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A flutter at the races
Posted on October 30, 2009 by christopbrooks
Tuesday is Melbourne Cup Day. The Melbourne Cup is known as ‘the race that stops a nation’. Even though it’s a public holiday in Melbourne Credo is still going to be open. We basically don’t want the TAB to be the only place in town for people to go and hang out.
I’ve been thinking about what [...]
Filed under: City mob, Credo, Melbourne, Melbourne (city), Urban Seed/Seeds, advertising, alcohol, animals, drugs, gambling, sport | Tagged: advertising, alcohol, beer, butterflies, drugs, gambling, gaming, Melbourne, Melbourne Cup, racing, Urban Seed | 2 Comments »
Lorne
Posted on August 8, 2009 by christopbrooks
Mehrin and I took some time off this week to go and stay at Jeff’s grandparents’ holiday house in Lorne and have a bit of a break.
Filed under: Lorne, animals, beach | Tagged: Apollo Bay, Australia, beach, Erskine Falls, falls, Great Ocean Road, holiday, Lorne, rainbow, roadwork, sea, waterfall, whales | 2 Comments »
Trentham
Posted on July 20, 2009 by christopbrooks
I put this together using photos and audio from a trip to Trentham a few weeks ago:
It’s not very interesting to just watch. It’s more for background ambience. Haven’t used it publicly yet.
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Beetles
Posted on June 13, 2009 by christopbrooks
As a child I remember I liked finding insects at school. Sometimes I’d catch them and sneak them into class. Miss Castanetto asked me, ‘What have you got in your hands?’ I said, ‘Beetles.’ She told me to take them outside and let them go.
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Near Inglewood
Posted on June 7, 2009 by christopbrooks
It’s been over a week since Mehrin and I went up to Bendigo, but I didn’t get to blog about it, because last week was so silly.
Mehrin and I caught the train up on Saturday afternoon. When we got to the station Ali and Di asked us if we wanted to go on an adventure. [...]
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Upfield
Posted on May 18, 2009 by christopbrooks
Today I went to the train station and caught the first train that was going. Unfortunately it was 25 minutes late leaving. Anyway, I ended up in Upfield. There were planes going over every couple of minutes. There were also a lot of birds. I got some chocolate cake from a Turkish bakery.
I edited this [...]
Filed under: Melbourne, animals, art, film | Tagged: airplane, bird, Campbellfield, Melbourne, parrot, plane, rainbow lorikeet, Upfield, video | Leave a Comment »
The squid and the cross
Posted on May 13, 2009 by christopbrooks
I’ve been looking at a little book called Empowerment of Indigenous People by Bakthan Tychicus. It has this image on the cover:
… the squid embracing the cross was painted by Bruce Wangurra, Aboriginal artist from Jabiru Land Council, N.T.
From the Aboriginal perspective the squid is the giver of life. Within the dreaming it contains the meaning [...]
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Lenten Lectionary – March 12-14
Posted on March 15, 2009 by christopbrooks
Haven’t had the time and energy to post my Lenten Lectionary responses the last few days, so here they are now:
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Lenten Lectionary – March 7
Posted on March 8, 2009 by christopbrooks
This is my response to Saturday’s Lenten Lectionary reading:
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