Note to self - if it feels bluddy hot first thing in the morning in Melbourne, it's probably not going to cool down for a while and you should probably not cycle 10km into town without sunscreen on. Whilst a nice breeze and some cloud has somehow cooled the place down a bit, this morning was a stinkin warm one. Luckily my cousin Sarah's place (where I'm staying) stays relatively temperate but when you walk outside it's like someone is blowing a air dryer on you.

Anyway, enough about the weather, I better get used to it. One bonus is that during my cycle I called into a McDonald's attached to the children's hospital (how very evil that is) for some airconditioned bliss and a wee wee. Upon this visit, i\I was pleasantly surprised to find that Gerrit Rietveld and/or Piet Mondrian must have been commissioned to provide new designs for McDonalds waste bin receptacles. They've come up really nice...


I'm sure all those sick kids hanging around McDonald's digesting that well know elixir aka the Happy Meal appreciate that nice touch and reference to design classics. I think the column adjacent to the bin was by Mario Botta.

I continued my ride into town and ended up in the Docklands area that I'm pretty sure my old company did a scheme for - which looks very similar and feels as sparse as dockland regen projects the world over. Lots of fairly soulless architecture with plenty of curtain walling. Although it seems there's been a decent uptake of the commercial buildings there so there were more than your normal global docklands redevelopment punters walking around at lunch time. No doubt still fewer than would have been drawn in the architectural presentations and 'artist's impressions'. There was also a pretty weird Cost Co building down there that disturbed me. I think I will have more wonky Melbourne building nightmares after my ones the other night brought on by my tour of wonky Melbourne buidlings in the city. I think my new tag line for employers will be : I don't do wonky. Classic examples of what I am talking about can be found here and here. Madness. And pointless. I also always think of my friend BT's term for the DCM buildings every time I see one such as this and this and this as sieg heils due to their abrupt angular elements.

Needless to say, I caught the train back home. Although it's cooled down. Despite everyone saying that there is never any reprieve from hot weather, the breeze seems to have brought a cool change and indeed a reprieve from hot weather.

Also, today has so far marked a triumph for me in that I have not yet eaten a packet of Twisties. There are still 6.5 hours left in the day and the 24 hr. 7eleven is not far away, but I'm sure I can to it. One step at a time. Once I conquer twisties, I can hopefully concentrate on not buying Clinkers and BBQ Shapes. It's fair to say that I have been indulging on foods from my childhood since I got back which is not doing me any good at all.

Hope you all liked my hyperlinking madness. I make an effort for you people you see.