A short trip to Western Australia, namely Perth and Rottnest Island | See the pictures
Trad climbing at Mt. Rosea and some sport clipping at Millennium Caves and The Ravine
Despite the cold weather, we had another two weekends outdoors in the Grampians. The Ravine and Millennium Caves (both sport) as well as Mt. Rosea with its trad multi-pitch climbs. | See the pictures
Gallery Update
I recently extended my car pool and didn’t want to deprive you of those beauties | See the pictures
Gallery Update
Some impressions of a beautiful day in the Royal Botanic Gardens made it into the Gallery | See the pictures
Daylight saving time is over
Last Saturday Victoria switched back from daylight saving time to standard time. So now the time difference to Germany is only 8 hrs.
Subaru Outback 2.5 AWD
Earth Hour in Melbourne, die zweite
Nachdem ja am Sonntag offiziell “Earth Hour” war, d.h. die Lichter dunkel blieben so weit wie möglich, gabs heute die inoffizielle, ungewollte Fortsetzung. Gleichzeitig nicht gerade ein Lobgesang auf die Qualität der elektrischen Leitungen in Melbourne: Da weht der Wind mal ein bisschen stärker (okay, zugegeben, über 100km/h sind dann doch ziemlich schnell) und schon hüllen sich ganze Häuserblocks in tiefe Dunkelheit. Dummerweise auch meiner und so heißts jetzt also Gaskocher und Stirnlampe raus und Abendessen wie beim Campen zuzubereiten – aber in der eigenen Küche! Das warme Wasser hats auch erwischt, also erst mal nix mit der heißen Dusche.
Das hier sagt der offizielle Wetterdienst:
Warning Summary
A severe weather warning is current for the central district, including Melbourne, for very windy conditions. A fire weather warning is current for very high to extreme fire danger for the central district, including Melbourne until midnight. A road weather alert is current.
Forecast for Wednesday evening
Gusty northerly wind shifting squally west to southwesterly during this evening. Areas of raised dust. A brief shower tending to rain periods later. Possible hail and thunder later tonight.
Kann mich also wohl auf eine lauschige Nacht einstellen ….
New bike (again)
I know, I just bought a bike a couple of weeks ago. And it is still running, although I have to admit that meanwhile even $50 seem to be too much. But never mind. And then, last week, a dude from the climbing gym advertises his almost new Kona Coiler. That’s 150mm travel front and rear plus some upgrades such as XTR rear and XT front derailer and some Tioga parts. I checked it out yesterday – and bought it. It’s in a really good condition and definitely a bargain. As an early Easter egg he added two Look click pedals to the package.
Brad, from whom I bought the bike, happens to work in a consulting company and we had chat about jobs. I’ll send him my CV and who knows, maybe something comes out of it!
New address
On 1 March we moved into this nice little place in Hawthorn. Lindsay helped us a lot, providing his uncles trailer and his own manpower to shift the furniture and several boxes. The appartments location near the river, BBQ facilities just a few meters away and the proximity to city and Bridge Road with all their shops and restaurants is a really nice change to the somewhat more remote North Balwyn. A great deal of furnishing has to be done yet but we’re getting there. If only the TV worked so I can watch Lost …
The map shows actually some more places around Melbourne where I am somehow connected to.
The new address is
Felix Salomon
4/38 Creswick Street
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Moonlight Cinema
The other night at the Moonlight Cinema we saw “3.10 To Yuma”. If you like Western then you should definitely go and see it. A story about honor, bullets and a really cool bad guy …
I also managed to get some interesting shots of the Australia Day fireworks!
