On Friday June and I set another leg of the Great Race and Eric went out to complete one he had started. The first of the quizzes will be circulated this week, we have 7 teams. Eric was setting another leg and his replacement pair of shoed fell apart too! I try not to smirk, mine are fine.
After work on Saturday night we had dinner at our local with June, Michael and Heather. Unfortunately on Sunday my left knee gave me lots of trouble, for no apparent reason, so we had to have a quiet night at home.
I rang Adrian to check-in after his first full week at work. He managed on the borrowed pushbike for 2 days but then went out and bought a second hand scooter on Gumtree. He is working as a labourer on an LNG Plant construction site located at Blaydin Point on the Middle Arm Peninsula and seems pretty happy, especially at being paid weekly after managing on a fortnightly pay for many years. The gas arrives there from an 889 km pipeline from the lchthys Field. Reports were positive, though the early starts take some getting used to and it is more than a 12 hr day by the time the bus returns him to the airport in Darwin. In his first week he saw the world's biggest crane in action. He spent most of his week placing mesh around the fourth storey level to prevent serious mishaps from levels above. It certainly is a big project.
Resting on the couch with my knee elevated and iced, I was able to enjoy a show on Australia TV about the museum of art at Tarrawarra. To think I used to pass this location everyday on the school bus and now I am sitting in Singapore enjoying the beautiful views of the Healesville Ranges and the fabulous artwork collected by the Gesens. In just a few weeks I have watched 2 programs centred around this location and the pivotal role the Barak and Wandin families of Coranderrk played in its history. I knew descendants of the Wandins when I was at High School.
Monday walkers postponed their walk this week to avoid a clash with the social club's annual High Tea. This year we enjoyed a sumptuous meal at the Shangri La. They serve up a complete meal at this event on the Rose Veranda so we skipped breakfast and only needed mushrooms on toast for dinner. I always love the way the ShangriLa does their flower arrangements and I wasn't disappointed this time. The roses smelt beautiful and i was very impressed with this style of arrangement, think even I could manage that.
The blue line of the MRT is becoming increasingly well used although it is still a long way from completion. We would be using it a lot more regularly if we were walking Bukit Timah as often as we used to, but they are still working on the trails there and it is closed during the week. The rest of the line to the east of Chinatown is still under construction and so is the brown line. They have also recently announced that they will be connecting Harbourfront to Marina Bay which will make the yellow line completely circular. I'm sure all this makes sounds like goobledygook to people who haven't visited, but for those who have used the MRT here, they will appreciate how much this fabulously efficient system is developing as the population grows. On the map below the incomplete lines are dotted.
The walkers went out to Yishun and walked through Sembawang Park and the black and white houses of the estates on their way back to Sembawang mrt. Apparently it was very hot, I gave my knee a rest and swam a few laps instead. Seeing anyone pushing a lawnmoer here is a very rare sight, they usually operate whipper-snippers, even in large parks.
We were delighted to see a bunch of our good friends walking the Great Ocean Rd Walk lately. The pictures were magnificent and the walkers were impressive too. Looking forward to joining them in another venture on home soil one day.
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