Clinging to the Fringes Cafe - Oz Drop In Centre.

A pleasure, Gus. Enjoy your game. & post a photograph of you in action.

Night night.

I have, Gus.


A usual sort of Monday, Msolga.



Yeccccchhhhh.....

How'd you like it, D?

A great deal - howsabout you?

I thought it had some remarkably funny moments. Such as the incredulity on Miles's face when he asked "Are you chewing gum!?"

Classic.

Jeez - you southern people live in crappy climate!

Magic weekend in Sydney - clear and blue and sparkling, and cold (and a bit windy!) Classic Sydney winters day! Brilliant on the tennis court. (except I wrecked my arm again!)

Monday - just the same I can see that from my office.

But I can't stand Sydney's humidity margo so I'm okay with cold winters if we get hot and dry summers. I like Darwin in August but can't stand it during the build-up. I might move to Hobart

But then you'll have cold summers, silly!

Let's just face it, this continent has many, many imperfections. The weather is downright ridiculous in most places, yes? So many other glaring imperfections, yet we stubbornly love the place. Do you suppose we've all got masochistic tendencies? :wink:

Hmmm - cold summers. That's a good point. I spent an Australia Day weekend in Hobart once and I had to force myself to drink the beer even though the weather was quite cool

But there's something magical about being in the outback msolga - every time I go out there I know that if I left Australia for good I would suffer the most terrible homesickness. Mind you I'm happy to get home again wtih all the conveniences and the sea but it's so special out there. That's one of the reasons I love this country.

Nah, forget Hobart, gf, I think Geelong would suit your requirements perfectly!

I'm a late convert to Oz. For years & years & years I really didn't know where the hell I belonged: Europe? Even though I was only one year old when we arrived here, I always felt a bit "European". Then, when I travelled to Europe (even to the very place where I was born) I felt very Australian. :
It's difficult to explain what it is that I love about Oz: partly it's recognizing that (coming from a long line of Ukrainian peasants!) that I wouldn't have had the opportunities in life that I have had, if my family stayed in Europe. I'm quite grateful, actually.
And my father, that great assimilator , had a lot to do with it, too. He was constantly drumming into us how very, very lucky we were to have arrived at a place where war & conflict were not constantly lurking in the background.
And (like all Oz city dwellers)I LOVE the Australian bush! Nothing like it! Beautiful, haunting, mysterious, serene!
The sheer hugeness of the continent, too! Once I took an express bus from Melbourne to Cairns ( Madness! ) & just couldn't believe how VAST the continent was!
Most of all, it's that sense of a country that's a work in progress. Now THAT is very exciting to be part of!

Hmm, that's quite a departure from talking about the weather, hey?
Anyone else have something to say?

Life sucks.

Don't worry, it's a temporary condition

msolga I know what you mean. I came here as a teenager. I was in my very early twenties when I was posted to an outback station and fell in love with the country immediately. I have to live in the city now but on those occasions when I can get back to all that red dirt it feels like home.

But I thought things were going very well for you , Deb ... with the new job & all.....

You came here as a teenager? Did you have a hard time of it, gf? I know folk who did in similar circumstances. But, on the credit side, having "dual vision" from knowing two different cultures well, can be a bonus down the track, I think. Makes for a very busy mind, though!
Then to get posted to the outback! There's a story there, I know it!

Too bad nobody else does.....

Landed on my 15th birthday. I was okay though, I got signed up in the first week at school for football/basketball/rugby/soccer and sport was the key to getting ahead so no problems there.

Outback postings - yes, many, many stories - like the time I arrested Santa Claus

Are you going to leave us hanging, gf?
You arrested Santa Claus? One of these days you've gotta tell that one!

I suspect santa was drunk and disorderly.......

But what about you, duckie? What is it?

You are a very difficult person to catch & talk to these days, Ms Wabbit! Some very speedy exits! :wink: