VeloWay All the Way

Hooray, this time we were allowed onto the veloway after finding it was all locked up about a month ago when we last tried it.  This is an engineering masterpiece with large sections suspended over Footscray Rd. The whole area is unrecognisable compared to when I was riding thru here to MMBW and MITS last century.  We stopped at Docklands for the 2nd day in a row.  We haven't been there for years and now it is twice in two days. The veloway is a dream run and gets you there in 14km of largely uninterrupted riding. Don't be a pedestrian on the suspended section.  It crosses the Maribyrnong but not the Yarra, you will still need to use the bike ferry to do that but this way gets you to the city in good time. We took 40 mins each way for the total 26km.  There is also some video which I need to unload soon.  At least this way I cleared the sinuses.

Bill the Nerd

 We got to the Christmas present last night and its name was Bill.  I read a few of his books which have a lot of humour but the most factual is the "History of nearly everything" which I thought was the best. On stage he was hamming it up with readings of book excerpts, interspersed with video clips and some of the walk in the woods film.  He was gloating over the choice of Robert Redford to play himself.  Bill has a lot of facts and revelations in his head but if I had to write one down here it would be the sheer size of the universe and its starting from one point somewhere.  This means there are plenty of other inhabited planets out there but their distance is so far away that we are effectively alone, as trying to cross 200-300 million light years is not going to happen.  We are a speck of dirt in an ocean of nothing. 

Three Part Day

 Part One would be getting up in time to drive our way to town for an unscheduled Alfred appointment by 10:30 am.  Fortunately a cancellation meant there was more time for the Doc to see us. I sat this one out downstairs due to this head cold that seems to be clearing slowly. The waiter service was good down there who brought me free cappuccinos and biscuits just like in Thursday Murder Club. We were able to get around to Docklands Urban Alley for Part Two which was a luncheon appointment at 12:30.  They have a good $20 lunch offer which most of us used and of course you had to try the amber stuff they brew in house. We have now made it back to Williamstown for the afternoon snooze to be ready in time for the Uber pickup at 6:30pm for Part Three. I haven't done this much daily activity since I was working. Phew!

Part One - Lobby Service

Part Two - Beer Service

Part Three - Author Service

The Late Show

 I have read quite a lot of Michael Connelly and there is nothing like a cops and robbers theme. You've got your good cops and bad cops, throw in some criminals, a body or five and there is another crime caper right there.  This is the first of the Ballard series and there are at least 5 more books. I have also watched the TV series but I could not remember it exactly.  The books eventually get the retired Bosch back on the scene and I do remember him making an appearance in the show as well, however this is the Ballard the crime buster from now on and series 2 is on the way.

 

Not Much Storm

 There was a bit of wind and a bit of rain overnight but it did not amount to much. Our tank is still pretty empty.  I took the morning constitutional and carried the rubbish bag with me.  The water was stirred by last nights activity and was quite murky and not inviting. There were two larger items to pickup one being a volleyball (deflated) and the other was a helmet and hopefully no one was wearing it when it went overboard. There is a constant parade of very large ships passing thru here and most would require these helmets. The rest of the haul was the usual, a coke bottle and can, straws, rope pieces and plastics. I left one poo bag hanging on the fence as it was tied there. Surely that means it will be picked up on the way back.

Evening Cool

 We delayed the cool down until late, that way the Sun loses most of its sting but it was still 30° also Debbie had a chance to do some work catchup earlier in the day.  There were a few people around so we went to the far end and found some shallows that would swallow our wallow.  This was a soak while watching the Sunset. We also had a traveller each back on the beach so a pleasant way to end the day.

 

Cool Shallows

I have some sort of head cold. Who gets one of these in Summer and where did it come from?   It started with a headache and now I am hearing crunchy noises in my ear.  I also needed a puffer spray at one stage. I decided to wander over and simply lay in the water.  Nothing to physical.  I spied the Pirate moving out this morning it looked like he was heading to Geelong. I saw him working the sails as well, so it is not just laying back in the wheel house letting the engine do all the work.   Where are my Buccaneers?

... under my Buccanhat.