"The Deconstruction of Ambition" by John Fitzpatrick 2017, Melbourne, Australia. Medium: Metal Wire and Pig Skin on Wood, with unlocked door knob. "You can aim and aim at this goal or that goal, or you can just open the door."
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
I'm sorry I dropped off the screen during the odyssey from Cairns to Melbourne but half way through I left my coffee maker in the hotel...
So we are in Melbourne now, and it is good to be in better weather and within 7 miles of the cbd of a city, a basically happy and liveable city of around 4 million.
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Friday, 23 December 2016
I think it is day 5 of our journey from Cairns to Melbourne by car. We are at Surfers Paradise
Thus we are still in Queensland and about half way in our journey. We are having a rest day today peering from the 29th floor balcony at the Novotel hotel at the brisk Pacific Ocean. We have covered 1500 kilometres in those 4 days whic is enough driving just for now. The Nissan Navara pick up is going very well.
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Day 2 drive Cairns to Melbourne, an easy day
We intended to drive for 8 hrs today but detoured at about 300 kms to Airlie Beach/ Shute Harbour a kind of famo7s access point to the Whitsunday Passage, lots of islands and the Great Barrier Reef.
The 300km we drove were easy highway through very dry country, dry river beds, low hills and these dominating giant blue skies in this part of Queensland. I'd like to comment on the people and the local cultural aspects but there aren't any.
We are staying in an apartment with a view of harbour and its n8ce...hot day, cooling in the afternoon, around $170au per night.
Last night in Townsville we stayed at the Aquarius on the beach, and that was really n8ce, at $100 a night. We had a good meal at the Watermark Restaurant nearby in Townsville last night and saw Jonathan Thurston an Australian rugby league football hero and his team at the next 5able. THE Watermark restau4ant has very good food and service and the dinner for 2...2 entrees, pasta and mussels, and one main dish of half kilo tbone steak, a glass of red wine and 9ne of lemade was $120, which is a lot but we were tired and it was
nearby. We will go out somewhere nearby here in Airlie Beach and it will be costly too I expect as it is a bit of annternational destination with the islands and reef etc. And tomorrow we will do the long drive to Central Queensland straight down a straight highway One for about 8 hours. Just had a swim. I think in a few days the weariness we have from ge ting ready for the trip and packing up the house etc will give way to more ease and relaxation. Bye from Airlie Beach, Queensland.
The 300km we drove were easy highway through very dry country, dry river beds, low hills and these dominating giant blue skies in this part of Queensland. I'd like to comment on the people and the local cultural aspects but there aren't any.
We are staying in an apartment with a view of harbour and its n8ce...hot day, cooling in the afternoon, around $170au per night.
Last night in Townsville we stayed at the Aquarius on the beach, and that was really n8ce, at $100 a night. We had a good meal at the Watermark Restaurant nearby in Townsville last night and saw Jonathan Thurston an Australian rugby league football hero and his team at the next 5able. THE Watermark restau4ant has very good food and service and the dinner for 2...2 entrees, pasta and mussels, and one main dish of half kilo tbone steak, a glass of red wine and 9ne of lemade was $120, which is a lot but we were tired and it was
nearby. We will go out somewhere nearby here in Airlie Beach and it will be costly too I expect as it is a bit of annternational destination with the islands and reef etc. And tomorrow we will do the long drive to Central Queensland straight down a straight highway One for about 8 hours. Just had a swim. I think in a few days the weariness we have from ge ting ready for the trip and packing up the house etc will give way to more ease and relaxation. Bye from Airlie Beach, Queensland.
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