Thursday

Siding Spring Observatyory, outside Coonabarabran, NSW.

Wednesday

Otters, Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo NSW.

Tuesday

Monarch of the Glen, Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo NSW.

Monday

Icy morning (this is the car window) in Orange NSW.

Sunday

Tree swing, Orange NSW.

Saturday

Hat impro, Marrickville NSW.

Friday

Portion of publication, Gloria Jeans, Marrickville NSW.

Thursday

For the person who has everything, talking bird, K-Mart, Marrickville Metro, Marrickville NSW.

Wednesday

From this pic, you can understand why some people believe the Pavlova was created in New Zealand. (Well, it does look like a sheep - kind of.)

Tuesday

Home office, Marrickville. Starting to look through maps for places to visit next week.

Monday

Queen Victoria Building, Sydney CBD.

Sunday

At my work farewell dinner, my partner was presented with flowers - for her forebearance and support as I travelled with "the project" over the last year. It was a lovely gesture.

Saturday

Taronga Zoo, Sydney.

Friday

Mt Cook, New Zealand (file pic from our visit there last November).

Thursday

Sydney's Apple Store by night.

Wednesday

Fish eyes at a Chinese restaurant, Erina Fair, Gosford (file pic from the same day we saw KungFu Panda). The fish spent a lot of time just watching the people at the table - not sure the humans were aware they were under such intense scrutiny. The eyes are glowing because of the camera flash.

Tuesday

St Andrews Cathedral, Sydney CBD.

Monday

Stick insect, Leichhardt.

Sunday

City to Surf, 10 August, 2008. (Sooz and I were joined by Preston and his fiance Arlynn who were visiting from New Zealand. None of us ran.)

Saturday

Walkers, Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Friday

Homer's fashion sense and flair is unmistakable - and, some might say, much better than mine.

Thursday

Storm front over Sydney.

Wednesday

You have to watch out for these cables ... they have tiny little rows of "teeth". You have to hold them firmly behind the neck to avoid them, because once you get bitten by the technology bug - it's hard to get it out of your system.

Tuesday

These don't look like rose-coloured glasses when S is wearing them - but they do seem to be.

Monday

Hitting the wall at dusk.

Sunday

On the tiles at the Royal Exchange Hotel, Marrickville NSW.

Saturday

Fundraising trivia night at the Marrickville Golf Club. As well as the traditional trivia rounds, there were True/False rounds, and more non-conventional competitions such as "Who has the longest hair" as shown here. After adjusting for height, and a late, blonde, entrant, neither of the two contestants shown here won.

Friday

(Doubledecker) Bus stop, outside Marrickville's Royal Exchange Hotel (which, incidentally, has UConnect free internet access - as does Gloria Jean's Coffee, a few doors away on the next block. MRCafe, over the road and down half a block also has free internet access. Yes, we are well catered for.)

Thursday

Daily supplements.