Travel Zulu

I was down at the Melbourne docklands just a couple of days ago, when I looked up and saw a giant cow in the tree!

I started counting exactly how many beers I had at lunch, then had a thought “urban art”. After doing a quick search in Google, I found the docklands homepage with this information:

This intriguing work has a water-based thematic connection to Melbourne Docklands. Many years ago, a violent flood swept up herds of cattle in the Gippsland area of Victoria before subsiding and revealing the carcass of a cow stranded at the top of a tree. At 5 tons of bronze and 8 metres high, Cow up a Tree creates a surreal experience.

The work also makes reference to Australian artist William Dobell who, during World War II, served as a camouflage labourer and worked on papier-mache cows that were moved around the base of airfields in the hope of fooling Japanese pilots. The artist contemplated what would happen during a flood on Dobell’s airfield.

Jetstar are having a sale at the moment with some very cheap flights out of Australia.

I have booked my ticket to Thailand and will be leaving early March.

I now have enough Qantas frequent flyer points to travel return to New Zealand. When I have used them before, the trip was totally free, but now they are charging you for the additional taxes and fees.

I am not a fan of reward programs, and they probably only benefit people who travel on company sponsored trips.

It was 39 degrees yesterday in Melbourne. Bushfires raged across the state and even interferred with power transmission lines, temporarily cutting power to some parts of the city. Traffic signals and trains were also effected.

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I didn’t take my camera away with me this time, but his is one shot from my mum’s camera.