Bye Bye Bello
Today is our last day in Bellingen, a place we have got to know quite well. We will miss the small town ambience, the cafes and the magnificent trees and birds.
Georgie has gone to see the Butterfly Farm near Coff's Harbour. I am staying at home after the haircut and internet cafe visit to finish up some daubings I have been working on, mainly abstract amd very small (6X4 ins).
Last night we met Eduardo the diamond python. He had concealed his 2 metres inside a small ceramic elephant on the patio of our hosts. There he was waiting to launch himself on 'dinner', a mouse or two.
We sadly said goodbye to our wonderful hosts, Erika and Roger. They are so helpful and especially inspiring when they start to talk about wildlife. They have spent quite some time trekking in the bush and it turns out that our seemingly private Thai style chalet is far from being the preserve of humans. By night there are many strange sounds at the door and on the roof. At dusk the black cockatoos come swarming on the big red gum tree in front and start their very loud screaching. I have recorded some of this for the 2005 hit from Shotgun Studio 'Hump da Birdy'.
Tomorrow Wednesday the 2nd we drive to lake Macquarie to visit Jim Scarfe, Ling's old mining colleague from the sixties.
We think of all readers in Ireland when we open the fridge door.
Georgie has gone to see the Butterfly Farm near Coff's Harbour. I am staying at home after the haircut and internet cafe visit to finish up some daubings I have been working on, mainly abstract amd very small (6X4 ins).
Last night we met Eduardo the diamond python. He had concealed his 2 metres inside a small ceramic elephant on the patio of our hosts. There he was waiting to launch himself on 'dinner', a mouse or two.
We sadly said goodbye to our wonderful hosts, Erika and Roger. They are so helpful and especially inspiring when they start to talk about wildlife. They have spent quite some time trekking in the bush and it turns out that our seemingly private Thai style chalet is far from being the preserve of humans. By night there are many strange sounds at the door and on the roof. At dusk the black cockatoos come swarming on the big red gum tree in front and start their very loud screaching. I have recorded some of this for the 2005 hit from Shotgun Studio 'Hump da Birdy'.
Tomorrow Wednesday the 2nd we drive to lake Macquarie to visit Jim Scarfe, Ling's old mining colleague from the sixties.
We think of all readers in Ireland when we open the fridge door.
posted by Tim Goulding at Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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