Breakfast meeting at the Adelaide Zoo for ALIA Specials SA

At the invitation of Philip Keane, I joined the ALIA Special SA Group for a breakfast meeting at the new library at the Zoo,










It was good to chat to librarians and new and old Zoo Directors ( Chris West with Ed McCallister)

Lots of excitement building at the Zoo as they prepare for the Pandas to arrive

I then took the oppotunity to take a walk around the Zoo with a volunteer guide after the meeting

SA History week talks for Law Librarians

I accompanied Barbara to her talk to the Australian Law Librarians Group.
Barbara gave an excellent presentation on the history of law librarianship in South Australia.

She was proceeded by a fascinating talk by Master Lunn on the life of Justice Jeffcott in the colonial era.

Judge Lunn and Peter Ivkovic.

Mothers Day at Ironbank

With her family I visited Barbara's mother on Mother's Day at Iron Bank

"Triple J" Dinner in Darwin

Last Monday evening,in what was to be my last night in Darwin for a while, Hugh and I entertained three friends for dinner who by coincidence all have first names starting with "J".

They were Jayshree, James and Jeannette. I served one of my regular dinner offerings of Chicken Wellingtons and we enjoyed the "Keyneton Estate Euphonium 2006" given to me by the staff of the Health Library at Royal Darwin Hospital as a parting gift


Some hours later I flew out of Darwin for a few weeks at 2:20 am
Ps Thanks Jayshree for the images you shot and sent.

My last Mindil for a while

After the trip bush to the Daly, James and I took a quick walk around Mindil Market





After this it was off to Jeanettes for a pleasant al freco meal

Trip to Daly River

A good long trip with James in his newly acquired Toyota Prado to the Daly River which is located 224 km south of Darwin, with a slight detour on the way home through Batchelor and Litchfield, then a dinner with James and Jeanette at her flat.

Seabreeze Day 2009

Seabreeze Day 2009
Saturday May 2nd was to quote the publicity, 'feast of music and visual arts, spread along 1 kilometre of foreshore from the Nightcliff Jetty to Chapman Road."
There was entertainment, funfair activities, stalls, exhibitions and displays free for the whole family.
This annual event is all about "community participation" All that was true as there were so many families siiting on the lawns and enjoying the afternnon and evening

I joined Jeanette and her teacher friends and enjoyed the sights, sounds and smells, food and drink. I saw lots of people I knew including Anne Wilson and partner Alan and I think much of Darwin's population was enjoying the tropical evening to celebrate the Dry.

I saw fellow Flickr photographer Donna(aka "GeoWombats") "shooting" her baby.


The crowd loved these Nightcliff Primary kids who gave a good performance








The girls: