Taken on a recent trip to South Coast in a area I hadn’t visited before. It has some breath taking scenery including Coolangatta Estate which includes a winery dating back to the early 1800’s a site of the first European settlement on the South coast. It’s a nice area of the coastline that has not been ravaged by development. The same can’t be said of for other parts of the country that once had pristine beaches.
I have to admit my vintage in liking the original version of this song but this is something else. In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, the Canadian astronaut Commander Hadfield on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video of his own custom version of David Bowie’s classic. It’s believed to be the first music video made in space, according to NASA. Being a fan of both I couldn’t resist posting it here.
This was Canberra’s gift to itself for the Centenary celebrations. Personally I think another big party on the Lake would have been better received. However it was commissioned to a former Canberra artist Patricia Piccinini by the ACT Government to design the balloon for Canberra’s 100th birthday. With a $300K price tag something more conventional might have sufficed, like a huge candle on top of Parliament house. However judge for yourself on its artistic merit.
While I have had various Nissan Z models over the years I like this as much as the first one I had. A lil bit of tweaking to get the audio up to spec and now it does everything except make coffee & cook toast. The best fun with these cars is cruising up a mountain crossing with lots of curves and corners. A careful blend of muscle & sports car performance. I just love it!
But there is another Nissan I like even better, check it out. AMS GTR
This story has a personal family connection which I was not aware of until recent months. It relates to peace keepers being killed while on missions overseas yet being neglected by the Australian War Memorial for their service. If they can construct a memorial with every name of those killed in 9/11 and Bali. Surely the fitting place for active servicemen and women losing their life while serving on missions abroad deserves the same honor at the War Memorial. Story featured on the Project
Link to the story below, would be grateful to anyone who agrees to sign the petition to lobby the government to include those names of the fallen.
Update on this post: Thanks to all who signed the petition it helped bring a successful outcome. Video
Just viewed the ad for the new mercedes model released later in the year and of course I WANT ONE! So this gets added to my bucket list along with a bunch of other things I never tick off.
The city I live in hosts it’s centenary year in 2013 with lots of events planned during the year. I hope to make it to the ones appealing to me. Although I notice there is a web site registering 100 things locals like about living here which will be compiled after the votes are tallied in March. But on my list of favorite things is the walk around Canberra Lake Burley Griffin foreshores. It can be congested at times with cyclists but if you go early enough it’s a walk you have without noticing you have done it.
As the US presidential Elections are fast drawing to a close I thought I would throw my hat into the ring on who will win. At the risk of offending some it has been my opinion that Obama will win a second term. Not because he is Mr Marvellous but basically because the other side of the argument has been hi-jacked by, “The Tea Party” movement. This gives the Republicans little room to move towards sanity during an Economic crisis. I thought Romney would have been a better candidate 2008 but that didn’t pan out. Only now for a guy who did have some decent ideas has been forced to shelve them due to these extremist views infiltrating the Republican movement.
This was taken from a visit to Griffith over the past week which is now the center of attention regarding the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and water rights. The main entry road into the town displayed some interesting ways of using oranges without eating them. I wonder how long those displays will survive before someone wants to taste.
It’s blossom time again in my city with the annual Floriade festival which comes around
every spring. Only this spring has seen some wild weather in the past week with everything from massive downpours on the East Coast to snow in places where they never get snow. But all the same when the sun finally comes out it makes for a very scenic walk or bike ride around the Lake at this time of year.
