The Griller

This is why they tell you never to leave the door closed when the griller is on even if there is no food cooking.

And look it glows!!

Now our kitchen smells of bakalite and my head is pounding from the chemicals. Oh Joy. All we need now is for the neighbours to start playing badminton at 1am again. Student life - take me back to North Melbourne where the only noises are the possums!

Nottingham

Nottingham University (which is actually in an outer suburb called Beeston) so away from the drugs and guns. Ye olde tryp to Jerusalem pub (est. 1189) Apparently the oldest pub in England. Even if it isn't - it's the coolest.
The upper storeys have been tunnelled into the rock under the Castle. Imagine drinking beer in a pub that dates from the time of Robin Hood beneath the castle of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Can England get better than that?

And it can - Dave's first taste of warm beer. England has suddenly got alot more fun! A good mate only an hour away - and St Patrick's Day is only 2 weeks away.

Kew Wood Course 07

Just had a week at Kew Gardens doing a wood anatomy course. Learnt alot and met some really interesting people working in the same field!! Overall a fantastic experience.

Some of the wood reference collection, stored in compactus at 12 degrees. Most have their original labels some of the Eucalypts were collected by Ferdinand von Mueller and have his spidery handwriting on them.

The lake in front of the Palm House.

Inside the Kew Herbarium - the nerve centre of world botany

Gulls on the frozen lake!

It snowed! For just one morning the world was fresh and new - and i met the snow!

But the next day the Daffodils were blooming! I don't understand the weather here - at least Melbourne is consistent - every season in every day.

After the course I met up with the Girls from Sheffield. Anna, Gina, Tatianna, Lachi and Saki all had a brief holiday in London.

Covent Garden

St Paul's Cathedral

And the amazing sushi train - how fun is that! What a week. Now the realtive peace and quiet of Sheffield.