Sydney, Australia
Sydney, a great town.
Archive for June, 2004
John Wayne had small feet
John Wayne’s footprint at the Chinese Theatre.
Gloria Swanson’s star
“I know your face. You’re Norma Desmond. You used to be in pictures. You used to be big.”
“I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”
Bucket Fountain, Wellington
Long ago I promised I would put a photo of Wellington’s Bucket Fountain on the site:
Maori Art and other beautiful New Zealand things
A common site in rural NZ; charming colonial churches.
Perhaps not beautiful to everyone, but the Lampard flats in Upper Cuba Street, Wellington, were built by my Grandfather in the 1930’s.
Carving in the Meeting House at Te Papa, Wellington.
Tai Chi at sunset at Tahuna Beach, Nelson.
Wadestown, Wellington, from the ferry.
Sea change
Five days in Wellington from my parents living room window:
Grafitti in Wellington
Yahoo - 2GB
The good people at Yahoo have upgraded my POP mail service so that I now get 2GB of storage. If it wasn’t for the convenience of a mail client it almost defeats the purpose of using POP mail in the first place.
Shell Stoke lighters
One of the taonga (cultural treasures) I have brought back from the New Country (New Zealand):
The legendary Shell Stoke cigarette lighters! Interactive scratchie fun for everyone. Yes, I did drive all the way to Stoke to get some - they make great gifts; and yes, that is the real address.
Mozilla Firefox, One Tree Hill
New version of Mozilla Firefox - this one is called ‘One Tree Hill’, I presume it’s named after Auckland’s One Tree Hill , although there is a US soap of the same name .
