happy new year everyone! and happy FL to my bros back home and rich jzero and marco the band tourers of beautiful british columbia and all the way out to brendo in halifax. i´ve had a great time the last few weeks... christmas was a blast spent at the ol´ dent street house on magnetic island w\manny along too, then new years eve we rolled into a bamboo nursery called bambooland in howard queensland and have since spent time here wwoofing (willing workers on organic farms) where we exchange a few hours of work for food and accommodation. the time working here is spent planting and gardening during the morning and then in the afternoon free range of using bamboo and being creative. ive mainly spent my focus on musical instruments although the more u think of it the more you can build anything out of bamboo. 
more versions of the xaphoon and a bamboo saxophone to come, and many hours building a giant hanging xylophone with mikaela and chief janne.
so i´ve also made it to the ripe age of 29. yesterday mikaela took me out on an all day boat ride to fraser island , the largest and oldest sand island in the world. it´s only a half hour drive from where we´re staying now so i´ll probably be going back at some point. a really great day out, saw dolphins all around the boat and a dingo running down the beach that reminded me of the end credits of ´the littlest hobo´. earlier in the morning a couple kangaroos jumped out right in front of the bike, not an everyday occurance. got back home and our host and his lady friend had made supper and and baked a cake. pretty nice, being away from home and having people who ive only known a short while care to make your birthday special. also thanks for the emails all. and, getting outside myself for a minute, id like to give my folks a big happy 30th anniversery too.
lets all make the best of the last year in this decade, the last year to say ´0#.
