Been awhile...

Here we are near the end of 2008, much happening....

Bam! Now the Job is Gone!

Three weeks ago I had the best redundancy that I have every had when my position in the retail environment I was working in was terminated. Brilliant! Good pay-out, excellent time with university holidays on, parents came over from Sydney and school holidays with the kids. Have the time to focus on quite a few other things, get myself together, plan for the future and look for a decent job. All good! Things are VERY interesting right now, so much going on in the world, with cycling and building a resilient and sustainable transport system here in Adelaide, particularly with oil now peaking past $145 a barrel and motorists looking at the cost of filling their stupid cars and asking the question "What are my Options?" - the bicycle is an option whose time has well and truly come!

Two months later

Even though we are near the end of May it feels that we are already well into Winter. Cold, wet and windy weekend. Such a change from only a couple of months ago when everyone seemed to by dieing in the heat. I know when it is getting colder as I feel really hungrey. Must be some thing to do with the fact that the fuel in my tank is the food in my belly.

Heat, heat, heat!!

It has now been something like 14 days straight with max daytime temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius here in Adelaide. Apparently this is now the new record for the longest run of hot days in any Australian capital since records have been kept! As you can imagine, with temperatures hovering around 38 for most of this weekend, the beach will be the place to be. This hot weather has not stopped my cycling, nor a lot of other cyclists I see out there on the road. Probably the ones that can see past the superficial media complaining about the heat and join a few more dots together. Were we not told that climate change would mean longer periods of hotter weather in this part of the world?? Or maybe it is all a coincidence? Good to believe that if your heads a bit stuck in the sand and you don't want to think about ANY issues to do with the urban environment.