Yesterday I ventured to Sydney on the bus to pick up my new car. A thirty two dollar bus trip seemed a bargain considering the car was over 5 big ones cheaper in Sydney. I planned on hanging around long enough to burn through a roll of film in and around the bridge but the weather decided it would dampen the show.

Today Rach and I decided to test the car out, and what better place than Namadgi National Park, a stones throw of the southern suburbs of Canberra. I've spent many painful hours exploring the NP by bike so this was a welcome change; the luxury of a soft roader!

First stop was the NASA Space Station. It all seems pretty innocent but can someone please explain why the photos I took inside the wire turned out all wacky while all those taken outside the wire were fine.......conspiracy? Here's a couple that worked.....

All the sheep were shorn. And scared of me.

There were trees.

Oh, and Rach was there too! These pics were taken atop Mt Franklin on the site of the Mt Franklin Ski Chalet, built in 1938 and now gone, partly due to the fact that there is no longer dependable snow at the elevation it sits but mainly due to the fact that it and its asbestos roof burnt to the ground in the 2003 fires.

Here's the new baby, the Skoda Scout. Don't get me started on how good it is. I'm completely dumbfounded as to why there aren't millions of them on Australian roads; after comparing it to the Subaru Forester and then matching the prices I have a little chuckle every time I see a Forester on the road - silly silly people, ignorance is bliss I suppose. A bit too much new fangled gadgetry aboard but I am easily amused by electronics so all is good. Traction control and all-wheel-drive, where has it been all my life, it was a true pleasure to drive and I look forward to more jaunting in the country side.

I do realise these are black and white pictures and you may be wondering what colour she is. Well, she is 'Arctic Green', and I think Skoda have perfectly captured the colour of green icebergs in the arctic; so, just imagine........

And lastly here's some randoms from home that came of the roll of film.