Was great to see Leila again - she was last here about a year ago - although she was pretty busy working for most of the time. Came back from the last surf ski training session and she had cooked us dinner though - nice.
Bhanglassi had a chilled out practice session at Mike and Rache's flat, not far from us, on Thursday night, followed by dinner cooked by guest bassist Matt - risotto with scallops...mmmmm... They're sounding pretty good these days - if only they'd get their arses into gear and book themselves a proper gig somewhere!
Friday we had intended to go to the full moon drumming session, which happens on the cliffs between Bondi and Tamarama (once a month, surprisingly enough) - but were just too tired by the time we got home. Quite poor really - have to go next month instead.
In fact, this weekend was rather characterised by sleep. I got up for the 8.30 swim session at the beach on Saturday - supergood - caught 3 waves and nearly won one of the surf races because of it! Returned feeling pretty tired and went back to bed - Alex hadn't noticed that any time had passed in between me leaving and returning! Hot and sunny, so we spent most of the early afternoon lazing around the balcony with the papers. Then deceided we ought to do something, and caught the bus to Watson's Bay. Here there is a famous fish restaurant called Doyle's, established about 100 years ago, so pretty old for Australialand. Just made it before they stopped serving lunch at 3pm, and had fish & chips (v. nice, but priced for tourists) and a bottle of rose in front of the little beach (inside the harbour). Had a lot of fun people-watching - especially the rich people with yachts and pink shirts. Took a walk up to the South Head afterwards - the southern side of the entrance to Sydney Harbour, to walk it off a bit, and then came back down for an ice-cream in the park afterwards. I fell asleep on the bus on the way home, and then we passed out for a couple of hours when we actually got back, only to be woken by a phone call from Carol and David "hoping to catch us before we went out for Saturday night"!
Sunday morning wasn't characterised by sleep - got up and drove to the Opera House so I could do the Harbour Swim. Was much more confident than last year, and it felt like I went a lot faster, but I only shaved 1m02s off my time, to finish in 30.46. Back for a swim at Bondi, as it was very hot and sticky out of the water, where Alex did some proper hardcore swimming, and then got stung by a bluebottle. Ah well. Back home, had some lunch, and then I passed out on the sofa for a couple of hours, before we got up to start our trip over to Manly (back to Circular Quay to get the ferry) for Andy and Kristin's barbecue in the evening. Which was great.
A fairly touristy weekend, all in all - Bondi Beach, Doyle's, Opera House, Bondi Beach, Manly. Excellent.
And back to the Opera House on Monday evening, to see the Gotan Project. It felt a little odd to be watching in a formal concert setting, but they were really good, and the stage show was cool. Not a bad Monday night really!
Bhanglassi had a chilled out practice session at Mike and Rache's flat, not far from us, on Thursday night, followed by dinner cooked by guest bassist Matt - risotto with scallops...mmmmm... They're sounding pretty good these days - if only they'd get their arses into gear and book themselves a proper gig somewhere!
Friday we had intended to go to the full moon drumming session, which happens on the cliffs between Bondi and Tamarama (once a month, surprisingly enough) - but were just too tired by the time we got home. Quite poor really - have to go next month instead.
In fact, this weekend was rather characterised by sleep. I got up for the 8.30 swim session at the beach on Saturday - supergood - caught 3 waves and nearly won one of the surf races because of it! Returned feeling pretty tired and went back to bed - Alex hadn't noticed that any time had passed in between me leaving and returning! Hot and sunny, so we spent most of the early afternoon lazing around the balcony with the papers. Then deceided we ought to do something, and caught the bus to Watson's Bay. Here there is a famous fish restaurant called Doyle's, established about 100 years ago, so pretty old for Australialand. Just made it before they stopped serving lunch at 3pm, and had fish & chips (v. nice, but priced for tourists) and a bottle of rose in front of the little beach (inside the harbour). Had a lot of fun people-watching - especially the rich people with yachts and pink shirts. Took a walk up to the South Head afterwards - the southern side of the entrance to Sydney Harbour, to walk it off a bit, and then came back down for an ice-cream in the park afterwards. I fell asleep on the bus on the way home, and then we passed out for a couple of hours when we actually got back, only to be woken by a phone call from Carol and David "hoping to catch us before we went out for Saturday night"!
Sunday morning wasn't characterised by sleep - got up and drove to the Opera House so I could do the Harbour Swim. Was much more confident than last year, and it felt like I went a lot faster, but I only shaved 1m02s off my time, to finish in 30.46. Back for a swim at Bondi, as it was very hot and sticky out of the water, where Alex did some proper hardcore swimming, and then got stung by a bluebottle. Ah well. Back home, had some lunch, and then I passed out on the sofa for a couple of hours, before we got up to start our trip over to Manly (back to Circular Quay to get the ferry) for Andy and Kristin's barbecue in the evening. Which was great.
A fairly touristy weekend, all in all - Bondi Beach, Doyle's, Opera House, Bondi Beach, Manly. Excellent.
And back to the Opera House on Monday evening, to see the Gotan Project. It felt a little odd to be watching in a formal concert setting, but they were really good, and the stage show was cool. Not a bad Monday night really!
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