Day 1

This morning was the first time I heard it: a kookaburra. It sounds like one of those movie jungle sounds. Really amazing. This is what they sound like ...

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Beautiful day. Blue skies, nice breeze, ideal temperature, like 25. Got out with V and Supadog and walked to Surry Hills. Great little streets with these really cool old houses back in hidden alleys and roads.

Saw a movie at the Academy Twin. It's a local art house cinema, maybe a ten-minute walk away. The movie was "Animals in Love" (Les animaux amoureux) - a beautiful documentary that is part of the French Film Festival. The subject was pretty much that - from whales to zebras to all kinds of birds to praying mantises. Not vulgar at all. Startlingly beautiful cinematography ...