go on a holiday

actually it was autumn but what the hell! my daughter and i went to melbourne for a two week holiday and it was awesome! i had really bad depression and when iwent away for two weeks it really helped my state of mind. highlyreccommend holidays!

Short trip to the hunter next week woo!

I really need some time out and a break and would dearly love to go on a holiday.

Sometime soon I would like to try and organise three different holidays for 2008.

I would like a short stay (like a long weekend away) in Western Australia (South West – hopefully Pemberton).
I would like to take my daughter to the Gold Coast in the June school holidays.
I would also like to try and take an overseas trip (Bali – fingers crossed).

im going to cornwall
on friday
only downer it might rain=[
to pack sunnies or rainnes?

its been so long since ive been on a holiday. i think the last time i went was when my parents were still married and i was probably seven. i lot has happened in the years since. I NEED TO RELAX!!!

Well there were serious bush fires in mountains around the north of the La trobe valley ,where I was born,and my dad and sisters still live(200k east of melbourne )
A series of fires conbined into one front and subsqently caused considerable ecological damage over hundreds of sq kilometers.

On my return the sky was grey and the air was rich with a choking mix of humidity and smoke. I flew into Melbourne airport, hired a small economical car and headed down the South Gippsland highway reorienting myself with the foibles of RH driving again.

I activated my Australian mobile phone headed to the south coast to stay with my longtime friends Peda and Ruth who not only have a great house that is a block away from the ocean, but are excellent musicians and totally unfazed buy my need just to chill out with them for a couple of days before catching up with rest of the family

The trip coincided with the 5th the anniversary of my mothers passing, this was making me ponder, as I was working in Saudi Arabia when she died, a problem associated with being an absent family member is the guilt you feel, for not feeling guilty. Although I have a good relationship with my sisters I opted just to do a couple of day trips to see my various family members. I love my family however no way I could I live with them, and course there was the beach, well! After coming from the snow bound region of Alberta Canada it was just like a bewitching siren to me. The good news for me was that all my nieces and nephews were healthy looking good and going places
Anyway what I was intending to say before I started digressing was that the rain came down in torrents it was fantastic huge drops of warm water that cleared the sky freshened the air and quenched some of the fires. Anyway that was the first week, The other 5 involved going over to Perth seeing more friends in a with a background some red wine and lots of music. I traveled back to Victoria accompanied by my daughter Hayley (25y) who assumed the role of event organizer while I was relegated to that of chauffeur. We revisited family and friends. She stole the show, I sat and listened it worked well.

and working is a reality, had a great time with friends and family. The weather was great! spent most of my time near the ocean with good friends.. going from +30deg C to -27 deg C was a bit of a shocker, but worth it.

and ready to go….jUST GOT the confirmation that I am Flying out on the 25Dec FtMac/Vancouver/LAX/Melb and Perth returning on 01Feb07.

Well thats the good news, however the bushfires that are ranging in S.E Australia (Vic/NSW) have destroyed the Welcola school camp facility nestled in the mountains of the Great Divide.

A small private festival were Friends from the Gippsland Acoustic Music Club meet every January to promote and play excellant Acoustic music. My only hope is some the many friends who live in the area are safe.

It’s such a pity that this camp has been lost as it has been
a fountain of creativity and origional music for some time.
I was really looking forward to catching up and recharging….

There is always a price we pay for being absent from the things( and people) we love.(questioning my motives for being away)

So I will spend my time in the coastal area of South Gippsland approx 120k east of Melbourne with good friends and catch up with the family (sisters). Still we will be playing lots of music and planning the “BIG” South American Trip with my cohorts

I will fly over to Perth and travel into the central desert area of the Goldfields to catch up with family and friends. The temperature will be around 40degC so no doubt a 4 hour trip south to the beach city of Esperance will be a relief.

Around the 13 jan it’s back to Melbourne and Gippsland to catch relatives and make some music with great friends both new and old.
This time on my return to Canada I willl spend 5 days in Vancouver before heading back to Fort Mcmurray….. just get back in to the groove of living in a colder climate..and take my chances with the weather

and go for a holiday back to OZ.. run away from the long winter that is brewing here in Northern Alberta, n’fly south for January catch up with friends and family at a beach somewhere.. of cousre I’ll have to squeeze a bit of music in ..here n there… mmmm jeeze I’d Better book some dates…