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The Photo Scavenger hunt ended last week – I was preaching on the Sunday after it was all over and the week also had a meeting for the music team, football training that I have been struggling to keep up at and sky diving.

A huge week after a huge month of participatiing.

In the end I came second but in all the hugeness I neglected to share the final photos – so, here they are ….

March 29th : Sunrise – 12 points (Total: 516)

From the backyard of The house of Bach this morning. We don’t get much of a sunrise and without clouds it’s not much to look at. This was taken about 7am. Official Sunrise at Toongabbie was 7:06am and I have a photo for that time too but this looked the best.

March 30th : Sky diving – 30 points (Total:546)

w00t!! Absolutely amazing. Igor was my sky diver and he even had a crazy slavic accent. Who’s in for next time?

I was surprised at how much I enjoy the jump – I am very keen to go again. Their wash’t time to get worried in the door way (where I was thinking I would most freak out) and once out the plane that is it. The free fall was about one minute long and felt like a roller coaster until you hit terminal velocity and then it was just looking around and enjoying the 220kph wind roaring. Once the shute went off then it was just having fun doing the turns and loving the view.

DO IT!

March 31st : With a Fancy Car 13 Points (Total: 559)

It was always going to my final image but it also worked out to be a nice easy photos to get on what turned out to be the day of most sermon work. It took 45 days for the part to come to the smash repairer and during that time I had a hire car – a Ford XR6 – and it was not a pleasant experience. It is so good to have the WRX back – it really is a fancy car.

And that’s it – the photo scavenger hunt is over and it was a tops month but I am glad it is over and done with until next year – next year I will be participating only and managing the stress of the competitive side of me. Thanks heaps to Tom for setting it all up. A great adventure.

Today I just needed something easy to get. I knew there was  museum in Fairfield and it was not far out of my way as I headed home from work. It was just beginning to rain as I arrived and so I didn’t stay long but it’s a tops place to go. There are recreations and relocations of actual buildings from various areas and eras of Fairfield’s Development. Lots of cool things to look at and stories to read. And the outside under the trees is a little haven in the middle of the noisy busy industrial / shopping centre precinct at Horsley Drive and Cumberland Highway – an OASIS of history.

Having, yet again,  been denied a photo op at Maccas, there being no religious leaders at the buddhist temple, and not bringing a change of cloths so not willing to gate crash the Hindu evening worship as I drove by after soccer training, it was a quick trip down Memory Lane (Beresford Road) Greystanes to visit by old primary school.

It 30 years ago I was in Year 6. Gosh!

Meet Goldie the Gold Fish. Actually, I have no idea what the Gold fish is called or even if it is a Gold Fish. It’s a very fat fish, that I do know.

The photo top left is from the outside – the other 3 were taken inside the tank and, hence, the camera phone was underwater. In a ziplock bag but none the less underwater.

I used QuadCamera to get this photo.

The WIld Mouse Luna Park.

Grabbed this on the way to watch Sydney FC squeak into the final series.

COMEONSYDNEY!

Meet Mark B – he drives coal trains. He also plays cricket with friends of mine and thanks to stevetheplumber making a phone call I scored myself 30 points.

It’s so interesting how many people will say yes and help out in what is truly the most of frivolous of pursuits.

For instance, yesterday I called a few Government Departments – DFAT, AG, and a statutory body called The National Capital Authority – I was requesting some information and the person I called tried a person walking past their desk, the boss of that person, the boss of that person and finally I was given an email address to try and then, 20 minutes later, called me back with the answer I needed – they had spoken to the CEO of NatCap to find out the answer. Sadly the answer was no, but I am being blown away at how willing people are to help me have fun and adventures.

About 9pm tonight I set off for Homebush to collect a 13 point photo – as I drove I thought I should at least detour via the recording studio that I had found in Wetherilll Park – just in case someone was there. I got there about 9:30pm and the place was busy – of course! The best Rock happens late at night

I wandered in and said I wanted to take a photo of a studio – they laughed and said “um” “sure” and let me.

The photo is of one of the Rehearsal Studios at:

L.A. STUDIOS. Rehearsal & Recording Studio. Unit 6, 442-446 Victoria St. Wetherill Park
they are open all time of the day and night 7 Days.
Phone: (02) 9756 4953
eMail: manager@lastudios.com.au
website: www.lastudios.com.au
facebook:www.facebook.com/lastudiosaustralia

They were busy but Stuart was pretty cool and let me get a couple of photos. The recording studio had just been locked up and I appeared randomly out of the dark night. So even getting this photo was most generous. If you need recording or rehearsal space give them a call. Say that guy on the scavenger hunt sent you and Stuart might just feel it was worth it

I just spent some time rearranging the rest of the photos I plan to take – things are looking good – I won’t be able to win but I should have a good chance at pulling off second – I want to do most of these final ones cos they represent personal challenges to me. As I have said I am participating, and looking at what remains it is going to be a huge week of participating in a bunch of stuff out of my comfort zone.

The experiences I am going to go through will make it one of the funnest most challenging weeks I have had for a long time. It’s going to be great!

Meet Mario Anthony, he is my Dentist. Naturally I had to wait before I got to get in and see him and he was very pleased that we were taking photos of famous people,dentists and politicians.

Nave279 is the vocalist and star of The Arranged Marriage song : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iri3lM8fQaQ : 193,029 views as of 20/3/2012 Thanks Nave279!

His name is Daniel and he is mates with DavidC from Bible Study – last night I was talking about The Hunt and David brought up the video and said he knew the guy who was in it. This afternoon I got confirmation from Scavenger Master Tom that >190,000 views on YouTube was reckoned to be famous enough!

I messaged Dave, tense cos I had failed again to get the Maccas shot – damm OH&S – and hoping that I could put off the Cross Dressing for another night. As I took some photos of my WRX as a Plan C, if needed, the message came through – 7.25p at the old church!

I met a few other people before Daniel turned up – all he knew was that one of DavidC’s wanted a friend with him – he laughed when I told him way and asked a few times – so there is no prize – nope, just the pride.

Make sure you watch the view it’s funny! I especially liked the ending.

I support SydneyFC – at first it was a way of connecting with the blokes at Tooney and reconnection upon my return from bollege. It was a sport I was always interesting in and I thought I get ‘get in from the ground floor’ – somehow, without even realising it I suddenly became a fan. Away trips to Melb (many), Gold Coast, New Zealand have all followed – I am Sydney ‘Til I Die!

I did’t want the face to be quite so … menacing … but the face paint didn’t help – as the paint set it is designed to form a plasticy mask which is supposed to make it easy to remove – it also meant that it tightened onto my face and felt that if I smiled or moved too much would split and tear and just look dodgy.

Hence the look.

I was right to be concerned, as soon as I had decided I had enough photos to pick the right one I smiled and flexed my face the paint tore and hung down off my face. Made it easy to get off – and it was water soluble anyway so it’s all come off and out of my shirt and beanie without any problems.