Saturday, August 11, 2007

Studio / Goldsbrough Mort Building

This one took a little more effort to sort out. The Commonwealth Bank, despite having a good 5 weeks to sort themselves out, pulled out of the finance 2 days before settlement! Reasoning was straight out of Risk Assessment for Dummies.

Step forward St George (the bank, not the mythical figure).

Oaks, again, did the refurb. And what a good job they did, too.

Ladies things.

This is a studio so it's quite small and the bed is right in the middle of the living area. Still, given that this is let out as a serviced apartment, and most of the clients are here for a short stay, studios like this are in great demand.

Nice telly and some corporate art hanging on the wall.

Something else the chicks would be interested in.

This one has a water view. Really. See that blue bit over the hedge. That's it.

A bit more of the living area.

That famous balcony lock which helps the insurance company sleep at night.

More balcony.

And by the lifts, this scary picture of demon sheep just to let any stray Welshies what they could be up against.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Whale Watching

Whale watching. What could be better than getting out on the harbour, thence to the open ocean, to meet with those magnificent denizens of the deep - the Hump-Back Whale.

As they track along the coast from their winter feeding grounds in the Antarctic to the warm waters of Queensland to breed, these creatures simply amaze as they blow spray high into the air and leap, full length, from the deep in sheer joy.

With much anticipation of the hunt to come, we gathered in Darling Harbour...

Across the harbour is the Maritime Museum - worth a couple of hours of anyone's life. And you get to go in a submarine. Woot!

A quick glance at our place as we head out.

From below the Harbour Bridge, you can see the bridge climbers on their way up. Good trip, that.

And finally out through the heads to the proper sea.

Nice look back at the city from the ocean.

And it looks like others have the same idea.

How to find a whale: tell a load of kids there's a whale out there and tell them to point at it when they spot one.

Spotted!

And, err, that's it. A hump back whale. Impressed?

Nice shot of this sea-plane on the way back in though.


Dunno why anyone would bother saving them, really. They're rubbish.

Blue Moon Party

...as in the second full moon in a month...
And here's the proof.

The Canuk contingent.

Pirates never had much in the way of faith.

Hiyawhoa?

Brandy wanted to go as a pimp.

Kim arrests Paris Hilton - again. If they were handing out costume prizes, Paris would have got it.

The Ecclesiastical section. And their supplier.