Bloody Marys were great.
Nanami had the burger.
I had the steak sandwich.
The newly renovated Imperial Hotel on Oxford St (across the road from the Paddington Reservoir Gardens) looks fantastic. Welcoming, stylish, warm, open, bright and comfy. A diverse crowd of all ages and walks of life. Chilled vibes, great food too.
Checked out the newly developed Paddington Reservoir today. For as long as I could remember it’s always been a fenced up Petrol Station from the past, what they’ve done is amazing and reminded me of ruins I’ve visited in Greece, but with a modern design touch. Well worth checking out, click here for more info.
The 2012 JSCC annual general meeting was held at Zen Garage last night. The boys discussed various upcoming events, particularly the planning of their upcoming Gymkhana training day to be held at Eastern Creek skid pan at the end of May 2012.
If you’ve got a Japanese car, and are looking to get CAMS affiliated there’s no better way than to join through these guys.
Our end of month car meets get bigger every year and lately the cops have been shutting us down. Thanks to Top Secret Imports (TSI) and Fernando Wiehrl (Project D Drift School) we’ve secured the WSID car park @ Eastern Creek for this month’s JDMST EOMM. It’s massive news for the community, especially for those who live hours out of Sydney (only to turn up to a meet that is being shut down by police, not cool).
The little house we stayed at was just up the road from the boat ramp. FJ and Cube were definitely the most Asian cars within a 100km radius!
“So How” – the boat co-owned by Zi, Steve and William, all serious fishermen.
We used the FJ + boat a LOT. At least twice a day.
Zi’s FJ unloading So How at the local boat ramp.
Zi casting crab traps, despite a couple of attempts in different locations we didn’t have any luck.
It’s all about patience.
Mei had awesome luck with fishing, she might even have pulled in more legal sized fish than anyone else over the weekend.
Sun setting on day #1 of fishing.
The only fish we kept from day one was this Tailor, caught by yours truly, prepped and cooked by Zi (was so tasty!).
Cherry. Zi the mad man that he is brought his funny cats along. Yes they freaked out for a day or so, but almost got comfy by the time we had to leave!
Meatball, haha! He’s such a funny cat.
Day #2 the sun went away.
We had a morning session at this jetty and Zi pulled up a leather jacket and a large Brim.
I pulled up another Tailor and the guys on the boat pulled up more Brim which saw us eating fish for dinner!
All gone!
Overcast again on day #3. I was spewin as I really wanted to tan in the sun! The local birds put on a show for us though.
We took the boat right up to the beach and witnessed a pretty special sunset.
Amazing right?
Stevey not only drove the Fj to and from Lake Conjola, he also drove the boat most of the time.
Hell bent on catching a monster flathead, Mei refused to give up and so we fished into the dark.
Still no monster flathead, maybe next time!
This morning the sun was out, shame as we had to clean up the house and go home! We snuck in a drive to Mollymook Beach for Fish and Chips though, such a lovely beach.
Easter Traffic was hardcore, when we finally got back to Sydney we had a traditional Vietnamese feast at Hai Au Lang Nuong in Canley Vale.
Just got back from a 3 night Easter Fishing Break at Lake Conjola, about 3hrs south of Sydney. We had tons of crazy laughs and amazing feasts provided by Colin and Mei. So How, Chicken & Cheese, Finally! I’m way too buggered to try to recall everything right now, but I’ve uploaded some photos, you can view them in high res on my Flickr.
The lads, busier catching up and having laughs than singing!
Love the Engrish!
Last night after the Aus Infront Apple Talk I somehow ended up at Lantern by Wagaya again! This time for the JDMyard Easter drinks. Didn’t drink much this time as I had to drive home but I couldn’t resist eating some sushi, sang a few tunes too of-course!
Speakers getting to know each other in the ‘Green Room’, hidden deep behind Apple’s Store facade.
Ready to hit the stage: Rhett, Damien, Dave, Sonny and Andy.
On stage.
As always we hit the awesome Grasshopper Bar afterwards for epic catch-ups and much chin wagging.
‘Aus Infront Presents’ is a series of talks put together by the team at Aus Infront (myself, Damien and Zaan) and Apple. Set to inspire and challenge – these talks will feature leading Australian creatives across a number of fields. Open to the general public, these talks are completely free.
Our twelfth talk last night was a panel discussion on the topic ‘Sounds & Visions’, regarding art and design in the music industry. On the stage we had Sonny Day from WBYK, Andy Kelly from Winterman & Goldstein, David Homer from design studio Debaser and director Rhett Wade-Ferrell from Moopjaw.
Made for an inspirational insight, especially the Q&A session at the end.
Putting up hero cars and rides submitted through our web site
The culling begins soon…
ALL STARS car show kicks off later this year in Sydney, as a pre-show event we’ve booked out the entire 60 car spaces which is ‘Real Street BLVD’ out the front of the upcoming Meguiar’s MotorEx on Saturday July 21st @ The Dome Sydney Olympic Park.
We’ve put a call out for submissions and so far we have 88 cars and counting! Culling down to 60 is going to be HARD!!!!
