Sunday 27 March 2011


A cup of coffee after our walk from around the back of Cronulla station to the point with Bundeena on our right , then on to the shops.  Lovely short walk just what I wanted and there's John in the background of the cups.  Only stayed at computers for a short time due to my cough but its now on the mend.  John had the week off and did lots of odd jobs about the house.

Sunday 20 March 2011

It was one of the work guys 50th birthday on Friday and here are John and Curly celebrating at a very nice pub in Newtown.
A movie - The Rite with Anthony Hopkins-on God versus the devil was very interesting.  It was at the end of the movie that they said  that there are 14 catholic exhortists still working in the USA today.
An official tour of the ABC studios showed us radio and tv studios plus the make up room with the off shoot of the special effects area and paraphernalia.  One of the childrens shows was being recorded but we only saw the rehearsals and left before they actually did the shows.  It was a couple of informative hours.
In the Outback Heros talk this week it was on Teamsters, Bullockies and transport. Teamsters preferred bullocks to horses as they were cheaper to buy and to maintain.  They blazed the trail, took enormous risks and endured great hardship.  Each bullock of the team had a name and their directions were usually given by whip or walking beside the leading bullock.
The SMSA author talks only last a hour and this week it was Kate Matthew, a historian and writer living in the Blue Mountains.  She is conducting research on Governesses in Australia and they were not always the prim and proper figures that literature would have us to believe.

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Often I enter competitions but as they are few and far between, its very lucky to win something.  I wanted to see the Annie Leibovitz exhibition at the Museum of Contempory Art and now have two free tickets, a huge book on the photos between 1990 - 2005 plus three different bottles of Bimbadgen wines.  We'll go on the weekend otherwise during the week if John has a day off.
I was able to go on two walks last week, Old Cremorne Wharf to Milsons Point and the other from Scrarborough Beach to Thirroul.  At 7 -8 kms each it was great walking especially as the Harbour walk was in great weather.    At Coledale,which is the beach between Scarborough and Thirroul, the tide was up so we had to walk up on the cliffs instead of rock hopping around.  Maybe next time.   

Sunday 6 March 2011

John is holding the wine decanter we bought for Rodney and Jo as a wedding present. I know its a month away but we thought it better to give now than taking it to the reception. 
On Monday the talk at Edgecliff was on swagmen and hawkers, plus the publican, the piano tuner, blacksmith and cobbler.
The author Noeline Kyle spoke about her book - Constance Emilie Kent & the Road Murder on Tuesday.  Constance, they say she murdered her half-brother in the UK, then after serving her time came out to Australia and became a popular and respected nurse with her past well hidden.
I saw the movie Rabbit Hole with Nicole Kidman which was about the loss of a child.  Unfortunately I'm sure Nicole Kidman has had plastic surgery or something done to her top lip, as she seemed to be pouting allot.
Spent a few hours at the ABC studios on Thursday where we sat though two sessions of Tuesday Book Club being filmed.  Lots of fun.
The Gardening Club was held here yesterday with us sitting down the back and talking of things growing or how to resurrect our gardens from the scorching we had.  I was able to share the water plants as we had cleaned out the fish pond and re potting the plants.  Also I bought 4 more goldfish so that's makes 5 now.