Did you hear I went to Australia?

A week ago I was on a beach in northern Australia. I spent yesterday trying to figure out whether the city of Macon can get out of a multi-million-dollar deal to build a convention center hotel.

Where's a good lawyer when you need one?

Eight minutes of video from my trip. The song is Chest Fever, originally by The Band, done here by Widespread Panic.


She was just here. Now she can't be here no more.

Aussie slideshow, take 2

I changed the music and it seems to work. I went with Party at Your Mama's House.

Again, I hope to do a better job eventually, labeling things so you can tell what you're looking at, for example. Also I shot some video (a koala attacked several small children) and I've got some stuff from the Great Barrier Reef on another camera.

Generally speaking the slideshow goes: Sydney -> Wollongong -> Jenola Caves -> Blue Mountains -> Tasmania -> Melbourne -> Great Ocean Road -> Brisbane.

Clicked my heels three times and everything

I spent 24 hours yesterday either on an airplane or in an airport. And this morning I remembered the pilot light's out on my hot water heater.

But it's nice to be home.










Along the Great Ocean Road in southern Australia.

Just read the back of, this post card

I fly home tomorrow, which is Sunday, and arrive in Los Angeles 7 hours before I leave Brisbane.

Something tells me I'll be up to solving all the world's problems come Monday.

The picture below is the southern cross, which I'm sure can be looked up on Wikipedia, probably under Crosby, Stills and Nash. It's on the Aussie flag, in fact.

I took the picture from a horse ranch outside of Sydney. Many more pictures and movies to come... eventually.

If any of my new Aussie or traveling friends (who of course I've plied mercilessly with this blog address) are reading: I've had a wonderful time and thank you for your hospitality and company.

Take care.

Mom and Dad, I'm OK

Love ya.

And greetings from Australia, my kinda place.