Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Experience true light

M and I had a great weekend away at Vincentia. Had a wonderful meal on Friday night at Faro Bianco restaurant - I had the chilli mussels - excellent value for $18. Very quiet in town.

 

The weather was warm and wet on Saturday when we went to the market.

 

I've never seen so many sea anemones.

 

Random sea anemones

 
 

Thursday, December 13, 2012

How bad can a secret Santa gift be?

Answer: very bad indeed.

The worst photo frame ever
 

Monday, December 10, 2012

Dust on the spokes

Took a ride in Mulligan's Flat on Sunday. Very different riding on dirt and gravel, but the scenery was great. We went a lot further into the park than we usually do, taking the track into Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve.

Blue Devils
 

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Canberra Christmas shopping - commenced

Had fun on Saturday afternoon with a friend checking out the Handmade Markets and the new hipster hot spot, Lonsdale Street traders in Braddon. Between these two locales we tried some wonderful wild berry sorbet and pecan and coconut gelati at Gelati Joe's. A fun afternoon but we didn't quite make it to the new fancy Lifeline - Hipsley - because like so many things in Canberra it closed way too early. At least the Designer Op Shop across the road had a more sensible closing time for a Saturday afternoon so close to Christmas.

 

Friday, December 7, 2012

Welcome to Christmas

Work Christmas do number 1 today - the department party. Kinda like a distant cousin's wedding. The food was surprisingly good, however. But more fun coming home and enjoying the sunset.

 

 

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Gift idea of the week

Want to guarantee a trip to emergency on Christmas Day? Or to find out which of your relatives has seen too many Monty Python films? You never realised what you've needed all along is a trebuchet.

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Chendol for a hot night.


Tonight we met a friend for dinner at Roti House. The food was great, especially the desserts. I had been keen to return to try the chendol, which is wonderful when the weather is hot. M had the banana roti which was also tasty. 
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