the dust storm

i woke up this morning just before 6. the first thing i noticed when i opened my eyes, was this strange coloured light coming from a gap between my blinds.

this is what i saw and it totally blew me away.

for those of you in sydney, you will know this pic has not had any photoshopping at all – and no, my camera was not set to sepia mode.

it was absolutely phenomenal. apparently it has happened because we had strong winds blowing in from the south-west. it hasn’t rained out there in months and all the ground-cover has died off – leaving behind this dust that blew into sydney.

with all that is going on infront of our very eyes, i find it incredibly hard to imagine how the minds of climate change skeptics work. wake up people – we are all in a lot of trouble!

Edited: September 23rd, 2009

a shiny piss trough

nothing more to add, other than that i like the original tiling.

Edited: September 22nd, 2009

it’s so that blind people don’t get hit by cars

they glue it onto the footpath.

Edited: September 10th, 2009

hazardous marine creatures have been found in this area

this is the pool where i learned how to swim, mahon pool. i spend almost every day after school down here and loved exploring the inter-tidal reef – which was teeming with marine life.

i brought my 2 year old daughter down here to show her what i grew up with, with the hope that she will develop an understanding and respect of the sea and the life it supports.

i was shocked to find that pretty much all of the cunjevoi has been cut away – it is pretty much extinct. most of the small rockpools were also quite devoid of life as well.

the are far fewer shellfish and sea-urchins as well.

it is a really sad state when people pick these rockpools bare of life – so that they can either eat the sea-snails, cunji and urchins, or when fishermen cut up the cunji to use as bait.

i now have to try to find other places where i may be able to teach my child about life in the sea – it seems that soon, the only place i will be able to do that may be at the aquarium.

shame on all of you who rape the coast and the sea – i am sure that hazardous marine life has not been found around here for many years – judging by the lack of non-hazardous marine life that i saw.

Edited: September 7th, 2009

the golden fang in chippendale

golden fang. who comes up with these names? if anyone know the significance of this name, please let us know. the place seems to be fairly busy all the time – mostly with asian international uni students – which is generally a good sign of being good food at good prices. anyone been there who cares to review it?

Edited: September 6th, 2009

you know summer’s coming when you find this in the kitchen

i found this little beauty of a huntsman hanging about in the kitchen. i tried catching him, but the cheeky little bugger got away. i never saw him again…

Edited: September 5th, 2009

central-coast sprawl

this is the future of much of our farming land – sprawling suburbs of near-identical looking housing – not properly serviced by public transport, it’s great to know most of these houses have 3-car-garages.

has anyone ever really thought about where our food will be grown in the future?

Edited: September 4th, 2009

how can anyone live like this?

i drove past this place in Marrickville and just had to pull over and take the photo. incredible that people can live like this. the junk was piled up down either side of the house and i’m sure the backyard and inside the house are similar.

the poor neighbours, i can only but imagine how many thousands of rodents are nesting in this place.

Edited: September 3rd, 2009