Iron Heart IH-634S - World Tour 2010 - 2013
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Today I headed town to Enmore/Newtown. These suburbs are known for being left-leaning, green-focused, tinges of anarchy politically active communities. I spent a lot of time around the place in my youth, and in my early 20's had my second resurgence for the area. Over the past 15 or so years the main strip become pretty alternative-commercial, but if you head back 2-3 streets some of the diversity comes back.
In my mid/late 20's I started come around these back streets when I was getting active with street-art/stenciling. I managed to get published in a few magazines over the years, the top right piece is mine
So I went back down around the area today to see how it's changed…
By a guy called Junky, for obvious reasons. This was done around the time I was 'active', so is quite old now.
Will Cole, guy is quite aggressive about concreting objects into places.
Also Will Cole
Looks like a NYC MTA train to me
Tools of the trade
Scotty probably has info on this one
Sydney modern architecture. Not very pleasing in my eye, and not a very good mix of old and new, which is what it's trying to represent (an old flour mill)
REALLY nice and warm out today (~24c), was tempted to get my summer clothing out of storage. Happy days. Now back to chilling, cleaning, and preparing.
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Pretty funky stuff….our WT host a published stencil/street-artist, and the distressed WT jeans looking ever more appropriate in the context. Pics make me want to visit....
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Slowly starting to study for my next exam in a month or two's time. I like getting out of the house to study when I can. Nice parks, fresh air, green, no internet - a place to focus.
So that's where I spent the middle of my day, at a park.
It's also a great place to watch planes takeoff/land. No telephoto lens on, you get the idea. Qantas plane, national airline.
A close up in the lake. Yup, that's a bloody big eel!
shaky-cam brings you moving pictures of an Australian Native - Wattle
wattle non-moving pictureMore info on wattle;http://41.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_pycnantha
…now it's off to the pool for another Sunday swim.
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Improving things takes, time, energy, and effort.
Words to the wise, I'm sure earned the hard way. I forget this insight, time and again and all too easily myself, when impatience and annoyance get the better of me.
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Nice! Picking up some beans?
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Knot knobby at all; that truck does rule as do the shots per usual!
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What a week. The insanity kept up, but was back to normal hours today. Will be back on track for the foreseeable future, with the fruits of my labour soon reaping rewards.
The plan for today was a bit of a late start, then 1/2 a day of 1:1 with the team, then an afternoon of meetings. What ended up happening was…
at ~20km/hr going up hill. Bike totally locked up, wheels locked, chain locked, peddles locked. Bike tipped fully onto the front wheel where I end up hovering over the front of the handle bars. Thanks to the angle of the hill and more than my fair share of luck, not only did I get the back wheel to the ground, I also managed to unclip my feet and land without falling.
Tomorrow I'll be going for something I won't snap clean in half.
Probably a month or so ago I got a craving to use Dr Bronner's Soap, I couldn't find any locally, so purchased online. I used to use it in SF, it smells nice, not sure how I forgot, nor why I remembered, but glad to have.
And who couldn't do with a few cats/noodles/kittens to finish this post off with. Amy's the larger of the 2 cats here. Soba's wrapped around her…
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Tomorrow I'll be going for something I won't snap clean in half.
Local Bike Store quoted $1000AUD ($920US?) to fix the bike up. There goes most of my play money for the next while. Added I'll be on the train for the next few days. Be happy if I'm back on the bike at some stage this week. We'll see.
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For those of you who see my WAYWT updates, you'll occasionally see me by the water. I grew up down south in an area called The Sutherland Shire, known as The Shire for short, and ever since Lord of The Rings, it's been a constant running joke. Anyhow, there's beaches there and the area very much has a beach culture, even in the tail end of winter. Up until I moved to SF a few years ago I was a Lifesaver @ Cronulla Beach for 13 years of service.
I head down that way around once a month to catch up with friends and family. A mate of mine owns a cafe right by the water, which I visited for lunch. Today you join me in the journey from the car to the cafe and down in the cafe.
(The sun hid itself for most of these photos but was out in good force on either side, works for me ::) ).
Looking north to the city (not visible), in the foreground Elouera & Wanda
The path south
I took quite a few building shots to show the diversity of the buildings on the same street. Most of them are pretty gory if you ask me
a well worn path to the beach, The Wall
Looking to Cronulla Beach. The Sandy building "was" my surf club HQ
More out of place building
The most recent evolution of buildings, finishing/externally as just cement
Water police cruise by.
North Cronulla Beach, and "the alley"
My Lunch, Shout outs to Finn
A mate and the brother of the owner
A mate and the cafe owner / visionary (he had a good laugh when I explained the world tour)
I had an enjoyable 3 or so hours catching up with the boys, a wonderful Saturday afternoon…
