The weekend just past was a long weekend here, so Jase, Marg, Anh, Hay, Gin and I headed off to ’sunny’ Albufeira, Portugal for a tan. Albufeira is in the Algarve region which is a very touristy/resort type destination… English is spoken everywhere.

Sorry, don’t know how to re-order the photos so they’re out of sequence.

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(riding along beach rd in formation)

Andrew: i’m getting sprayed behind you guys
Keith: Al, stop spraying all over Andrew’s face
Al: i can’t help it. i’m just so close to you

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Went to the Covent Garden Night Market tonight with Jase, Marg, Hay, Gin and another couple. It’s only on Thursday nights in August and it’s predominantly a food market.

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So Canon has decided it’s time for me to open my wallet again. The question is though: small enough to (almost) pocket and carry everywhere, or changeable lenses.

The options are of course the new compact G9, or the DSLR EOS 40D. Both are dead sexy, both look to be fantastic cameras, but I’ve had the same problem before.

I still own both a G3 and a 300D, and rarely use both. The reason being that the G3 doesn’t have a long enough lens, and to a lesser extent a wide enough one, and 300D, for which I have a decent range of relatively cheap lenses both long and short, is too much of a pain in the ass to carry around everywhere. The G9 addresses the lens length problem I have with the G3, and while the 40D definitely does not address the PITA factor of carrying around a DSLR and two or three lenses, it is a major step up from the 300D, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the latter could be addressed by dropping the aussie inability to buy any messenger style bag other than a Crumpler (which while they may be great messenger bags, I dont know not being a messenger, or even really a cyclist, they suck as laptop/camera combo) and finding a more suitable laptop/camera bag. Timbuk2 seems to make a nice one. Hmm, more shit to purchase.

Anyway, getting back to whatever point I had, what do you guys think? I’m afraid the only suitable solution may be to buy both. I’m even more afraid I will actually go ahead and get both. Help!

Dwarf’s trick gone wrong…

HYG, did you hear about this?

Whilst we’re at it, here’s the photo from our bedroom.

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i’ve been working/living out here in warburton for almost 2wks now and i still haven’t hit the mountain trails yet. my desk is facing the window. most of the view is taken up by mt donna buang, which is a constant reminder that i should be getting back on my bike soon…

Mt Donna Buang (elevation 1250m)