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This is what sparrow's fart looks like

Apollo Bay...

or 'A Polar Bear' as I called it as a little kid. We had stopped overnight on the side of the road in the caravan. All the chatter seemed to be about some polar bear, which I presumed was lurking outside.
Anyway, this time I'm travelling with the boys and my niece to continue the hunt for vintage stuff and just hang by the beach. There will possibly be an entire day spent in my pjs!

India

Can't wait...

First stop on the adventure is the Golden Temple. Click here for a look see

I'm off to...

INDIA!!! Chanting, pujas, erotic temples and bhang lassi. Research for the Temple! Cannot wait!

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Back to Bali

Went back to Bali for a yoga retreat with the lovely Lucy and Edo&Jo. The chanting added a new blissful dimension to the week. Hopefully have left behind a whole lot of junk that was encrusting the soul. Discovered that there is a nasty little planet in my house of relationships which would explain ALOT of things. Things I learnt was to travel more; have more fun and joy; and push myself into the limelight. (still can't handle ignorant suburbanites- more learning)

Castlemaine

there's so many secondhand/antique stores in the area I decided to stay overnight with the boys in Castlemaine. Found some art deco props for the 'temple'. very excited to get started

Daytripper, Yeah!

Had couple of day trips to relieve the winter blues. Checked out some art in Sydney- Anne Landa Awards and Artspace. Of course, this was followed by cocktails and lunch at China Doll. Great day of art and cuisine. Finally managed to inspire a starting point for my next project 'Temple of the Erotic Clown Goddess'.
The next trip was with my niece to Hobart to see MONA. What an extravaganza of art!!! Fantastic! and convinced me that i'm on the right track with the Temple. I have a whole new set of art heroes and feel that the winter blues are dissipating. Maybe the winter blues= the uncertainty and confusion of what to do next? maybe

Bali Yoga Retreat

Fantastic experience. Five hours of yoga a day, walks through the countryside to the beach, seafood on the beach, leisurely brunches and interesting people. Great escape from Melbourne's winter and mind numbing suburbia. Oh, and did I mention the monkeys joining morning meditation and froggies in the dunny? Bliss..

Bright!

well, there was no snow just a bit chilly. No inspiration for the next art project either....discovered that hanging out in secondhand stores really isn't my thing. Hillbillies and hybrid polka musak is just too much of a time warp. Have been inspired, though, to explore regional areas closer to home. Maybe some hiking and cycling. The rail trail looks great! and relatively easy going- nothing too steep.

Bright

Decided to take the boys on a holiday. They so deserve it! We're off to Bright to look for props for the next art project. Wasn't expecting it to snow so early in the year! Will have to buy some extra warm winter woollies. Luckily the boys already have hoodies and their polo neck sweaters.

New Adventure

Been busy booking the new adventure to Bali. First trip ever to Bali- how unAustralian! Looking forward to a yoga retreat and just a little bit of luxury. Funny, though, the boys accommodation is the hardest to organize. But they have their usual and favorite luxury room in the Fluffy House! Looking forward to it!

At the Erotica-National Acquisitive Prize....

my image was acquired! very happy, but wanted to find a bar to have a celebratory cocktail and couldn't find one that was free of a 'hen's night'. So i had room service instead!
Brissy made me very happy. may move there!

Erotica-National Acquisitive Prize

Very excited that I have work accepted for the Erotica Prize. Going to the opening in Brisbane this weekend and have decide to indulge. Luxury hotel and some fine dining. Photos to come!

Snowdome = Crystal Ball

Art is so funny. This could all be heading in a different direction now that people think the snowdome is a crystal ball. Which makes sense considering my interest in the near future!

Winter, 2010

Rose and the boys will need to go somewhere warm this winter. Even just for a week. Perhaps a road trip. No more wishing and dreaming. Live the life

What's happened so far....

Souvenirs can represent the fantasy of elsewhere. An elsewhere that always seems far-off, strange, exotic and wonderful. This ‘snowdome’, a bricolage of travel mementoes, is a compact cultural capsule inspired by the contemporary tourist theme park where there is no dead space, no wasted time. A fictional world that is a non-stop journey of novelty, difference and photo opportunities.
Inspired by a recent online residency, “Transit Lounge ’09” (www.transitlounge.org/2009) dealing with the theme of travel, I rediscovered forgotten photos of past travels. These have been remixed and merged into a souvenir of the ideal tourist construct that is digitized and trinketized. It’s a trophy and status symbol of my experience and past. It examines a longing to be somewhere else and questions the representation of culture as entertainment in the tourist space.

Template Drawn....

and snowdome is ready to be cut!

Further Greetings

Greetings from Elsewhere

trinketized, miniaturized, digitized

'work in progress'

Digital Souvenirs

They're on their fabulous way!

Souvenirs

Souvenirs signify our identity, experience and past. These objects and their story form an environment in the home that is a construct of our identity. A construct that is authentic as the staged performance of culture in the tourist space.

Chicken Little

The Vietnamese version of Burnham Beeches

It's Bao Dai's Summer Palace in Dalat.











































































































































Will there be golden busts of us at BB?

Where's the Body Corporate Representative?

What the Mekong Delta needs is a niggerly naggy retiree that has nothing better to do than keep everything in order!

Doggie Shrine

Ed and Bud have been inspired to set up their own shrine to their ancestors. We are currently negotiating location.

Carrots- the new art medium

I love a well carved garnish

Electrofied Icons

Blow out the candles and
hook up the neons!

Afghan Bazaar

Went on an Afghan trip. Flying carpets, canned eggplant dip, beaded frocks, henna hands, beautiful plastic crockery and yummy treats. Very enjoyable. And the sour cherry juice goes very nicely with vodka.

Real Travel

It's time to travel for real. This time to Vietnam. It has been organized over the internet so it will be interesting to see whether our travel agent, Ha, actually exists. Someone took my money so someone, somewhere exists! right? Oh well, i need an adventure to have something to talk about.

Voyage Around Home

In a post-jet age world, we are left with a longing for other places- the exotic. Our only choice of travel, though, is a tour at home amongst the memorabilia of past voyages or places we have only seen online. It's a home full of souvenirs that represent the fantasy of elsewhere.

Where in the World?

Past Adventures

Digital Elsewhere

Fantasy of Elsewhere

Travel Books

Fridge Magnets

Springvale Central

Weather Permitting

A Taste of Asia

To cope with the end of travel, we're organizing an excursion to Springvale to satisfy the urge for the exotic. Can't wait for the sounds, smells, sights and the souvenirs.....especially the wall-to-wall waving kitty kats! Hope to attach video soon.

Post-Jet Age

Apparently the end of travel is nigh. Why wasn't I told? Was anyone told? Why don't they tell us these things? Well, now we have to seek local exoticism. Not the same really.

Electrofringe

Off to Electrofringe in Newcastle for some electro-dreaming. It will be all sensors, interactions, software and electro-illusions. Hope to be inspired by all the moving bits!

Rose is....

howling at the full moon and waiting for the magic to descend

In the meantime

While I dream of caviar in St Petersburg, a quick trip to the Sydney Biennale is afoot. I'm teaching the boys how to cook their own dinner. Yes, it's home alone for the boys, but they're clever lads. They're flipping burgers as I type!

Vodka

There's lemon vodka, pepper vodka, cranberry vodka, apple & pear vodka, hunter's vodka and everybodies favorite, potato vodka

No, I don't!

Sorry, but I don't know a Dorothy White from Boomaris.

Is this a Halloween joke?

I'm dreaming.......

of a Vodka & Caviar Bar in St Petersburg.

I'm trying to.....

lose weight and the only wine i'm allowed is one with an 'h'. So I'm doing it here.

"whine" :-(

It's not even pink!

Saw a bottle of Krug champagne today that was $5400. Ok, so it's rare but is it yummy? ...not even pink....

Launching Pad

Where we enter to go for a snork'
It's also where I first saw people go snorkelling wearing a life jacket; and some even took the gear into the swimming pool to practice the art.

It's Monsoon Time!

My Boats

There's no taxi rank at the airport, just a marina. Arrived about midnight and spirited away into the dark on a speed boat. Very cool. Cooler is the cruiser we were on for the sunset cruise....yes, less said about that the better. Less, but still cool is the dive boat. Well, didn't they all laugh when I expressed concern about the approaching storm. Apparently, you just keep on snorkelling in the monsoonal rain. You don't, however, eat your lunch in the rain. They move me inside quick sticks then. I guess soggy prawns and diluted champers isn't so cool.

The Art of Keeping

Hey, good save!

















Oh, what a pity
now its only 5-0

No Red Cards, please!

Don't tell Ed & Bud

I have a new friend, Mr H.
He has to be chased away from the restaurant 'cause he likes to eat the squid he's just caught on the balcony amongst the diners. They're so fussy about having a reservation.

Some of the cheap rooms

My Bungalow

Oh, and did I mention that my room had its very own plunge pool?

Picture this II.......

Me, skinny dipping in 'my very own' plunge pool. Pity the poor passing fishermen....the stories about Moby Dick ARE true!

The World's ONLY.....

underwater spa shakes a little during the monsoonal rain storms. Time to make a discreet exit.

I'm addicted to...

American Idol. There's an American Idol marathon on cable TV and i'm hooked. It's constantly on my big beautiful plasma screen. Will have to take a break soon to visit the turtle that keeps eluding me. Yes, i know, i'm ridiculous....but it's my indulgence!

The sun tan

I'm going to have a very brown back from all the snorkelling. Had to curtail todays snork' though when a shark started following me. So it was lunch at the health restaurant and back to the room for champagne, DVD and the sunset....its so hard.

I'm minding my own business.....

having dinner when this twenty-something comes up to the table offering me his phone number with the comment "should you need anything, anything at all, please call me"
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Picture this.......

It's sunset, there's champagne and a luxury cruiser. I'm getting on famously with the Maldivian skipper. We're all laughing and i'm so charming I make myself sick.

Then, I have to spoil it all
by saying something stupid, like
Tsu-na-mi!



travel tip: shut up and just keep drinking!

The Eagle has landed.....

....right into her very own plunge pool. More later....too busy relaxing.

Staples

Shopped for staples in Singapore....Tiffany, Dior....how do you survive without them?

Preparations II

she's waxed, she's coiffed; she's bronzed, manicured and pedicured; she's packed and dog-free.

so, chill the dom, she's on her way!!!

Guess who aren't happy...

Sorry boys, but...... you're not coming. I have, however, booked you a nice room in Mornington.

Oh, here's the Beluga

apparently, a lot cheaper by the kilo in Kazakhstan.