Indo 4 - Chillin' in Bali

the beach and Bintang

Indo 3 - temples and tourism

Indo 2 - In the Kampung

Indo 1 - Out and About

cuteness (yes I know they are bats)


Ammon's birthday

a beautiful addition....

things have been busy, so this is a bit late, but here are some photos of the gorgeous Ellie who was born to my dear friends Emma and Aidan on 30th June. (right on schedule in typical Emma fashion!)

What a cutie....I can't wait to meet her. Right now even Queensland seems too far away.

the happy family

moments in melbourne

captured moments in my beautiful adopted city

after the rain in Fitzroy North

double rainbow at the hockey

I couldn't be more in love with this house..... it's simply amazing

Melbourne Ice

The NHL may be over for this season, but that still leaves me with - guess what - AIHL!
Yes......while some may consider it crazy, Australia does indeed have an Ice Hockey League. And if Saturday's game is anything to go by - it's not so bad. Melbourne Ice is still top of the league after beating Newcastle on the weekend. It was a bit of a nailbiter though with the result being decided by penalty shoot-out. Happily I was able to witness a win at home and left quite content indeed to go out and enjoy a very pleasant Saturday evening of good food, wine, tunes and interesting people.

amen....

random house photos

the only images we managed to get from the last house party.

the new man in my life

who'd have thought I'd fall for a ginger?

george

finally.....Wedding photos

It's well over a month since the happy event that was Kristen and Greg's wedding, but that doesn't mean it's too late to put up the photos. What a great treat for us all to go down to the coast, dress up and celebrate this most excellent of pairings. It was just as fun as everyone imagined, starting from the moment the groom strode rock star like into the church (almost upstaging the bride). The church service was hilarious and really fit the mood of the happy couple who were in top form all day and night. Nice work guys!

the work contigent

the very happy couple

congrats guys!

Clap your hands say Yeah!

Thankfully I managed to fit a concert in amongst all the study - some things just have to take priority!
Read about on my music blog if you are interested.

offline.....

no I'm not dead....

just had no internet connection at home for a while (or a reliable one at work for that matter) and even if I did have the internet I would have not had time to post as Uni was going mental. the usual no sleeping for 72 hours at a time and all that. same old story every semester. Almost all done now which is a relief.....and then it's Indonesia time!

I have been too sad about the Canucks departure from the playoffs to really write much about it. At the moment it looks as though the Stanley Cup will go to Anaheim (who forced my fave boys out) as they are leading 3-1 to the Senators going into game 5 tomorrow. I'm not saying they can't come back (I would dearly love a Canadian team to take the title) but it's a pretty tough ask at this point. Unfortunately the Ducks are actually just playing a good game of hockey.
for what it's worth anyway - GO SENS!

Canucks to Round 2!!

It was an exciting game at home in GM place today but the Canucks are through to round two of the NHL playoffs!! YAY!!! The stars came out strong and led early, but in the end even super performing Stars goalie Turco couldn't hold the Canucks out. They managed to win 4-1 with goals from (Henrik)Sedin, Linden, Pyatt and Smolinski.The game winner really was the goal early in the third by sentimental fave Linden. As the Canucks home page will testify the stats show Trevor knows what he’ doing in game 7s. He has played in all of Vancouver’s game sevens in their history (nine in all) and has six goals and six assists in those - a new record for the Canucks in the playoffs! Of course I can't forget to mention Louie who performed consistently yet again - making some stellar saves in this his first playoff series. What a star this guy is.

CBC is streaming the games free in Canada - but unfortunately all of us internationals are still stuck with just internet radio!! aaargh. I hope this changes soon. I have to say though - hearing the roar of the home crowd tonight when the Canucks were taking it home still gave me goosebumps, so it's better than nothing. What an exciting way to finish round one. Am looking forward to the next game Wednesday night (Thurs 12 noon Aust EST time) when they take on the Ducks to kick off the next round. Go Canucks Go!!!

Human Sign at Sandringham

Despite some early morning rain threatening to hinder the event, more than 2000 people made it down to Sandringham on Sunday morning to show their support for climate change action. Many schools, action groups and community members got together and used their bodies to spell out the message "HALT CLIMATE CHANGE NOW!" (I was in the second E!) The event made ABC national news Sunday night, but if you missed it check out this article from today's Herald Sun. It's great to get such media coverage and to get so many people out on a weekend to make a strong statement about how concerned they are with the issue of climate change.
Let's hear it for grassroots action!