the zoo

our second trip to melbourne zoo (the first one was 6 years ago)

cornrows

today i got my cornrows done!

i'd been saying that i would try them for a while, and being on holiday from work for a few weeks gave me the ideal time to try them out. it feels like i've had a facelift.

this week we have also been planting a hedge of magnolias in the front garden, digging up grass and planting it in the nature strip (joe did most of the hard digging work), went to see hancock at the cinema and went to the JOY rooftop barbeque in the city in the freezing cold.

Cover Stars

This week we appear on the front page of news magazine BNews, to celebrate JOY 94.9 moving to its new studios in Burke Street CBD. The theme of the relocation is Village People since the new studio is part of City Village. Its just a shame that we couldn't choose who we were modeling with.

The campaign was also meant to run in the Herald Sun, but we have been checking every day and our picture has not appeared yet.

birthday

it was my birthday on sunday. it snowed (in london). I thought that was unusual but my parents and mike in england both reminded me of other birthdays in the snow. i dont miss the cold at all - thankfully it was warmer and sunny in melbourne. joe and i went to st kilda and sat on the jetty at the end of the pier. joe also made me a birthday cake with marzipan and icing, but most of the icing slid off the cake. it still tasted nice though.

brisbane pictures

Pictures taken a few weeks ago on our trip to Brisbane, to see what the Queensland Summer is really like:

http://picasaweb.google.com.au/inkedJoe/BrisbaneFeb2008

Also with new google maps feature, click on 'View Map' to see locations on a map

Nissan Micra

There is a new model of car released in Australia: The Nissan Micra!

http://www.nissanmicra.com.au/

Funny thing is, I had one of these as my first (and only!) car almost 20 years ago in England.

Mum, do you still have your micra?

heatwave in march

Last night was Melbourne's warmest night on record. It was an overnight low of 26.7 degrees after a day of 39 degrees, with the temperature not dropping below 30 degrees until 11.30pm.

Meanwhile Adelaide recorded a high of 40.5 degrees yesterday, it's 15th straight day above 35.