Alas, I have not fulfilled my goal to date a cello-playing yacht owner while in Sydney.
However, I have taken some photos of boats.
24 May, 2009
On Sydney Harbour
11 May, 2009
More sunset goodness
On the road trip in February we stopped in a just-a-loo-and-a-flat-space style campground right next to the airport at Moruya Heads. The airport is, I think, about a third of the size of my house! (My house is not big.)
Air traffic did not bother us as we slept.
06 May, 2009
02 May, 2009
Today I am enamored of
WOODEN ESCALATORS.
How cool are wooden escalators. I saw one for the first time yesterday in Wynyard train station, central Sydney. I stepped onto the escalator and immediately noticed that it was not only very noisy but also appeared to be made of wood. I bent down to touch it and confirm this suspicion and it was indeed correct. The rest of the way up, I continued to thoroughly investigate this wonder, reconfirming at least once that the steps were actually made out of wood, and peering over to see if the down escalator was the same! (It was!)
As you may or may not know, escalators make me uncomfortable. Somehow when I was quite young I heard stories about people (children specifically) being horribly maimed by escalators, and my vivid imagination led me to believe that they were unpredictable and dangerous, likely to lead to bloody dismemberment! It was a fullblown fear when I was a child, and for years after I was old enough to understand that no, escalators would not eat me if my foot touched the point of steps-going-under, I continued to go out of my way to avoid them.
But this wooden escalator. It looks much friendlier. Its teeth are bigger, which somehow makes it seem a bit less sinister. Its wooden rumble is really quite cheerful. Its age and lack of blood stains (bound to be obvious and enduring on wood!) made me feel safe.
How awesome are wooden escalators?
How cool are wooden escalators. I saw one for the first time yesterday in Wynyard train station, central Sydney. I stepped onto the escalator and immediately noticed that it was not only very noisy but also appeared to be made of wood. I bent down to touch it and confirm this suspicion and it was indeed correct. The rest of the way up, I continued to thoroughly investigate this wonder, reconfirming at least once that the steps were actually made out of wood, and peering over to see if the down escalator was the same! (It was!)
As you may or may not know, escalators make me uncomfortable. Somehow when I was quite young I heard stories about people (children specifically) being horribly maimed by escalators, and my vivid imagination led me to believe that they were unpredictable and dangerous, likely to lead to bloody dismemberment! It was a fullblown fear when I was a child, and for years after I was old enough to understand that no, escalators would not eat me if my foot touched the point of steps-going-under, I continued to go out of my way to avoid them.
But this wooden escalator. It looks much friendlier. Its teeth are bigger, which somehow makes it seem a bit less sinister. Its wooden rumble is really quite cheerful. Its age and lack of blood stains (bound to be obvious and enduring on wood!) made me feel safe.
How awesome are wooden escalators?
30 April, 2009
26 April, 2009
On Flickr, I'm still stuck in February...
Photos from the Twelve Apostles and other spots along the Great Ocean Road (so worth the drive if you ever have a chance!) are up on Flickr. So I still have maybe three more sets of February photos! And then March and April. Aaaaaaaaaaa!
Yesterday I spent the day winning $5 at two-up (a gambling coin toss game favoured by ANZAC forces in WWII and illegal on every day of the year except ANZAC Day, 25 April), eating delicious pie, and going to a crazy women in uniform party. Nine out of ten Alyssas consider it to have been a successful birthday, and we don't know what that last one is on about!
19 April, 2009
Sydney Library Redemption
Sydney City Library has redeemed itself in my eyes, even if I did have to pay a membership fee. They have copies of Audrey Niffenegger's visual novels, Three Incestuous Sisters and The Adventuress. Today I came upon them and immediately read both of them twice.
"Clothilde knows that the cause of headaches is birds using pieces of her hair to build their nests. Therefore, she saves all her hair in jars hidden in her closet. Despite this, she continues to suffer." - Audrey Niffenegger, Three Incestuous Sisters
They are whimsical picture books for adults. The art is brilliantly quirky, the text is so sparse there are lots of gaps for the images/imaginations to fill in. I can't wait for her second novel! (Her first, The Time Traveller's Wife, is one of my all-time favourites.)
There was live jazz floating down from the swanky cafe on the top floor of the library, so I hung out in the lobby to also read Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, just out of curiosity really--it's only about 50 pages long. But I loved it. The characters' voices are just right there. I should see the movie.
I had gone to the library looking for books on my Project Filling in the Gaps list; I came away with one from the list and seven others.
"Clothilde knows that the cause of headaches is birds using pieces of her hair to build their nests. Therefore, she saves all her hair in jars hidden in her closet. Despite this, she continues to suffer." - Audrey Niffenegger, Three Incestuous Sisters
They are whimsical picture books for adults. The art is brilliantly quirky, the text is so sparse there are lots of gaps for the images/imaginations to fill in. I can't wait for her second novel! (Her first, The Time Traveller's Wife, is one of my all-time favourites.)
There was live jazz floating down from the swanky cafe on the top floor of the library, so I hung out in the lobby to also read Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, just out of curiosity really--it's only about 50 pages long. But I loved it. The characters' voices are just right there. I should see the movie.
I had gone to the library looking for books on my Project Filling in the Gaps list; I came away with one from the list and seven others.
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