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( zoe coughs, gets on soapbox: ) People (in NSW)! FRANKLY, THIS MUST BE STOPPED!

Frank Sartor wants to take decision making on big development out of the hands of your local area, and into his office (while he can accept party donations from big business.. umm, hello conflict of interest anyone?), private contractors (payed by developers) and with no chance of community say.

I know you may feel you don’t have huge confidence in your local council (elections coming up end of year, people!) but when you think about it, they have a much closer interest in the planning and development needs and sensitivities of your patch than the STATE department does. To the state, your street, block, park, nature reserve is just one of thousands upon thousands across the state, and if you object; tough cookies. THEY WILL NOT CARE.

But, you can ask your local MP to object to this legislation change. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go to this website to find out more, and from there you can send a message to your MP telling them you DO. NOT. WANT. (there is a pre-written message and it looks up your MP by postcode - easy!).

Thank you!

( zoe wipes furrowed brow, gets off soap box )

duuuuude! did you see the Australian Biggest Loser Finale last night?

if not, here is the highlight of the show:

That’s ME on TV! Joelle, Lou and I went to the Australian Biggest Loser 2008 Finale as ‘friends and family’ audience members to support Townsville gal Sheridan (good friends with Jojo, and much much nicer and funnier and lovelier than she was edited to be on the show). It was kind of fun, and Shezzie really looks amazing (though actually she was always totally gorgeous), and of course I’ve been watching the show.. but the filming process was loooooong, and we weren’t fans of the the 9.5 hours with no coffee/food/water/bathroom breaks (of course they weren’t nazis and did let people go to the bathroom, but it was discouraged. and they did actually give out some sweets).

Anyway, if you missed the Finale and want to see some ‘amazing transformations’ (thank you AJ Rochester) never fear…. the whole finale can be viewed at the biggest loser website! keep an eye out for the row of people with frangipanis in their hairs!

Lach, Andy and I went for a ride yesterday and covered about 85 km from Sydney towards Wollongong, via Royal National Park. Some of the hills drove Andy and I (on our track bikes) to panting hallucinations, sent us to our special place and had the cranks moving round like hour hands on a clock (Lachlan was his usual annoyingly fit self). We refreshed ourselves with beers at Scarborough Hotel and sausage sangers at Coledale Public School Markets, before catching the train back to Central. Zing!

bwaaahahahaha!

I mean LOL. I came up with this when I was drunk! talent.

If I was a superhero, patience wouldn’t be my super power or special skill. In fact, it’s much more likely that I’d be known as Captain When’s-it-Ready or Senior Want-it-now. So why is it that I tend to choose hobbies which require relatively strong doses of time-biding: fly-fishing, aquariums, surfing, film photography, a PhD, bike building?

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