Lane Cover River

Where   : Lane Cover River, New South Wales
When    : Sunday, 21st October, 7-00am
Weapon : Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

On Sundays, I go for a long walk through the Lane Cove River Park with a few pals.  We start our walk right here, on the river, a picturesque spot indeed.

Our walk takes us up the river through the bush, from the Chatswood Weir to De Burgh's Bridge and back .... 1 hour 20 mins so maybe 9-10 kilometres.

This old boat, the "Reliance" looks like the African Queen and belongs to the Steakhouse I think.  They might do afternoon teas and a trip down the river - it merges into the main Sydney Harbour at Woolwich/Northwood/Greenwich area. In fact "Relience" was built at Palm Beach in 1919 and was for many years the mail boat, operating daily between Brooklyn and Wiseman?s Ferry.

Every week we (there are 6 of us on a full morning) engage in the most riveting discussions - this week we covered ...

1. The Poms losing to South Africa in the World Cup (and the fact that they lost on penalties even with Jonny Wilkinson and no tries - generally happy normally to see the Poms beaten, but not by Sarf Arfreekharns)


2. The shambles at yesterday's Caulfield Cup (where the favourite Maldivian got spooked and reared up in the starting gates and another fancied horse, Eskimo Queen, decided not to play and lay down under the gates - horse racing should be banned)


3. Hillary Clinton (will she pick hew own interns - Bill won't let her)


4. USA candidates (will Al Gore and Bloomberg run - No)


5. Who was going to see Carlos Santana in February (I would not miss that !)


6. Another disappointing result at the Sydney Football Stadium (Sydney FC losing to Adelaide - bloody hopeless - Sydney won't make the finals)


7. Sex (can't remember)


8. Speculation
   • Anzon (takeover - AZA price is about $1.85 but looks like ARC has bid $1.70 in scrip and Origin and Santos have walked away - Nexus is outside the tent and personal fight in play - - we are betting Koroknay will win)
   
   
   • Biota (Relenza court case - only worth the damages to be won - a sleeper)
   
   
   • Republic Gold (share price takeoff - gosh,it's upto 9 cents, time to get out)
   
   
   • First Investment Capital (cowboys being taken out by RockSteady - from about $1 down to 5 cents - maybe buy now)


9. Tonight's TV debate between HoWARd and Ruddles (and whether we'd be able to watch it for 90 minutes without falling asleep); interesting that the MC is to be David Speers [who is from Sky News; remember, he interviwed President Bush just before his recent visit] - HoWARd is obviously scared of Kerry O'Brien, Tony Jones and even Ray Martin - maybe Maxine should have volunteered ?)