Thankyou to everyone who joined me on "Hogwarts Express" yesterday. We had Hogwarts students, teachers, Dobby, the Sorting Hat and even a scary Dementor!

Here are a few pics of the day:


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Now that the Trivia Night is now out of the way (note: it was very long, tiring, crowded and HOT but we probably raised about $20,000) I can start concentrating on my personal life again (so I apologise for the late notice ( Read more... )

Oooooh this brings back memories of a certain fabulous MonUCS concert - Pirates of Penzance, the Opera Australia version, has just started on Channel 2 :D ( Read more... )

Despite appearances, having such a heavy smoke haze over Melbourne still this late in the day actually indicates that rather than the unstable weather conditions predicted (very strong winds, high convection columns - which are very nasty and condusive to extreme fire beaviour) we in fact have had very little wind and certainly not the predicted ( Read more... )

I am sure you are all aware of the major fires burning in Gippsland as it has been headline news for the last few days. With this weekend's predicted extreme weather we could be in for, potentially, the worst wildfire conditions in living memory. (Eeeeeeeeeeep ( Read more... )

As promised at the pub tonight I said I'd pop this link up for you ( Read more... )

As mentioned to people tonight at choir I haven't been visiting LJ for a long time as initially I was busy and didn't have the time to read everyone's posts and then, as the time drew on, I was overwhelmed with the thought of reading I would need to do to catch up on all the past news over the last two months!  I also have had a fair bit happening ( Read more... )

I know this is delayed compared to everyone else's however here is ( My Interests Collage! )

DAMN ... Just broke in the news:

Peter Brock killed

September 8, 2006 - 3:06PM

Racing car driver Peter Brock has been killed in a car accident in Western Australia, according to reports.

Early reports suggest that the racing car driver was killed when his car ran into a tree.
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A mere 24 hours ago I received a phone call from my choked up Dad which devastated me: "Dear, it's Nelson ... I'm so sorry" *Waaaaaaaaaaaaaugh* Dad had just found his body lying outside in the middle of the carport (where he always sat and waited for me when I was out in the car) He was still warm ( Read more... )