Channel-surfing through the channel nine special on Windsor Castle these past few weeks, I was surprised about how soothing it was hearing Brian Henderson’s voice on the TV. There was something reassuring about hearing the same voice every night, every time you switched on the channel nine news: something that’s been lost in the more …
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adventures in melbourne (part 2)
green eggs and salmon Originally uploaded by cafedave. (Read part one) On Sunday morning we headed to Brunswick St to go to our regular haunt – a cafe called Atomica. Since stumbling across this cafe a couple of years ago, kel and I have made a point of trying to visit it whenever we go …
Feuerzangenbowle
lighting the rum Originally uploaded by cafedave. A few of us gathered at erika and dave’s house for a Feuerzangenbowle – a German winter tradition involving rum, mulled wine, and a “sugar cone”; kind of like a sugar cube, but a lot larger. The sugar cone is doused with rum, and then lit; it burns …
adventures in melbourne part 1
crown – jump start Originally uploaded by cafedave. Having braved the early alarm, and made it to the bus stop with an unusually comfortable amount of time to spare, we reached the airport in plenty of time for our flight. A cautionary tale: just because the self-service baggage check-in calls itself “QuickCheck” doesn’t mean that …
we’re back
We made it safely back from melbourne, and had a great time. More detail to follow.
off to melbourne
spending the long weekend in melbourne: it will be pretty quiet here until then.
Safely Home.
big bowl Originally uploaded by cafedave. Home again, writing this post in the comfort of my new "dave"-sized tracksuit pants. Saw Kathy, Sean and Jenny (no Ian, though), Kel’s mum for her birthday, Trial Bay Gaol. Tried the Pub with No Beer for dinner, and it turned out to have beer, but no dinner. On …
safely in nambucca
The car has now broken through the 50,000kms barrier (we’ve added the most recent 30,000kms in the last year or so – not too shabby!), and is parked happily in front of kel’s mum’s new garden. It’s good to be back in Nambucca Heads: it’s starting to feel more home-like with every visit. All pretty …
another road trip
bandit Originally uploaded by cafedave. Another weekend, another road trip. This time – with the car window fixed with two days to spare – we’re heading north: first to see Kath and Ian and Sean (and Jenny!), and then to see Kel’s mum for her birthday (somewhere in her twenties, give or take). Will let …
3000th post
Here’s a milestone I’ve been anticipating since I moved from blogger with around 2500 posts: this post is (according to movable type) the 3000th post on this blog: that’s a lot of links, thoughts and caffeine. Any suggestions for future posts?