Yes! A blog!!
Sky Hulk has risen once again to contain my hitherto unfulfilled intention to establish and maintain a blogging habit. May this time last forever.
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Goodbye Nam Loong
Last night we headed into the city to see Joshua Ladgrove's show for Melbourne International Comedy Festival. This is an almost-annual event for us and is almost always accompanied by dinner at Nam Loong on Russell Street. Nam Loong (not to be confused with the other Nam Loong,
Maribyrnong River Trail ride
A little local adventure, not quite to plan, but with lots of good bits. The original plan was to ride my bike along the Maribyrnong River Trail in the upstream direction from Footscray Park to Brimbank Park and explore the trails there. I took my first wrong turn just after
Getting ready for fungal season
Last year I decided to get into fungus. I bought a copy of Bruce Fuhrer's A field guide to Australian fungi, signed up to iNaturalist and started looking. I did not have to look far. My local area is absolutely bursting with weird, colourful, tenacious fungi. I love
Vaporwave Pop Up Shop at the Quadraphonic Club
5 April 2025 in Melbourne, featuring doktorb, Wet Electronics, Daydream Deluxe, Dark5lalom, Killawarra, Mada Yana (まだヤナ), JR / KS and Post Dive. A feature of the past few weeks at our place has been Adrian, also known as doktorb, rehearsing for this show. It was the brainchild of Benjamin Chesler who