GOOD MORNING FROM THE FABULOUS GOLD COAST

SUNDAY DEPARTURES

Today is departure day for the tukifest www.tukifest.com 

Destination  Hawkes bay  NZ .

 Flying  Air NewZealand  ,

Brisbane  to Auckland then to Napier.

All international guest from USA .ENGLAND .AUSTRALIA and places from outer space will be descending on the small rural town of Havelock nth

miss tuki entrants

They are coming for the festival of 2009

It is being held at the Glenn Hill station Resort and Spa in conjunction with the Napier Art Deco

week

This must be the dawning of the age of the Tuki.

Bands booked,security organized, food and wine

napier art deco

selected ,sheep ? who mentioned sheep,

porta loos in place . The no vacancy sign up.

NAPIER AIRPORT

On arrival at Napier we were greeted by some of the locals in full 30’s attire singing and dancing to a Robert Palmer song

That goes something like this

Doctor Doctor,gimme the news  www.obesitynews.com.au

tuki resort bus

ive got a bad case of lovin you

no pills going to cure my ills

Ive gotta bad case of lovin you

what a wonderful welcome

We were then taken in the resort bus to our digs at the resort.

I had booked the spa suite,may as well do it in style. a dinner of wild rabbit stew marinated for 24 hrs in Guinness It had been prepared by minnie ,perfection plus

parfitt rabbit stew

A rick Parfitt recipe I was told, bloody Parfitt again,status quo recipes” what next.

After dinner drinks of Hawkes bay wines

and a port or two.

I thanked mine hosts Minnie and Glenn and retired to my suite  for a soothing spa, it has been along day and the Doctor Needs to pace himself for a big week

rick parfitt cook books available at www.statusquo.me

More post to come during the week

on this site

or www.tukifest.com

spa suite glenn hill station resort and spa

A very relaxed FAT DOCTOR

GOOD MORNING

FROM THE FABULOUS GOLD COAST

my home town

A Sad day

I awoke,to see the news this morning, bushfires in VICTORIA ,NSW and

STH AUSTRALIA

Yesterday in MELBOURNE the temperature reached 47deg Celsius or `117 deg Fahrenheit

The state is  ablaze whole towns lost,`1000’s of  houses destroyed

And sadly over 65 people dead and toll still rising

I salute the CFA fire fighters                             

And the emergency workers and

 All the volunteers for all the courageous work they do.

QUEENSLAND

NTH QUEENSLAND

FLOODS, FLOODS ,AND MORE FLOODS

QLD FLOODS

Half of the north of the state a wash

more monsoon rain to come.

Towns cut of flood waters rising again 2nd time in a month

Highways closed food and drinking water running low, talk about a wet season.

LONDON ENGLAND

london snow

Worst snow falls in over 29 years

BLIZZARDS, schools and factories closed

Airports and public transport at stand still.

CRAZY WORLD must be global warming?

AND TO TOP IT ALL

TOKYO JAPAN

Tokyo volcano erupts

TOKYO VOLCANO

Showering ash and toxic smoke into the city.

A  very saddened FAT DOCTOR

To all the fire and flood victims my heart and thoughts are with you all.

GOOD MORNING

FROM THE FABULOUS GOLD COAST

SUNDAY1-2-2009  how time flies

After months of walking the beach,swimming ,dieting and in general getting

Myself fit and healthy

I decided it was time to give this old body a work out

I am going surfing.

I am going to CURRUMBIN one of my favourite spots for a surf.

Dusted of my old malibu board applied some wax and away I go 20minutes Down the road from my place.

On arrival ,pleasantly surprised to see not much of a crowd about so I

Grabbed the old board of the car and headed for the point

NEARLY THERE

Its here I used to jump of the rocks to save along paddle.

10 years ago I had no problems with this,but with 2 metre waves smashing over the rocks this old FAT DOCTOR is slightly nervous,no not nervous

BLOODY scared

I get in a line with a few guys and girls who are waiting to take the jump

I act very brave, chatting to the girls I tell them to just jump in and start paddling as fast as they can

Then it happens the guy up front says he is not going to jump,smart

 Move I think. No not worth it I say follow me I know a safer spot closer to The beach . so  a great day was had by yours truly

CEO’S MOTHERS  SEAFOOD RECIEPE

for under 10 dollars

Ingredients
$5 worth of Marinara mix from Woolies
6 green prawns from Woolies, or any extras you like
A couple of tbsp crushed tomatoes from can
1 red onion finely chopped
2 cloves Garlic chopped
seasoning, salt pepper, dash of sugar

NEWS FLASH
LOCAL NZ LEDGEND

MESSE,Jesse hill gets car licence

watch out NZ .                            lock up you’re daughters

we need a ride jesse