Roma, Australia

Today I flew up to the small inland town of Roma to give a talk for Alzeimer's Australia. We got stranded for a few hours at the "airport" in Roma (pictured) - not really lots to do there....

New Year Holiday Trip

We went for a short three day holiday at the weekend to Mount Warning National Park, in Northern New South Wales (about a three hour drive). Mount Warning is the central volcanic remnant of an ancient volcano which last erupted 22 million years ago. We stayed at a great B&B with a view of mount warning, went for a nice dinner nearby and also went on a brief hike (cut short due to VAST numbers of leeches - yuck). We instead decided to tour the many cool galleries in the area and got these awesome wine goblets.

TWO Boxing Day Parties!

As usual we have been inundated with party invitations around the holidays. We had two invites for Boxing Day, one with Nancy's friend from Griffith University, Analise O'Donovan (who is from South Africa and who served Boerewors (S. African sausages) at her do) and one with our friends Cindy and Jeff (who served AMAZING desserts!). All in all a food-filled day...

Birthday Weekend

Today was the first day of a two day "Tim's birthday" weekend. We started by going to our friend Corinne's house. She rehabilitates various species of bats, particularly those that get caught in barbed wire fences like this character (named Freddie). It was terrific to see the bat recovering so well.

Happy Australia Day!

Today is Australia Day, a national public holiday where people celebrate what is unique and great about being Australian. It generally involves BBQs and time with friends and family.