http://www.dryadmusings.com General Musings Of A Tree Spirit Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:53:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So how are these three things related you are probably wondering? Well, after the non existent storm that was promised to rage over Sydney last night it did at least begin to rain this morning. Of course it was dry by the time I left for work but it wasn't ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/09/23/triple-j-fate-a-musical-legend/ I have been very naughty of late and haven't made any posts in a while but thought I would stop by quickly to say Mat and I are going to a Cog concert tonight and to share some music with you. Cog are an Australian progressive metal band from Bondi Beach. ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/09/12/cog-live-at-manly-warringah-leagues-club-tonight/ As of today, Mat and I have been together exactly a year as it is the anniversary of our first date. Just seven days after we met for the first time (up a walnut tree) Mat asked me to go to the cinema with him. We went to see The ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/08/23/a-year-together/ This was the first Aussie hip hop track to catch my ear when I moved out here and I just thought "wow, this is sick!" Someone has finally posted it on youtube so I can now share it on my blog. I love bushcraft and being in Australia with all ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/08/17/pegz-the-last-bushman/ After doing a trial day on Friday I officially started my new job today with a small garden maintenance business in Mosman. Over the last three weeks I applied for a lot of jobs, mostly admin and accounting type roles, and I was beginning to give up hope as nobody was ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/08/12/trying-my-hand-at-gardening/ Back last year, when I first started my groundie job with Plateau, I got my first tick. Since then, there have been many bouts of ticks at work and lots of people relaying horror stories of their grass tick infestations. However, to date, Mat has not come back ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/08/01/a-home-lesson-in-ticks/ After finding a Woolworths back in Albany, purchasing more supplies and having a freshen up in the toilets we cooked our breakfast bacon butties in the car park and planned our first sight. On the map, just below Albany was a peninsular with some interesting land marks on; The Gap & ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/07/29/the-gap-natural-bridge-and-the-blowholes/ Yesterday Mat and I went for a little jolly (350km round trip) to Newcastle and back, just for the crack. Surprisingly, when we got there we couldn't find much open. It was a bit strange, like a ghost town, but as we weren't looking for anything specific we ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/07/27/swansea-seagulls-have-us-surrounded/ We had a pretty late flight booked which didn't leave Sydney until around 8pm on the Wednesday. The flight itself was a whopping five hours to get from one side of the country to the other and we landed in Perth around 11pm, Perth being two hours behind Sydney. It ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/07/25/perth-holiday-arrival-and-first-day/ It seems to be the time of year at the moment for good news regarding little newcomers on their way. Before I left Plateau one of my colleagues there left to go on maternity leave. I recently also received the good news that another friend of mine, Michelle ... http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/07/23/bellies-full-of-arms-and-legs/