Waikiki & North Island - Day 2 - USA Trip 2010

Day 2 of my Hawaii adventure was going to be pretty hectic as we were going to see if we could drive the circumference of the island today.

There was no time for the bacon/egg breakfast… instead I settled on one of these bad boys… If you like muesli bars and peanut butter… this is a handful of heaven!

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Honolulu - Day 1 - USA Trip 2010

Day 1 of my trip to San Diego for a work conference… via a detour through Hawaii…

I’m a crap flyer… I can’t get a wink of sleep on a plane and I guess watching the clouds pass me by would be much more interesting than watching grass grow… Especially if the sun meets you on the other side…

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First things first.. once we hopped off the plane we needed to find a ride… Should we hire a cab? or should we…

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Yep… we took option 2 :)

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Gone West for a Wedding… Part 2

We were awake by 3:30am Sydney time and our body clock was still royally screwed for the trip to the west. We were greeted with a nice view of the river from our room at the Hyatt.

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First things first and breakfast in the town was a must… we strolled around the city after we struggled to find parking in Perth City (15 minute parking limit in the city on a WEEKEND… seriously Perth… what the hell?). We stumbled upon this nice cafe near the boutiques section (Tiffany’s was across the road from memory).

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Gone West for a Wedding… Part 1

Today we had to make a trip to the western suburbs yet again for a wedding… this time it was a bit further west than Fairfield/Cabramatta…

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Forza 3 - My new addiction X(

So I picked up Forza 3 recently… bad move.

Naturally, like almost every other Forza owner out there… I set out to build my daily to see how that would handle around the track.

Driving a NA6 in peak hour just doesn’t cut the mustard… So I made a replica with all the goodies I’ve had on my wishlist (ITB’s, exhaust etc etc) and I end up with this thing :)

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Melbourne Cup 2009

It’s time for the race that stops a nation and my work has run a sweeps… Once again I’ve got some dummy horses…

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Hopefully I didn’t select a horse that runs like it’s got 3 legs this time!

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Sculptures by the Sea - 2009

It was a stunning day and I had to make the most of my only day off each week…

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Not just any cake… THE ZUMBO CAKE!

If you’ve seen Master Chef Series 1, you’ll be familiar with the name “Zumbo”.

If you haven’t, then let me tell you more about this young Sydney based Chef with an African sounding Greek Name.

In July 2009, he put forward his creation to the dismay of the Masterchef contestants - It was a Chocolate Mousse Cake that would take HOURS to complete. This cake got so much publicity, his little store got inundated with orders. He wasn’t able to fulfill the requests so he created a lottery system on his website… he’d make 100 of these cakes and donate proceeds to charity… After a few weeks of waiting, we were notified of the news that we made the list :)

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Karl & Nina’s Special Day

Pictures say a lot more than words - So I’ll say as much as I can :)

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Hunters Hill Fair 2009

We drove our way to our regular brekky place in Pyrmont and stumbled upon a series of signs for the Hunters Hill Fair… We were early so thought we’d have some time to check out this little fair before we made our way down to the City.

The fair was a lot larger than we imagined

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