Bush fire in noosa

Daunting..... Noosa heads park land on fire

Kipper breakfast

Possum comes to view the goings on ....

Sinister ben

Only happens once in a while, think it has to go

Who says we can't be cultured at volley...... Chilling with jazz

this is a test blog

i realise its been ages since i've written on here, i'm always on
twitter anyhow benjyforrest ....

Yellow leaves..... Help

What on earth am I doing wrong?

Ugh cold!

present ideas... rude or not, discuss

i can never work out if its considered rude, but considerate at the same time, to let other people know, that when the birthday is around the corner, these are the things you may be thinking about buying anyway, and would make a great gift.... oh well

• family guy dvd's... starting from series 1.... going to build up the entire back catalog ... there is a 7 series box set, but that would be over doing it... maybe series 1-6 (ebay.com.au or ezydvd.com.au)
• ipod nano 'sock' ... each stop the new player from getting scratched
• an ipod shuffle - mine died... happy with the "old" type to be honest. nano is JUST too big to jog with....
•  new aston martin vantage... be quick only 700 made... just kidding.. but phwore...

Yuck seaweed

Appaulling storms which have ruined several volleyball courts, and subsequently caused todays tournament to be cancelled, brought a stack of ugly seaweed!

Crap weather time todo all the chores outstanding for many months ...

Finally some chill time on the beach

A frantic number of weeks, doing 1.5 jobs, missing the morning before work time that seems to have disappeared, turning into early bus rides to north sydney. Luckily a few cycle in have kept me sane but not quite the same as breakfast at a cafe catching the ferry and strolling into work at 0930.....
So today, Sunday down the beach. A warm sunny day. Finally. Some beach volleyball, before alas, having to hit the laptop later this arvo.
The only problem...... The shark alarm has just gone off. Seems its a bit of a regular occurance over this summer. Another attack this morning. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/01/2504173.htm?section=australia readers will be glad ocean swims have been distinctly less regular!

First POETS of 2009 a great success despite the credit crunch

numbers were limited for the inaugural 2009 POETS lunch (P!ss Off Early Tomorrow is Saturday). The location, Machiavelli's in the city. A normally highly austere location for local business men , to become the start of a fairly gregarious afternoon of frivolity. From planning a month before where the bullish responses over beers led to original bookings for 15 people, the final 6 turned up to enjoy some absolutely superb Italian food, the John Dorey special of worthy mention.

Unfortunately the 6th, the German living Kiwi, Andy, had a rare slip in German efficiency had his flights changed to arrived the morning after the big event. Thus, a small fluffy kiwi bird was given the Andy title and well received by not only the local staff who proceeded to not only try and serve him Veal Parmaggiana (sp?), but almost responded to request for a bowl of bird seed.  

Unbeknownst to the lunching buddies, Andy was to provide a whole evening of entertainment at the Ivy, Establishment, the Dolphin, but alas not Manly Wharf.... couldn't get in, far too drunk by then! The local inhabitants of the various locations, responding incredibly well to ensure that "Andy" had fun, despite his actual lack of presence...

all photo evidence here.... http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.forrest/POETSFeb2008# 

Open air cinema!

A wonderful idea, especially when its not raining! A cinema screen on the water. Amazing backdrop. Pretty good food. The movie...... Not bad either "yes man"

This is what happens when you accidentlt leave a can of coke in the freezer!

What a difference a week or two makes

A few weeks ago we were all basking in a massive heat wave. Down south as many will have seen Victoria was ablaze. Now. Well now it feels like winter. Jeans and raib jackets are the order of the morning, not strolling down for a dip in boardies at 7am in the summer morning heat.
Still at least its not snowing I guess!

I thought this was cute

friend / business partners cat peering over at us whilst we worked!

Manly-shelly

no not a butch girl name michelle, but my regular swim from Manly Beach to Shelley beach. Well when i say regular, I mean regular in summer, and usually when I can find some mugs to do it with me. Someone asked me how far it was, I really had no idea (well its between 500-900m or so), so thought i'd just find out via the power of google maps. So here it is... problem, you can't drag the walking router into the sea, which is kinda reasonable i guess, but you get the idea.  This morning was pretty grey, 20degrees, a bit of northerly swell, so not a great a swim, but very clear, lots of fishies.... didn't see the family of young bronzer whaler sharks however....

Big windy, 2008 pre report

Okay, so I have been very slack with write up, and photos. Writeup has been a time issue, and photos a technical thing. However me Williams has done is proud witn a very amusing set of summaries and some initial photos here http://thebogun.blogspot.com/, more to come .....

Don't see this on the tube!

Life's a bit hectic, but when you see a whale on the morning run into the city, its time to stop and take reflection!

Traffic jam in the harbour!

Sun princess, one hell of a boat, clogged things up a little on the way back on the key cat this evening!

..... Ps reports and photos from the "Big Windy 2008" holiday soon