Marryatville Wednesday, 26th September, 2007
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In between the odd house-sitting gig, Helen and I have been mostly living with Helen’s very accommodating mum at her lovely house in Marryatville. She’s got a beautiful, incredibly green garden, which backs onto a little creek:
Margaret’s back garden, with the blossoms about to open.
She lives next to a school, so her normally quiet little street is a madhouse when school starts or finishes. Naturally the road is a school zone, which means the speed limit is 25km/hr whenever there are children present. Luckily, however, the school zone finishes right at the end of the street. About 1 metre from the end of the road. Where, according to the street sign, you’re allowed to do the normal speed again – 50 km/hr!
Bureaucracy gone mad in Marryatville.
Image credits: Mike on Flickr
Ultrasound Thursday, 13th September, 2007
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The first ultrasound picture.
Helen and I are pregnant! Sure, she gets to do most of the work by herself, and she gets to feel the kicking from the inside. But I figure it’s a team effort. (more…)
The Great Ocean Road Tuesday, 11th September, 2007
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The view along Australia’s Great Ocean Road.
A few months ago, on the way to Adam and Dee’s wedding, I took a road trip from Adelaide to Melbourne along the Great Ocean Road. Well, it actually starts off as the Princes Highway and only becomes the Great Ocean Road once it gets closer to Melbourne. I used to think that that part of the road was romantically called the “Princess Highway” – that’s what it sounds like, of course – but when I grew up I discovered it was named for the then Prince of Wales when he visited in 1920. I would have called it the “Prince’s Highway”, but for some reason it doesn’t have an apostrophe. I suppose there weren’t enough greengrocers in the highway department at the time.
The coastal region between Adelaide and the Victorian border is called the Limestone Coast. According the tourism website, it is “a scene of alluring beauty, changing colour, thriving contrasts, wild coastlines, unique wetlands, underground wonders and welcoming locals.” I guess that’s pretty accurate. (more…)
