Sydney News

Things are going pretty well in Sydney. My role at the Deparment of Environment got extended for another year and our next job is to map the native vegetation in the Hunter Valley. It will mean some field trips to Seal Rocks and the Upper Hunter which should be fun. It is nice to map an area that I grew up in.

Winter has stopped me surfing regularly (which is weak) but I've been riding my motorbike through the country which feels a bit like exercise. I might have to go into training soon in preparation for the Roff Olympics.

I went to films most night during the Sydney Film Festival and one of the highlights was running into Jesse and meeting Steve Bisley. He's in a new Australian western called 'Red Hill' (playing another cop!) which is definately worth a look. It has the aussie guy from True Blood playing a city cop moving to a quiet one horse town and some major bad juju going down. It is set in the Victorian highlands and the countryside looked beautiful. The town they shot in had 30, 000 people in the gold rush days and now has 150.



Jesse was on the red carpet with his dad but I couldn't find a photo of them online. There's one below of Steve playing Goose in Mad Max 1. His first job out of school and his first role as a cop. I think once you are in Mad Max you could pretty much retire but he is still working like a trooper. Sorry for the confusion when I first turned up Jesse but it was gold to see you.

Megan came to all the films with me which was fun. She is in a play in July at the Riverside theatre and plays Lady Macquarie which will be a nice change for me after Underbelly. Let me know if anyone is in town and could use some tickets.

The other news is that the guys that make Rockband have teamed with Fender to make a real guitar for the Xbox 360 that you can plug into an amp and play Guitar Hero on. Yes!