We saw this wonderful old FX Holden ute in Battery Point in April and I couldn't resist taking a few photos. What a delicious colour! What gorgeous curves!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Butter-yellow ute...mmmm!
We saw this wonderful old FX Holden ute in Battery Point in April and I couldn't resist taking a few photos. What a delicious colour! What gorgeous curves!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Who needs this blog, anyway?
In a nutshell, I do.
I'm four months away from moving from Melbourne, land of my adulthood, back to Tasmania, where I grew up. As D-day draws ever nearer, I am having more frequent attacks of nostalgia and grief over leaving Melbourne and returning to my childhood state (that is, historically, hopefully not emotionally!), with the prospect of saying goodbye (but in many cases only 'see you soon') to friends, lifestyle and cultural diversity. So I thought that if I set myself a goal of finding and cataloging all the awesome things about living in Tassie (including trying to find as many looks-like sounds-like tastes-like versions of the qualities I love about Melbourne) it might remind me of the adventure I am embarking on and why it is a good idea!
(Naturally there are things in Melbourne that I won't be able to replicate in Hobart, certain people - like the in-laws and friends - and places like the Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo (if it doesn't get horribly World-ised, that is...*mutter mutter*) and the Melbourne Aquarium, but these are all good excuses for annual visits!)
There are the obvious good reasons for going: we bought affordable, beautiful land and plan to build our own house, something that was never going to happen anywhere within a three-hour radius of Melbourne; my son will be able to grow up among my family; we have ready access to beaches, bush, mountains, snow and general naycha without having to drive through miles of burbia, and Dan can study furniture design in arguably the best course of its kind in the country.
So despite the slightly sad rationale for creating this blog (and if it only ever has an audience of one, that's fine by me!), I really want this to be a celebration of what Tassie has to offer, and I promise to really try and minimise the use of Melbourne as a benchmark of greatness!
Let the good times roll!
I'm four months away from moving from Melbourne, land of my adulthood, back to Tasmania, where I grew up. As D-day draws ever nearer, I am having more frequent attacks of nostalgia and grief over leaving Melbourne and returning to my childhood state (that is, historically, hopefully not emotionally!), with the prospect of saying goodbye (but in many cases only 'see you soon') to friends, lifestyle and cultural diversity. So I thought that if I set myself a goal of finding and cataloging all the awesome things about living in Tassie (including trying to find as many looks-like sounds-like tastes-like versions of the qualities I love about Melbourne) it might remind me of the adventure I am embarking on and why it is a good idea!
(Naturally there are things in Melbourne that I won't be able to replicate in Hobart, certain people - like the in-laws and friends - and places like the Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo (if it doesn't get horribly World-ised, that is...*mutter mutter*) and the Melbourne Aquarium, but these are all good excuses for annual visits!)
There are the obvious good reasons for going: we bought affordable, beautiful land and plan to build our own house, something that was never going to happen anywhere within a three-hour radius of Melbourne; my son will be able to grow up among my family; we have ready access to beaches, bush, mountains, snow and general naycha without having to drive through miles of burbia, and Dan can study furniture design in arguably the best course of its kind in the country.
So despite the slightly sad rationale for creating this blog (and if it only ever has an audience of one, that's fine by me!), I really want this to be a celebration of what Tassie has to offer, and I promise to really try and minimise the use of Melbourne as a benchmark of greatness!
Let the good times roll!
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