Trees without their leaves at Albury’s Noreuil and Oddies Creek Parks.
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Savoury scones from the famous Beechworth Bakery’s Albury store ($2.90… very delicious!). We also had a piece of bright red Jelly slice, straight from childhood birthday parties. It was like the bakery had directly imported it from the 80’s.
I didn’t end up getting the time to go down to the pretty colonial-era goldrush town of Beechworth, about an hour outside of Albury, to have scones or pies at the bakery proper during this stay (or get lollies from the great olde-style sweet store right next to the bakery), but thankfully their Albury store is just as yummy.
What better place to enjoy some scones than down by the Murray River in Albury, the scene for so many of those sugar fueled childhood birthday parties? The Oddies Creek Off-Leash Park is one of Pogo (our fluffy silly dog)’s favourite places in town.
But like most of our family though, when there is food around, Pogo isn’t interested in exercise.
He has very poor table manners. At home, he knows he’s not allowed on the table, but he didn’t feel those rules applied at the park.
This jumping style is how he got his name of Pogo. (The park is partially sealed off in the background because they are building a new playground area)
Once the scones were gone, he finally decided it was time to have a run. He’s a scaredy dog though and will only play with puppies his own size. If there’s a big dog, he won’t stray far from his sisters.
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A street vendor selling mie ayam noodles in Solo, Central Java, near the Karaton. Right behind the fence there was a paddock full of pungent goats who kept sticking their noses through gaps in the tarpaulin, trying to get some lunch from diners and making lots of noise when they were denied a meal.
Below is the product of this man’s labor. It was quite tasty, but I don’t really eat bakso (seriously, who knows what is in that stuff?) so I didn’t really touch those, only a little taste. But the rest was good.
But after a couple of mouthfuls… CRASH. A goat had stuck his head through a gap in the fence and knocked over a whole tray of vegetables. It was certainly a unique way to dine.
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A tsunami memorial in downtown Banda Aceh, consisting of rainbow coloured poles on an empty block of land.
View arriving by boat into the Banda Aceh port of Ulee Lhee, where the tsunami first hit the Sumatran shore. The port is now surrounded by stone walls intended to give some protection to the harbour in the event of another large wave.
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I always take lots of photos of my little sister when I’m home, and there’s a good reason. Not only is she a gorgeously beautiful ballerina type, she’s also the type of person who responds enthusiastically to suggestions like “why don’t we go and get that carnivale mask I bought you back from Venice and go to the park in the Albury CBD in the cold at night to take weird artsy pictures while bored bogans drive past and honk their car horns at you?” You’ve got to love that kind of attitude.
We had a pretty epic photo sesh tonight (I can’t find my damn tripod, making night photography tricky!), taking heaps and heaps of kooky snaps. There’s some more…
… if you clickity-click-click this linkety-link-link.
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Prints of some of my photographs are now available to buy at RedBubble! If you want to spice up a wall or can’t think of a good gift for someone, check it out!
I’ve tried to pick photos that I think would look good on walls and for interior design-y type stuff… but they also print postcards. Maybe they could be used for dinner party invitations or something fun like that! Who knows! It’s up to you!
The prices are very reasonable and any purchase you make will be helping me a little with my education costs 
If there’s any photos from the blog which you want as a print, but are not yet in my RedBubble gallery, let me know and I’ll get it organised.
Get browsing over here. Pass it on to your friends if you think they might be interested!
Tiger picture is from a temple in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.
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The jungle town of Bukit Lawang has a rocky river flowing through it. Not so long ago, a flash flood in the river wiped away most of the town. But now, on the weekends, locals flock from Medan to cool off in this tropical rainforest river.
And one more pic of Bukit Lawang village over the jump…
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Photo taken somewhere on the Hume Highway between Melbourne and Albury… still south of Glenrowan, maybe just past Stanley?Another belated Indonesia post. No, I’m still in Australia, I haven’t gone back.
“From Sabang to Merauke”. Anyone who knows a bit about Indonesia has heard this… it refers to the westernmost and easternmost points of Indonesia.
Sabang, as I have explained earlier, is an alternate name for Pulau Weh and is also the main city on the island. However, on the island itself, there is a peninsula, which at the tip, is known as kilometre zero (Km Nol in Indonesian). The officially recognized starting point of the country.
For me, Km Nol was more of an endpoint. The next day, I would go back to Banda Aceh. Then I would fly to Jakarta via Medan, then on to Bali and then home to Australia. I had spent the day sightseeing around the island with a great group of Argentinian travellers I met at my accommodation. Km Nol was our last stop for the day.
So what is at the beginning or end of Indonesia, depending which way you are going?
Plastic chairs. Just like you would see in the waiting rooms of any government office in the country.
There was also a large white tiled structure that somewhat resembled a very clean public toilet. And some crazy monkeys that chased us.
Inside the bathroom tribute building, there was a plaque. But we knew the plaque wasn’t really on the true kilometre zero, the very start point of Indonesia, because there was land all around us. Fail.
But it still felt somewhat symbolic. I may not have made it as far as Merauke (Labuanbajo was my most far-flung eastern destination), but I did get to Sabang. Next time I’m in Indonesia, I’ll have to get to Merauke.
PS. Do you like the bigger photos?
PPS. OMG I was so tanned! It vanished so quickly… 
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