Laurel Bank Park always has the best flowers, and this year was pretty good also although harder to make out the shapes then previous years (besides the Australia outline).
Queen’s Park was also as good as always also.
We only went to one day of the food and wine festival this year, and we didn’t have anyone staying with us, but it was as fun as always.
We went at lunch time so Rachael finally got to make her free headband before they ran out of flowers.
While we were mostly interested in the health aspect, the main selling point on ads for DNA tests is seeing your ancestry. I was expecting the results for that part to be pretty underwhelming, and they were - confirming I am indeed descended from European immigrants.
The matching is really interesting though, it finds sections of your DNA that match that of others, and sums the shared segments which are measured in centimorgans.
Last year I was listening to a Podcast on 23andMe where they talked up what the benefits to health care would be if everyone did DNA testing. Different drugs affect people differently, and apparently DNA is a good way of isolating how they will impact different groups. Also if you know you are more suspeptible to certain diseases you can potentially make lifestyle changes to reduce them, and it can also tell you what you are a carrier of if you are planning to have children.
So since we got a house Rachael has wanted a dog, but since we were planning on going overseas for a while it didn’t make sense to get one. Then Ebony suggested we just foster dogs, which is the perfect system because when you need to go away or just get sick of them you can take them back, and in the meantime your providing a home fora dog that would otherwise be in a tiny kennel at the RSPCA.
Votes:
Montaigne - Because I Love You Milky Chance - Cocoon Tash Sultana - Jungle Big Scary - The Opposite Of Us Anne-Marie - Listen To Soul, Listen To Blues {triple j Like A Version 2016} Miike Snow - Genghis Khan Luke Million - Stranger Things Theme Holy Holy - Darwinism Temper Trap, The - Fall Together King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife Shortlist:
Amy Shark - Adore Ball Park Music - Nihilist Party Anthem Ball Park Music - Whipping Boy Birds Of Tokyo - Brace Flume - Never Be Like You (feat.
Following on from the last post, here are the things that were on my old list that I hadn’t achieved, plus a few more to make it up to an even 40. I don’t expect to achieve all of them in the next year, but would like to try and hit around 15. I certainly don’t plan on going to Egypt in the current political climate for example.
Fly in a helicopter Fly in a hot air balloon Go Skydiving Go Wakeboarding/Waterskiing Go Kitesurfing Play a full 18 holes of golf (instead of 9) Surf and snowboard in one day Go a day each without sight, hearing and speech Write a song Perform in a band at a pub or busk for change Learn to play “Bella” on guitar (Travis Picking Pattern) Learn circular breathing Do a 26 things photo contest Learn to unicycle Become fluent in another language Solve a Rubix Cube Learn how to pick a lock Eat a widgety grub Eat the coat of arms (Emu and Kangaroo) Go on a pub crawl Read a book a fortnight Cut my own hair Paint a self-portrait Write a short story Write a letter to my future grandchildren Keep a daily diary for 1 year Paddle out to Mother McGregor or Ironpot Island Go on a sailing trip camping on islands Watch a rocket launch See a Solar Eclipse See a game of State of Origin live Go on a surfing holiday Climb an active volcano 4x4 Trip to Cape York Go to The Kimberley See the pyramids of Giza See the aurora Write an app Ride down the range and back Do Parkrun in under 25min
While I was living in Switzerland I attempted to put together a list of 101 Things in 1001 Days. The goal was to publish it on the Tales from Turgi blog and cross them off in blog posts, but I never finalised my list of 101 things. Since I was travelling lots I kept on thinking of new better ideas, and was crossing off old ones. I actually tried to make one earlier then that for the 1001 day period of 07 Jul 2009 to 24 Dec 2011, but couldn’t think of 101 things I thought were worthy.
Here are my votes for this year.
Jarryd James - Do You Remember Marcus Marr & Chet Faker- The Trouble With Us Florence And The Machine - Delilah Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better Rubens, The - Hoops Kita Alexander - My Own Way Meg Mac - Never Be Gang Of Youths - Magnolia Ratatat - Cream On Chrome Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood Also from the initial short list:
We went to Tim & Leanne’s Wedding at Topiaries on Saturday. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception heaps of fun.
It was a pretty hectic drive down to Brisbane driving through the middle of the Ex-Tropical Cyclone, but wasn’t too bad and cleared up in the afternoon for the ceremony. Unfortunately there were a few people from Rocky that couldn’t make it down because the airport was closed.
So at the end of last year we bought a house!
But since we went home to Rockhampton over the Christmas period, we hadn’t really spent too much time living in it.
Here’s some photos from the house warming a few weeks ago.
