- Australia 2 weeks - Melbourne, Apollo Bay, Portsea
- A brief return to Singapore
- London / St Andrews / London - 10 days
Musical enjoyment:
- Mumford & Sons
- Backspacer
- The Resistance
- And more electronic relaxation than you can poke a stick at... Underworld, Boards of Canada, Leftfield, UNKLE
- Lots of Wilco, getting ready...
- Maha - Melbourne. Simple, shared, and desserts that tempted me back to the third course for the first time in a long time.
- Nautigals - Apollo Bay. Coffees that hit the spot every morning.
- Pink iced donuts from Sorrento bakery
- Scotts, Foliage, Mercer and Marcus Wereing in London (Michelin starred experiences at dot point number 4, and following a donut is a probably a rare feat).
- Drambuie from a groom's hipflask in St Andrews.
- Damn Fine Food's magnificently kitsch Beef Wellington
- A late afternoon toasted sandwich in the Ardgowan Hotel, St Andrews
- The chilled night air, Domaine Chandon and scallops at Chris's in the trees above Skenes Creek.
- The Boat that Rocked. Loved it. Bill Nighy is the epitome of cravat wearing cool, and is there anything that PSH cannot play.
- The Taking of Pelham 123. Very ordinary film, but if I have to pick a favourite goatee of the year, Travolta takes the cake.
- Star Wars with the kids, over and over and over again.
- Dressed up on the Sorrento-Queenscliff ferry, on the way to Chris & Gen's wedding
- Blasting down the A91 in Scotland in a Nissan buzzbox with Mum & Dad
- Doing mindgames with our second largest customer, translated from French, in pencil on the back of scraps of paper at one of London's finest restaurants. Too busy to notice Elton John behind us until the paparazzi arrived.
- Hyde Park in the morning. Crisp, quiet, and upbeat.
- Time with P & the boys... normal stuff, driving, singing, dancing, running on the beach and laughing more than I thought humanly possible.
- You can't catch me I am the Lamington Man...
- D'Arenberg, The Dead Arm Shiraz. Outstanding.
- Driving down from the Otways. Driving up to Melbourne with Pat & Konnin.
- Running despite the other more attractive options.
