Sometimes I feel like a dork...

Took some time off work & spent a few days on the lovely Coochiemudlo Island with J & The Kid. 'Coochie' as the locals know it is off Victoria Point near Stradbroke Island and appears to be in a 1970's timewarp...which is no bad thing...it's all very beach holiday shacks & sandy beaches & very charming. It also features a population of Bush stone curlews (see pic) which got me very excited...

Conversation between me & The Kid:

The Kid: Come on dad throw the frisbee (yep, another dorky admission - I love chucking a frisbee around)...
Me: (looking around) Hang on, I though I just heard a Curlew...
The Kid: hurry up Dad...
Me: (excitedly) - hey wow! It is a Curlew...look there it is...& there's another one....look right there!
The Kid: (annoyedly) Dad, it's just a boring bird...
Me: (silence...throws frisbee dejectedly to Kid while lamenting Kids lack of enthusiasm for our feathered brethren)

Anyhow, Curlews have gotta be the absolute nerds of the bird world, they even look gangly & stupid...kinda like a feathered Buddy Holly. The funniest thing about them is that they freeze stock still when they see you, then slowly sink to the ground & lie there & hope you don't see them. The Kid & I even walked over & picked one up...it just lay there placidly & tried very hard to look very dead.

Anyhow Coochie is cool & I recommend it (for the Curlews alone!)...altho skip the pizza at the corner shop...it elevated the word bland to a new meaning! Got back from the subtropical paradise of Coochie to take The Kid straight to a ten-pin bowling party in Lismore....sheesh, is there anything more lame than ten-pin bowling? I used to think it was kinda cool in an ironic way, but now I can boldly say that it really is the slobs sport & has no redeeming features whatsoever, & I challenge anyone to look vaguely interested & NOT check the clock after 2 mind-numbing games. Well, being a kids party, where all present had a concentration span of about 0.2 seconds, 2 games (with time out for eating of hot chips & sausage rolls) somehow took a hellish 3 hours! I couldn't get outta there quick enough...but The Kid seemed to think it was a winner (probably a hell of a lot better than curlew watching)...

Got home to find the new Drones CD in the mail (drool drool) & tried hard to show I was a cool Dad by blasting The Kid with The Mad's wonderful punk rock anthem 'I Hate Music', which you can listen to /download here. Needless to say she was unimpressed...I better lift my game! BTW...you can listen to a Bush stone curlew call here...