- Got to the hotel - found I had not hotel vouchers - sorted
- went up the road and had some good brathwurst
- came back to do temple tour
- went to have indian for dinner
- ran into my mate - cuzzy walton - drinking esured
- met melissa - got on like a house on fire
- went to several clubs, eventaully at double six by ourselves going crazy on long island ice teas
- tried to ride home in the torrential rain, motorbike fell over in floor
- pulled bike out, back at the hotel by 3:30.

I really AM going to rest tomorrow.. trust me.. diving on wednesday.. 120m long wreck.. up to 30m depth, sounds brilliant.. woop!

Grapefruit is an excellent source of many nutrients and phytochemicals, able to contribute to a healthy diet. Grapefruit is a good source of vitamin C,[9][18] pectin fiber,[19] and the pink and red hues contain the beneficial antioxidant lycopene.[9][20] Studies have shown grapefruit helps lower cholesterol[9][21] and there is evidence that the seeds have high levels of antioxidant properties.[22] Grapefruit forms a core part of the “grapefruit diet”, the theory being that the fruit’s low glycemic index is able to help the body’s metabolism burn fat.[23]

-wikipedia

After a vicious battle in which i pitted my wits, newspaper and the WMD known as fly spray I managed to kill most of the interior invaders. However, I got a professional to sort out the outside of the house.

I did manage to find one redback in the garage, she was happily perched on his web, with a dead black house spider nicely gift wrapped behind her.
So I was looking at photos of her today and comparing her to other red backs on the web, she does look somewhat different, but I’m guessing most of the photos on the web [pun sooooo intended.. take that!] are from the eastern states.

I did learn that redback spiders are one of the few who are suicidal in their mating rituals.

For Redback spiders, mating begins innocently enough, with the male courting the female by plucking on the strands of her web, producing a vibration which has been translated into sound in this recording. But the male is also courting death: as the two spiders mate, the female will slowly consume her partner. So does he try and escape? Hardly. Instead the male spider somersaults his body into position directly over the female’s mouth, as if to say ‘digest me, I’m yours!’

It’s amazing to watch because its clear that the female is not doing anything to force the male to do this, rather the male is doing this sort of sacrificial somersault all by himself. The fangs of the female then sink into the male and she begins to extrude digestive enzymes and basically begins to eat the male while he’s copulating with her.”

Maydianne Andrade is a graduate student at Cornell University

One would wonder with the current rate of divorce if humans are that different.

Planning on a road trip in march when I get my lisence back. Thinking of buying a car (Victoria looks good at the moment for prices) or even Sydney and then driving it back along the coast road - problem is I don’t want to do a road trip by myself, but not many people I know can take time off from their jobs / girlfriends to embark on such an epic journey. I’m sure something or someone will present before March tho.

Much Want.. Will Get..

WTF cats…

But also somehow sad…