Only in WeHo... West Hollywood!

And the Oscar goes to...

Well we sat on Hollywood Blvd and had some good Mexican food, watching the opening of the 83rd Academy Awards for Motion Pictures,
Arts and Sciences (best to get it official). We were 500m from "the Kodak" and what a buzz. Ryans dream was realized (being in LAX) for the night of nights.
Add that to an A380 journey (never had a stiffy for 13hrs before), and it has been a PERFECT 24hrs.

Tomorrow, all going well we are off too see my favorite dyke - ELLEN! Need to call Warner Bros. in the morning to find out if our tickets are ready for tomorrows taping (tues show in Oz).

Fingers crossed!

It is lovely to be back here

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome to Los Angeles

Wow! Hope you are sitting down for this... I Love QANTAS! However may retract that depending on the return journey. Great service, great food, personal tour of the BEST airliner in the world. No need for noise canceling headphones, we couldn't even hear the engines during take off. The A380 is a beautiful machine and we can't wait to fly her again.

Off to the hotel for a pre Oscar nap.

Settling in....

Not too sure what Santa is doing behind us? Smelling ryans hair by the looks of it!

Sexy!

Them "motors" are big!

Time to board!

150 minutes to go!

Pleased it is at the jet base being checked BEFORE our flight...good idea!

Oscars.... Here we come!

It's time for the vacation to start!.... Flying the competitor! So far so good. 15 hours to maintain that. Next stop SYD... And the A380, oh my gawd!

Busy bee!

Well there was a whole load of hotel amenities which crew had collected along the way. It was sitting in the crew room for a long time. Made a quick visit to the airport to get it. It was decided that it could be well used right now, so abracadabra.... Now they are 31 little kits for us to take to the Evac Refuge Centre at the showgrounds. Emptied out linen cupboard of all the old stuff we rarely use, we "tidied" the closet... Funny what you find in there after all these years. Plus it will be restocked next month when we are away.

A frightening find in the garage

We found her protecting her eggs!

A new lil furry friend

Thanks Daisy for keeping me company, you are too cool for school!
Very nice furry purry bedtime cuddles!

Stunning view during climb-out of WLG

Aptly named Farewell Spit (northern tip of Aotearoa's South Island).

Wellington Surprise!!

Summer Time

Sitting by the Swan River...

And what should pop by....a flying banana!

Pop

Let the games begin...

Where is bob the builder when you need him... Wonder how this coffee table / pc box thing will turn out...

Frocked up statues!

Amazing what you find during your day!! Queen Vic (bottom photo) looks a real treat!

Nine Nuns In A Scrum...

It's always nice to have enough time to leave the hotel for a walk... And there is nothing better than taking in the sea air and sights.

Talking Tom video. Bit random...