Authentic Pizzeria

None of this buying pizza bases. Anna is the home made pizza chef.  We were lacking the pizza oven and the proper trays but it still tasted very authentic not to forget that distinctive smell of the real pizza base.  I must say the pastry twirling skills were a bit lacking. I did not see any swirling, twirling dervish pastry flying up to the roof and being caught one handed on descent.  The next day serving tip about using the wax paper in a sandwich press is a winner, even yielding a crunchy base.

base preparation

plate preparation

Extra large with no toppings

Wilson's Prom 2000

Paul Carney organised a kids retreat at Wilson's Prom in July 2000. I remember it was amazing timing as the weather was perfect for a risky mid winter outing. I have reworked the old photos and just in time, as chemical reactions were happening to most of them in the bottom left corner. They had to be peeled apart. I have repaired each one so the issue is not noticeable now.  It may have been a two night sleepover but I can't remember exactly.

Winery Crawl

Otherwise known as "Toast to the Coast".  It was a wet day but that did not dampen the drinking urge of many to drive around the various Bellarine wineries.  The notes did seem to be alluvial this year yet also illusory but we did not dwell on any absence of absinthe or whine about wine just drank the drink.  I have a theory that we should now start calling every bottle of bubbly a Bellarine. Can I have a bottle of Bellarine please?  Make it as famous as Champagne or Prosecco then we will really be on the map.

the Pink Fizz

drinking games

word games

then disappear in the sunset

Environmental Comparison Units

I don't think climate change is a problem as I reckon the climate has always been changing. Global Warming on the other hand is a convenient reason for many to get their budgets increased.  I think we waste too much money on some of this stuff.  There is no doubt there are problems because we are here. I have an idea about how to compare all things. If we had a simple number that ranked all things according to there environmental degradation then it may be easier to work on a particular issue.  I already know how to improve the world! Eat Less Exercise More! This is a compromise answer. You could get more nasty and suggest removing the fashion industry or the Pet industry or the Alcohol industry but that is not going to happen.  However back to my theory.  If you could add up units of certain commodities across the life of a product, meaning from design, manufacture, transport, installation, maintenance and disposal you could get a comparative score.  Recycling would yield a negative number to add in. The score could be the addition of a one for every litre of fuel used, and a one for every kilometre traveled and another one for every year it takes to break it down to dirt. A further one for each kilowatt of energy used etc.  A big job. I already suspect that batteries would be one of the worst consumer contributors.  For example what if you saw two toys, one that was a wind up with an ECU of 1045 and a battery operated one with an ECU of 18,567.  Maybe you wouldn't bother making the second one in the first place.

Windup fun

Lake St Clair

It was February 1996 when four of us got together for a walk in the central area of Tasmania around Lake St Clair.  I have continued my reworking of photos from previous bush walks.  This one seems to have been mostly wet, no surprises there even though Feb is the driest hottest month.

Beach Two

Two days in a row down at the beach must mean Summer is coming.  It was deserted too except for one guy who walked past and a few distant people at the Dell.  The breeze ruffled but not too bad.  I found yet another golf ball. The golfers here do most of their best work on the 19th hole.  Something new was the toasted sandwiches for lunch and still warm as well.  The rubbish collection was larger with a four pack of exercise punch, whatever that is and a Macca's milk shake.

Toasties

RockStar Energy Punch?

Pilchards to you

We had our first umbrella beach session for the summer.  I still have a few stitches in so they said I should not try the swimming as the wound is on the point of the shoulder. So we played water tennis instead which really gave my shoulder a work out anyway, not to mention the 25 push ups I do each morning, so maybe I could have done the swim anyway. We also tried a session of water jogging which gets you going as well.  After all that we needed a drink, lucky we happened to bring four travellers with us which had been in the freezer for an hour. The tennis score was a reasonable 65 without a miss. Not bad for a first up effort.  During our water play we found a plastic bag that had come off a boat. It declared a sustainable Port Phillip Bay for pilchards!

fishy fingers