Flight experience @ Camden

catch-up

Puck came back from San Fran for a quick visit, so we went up to the central coast as she hasn't been to a beach in a few years! Puck's totally enamored with the lifestyle in the State - living in a commercial warehouse and making art - sounds totally up her alley. I really should schedule a visit...just don't know when!

first stop - Broken Bay oysters from Mooney Mooney, 10 Kowan Road. The owner was a bit gruff at first, but was very helpful in giving us directions to a nice place to eat our bounty. We got 3 dozens between the 2 of us...a real overestimation of our stomach space, but we ate them all in the end hehe

A jetty in Brooklyn, across the water from Mooney Mooney

Bungan beach again! god i love this place - so primeval even without all the dead birds

Capped off with Tron: legacy. Uninspiring story, but the CGI was very sexy!

beach day

my type of beach - desolate, deserted, different...

...though not necessarily full of dead shearwaters

Merry X'mas!

The second Praha Drinking Meeting took place on X'mas, with a 10 course meal with matching drinks, taken over 10 hours!

Des made a Turducken that took 3-4 hours prep time and another 3-4 hours to cook; it was very moist though. Well done!

The boys pulled out all stops - printed a menu with our names in icons, not to mention delish dishes like scotch fillet with wasabi pepper sauce, and chicken schnitzel that went so well with Little Creatures pale ale. There was so much good food, the boys had to scrap salt-baked whole fish from the menu!

I made an ugly but so very alco-licious Kahlua chocolate cake to go with ginseng moscato; it's going to be my signature now, especially since I can substitute other liqueurs.

Thanks to all for the awesome time, and the kickass pressies!!!

I've fledged!

Yes, it has finally happened!

I thought I'd be walking around like a penguin but my blue and red gown was surprisingly bright - so much so that someone on fb wondered why I was in costume HAHAHA.

When I reached the Vice-Chancellor, as the title of my thesis was read out, the VC said:

"that must have been hard"

"oh it was quite enjoyable"

"how long did it take?"

"6 years"

"oooo........."

LOL

The bubblies at the lab, lunch and ceremony all went smoothly (and the ceremony a lot faster than I expected); afterwards Richard and I got behind a bush to show people what it is that ecologists do ;)

It was like a dream, and now I feel nothing but relief :)