Crazy thing the other day, woke up and lo-and-behold, there's a boat docked on our units jetty. Not so amazing you may think, and neither did I, but I though't I share that with you and use the aforementioned fact to segue into my next point - we now own a car.

Yes, I haven't dubbed it anything yet, but its blue, and round, and its smallish. Bit of a nana car, but no way near as nanaish as a certain persons Joinus - the most nana car I think I have seen, and the fact that one of my most petrol head friends had it as his only transport for a while, is like the icing on some cake made of glee.

So yeah, to fire off some specs - its a Daewoo Lanos, 3 door, 1.5 litre, 0-100 in god knows, with some sweet factory wheels accesorised by some scratched up hubcaps (them 10's not 20's).

But yeah, we got transport that we're happy to take on the motorway now, so it means we can get out and about a bit more. Looking forward to that.

Till next time...

A few pics of our place. It's pretty rad. Sweet view of the river and a good size. We're about 30 mins walk from town, and only 10 from the center of West End, which is the suburb we are in. In the middle of West End are plenty of cafes, shops, bars and theres all the things you need like banks, the post office and a shopping center. It's all good!





Theres more in my flickr set.

Since arriving in Brisbane, Clare and I haven't had a car. Occasionally we have had use of a car thanks to some generous work mates, and occasionally we have had generous work mates or generous new friends drive us to places. But on the whole, the amount of car use between Clare and I over the last two months is virtually nil.

Until recently that is, as we have now been lent a scooter by our boss. Oh yeah, thats right, I have my own toned down version of my childhood dream machine, a CBR250, in the form of a Kymo 49cc 'red dragon' (thats my nickname for it).

It doesn't start with the ignition each time so requires a kick start, but once you get the wind on your chest as you hoon at 50-60km (30-40 uphill), you forget all about that slight annoyance.

She'll easily fit Clare on the back, and thats good, cause we have two helmets on loan as well.

I must say, it's totally awesome. As I alluded to above, a motorbike was a childhood dream of mine, and when I got older, and more realistic with money/danger, I always thought a scooter would be pretty handy and heaps of fun too. But one problem with scooters and Wellington is the weather - and I can tell you categorically that there's no problem with that aspect in Brisbane.

And if the weather god does decide to send down the rains, its not accompanied with 100km winds, or 5 degrees celcius temperatures. So, who cares if you get a little wet.

I must say when I have to give this back to my boss in 5 weeks, I'll be a little disappointed, but we will probably have a car by then so maybe not. That said - I'll be keeping an eye out on eBay for some good deals.

Heres the red dragon: (click to go to flickr page):

Blogging huh.

It's a wierd pastime of the 00's (noughties, naugties, zeros, post nineties?) that people have taken on. It's also a very inconsistent one. This will be my 3rd attempt to regulary write one, and who knows how well it will go. Judging on the last two attempts, you should get a good 5 or so posts before I get over it.

The main reason I have decided to start this blog again, is due to my recent emigration from Wellington, New Zealand, to Brisbane, Australia.

Since I've been here, it's been a whole load of new experiences, yet without my crew of friends that I used to see so often, I've had no outlet to describe them.

And what better place to substitute my friends, than the tubes of the internets.

Anyway, I'm not claiming anything I write will be interesting. I just need an outlet...this is what you, the readers out there are, my brains waste disposal units.

Till next time.

Andrew