HANGING AROUND

Saw this painted on a wall on my walk into work this morning...

Snaaks. Ne?

AMANDLA MDC!

Having seen this BBC article on the recent incarceration and beating of Morgan Tsvangirai, I can't help wonder how our politicians manage to turn a blind eye to the tyranny of Robert Mugabe?

And at the same time, I can't help but appreciate what a luxury it is for me to be able to write that sentence without fear of persecution.

13 YEARS

13 years ago today I landed at a grey and chilly Heathrow, to live in the UK, full of youthful optimism about the future...

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME?

BUMMED

Just back from a month in Australia and New Zealand. Now Australia is gorgeous - but I was totally taken by New Zealand. Beautiful.

Bummer facing reality, though. I think it's going to take some getting used to.

Holiday highlights included (not necessarily in this order):

New Zealand:

• Long, lazy lunch in Auckland's Sky City revolving restaurant while people Sky Jump past the window!
• Hahei & Hot Water Beach
• Hamilton & Super 14 Rugby
  
• Rotorua & Boiling Mud & Erupting Geysers
  
• Lake Tahoe - when can I move there?! & Huka Falls
  
• 17km Tongario Crossing in 7 hours
• Waitomo Caves and Glowworms
• Hakas & Hangis
• Cirque du Soleil

Australia:

• Family days & lunches/dinners
  
• Golfing marathon
• St Kilda & Acland Street
• Picnicing on the lawn of Yering Wine Station & Badger Weir
• Yarraville movies
  
• Discovering Tim Tams and Yering's Fortified Wine - insane!
• Lazing on the beach and swimming in Port Phillip Bay - beeeeautiful
• Ladies wot lunch on the Southbank
• Wineries & Strawberry tour of the Mornington Peninsula
• Melbourne Victory Soccer Club's 6-0 win (over Adelaide United) in the final
• Sitting next to a Melbourne Victory player on the flight home
  
• Birthdays
• Aussie Rules Footie at Telstra Dome (Cartlon stuffed the Essendon Bombers)
  
• My favourite Niece & Nephew's swimming lesson
• The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) & Federation Square
• Ferrying to Williamstown and lingering over lunch
• Late night chats that put the world to rights
  
• Dining at the Port
• Jogging along the Maribyrnong River

Lekker. Lekker. Lekker.