Hey Ho Sydney 2006

Driving over to Sydney on the 2nd of January and should arrive there somewhere between the 7th and the 25th. Eschewing the practicalities of space and speed, we'll be travelling in Simon's groundbreaking piece of early nineties curvature in car design, the Mazda 121. To console myself I'll be thinking Apollo capsule or being buried alive. Actually I have happy memories of when the this car first came out and being taken during a party by the nice young lady owner on my insistence to get a burger at Bernies while in the thrall of hallucinogens. It seemed to just hover silently - maybe we really just sat in the car with the lights on for 30 minutes. Has the magic stayed? I'll have 5 days to find out. Already there are tensions about camp food.

Anyone got any hints for Sydney? I was thinking of Tetsuya but the peals of laughter as I tried to book a table at this short notice would break my heart. But I'm from Perth didn't get me into the Espy in St Kilda but admittedly it was phrased more along the lines of "but I'm from fahhhcking Perth, cahhhn yah bahhhstard, maate".

While travelling Wysteria, the lovely pony, will be in charge. No messing about. She has a magnetic hoof which can draw iron out of people's bloodstream causing anemia and listlessness.

I might try to get pics up of the five course NYE dinner party for 11 but in the mean time here's a box of fine young spatch cocks.