The rainy sky-line.

The cleaners are striking again. Well, different cleaners this time. Now the streets aren't being cleaned. Great...

My work-bonsai.

It's getting a lot greener outside of my work. I like a lot.

The Central Station sky-line from under my umbrella.

Software to log your farts.

My fake bonsai (further called "fakesai") made it to my work safe and sound. The fakesai brings good zen to my desk. I feel it likes it there. And I like it too.

A close-up of my screen. I had a bit of a geek giggle when I saw this. Hee hee hee.

I just popped the pear cider I bought at IKEA last weekend. It's very nice.

Thank god I'm not pregnant otherwise I would not be allowed to drink it!

The fake bonsai.

This is the "bonsai" I bought at IKEA yesterday.

It looks lovely and I am pleased with it but I found out today that it's not a real bonsai but a fake one. They used the roots of some plant and grafted ficus on it and that's it. I guess that's why the leaves are still large. But anyway, it will be a lovely plant for at work, I'll be very happy with it :-)

For dinner I made pancakes. Mmmmmh!

From breakfast to Bonsai.

My breakfast: Milk, a croissant and half a baguette (whole meal) with cheese. Rather nice.

I saw these geese with a little baby while walking to work. Beautiful they were.

In the afternoon my colleague Bjorn came in to tell me an awesome yacht sailed by. It's in the distance...

What was more fun was that half the room was suddenly in front of one window looking at a boat. Of course they disperse real fast when you take a photo...

Whilst waiting for the tram, the girl next to me was sporting the latest accessoiries including a little mini dog.

My bonsai is growing new leaves again. The first lot of leaves was all eaten by some tiny white insects. So I bought some biological spray and sprayed the shit out of it. It might be helping.

The prune.

Our neighbours have been working on this boat for weeks now. Just like I have been working for weeks on a bloody piece of software that just won't work 100% for some reason or another...

It got sunny in the afternoon. Nice blue sky with fluffy clouds. It's almost a miracle in this country.

I work behind this door. It's a sacred place. Ssshhhhhhh.

When I got home I pruned my small bonsai. It was getting out of control a bit and needed work. They are supposed to look neat and it did not.

Now it does. Lets hope I didn't kill it...

The heron

My little bonsai dropped a lot of leaves which got me quite worried at first. However, it has started producing a lot of new leaves!

This grey heron was in the middle of the sidewalk. When I came close it flew on top of a car. It wasn't too bothered by me.Stunning sight.

The cleaners continue to strike...

The cleaning operation of the burned out building continues as well. It's actually going pretty fast.

An Adelaidian scene: Fire trucks without fire opposite my work.

30 minutes before lunch, 5 colleagues put out a combined birthday treat. Different pastry things, very tasty.

We were happy people.

Out neighbours working on their next project.

In this photo we see my colleague Geert screwing around with my colleague Walter's chair. We are hoping that Walter will not read this blog before Monday morning so that we can all enjoy the moment he's going to sit down in his chair then. I must not be late Monday ;-)

My colleague Sylvester checking out my blog. People like peeking in to other people's life. I'm sure they just want to fin that one picture which will embarrass me. Well guys, stiff shit. Such a thing does not exist :-)

My ferry on the way home. I went out for dinner and then had a few pints at the pub.

On my way home I saw this screen showing pictures from Amsterdam, a while ago.

The rainbow.

Sunday morning has become breakfast at Scoozi's morning. Just because it is a delightful way to start the day. Today was unfortunately also the last time I had poffertjes. Next weekend is the last weekend in Australia for me and we will not be able to go to the market then.

One of the newer stalls is a man that sells bonsai trees. I like bonsai trees a lot.

Late afternoon we went to Henley for some giros. It was cold and very windy.

Very windy indeed.

It's been very, very windy for a few days now...

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On our way home it rained pretty bad but we did see one of the biggest and most beautiful rainbows so far.

The Royal Show 2009

Today we went to the Royal Show 2009! It started by dumping our car in the royal parking. We were not the first ones that day.

We walked in on the fun fair side.

On a day like this it's all about having your priorities straight. So I went to the Adelaide Famous Poffertjes immediately! The poffertjes lady had added little olie bollen to the menu which were absolutely delicious! Warm, not too dry but crispy on the outside and covered in powder sugar. Good stuff!

Then we went inside. There were flowers...

Gardens...

Bonsai trees...



Cakes...

Bread...

Toys (LEGO!!!!)...



But as with all things that were only about fun when they started, commerce has gotten a strong foot in the door and so you will also find ugly people selling even uglier clothes in their ugly shops. It was like Albert Kuijp and Kalverstraat combined. Awful.

There were also animals, like black and white cows...

And brown and white cows. I always wondered what happens with a cow when her udder is full. Apparently when it gets too full, milk production is halted. I was pleased to hear that because I've been worried about cow's udders getting painfully full for a while...

There were also old engines.

And sheep...

That produce wool of some sort.

I think certain readers that like to spin their own thread are getting very excited now. I took these photos especially for you, ladies :-)

There were also goats. These babies have short hair...

And these guys have long hair.

OOoohhhhh... aaaahhhhh....

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When we had seen everything we of course stopped by the Adelaide's Famous Poffertjes house again for a second round of goodness.

Then we walked back to the car. This guy was wearing an awesome suit. Love it.

After a short break at home during which i did all the paperwork to get my stuff shipped back to the Netherlands, we went to Henley beach.

The day was too beautiful to just let pass and i felt this urge to get in to the water.

It was fantastic but the water was very cold.

I went in with just my flippers.

Afterwards we had coffee and cake and God made a rainbow on my table to say eating all the bad stuff I did today was O K.