8LOWAlXuXMnUEcS_iI8WLYnO2UPPPPukM4u7Xgl96fmkTTyFc-ZyoJZR3Z3G8WMhq9Mbq3mgTZwg2a7PynbxqpXUpo2r2kGBPqNa8lZHhUgddQ/s320/IMG_20230125_170825_108.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRLSNS2o6umw1qeu-4oVjy4KHJNGnSziPkqmQ5r67xW25qiAo83JmFA7wxA71I_VywZ1JyKjLBHswu9GqtJo0assuLLP0Myf4S75GZR-jzNky-fA2ERcrUqEPgQUNtdK58JX3pjUeKIdRApDrxmFsaBzqPVelRU7T7cm-KlU2V_nCRVlXefI/s1440/IMG_20230125_170825_162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRLSNS2o6umw1qeu-4oVjy4KHJNGnSziPkqmQ5r67xW25qiAo83JmFA7wxA71I_VywZ1JyKjLBHswu9GqtJo0assuLLP0Myf4S75GZR-jzNky-fA2ERcrUqEPgQUNtdK58JX3pjUeKIdRApDrxmFsaBzqPVelRU7T7cm-KlU2V_nCRVlXefI/s320/IMG_20230125_170825_162.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGd6OPrv5o15SB809SPoPX1wpS9Ay_ctZvI5G5Lwqoo3Azg6qt5tpr_gTiO8URpsIt_Uqoclk1ggkVXc_SWmdCsP8xE2vvxd_wKXtX4hHPF4Rqw709HF2r_jW74vFEaYvIMe2U7MberECUndlUTspCXJhCY02zO5g1kurHmO-rpOcch0fq3Q/s1411/IMG_20230125_171012_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="1411" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGd6OPrv5o15SB809SPoPX1wpS9Ay_ctZvI5G5Lwqoo3Azg6qt5tpr_gTiO8URpsIt_Uqoclk1ggkVXc_SWmdCsP8xE2vvxd_wKXtX4hHPF4Rqw709HF2r_jW74vFEaYvIMe2U7MberECUndlUTspCXJhCY02zO5g1kurHmO-rpOcch0fq3Q/s320/IMG_20230125_171012_500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">At Ed's suggestion we also did a trip to Dip Falls, a spectacular spot 40 mins south of Stanley. It's the middle of nowhere but we all enjoyed it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg806wNch7K0T45Q_3GDnuZ0heGW1rqH6yPHH4wvmdGnLh1_xIafq2BqnXenmVAD3EWoAfdQPms9SzneDePe9HwGgDy3FlnR_1Ee-2CtpXfDNIoQPiIIUI5zXtOioVwstpppPS2-2Xiht5OC2hySItxWnG3woI3UVKyom6QsSecpAZQw0XnISI/s1440/IMG_20230127_165052_447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg806wNch7K0T45Q_3GDnuZ0heGW1rqH6yPHH4wvmdGnLh1_xIafq2BqnXenmVAD3EWoAfdQPms9SzneDePe9HwGgDy3FlnR_1Ee-2CtpXfDNIoQPiIIUI5zXtOioVwstpppPS2-2Xiht5OC2hySItxWnG3woI3UVKyom6QsSecpAZQw0XnISI/s320/IMG_20230127_165052_447.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYakCZNO5UkImM33qwygsSA5VPrAlT_tCyPue18c0opkQdK-zIKONaQCqKMQz62FkGIAxVPNjSWTFysrrcVr9KhauILr_N2g1yi4TCDReQlOU6b4Pez7UMiU3xmwSG3vqkxGLisVjVe2ZpQSZJl6tI7ddSU-n3tP_m3zWA96wZC69MIm7RsC0/s1440/IMG_20230127_165052_507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYakCZNO5UkImM33qwygsSA5VPrAlT_tCyPue18c0opkQdK-zIKONaQCqKMQz62FkGIAxVPNjSWTFysrrcVr9KhauILr_N2g1yi4TCDReQlOU6b4Pez7UMiU3xmwSG3vqkxGLisVjVe2ZpQSZJl6tI7ddSU-n3tP_m3zWA96wZC69MIm7RsC0/s320/IMG_20230127_165052_507.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZboKBCK20DYX8JjetJufGXZj3dJkPPl41P4d-ynppzsCKZfUKqFTf5ha5K273W_TGMAW8jjIxoE6wZa8E-1TM8kvyUt69SzGbAqcv01O-uCnx504CvuASQpp2yFaC3xGwaLDYVG67Cit6fPL2WdF1wZYL_rzcIrenCg6reaX48urns1bkfvU/s1440/IMG_20230127_165052_579.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZboKBCK20DYX8JjetJufGXZj3dJkPPl41P4d-ynppzsCKZfUKqFTf5ha5K273W_TGMAW8jjIxoE6wZa8E-1TM8kvyUt69SzGbAqcv01O-uCnx504CvuASQpp2yFaC3xGwaLDYVG67Cit6fPL2WdF1wZYL_rzcIrenCg6reaX48urns1bkfvU/s320/IMG_20230127_165052_579.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhZW3x7YYNtXKPwsLf2Dn_dopM02RXdtVwA3yHLdbplnbD-FpRxX0SkjatBK65TiSJf5qqZneGA2qy3otlZ4fEShu2QPRtb5D-nOmCCiMxC_hdIhU3CaVZ7pyUVFJ-bpNmsOht2icAbvO_C-fpq2F_94-AD9osPHkiHsC_xANeB6FjSVhhGY/s559/IMG_20230127_165052_638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="559" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhZW3x7YYNtXKPwsLf2Dn_dopM02RXdtVwA3yHLdbplnbD-FpRxX0SkjatBK65TiSJf5qqZneGA2qy3otlZ4fEShu2QPRtb5D-nOmCCiMxC_hdIhU3CaVZ7pyUVFJ-bpNmsOht2icAbvO_C-fpq2F_94-AD9osPHkiHsC_xANeB6FjSVhhGY/s320/IMG_20230127_165052_638.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TBN6kieIbRIUuYpLekBP4oQPmRPVKZJDXSw2cOTbAkg0qQFxA0r0TRL0ZbfZkElN-0svOXqOqiOZThH6O5a3JTMAwku-249MaYWeRNX35fm3cM7y7iDsICmSBjuF2BT5l2gIlXyAvQ92V_81W5PqK26eVS_3DVmPO6Y8rUkG45qGQsVvv2I/s960/Resized_20230127_144421.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TBN6kieIbRIUuYpLekBP4oQPmRPVKZJDXSw2cOTbAkg0qQFxA0r0TRL0ZbfZkElN-0svOXqOqiOZThH6O5a3JTMAwku-249MaYWeRNX35fm3cM7y7iDsICmSBjuF2BT5l2gIlXyAvQ92V_81W5PqK26eVS_3DVmPO6Y8rUkG45qGQsVvv2I/w300-h400/Resized_20230127_144421.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The four kids spent most of their time together and had a ball. [As I write a couple of weeks later write the same crew have just come back from a 5 hour walk on Mt Wellington]. They shared a bunk room and they were in the hot tub together every day. They decided to have a night out in Wynyard on our last night at the house. They rang to be picked up fairly early; as there was not all that much happening and they themselves were the main attraction in town.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_Vn9PdytV3o04SUWEw-irovNIdK41U6N6Zp55dUFccTCUHrKPOUlBRpZlulMszIBQd__PySS7yoC9fHgMm2ZGbNRmZI2qYOFgr3FqRewXFJMvm1Nw-NhzdA7qeTp92sG3on7VkVUwHj3eNl7_n7Wu4tocx4KVFkVQkMkU2P6wb69w8RLlqw/s4000/cuz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_Vn9PdytV3o04SUWEw-irovNIdK41U6N6Zp55dUFccTCUHrKPOUlBRpZlulMszIBQd__PySS7yoC9fHgMm2ZGbNRmZI2qYOFgr3FqRewXFJMvm1Nw-NhzdA7qeTp92sG3on7VkVUwHj3eNl7_n7Wu4tocx4KVFkVQkMkU2P6wb69w8RLlqw/w400-h300/cuz.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p>On our last day we did a big clean up then set off in dribs and drabs in the four cars. The kids had two cars but wanted to travel down all together to enjoy the Hottest 100 on the radio, which is cute. So I took our car and Elf drove Marcus's. She was keen to just get home while I had some diversions planned.</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had another swim at Burnie; this time the beach was pretty grotty, as it as was the day after Australia Day. I did a walk around the CBD and pondered what used to be in various locations back in 1982 or whatever. The closeness of the beach to the town centre is something I mention every time Burnie comes up - but there can't be many places where you could buy a boogie board at K-mart then walk two blocks to the surf club and paddle out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was a beaut day for driving. After the swim and walk I drove to Launceston and caught up with Joe who is just back from a soccer camp with William in the UK, which was a big success. William is on course to be soccer professional. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ns71-uMvK1CLVFd8AZrhTCtqsS88bYQKxN8GmdAjT2Xp4Cq5pjOK1oyDi2k2QlrwMrYEka5VM-ACRhY2CbLAyFJ3uMayp_0uw0LpcASWhaLVwTl5BCFLm9tsz17URwySGKOVJf26NMk9NsbmlUA91WNz-JjJEFBnLXpyEzC4_egu7IU6NQg/s1440/IMG_20230128_184157_316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ns71-uMvK1CLVFd8AZrhTCtqsS88bYQKxN8GmdAjT2Xp4Cq5pjOK1oyDi2k2QlrwMrYEka5VM-ACRhY2CbLAyFJ3uMayp_0uw0LpcASWhaLVwTl5BCFLm9tsz17URwySGKOVJf26NMk9NsbmlUA91WNz-JjJEFBnLXpyEzC4_egu7IU6NQg/s320/IMG_20230128_184157_316.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDj6XJ9Zf4pwGyvcC5OibPSEKSEykXo-kbd1db9rdLLOkTmKBJkMzrZsfk8wyMMj6HOG-ApPIiE7cCiXkX_nM-1MjQWR71IrwCBoFl20oQE_DXVj2T-pTRMMob6PUTOOMsIZMwCCnCmoYZYTk06UHi1Abn5EGgvo-WwNfjFfwM_UZSdObqORI/s1440/IMG_20230128_184258_815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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But I post a lot of photos there of my travels (which are 98% on foot just around Hobart). And a few tiny drawings and paintings of similar landscapes. Here’s the last few months as teeny thumbnails. You can find me there <a href="https://www.instagram.com/4boat4boat/">@4boat4boat.</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEqP9CB8OaPKg_m3oaskGhcW_fttz8vn3U1fh-FyrUGU2k4ApZsxPcOh_keSuc6xxYe0wLroXeqz35y7_AvpwGIVyKHqDJX2amQUQ7IFbIyy9m9ozZW7x1SNzb90wEVX-S34qP634l6DHxFKnLVXKEPB_sx3PZIMvFihX6Gw1bL0D4_tvW-U/s1894/Screenshot%202023-01-03%20at%205.17.00%20pm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="1894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEqP9CB8OaPKg_m3oaskGhcW_fttz8vn3U1fh-FyrUGU2k4ApZsxPcOh_keSuc6xxYe0wLroXeqz35y7_AvpwGIVyKHqDJX2amQUQ7IFbIyy9m9ozZW7x1SNzb90wEVX-S34qP634l6DHxFKnLVXKEPB_sx3PZIMvFihX6Gw1bL0D4_tvW-U/w640-h640/Screenshot%202023-01-03%20at%205.17.00%20pm.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yw438Lz1EDF6f-bhwUlTrHw8-uBaTUWar5Wez_URX2TWCQKc06H_G_Fep7Xd3Q96zoUacla0u3VcMKGbobJ77ulQB6byjKqhf8OGuhwqplzXdmRdftfldWVDORe0vCAKorGvue-IaOsRGigwffl11LQHdScANkf-8KhdVxRg6cLUSH9Ea9I/s1894/Screenshot%202023-01-03%20at%205.17.51%20pm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I did watch highlights of the Argentina v Netherlands quarter final. It was a pulsating game full of incident and spite, but one thing will rankle with me forever (over and above my general Qatar ranklement). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The world’s greatest player, Leo Messi, handballed deliberately in clear sight of the referee and did not get a yellow card.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9CSpuTQIXzvj48PSEqcQgydWV7gV4CALqUWEQLZ1yPDXLk2_hvD0gMHn4ex2W8IpdJ-ifXhqM3iLTA0LkZlQ4vgdmMTq2GB5md59Jyk3z7owN5yKSUFo8a3NPoetZ02B5xsEuT05yRDWbRehK1deG693Kyn7Qm2LMFdBbpeClQft7q2DEvE/s704/messi_handball0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="704" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9CSpuTQIXzvj48PSEqcQgydWV7gV4CALqUWEQLZ1yPDXLk2_hvD0gMHn4ex2W8IpdJ-ifXhqM3iLTA0LkZlQ4vgdmMTq2GB5md59Jyk3z7owN5yKSUFo8a3NPoetZ02B5xsEuT05yRDWbRehK1deG693Kyn7Qm2LMFdBbpeClQft7q2DEvE/w400-h225/messi_handball0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotF8ravbYzlBcw3QZjqBJ9g9MYeWzEQ9ecTQVblWvmE-L4wmI44Ui1I_a3du7O3Wyp3ckZ2o0sYDHh4Lq75lc9DBbGs4hsxqQZFBL6la7DWxmPhhRKKhh8qCprT7-ZToo4zhDjEmOiH932KjUF8OcMSbrRLzS_mvbPXH1mycIwGNoJJEMQeQ/s1920/messi_handball00.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1920" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotF8ravbYzlBcw3QZjqBJ9g9MYeWzEQ9ecTQVblWvmE-L4wmI44Ui1I_a3du7O3Wyp3ckZ2o0sYDHh4Lq75lc9DBbGs4hsxqQZFBL6la7DWxmPhhRKKhh8qCprT7-ZToo4zhDjEmOiH932KjUF8OcMSbrRLzS_mvbPXH1mycIwGNoJJEMQeQ/w400-h239/messi_handball00.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKdyAnD-XujyyZ11HpbCsV3yThP7PxPs4bocZAxJH7gDRrwS6UuoUUbByzdeXnJIoekpn_jWJbjhzSz88UMGpkZSofYMBjlo0fNRJ0nw1pSQhX5YG2bveLHGht43S1Le7h7qhNrJuMc_QSe5yPvJoE6yagu99lAaJnpNxu-sz2Xh1gqnARbM/s598/messi_handball1.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="598" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKdyAnD-XujyyZ11HpbCsV3yThP7PxPs4bocZAxJH7gDRrwS6UuoUUbByzdeXnJIoekpn_jWJbjhzSz88UMGpkZSofYMBjlo0fNRJ0nw1pSQhX5YG2bveLHGht43S1Le7h7qhNrJuMc_QSe5yPvJoE6yagu99lAaJnpNxu-sz2Xh1gqnARbM/w400-h104/messi_handball1.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwADp4223g2qZBkSNXSVrCfASMohCccCuESnF0i3F5siQJ5XmG0a-Jm63wCeSpv9xVloaRaF1O37Mf26cMrj7DG30VqzoCbiQkW635x3rPE6Cqn55VoaxlOh12cDqCANQdTsBuLKEgbRDK6m5QPQ7uwlxVM01vIiQQPug-bEkdx4gageCnjlA/s602/messi_handball2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="602" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwADp4223g2qZBkSNXSVrCfASMohCccCuESnF0i3F5siQJ5XmG0a-Jm63wCeSpv9xVloaRaF1O37Mf26cMrj7DG30VqzoCbiQkW635x3rPE6Cqn55VoaxlOh12cDqCANQdTsBuLKEgbRDK6m5QPQ7uwlxVM01vIiQQPug-bEkdx4gageCnjlA/w400-h141/messi_handball2.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2LuW5ddYHEeiAEhqTKNpdarvZ1W1fnEbWl1FKQbsCWQw_Lmjw6K4KK13pKN_LznkhAU7KaknXoPQqtLKfU9c9VD5E0gBtIbIEljMlXXiuQkYk1q-6w8DaIvU-xTYLbfesB4TyJjTOSggXuOrXPv2WSOb33ofJE_6waIUu-Of6cd9YehnowM/s599/messi_handball3.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="599" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2LuW5ddYHEeiAEhqTKNpdarvZ1W1fnEbWl1FKQbsCWQw_Lmjw6K4KK13pKN_LznkhAU7KaknXoPQqtLKfU9c9VD5E0gBtIbIEljMlXXiuQkYk1q-6w8DaIvU-xTYLbfesB4TyJjTOSggXuOrXPv2WSOb33ofJE_6waIUu-Of6cd9YehnowM/w400-h178/messi_handball3.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">He later did get a yellow, which if it had been his 2nd would have seen him sent off and miss next game. Argentina went on to win the game, putting them into a semi against Croatia which they won, thanks enormously to the not-suspended Messi.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the other side of the draw, the heir to Messi's crown, Kylian Mbappe of France, helped his side beat Morocco in the other semi to set up a dream final, Argentina v France.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The evidence of my eyes, and the deeply contrived nature of this whole World Cup convinces me that referees were instructed to miss anything that might bring about suspensions to the superstars. I believe that the Qatar WC committee did what they needed to do to engineer the ideal final.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">And – the final which played out has been described as the greatest final ever, maybe the greatest <i>match </i>ever. I have read a match report, it was certainly a ding dong battle. Played in a stadium that owes its existence to cheating and human rights abuses. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is probably the biggest win ever for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswashing">sportswashing</a> and a huge incentive to others with the cash to do the same. For me it's a dark day and another nail in the coffin of my love for international football and sport generally.</span></p>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-69503959201704450472022-12-14T21:05:00.004+11:002022-12-14T21:05:38.295+11:00AITA on Facebook?<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">There’s a popular website called Am I The Asshole where people relate stories from their life to establish who, in the story, is the asshole. Invariably the teller of the story does not think they are the asshole but is open to the possibility that maybe they are, after all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now I am wondering AITA on Facebook. I have an account, I have Facebook Friends but I rarely read and even more rarely comment on what everyone is doing. My main purpose is checking to see if Sunday's kickabout in the park is on and confirming I'll be there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">To everyone that I have worked with, shared rentals with, and been to school with that’s on Facebook but who I am not in touch with – I hope everyone is doing well. We’re all pretty much in our fifties or older now and our parents are getting old and frail; our kids are getting their licences and moving out of home; our cats and dogs are reaching their natural life spans and leaving us completely legless with grief without their unconditional love.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Weirdly, I am happy to write about this stuff here. I'm happy to make a pissweak passing joke about it on Twitter to an audience of strangers, who have become friends over my 12-or-so years on there. But I just don’t have any urge at all to share it on Facebook. Am I The Asshole? I don't know.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">2023 marks 40 years since my cohort finished high school. There’s a reunion but I don't have any real wish to be back there. High school was pretty horrible at times; although I found some amazing friends, and we have walked alongside one another ever since.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my Grade 7 soccer team from 1980. I remember the names of all these guys. If I bumped into any of them I’d drop what I was doing to spend time with them, and I'd help them out if they needed help. But there is no way I am walking into a room full of 90 people from high school 40 years ago.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV-5KkC1socDOzPzzKj6UDpFPUdDMEYeCFhuAjbiNFDX48okSAT8KMiMDTkUwr6tSachqb9uOlROVOOS8FatcjrnAQhTTXz7O7H2nXIeeF3YuMMMU9coAviXGYaDjkU2qowMVgIzBItrWotC9fqTl6VIp1IwJ1QxFUbPqDFq9sVHjhlq-Z9U/s2048/BHS_grade_7_soccer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV-5KkC1socDOzPzzKj6UDpFPUdDMEYeCFhuAjbiNFDX48okSAT8KMiMDTkUwr6tSachqb9uOlROVOOS8FatcjrnAQhTTXz7O7H2nXIeeF3YuMMMU9coAviXGYaDjkU2qowMVgIzBItrWotC9fqTl6VIp1IwJ1QxFUbPqDFq9sVHjhlq-Z9U/w606-h418/BHS_grade_7_soccer.jpeg" width="606" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And no, I don't know why the soccer team posed with a volleyball.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-22521095495068315362022-12-02T09:32:00.005+11:002022-12-27T15:35:10.273+11:00World Cup Boycott Exemption<span style="font-family: georgia;">I decided a few years ago I would have to boycott the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar. For all the reasons that are quite well-known. My main reason is that it was awarded fraudulently to a nation completely unsuited to hosting the event that was put out to tender. And all the other scandals, injuries and deaths that followed flow from that. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Once awarded the summer World Cup, Qatar said "oh it will be too hot so we'll do it in winter" and FIFA said oh sure, we'll just get every league in the world to have a massive mid season break. So Qatar imported thousands of guest workers to build eight stadiums in their small country.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">My boycott has been pretty hard, especially missing Australia's games - they have won two out of three (I expected one draw at best). I'm avoiding the football podcasts I would usually listen to, not reading about it; just denying FIFA my eyes and ears as much as I can.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Does this do anyone any good? It's just a line in the sand for myself really. The absence of this massive quadrennial event in my personal memory will be a reminder of what is important to me. Football has been <i>very</i> important since I started playing as a kid but integrity and human rights have to come before football. That's my personal standard and I do not mean to impose it on anyone else.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">But – I have been imposing it on my family. Marcus is going away in March, and chances to do things together are precious. He has been watching Australia's games on his own; and now we have our biggest match since 2006 he wants to watch it with me. He went off and did some research on who is doing good work on human rights in the Middle East, and he suggested we both donate to Amnesty International, then watch the game.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">So that's it, for as long as Australia continue in the World Cup I will be treating it as pay-per-view. We play Argentina on Sunday morning our time – go Socceroos!</span></div>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-2510683544324436982022-11-15T16:43:00.002+11:002022-11-15T16:43:10.201+11:00Boa Vista Road<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is Boa Vista Road in New Town, five minutes drive from the centre of town. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFRQXlY-z1lqytkBOQGiFA1zCjQ9Oy0oy1pu2x2Plh2Aj9NGB-4oUlqphkh0aEYEx7g5TspgeA4mUqNtoRsj7XAlgbQWx6z2u5EASNYW18xxwdMnINdQvuQMpp8EjzXgzS_pNS4rXNCBK2fVGvCfmlQWZsOrneWl7PFcZHTkDJbz9nJlqy_c/s4032/20221104_134838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFRQXlY-z1lqytkBOQGiFA1zCjQ9Oy0oy1pu2x2Plh2Aj9NGB-4oUlqphkh0aEYEx7g5TspgeA4mUqNtoRsj7XAlgbQWx6z2u5EASNYW18xxwdMnINdQvuQMpp8EjzXgzS_pNS4rXNCBK2fVGvCfmlQWZsOrneWl7PFcZHTkDJbz9nJlqy_c/w477-h225/20221104_134838.jpg" width="477" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I catch a bus up this way in my lunch hour sometimes and walk back into the city. The bushy hill is the Queens Domain. This road corkscrews up, over, down and around to the right to meet Park Street. A few metres beyond Park Street is the busy Brooker Highway. Then above that Cleary's Gates Road runs through the bush (lined with parked commuter cars). And even further up the hill is the jogging loop track.</span></p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Q15bC8_wivMkj46Y8zeVWz9x4yIEtvmDzETE0KFhmouEP4QW2vegH-TrTZdaUsAND3OGg8OnheYcRNZ-zA2QsDrFKVg5SqmxoK-wA_jztNMuKHFvEKoGD7ane9kQ5Djlp_u2hvNUezeMKGVK9Xew8SjNwptuv4yiQ2AzKiCTDhrA214iSyU/s904/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-15%20at%204.12.54%20pm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="862" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Q15bC8_wivMkj46Y8zeVWz9x4yIEtvmDzETE0KFhmouEP4QW2vegH-TrTZdaUsAND3OGg8OnheYcRNZ-zA2QsDrFKVg5SqmxoK-wA_jztNMuKHFvEKoGD7ane9kQ5Djlp_u2hvNUezeMKGVK9Xew8SjNwptuv4yiQ2AzKiCTDhrA214iSyU/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-15%20at%204.12.54%20pm.png" width="305" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I like doing these urban landscapes and like most artists I shuffle the cars out of the scene because they spoil it. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFsMcyN6CCwMlneuUW3PNFcQx6sjcPmRL0_P2fqsoWkfo5sYYPCydBLZBHUY9ncD8LzrbEIbqfigVXQY2slgdNzLlLRlh7kUkZmHhBxgWwIFMJGtpCNipfNoOd5TRvahr3rMmVgHAIIEc1IMCKT4FVYmnRT2QKkMT9r8H0GnnblV1qPOmZWc/s1635/boavista_blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="1635" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFsMcyN6CCwMlneuUW3PNFcQx6sjcPmRL0_P2fqsoWkfo5sYYPCydBLZBHUY9ncD8LzrbEIbqfigVXQY2slgdNzLlLRlh7kUkZmHhBxgWwIFMJGtpCNipfNoOd5TRvahr3rMmVgHAIIEc1IMCKT4FVYmnRT2QKkMT9r8H0GnnblV1qPOmZWc/s320/boavista_blue.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHa-PKWOYPAgLMbbPgRGjOwUt3iYqMlbaig3A3ElofLWxS6tsFIpkHocG8X06uM5138F7kam8NtIwANUAAj9EjE6HGYPiLhkAV_ElIJvc08tg0qYFxN02mvqG8CQMrpw2Fnc0nZSty9i3kJZH6Idjah8J0WzTvqTRmKK06QlJ3LIRNTpqoTw/s1635/boavista_red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="1635" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHa-PKWOYPAgLMbbPgRGjOwUt3iYqMlbaig3A3ElofLWxS6tsFIpkHocG8X06uM5138F7kam8NtIwANUAAj9EjE6HGYPiLhkAV_ElIJvc08tg0qYFxN02mvqG8CQMrpw2Fnc0nZSty9i3kJZH6Idjah8J0WzTvqTRmKK06QlJ3LIRNTpqoTw/s320/boavista_red.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I took these progress pics as I went. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The red and blue one is the source for the animation below.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_bXtKPaUZPiM0g59dJKAbatMTUlfUz8l_o5agpRNoRy-fGhmNf2_Bk_nN-UIcnaM2fp8WJRy3y_6uE29Y8AmMuRgxYwSXktmiPnV9YZu8aNWuFwi6VEq7g6IAHBMl9YDZVgPQ0K_VnEOFQNem0M34hQjUh1iV2NldAc_dFoXtIhIEG2yrtY/s1908/20221108_222856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1805" data-original-width="1908" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_bXtKPaUZPiM0g59dJKAbatMTUlfUz8l_o5agpRNoRy-fGhmNf2_Bk_nN-UIcnaM2fp8WJRy3y_6uE29Y8AmMuRgxYwSXktmiPnV9YZu8aNWuFwi6VEq7g6IAHBMl9YDZVgPQ0K_VnEOFQNem0M34hQjUh1iV2NldAc_dFoXtIhIEG2yrtY/s320/20221108_222856.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the finished painting above, an old homestead snoozes in a quiet street with apparently untouched bush in the background - a total lie! I like an uncluttered landscape. But at the same time I really love the way the movement of a car across the surface of the earth can highlight the topography. </span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASoSRP0mBqtLCE9gtZY2MK1RZ-JCdl86Jl1j6NPD2liqDuaHp51dvVSIa0s_Gv3E1Kk_fDARhdKZBKotIKD_O7WHgvTqjUy7cEXS2GVCC6pTkpgpNN5clSIc89B94O6Daed-Tul6z7sjgfqW6dDFjSh6FSepqb_Xb9slUxc-Oy-_ZqW24tt4/s500/BoaVista%20+%20Fiat%20v3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASoSRP0mBqtLCE9gtZY2MK1RZ-JCdl86Jl1j6NPD2liqDuaHp51dvVSIa0s_Gv3E1Kk_fDARhdKZBKotIKD_O7WHgvTqjUy7cEXS2GVCC6pTkpgpNN5clSIc89B94O6Daed-Tul6z7sjgfqW6dDFjSh6FSepqb_Xb9slUxc-Oy-_ZqW24tt4/s320/BoaVista%20+%20Fiat%20v3.gif" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don't know where I am quite going with these experiments. This may just be too noisy with too much squiggle. My boss years ago said one project coming up "might suit your 'crappy style'" and I've always thought fondly of that. At least I have a style.</span>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-9795760025310590802022-11-15T15:59:00.001+11:002022-11-15T16:57:46.062+11:00Cement mixer on an overpass, 1991<p> When I lived in Melbourne in 1990-91 I went out to Sale on the train to visit my friends Phillip and Andrea. It was about a three-hour trip. I must have been in a particularly visually suggestive mood because I saw two things that have stuck with me.</p><p>One was Loy Yang power station. I had it etched on my brain afterwards. I cranked out a series of drawings and paintings and eventually had an exhibition in 1996 of variations on the theme of a simple scene: land, sky, monolith with lit windows, and four chimneys belching steam. (It wasn’t etched in my brain very accurately because Loy Yang does not have four chimneys).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48mMBHCGH17t1YKj9trdohokH3rn3ED8s_SMF4T4o5yLhMb5mAYDPEltjkRelfvd6kl4q1mxCaK1TpXDwyaM0QPM3Ni6x9vGol-NxnzRoVw0sdkM-l2CykWE5h1HDX86SYpgWsN3i8gwcdQ3kglontshz3qhbeKiE_nm4FLzpQTXp1YmKCU4/s613/powerstation_3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="613" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48mMBHCGH17t1YKj9trdohokH3rn3ED8s_SMF4T4o5yLhMb5mAYDPEltjkRelfvd6kl4q1mxCaK1TpXDwyaM0QPM3Ni6x9vGol-NxnzRoVw0sdkM-l2CykWE5h1HDX86SYpgWsN3i8gwcdQ3kglontshz3qhbeKiE_nm4FLzpQTXp1YmKCU4/s320/powerstation_3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can safely say I've got that image out of my system now. The other thing I saw was a cement mixer approaching the train line on an overpass. Its barrel was revolving as it drove along. As my carriage went under the overpass, the cement mixer passed overhead. That’s it. But … it was beautiful. It was like ballet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don’t have any interest in making narrative film but I have a real itch to film and animate scenes like this. It has only just occurred to me that I can literally Blutak my phone to the car window and capture reasonably smooth and useable footage for projects like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dycH5GCkO1Hp-_zFw95obzY1UhbqSHdK1nzdS16y_hNhqmdruM08NeQzXzQincXTSO5m1v8h4D7Cus' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In 1998 I had a second exhibition of drawings and two short film clips. I shot this footage with a borrowed video camera riding in a car with Mum (<i>North West</i>) and in the tray of Nick’s ute (<i>North Hobart</i>). It's painful to recall how ignorant I was and so how work-intensive my methods were.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxDwzRPMAPupCCcif1DFXDdcZOEaVL69c_Y_8DhqqBrxwk7jl12Hw4BlNYZWePEcd56Rf_LT1pwRdU' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyzhDEAtH8GywjIKCV5Wh-_DW6b1seuMIz0K66T6PGlDyk6PlkJ_vwW85hQ7sAPRonnaRzY88SZtW4' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I feel ready to throw myself into some new experiments in movement.</div><p><br /></p>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-41536673282973522262022-11-11T14:17:00.004+11:002022-11-11T22:35:05.320+11:00After Twitter<p>I spend a lot of time on Twitter; I post maybe 5 times a day on average. Just little observations in the main. I don't know how many followers I have, but I have good friends I met there and in most cases have never met in real life. The ones I have met; Josh and Sean and John and Craig and Dugald and Andy and Andy and Cheryl and Sue and Christine and Belinda and John and <u>Dave</u> and very briefly Ryan – all lovely people. All add value and meaning to my day.</p><p>It's a last day of Grade 12 vibe in there at the moment as everyone exchanges addresses, and we’re nervous and excited and sad. Elon Musk has purchased Twitter and rapidly driven it out into a paddock where it’s got four flats, smoke coming from the engine and the diff ripped out on a tree stump. Who saw that coming?! [Everyone].</p><p>The good thing if Twitter dies is I will maybe spend more time here expanding thoughts into larger forms and getting more practice actually communicating an idea in writing. The bad thing is communities will fracture, many people and groups and organisations and movements will lose their main or only voice.</p><p>Australia's soft plastics recycling industry has just gone public with the fact that they stopped recycling 6 to 9 months ago and have just stockpiled every bread bag I have given them since. This is dreadful news but it has also made me look at yesterday-me from before the news broke and say to him "<i>oh you thought it was that easy eh? Buying everything in plastic is fine because the recycling fairies will turn it into park benches for old fellows to sit and play chess</i>".</p><p>Similarly this rapid disintegration of something I had come to rely on too much for news, friendship, ideas and novelties has got me thinking "<i>Oh you thought it was that easy eh? One website for touching farewells to beloved pets and news snark? And interacting with your favourite musos? And jokes?</i></p><p>A lot of us are going to have to work a lot harder to stay connected, stay informed, stay amused. But hard work is good, right? And Elon Musk, who in many ways is a world-historical idiot, is down $44 billion. Worse things happen.</p>Chris Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700642814924759868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594201.post-58651187198952975472022-10-31T21:02:00.004+11:002022-11-01T09:25:42.982+11:00A couple more paintings/drawings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So I am continuing to bang out these very small drawings and paintings. I have finally reached a lull in the freelance work (that has been a surprisingly big thing in the last 6 months). So the time is there, and the motivation(s).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gifts for friends. I can slot these into the little 7cm square books I found at Artery, with some ephemera and nonsense.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Instagram. I think some of these are nice and they tie in (and are often based on) the photos I post all the time of landscapes and buildings and weird corners. And I love to have a nice <a href="https://www.instagram.com/4boat4boat/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> profile to scroll back through but I also enjoy the positive comments which are nice without being too gushy. I don't think I'd ever make a thing of posting art on Twitter or Facebook – which are places for arguing (T) and getting rid of furniture (F).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">It just feels good to be making art, and this is low-stress, low-cost and very portable. Work is quiet at the moment and because the whole kit takes up hardly any space I can easily squeeze in a bit of a paint at my desk. Living the dream! </span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am trying not to second-guess the whole posting-to-Insta-and-enjoying-approval thing. Whatever gets you making art is good, right?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The wide paintings below are about 130mm x 65mm, designed to be cut in half* or folded and slotted into the little square scrapbooks.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDBLILBQWucAPhuSg66bCvd84048coxlSXyDNCVwLRQrciZMHQkdsdNwQSoHu8OcYOxHnLM0qUyPF8r7M9pviyT3-G4iM3l8BDLa3K9uGCBmYao1MyWZXpZRy2hessuaduDDrLw/s1600/1667196316113744-0.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Bowen Rd, Lutana and Mt Direction</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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