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Blotto winter 2009 2010
by LSP on Mar.11, 2010, under Snow, Travel
Surfing is great but so far just hasnt done it for me in a way that hopefully snowboarding always will…
So been heading to Blotto’s site to keep up with his antics over the winter. He doesnt post action photos (obviously since thats how he makes a living) but it is still fun to read his accounts of missions and check out his lifestyle images.
Right now he is currently in one of the places I would most like to visit – Japan…
Or you can check out the posts from the whole winter here.
Probably too many “out the plane window” shots recently but damn the guy covers some miles….
More suburbs
by LSP on Mar.09, 2010, under Beaches, Sydney, Urban, Work!
I stand corrected. Apparently there are not 650 suburbs in Sydney, there are 763.
Through my real estate work I’m still visiting a couple of new ones pretty much every day, including a few way way out of the city (165km each way on the scooter in the rain aint that much fun)
At some point soon I will update my real estate portfolio to show some of my favourite properties from Oz so far.
Other than working long long days I’ve not had time for a whole lot of anything else really…except seeing Alice in Wonderland in 3D at the Imax (I was expecting an audience of kids and poor film and was actually surprised by it being pretty good and the audience being 90% adult)
So far, my overriding impression of Sydney is of bush with houses crammed in all over the place and a glimpse of water through the foliage somewhere. I’ve seen a thousand different versions of this scene and at the moment it just doesnt seem to get old…
Photo dump of yet more suburbs…
Skate
by LSP on Mar.06, 2010, under Skate
Went for a little skate today, first time for a while. Lots of people cruise around on long boards here.
Fun to pop a few ollies and roll around again…
This ad came out when I was 1 year old…
Denial
by LSP on Mar.03, 2010, under Economy, Peak oil
It doesnt get much clearer than this…
A wake up for those still in denial:
The vast majority of the world around us runs on or is derived from Oil.
Think it’s time for something new?
UK vs OZ
by LSP on Mar.03, 2010, under Economy
“Fundamentals – UK’s engine for growth was the financial sector that is now crippled for many years. Australia’s is the commodities sector that continues to boom. UK has now passed £1 trillion of official debt with another £3+ trillion of unofficial debt in part as a consequence of bailing out the bankrupt banks that Australia never had to do. the UK economy crashed, Australia’s just spluttered, UK economy is experiencing an anaemic economic recovery, Australia’s is racing ahead. UK interest rates stand at just 0.5%, Australia has just raised rates to stand at 4%.”
Rest of the article here.
Sucks to be earning UK pounds right now…likely I’m earning OZ dollars…
House Trucks
by LSP on Mar.01, 2010, under Roadtripping..., TRUCKS, Travel
House Trucks – One way forward…
They allow you to set up home anywhere your wheels can get you.
I like the freedom. Just make sure its a good spot before the oil runs out…
This is one my friend built in NZ a few years ago from an old short wheel base truck.
This is his new project…you can follow the build here and see more photos of the old build. Its pretty snug inside.
The new one is pretty ambitious but I think it will be epic once its done.
This is another one that a different friend saw in NZ…looks pretty permanent but I guess once you have found your spot why would you need to move…
Loads more slightly ridiculous looking bastardized trucks here…
North Head and a random fancy dress party
by LSP on Feb.28, 2010, under Party, Walks
On saturday we went for a walk on North Head which is next to Manly. It’s a massive decommissioned military base next to the ocean that is now mainly parkland. Then we came back to Manly to catch up with an old friend and ended up at a fancy dress volleyball party. The Mario Bros won it. Random.
A worrying prediction
by LSP on Feb.27, 2010, under Corporate world, Economy
A pretty scary prediction from a world renown figure in the finance world:
Jim Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings, has once again made a bold prediction and that is the British Pound could quite possibly collapse within the coming weeks.
Full article here.
February tally
by LSP on Feb.25, 2010, under Sydney, Work!
This month I emerged from my semi retirement slumber to shoot 44 houses (I will put some up in a post later), I’ve visited or driven through approximately 250 of the 650 suburbs in Sydney (many of which are named after English towns or suburbs), I’ve covered 2400km on the scooter (knackering), and earned…well thats none of your business but its certainly been the best month since leaving London 14 months ago…
Now just need a few more months like this to get back on my feet before the world turns to moosh, and then we can plan some sort of longer term future… This place is growing on me, its got a real sense of character with the water dominating everything in the east of the city…now if it just had some mountains within easy reach I could see myself sticking around for a while…
A few photos from various random suburbs I have liked whilest passing through.
