Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The last legs of the journey...

I have been here in Melbourne for a number of days now, since Sunday actually, and I havent even updated this blog, shame on me! To be fair things have been rather hectic since arriving, but its Australia day so im going to take it a little easier and get this done. So I suppose the best thing to do while I drink this horrible Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks and listen to The Flaming Lips would be continue from where I finished on my last update, so I will.

Thursday Morning, was a chilly morning, chillier then me and my partner had experienced in a long while anyways.

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Didn't seem to disturb my sisters puppy all that much, dawwww!

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Warmed up a bit once the sun came out, and as such we headed off out of Tamworth.

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But not before visiting the giant golden guitar, because you know, every tourist has to do that. Anyways, after checking out the guitar we left proper.

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Amazing countryside between Tamworth and Cessnock. Lots of vineyards and a pretty decent road. Shame it goes through so many little towns, slowed down the trip quite a bit.

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This was just sitting in a car park at Cessnock outside of where we decided to have lunch, I mean, isn't that where you would keep it?

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The toilet handles in Cessnock also have a sense of humour...

After stopping in Cessnock we pretty much powered right on through to Sydney, well, a suburb called Coogee. Pretty wicked place, right on the beach, well beaches, its got all your bases covered. Sandy beach? Got that. How about a rocky beach? Got that too.

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Heres the view from one of the fancier parts of the area, thats Wedding Cake Island in the distance, I guess its called that because Weddings are cool, so are cakes, and rocks are kind of cool?... I guess...

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This house was built literally on the side of the cliff, it was also huge, id almost call it a castle. Worth approximately a bajillion dollars.

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More views from around the area.

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Also here is a funny/cool looking building.

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And heres some benches, because i need a rest after all that typing...

Okay, im good to go again.

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This is Coogee beach itself, always heaps of people, but i guess thats understandable.

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Also worth noting is my uncle and aunts yard, so full of life. I love gardens like this, my imagination runs wild.

Me and my partner then went for a drive out to her god parents home in Blacktown, on the west side of Sydney.

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A different landscape all together.

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They had a lovely garden as well, just teaming with life, and spiders, oh god there were a tonne of spiders!

After our visit to my partners god parents it was time to drive to Canberra, a place that i had never been but had heard many stories about. The landscape outside of canberra was just amazing.

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Got some nice storm action too, that was cool.

Canberra itself was an unusual place full of plants and sculptures.

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I think this guy must have escaped from a Kirby game, cutest eagle ever.

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Honestly I think Canberra is the cleanest place I have ever been too and i would love to go back again some day.

While we were there we also went to the war memorial.

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Wicked old BMW

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Classic war time racism, great illustration tho.

After leaving Canberra we also stopped at a place called Holbrook, mainly because there was a giant submarine sticking out of the ground.

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Keep in mind this is the middle of nowhere.

After that I ran out of space on my camera sadly, but thats enough of that anyways. Trip is over and now im in Melbourne. So what am I doing now? Looking for work for one, and working on my first iPhone app for another, but more on that next time!

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Daniel Elliott is a contract flash developer, working on flash banner ads, microsites, iOS apps, television animation time lapse photography and music videos. This blog covers all of these areas, as well as the areas of local food and photography.