Spent the day with family doing non "celebrity" stuff in Perth after 24 hours awake after flying from Christchurch.

Went shopping with my little sister (good fun). Argued about global warming with my brother-in-law - something of a family tradition (even more good fun). Played balloon volleyball with my 8 and 4 year-old nephews (bucketloads of fun). Did and interview with the ABC in Bunbury about Supanova and I'm about to go to dinner with the original Apollo, Starbuck and Boomer. Oh, and Kevin 11 from Ben 10.

And Karl Urban.

Okay, so that will probably be fun too.  hehehe

I almost got my 15 minutes of fame today.

Channel 7 were filming an episode of Border Security when I came through Customs this morning.

There I was with nothing to declare, nothing illegal to set the drug dogs off, nothing to smuggle in, no wads of unexplained currency... nada...

I was so clean they didn't even bother x-raying my bags. Just waved me through with a look that said "no self-respecting criminal mastermind trying to smuggle anything remotely illegal into the country would walk through Customs wearing an ankle length fox fur coat that makes them stand out like a Wookie at an Ewok convention."

Oh well... no moment of fame. No chance to chuck a diva tantie for the cameras.

No front page of the TV Week.

I'll have to think of something else to make me famous, I suppose...

OK... so here's the thing.

You must not come to this country. It is not actually real. Sonny keeps telling me there are mountains on the horizon, but she is lying, becasue all there is are lots of thick clouds.

And the crime rate! Seriously, below is the crime report printed in the local paper. Let me quote it verbatim:


Dear god! How do they cope! The stress must be horrendous!

I should probaly sneak out of town tomorrow so they don't have to deal with anymore stress brought on by international tourists.

Poor things.

Oxford, to be exact.

It is very cold.

I have been plotting with Sonny and drinking the most awesome cabernet merlot, I have ever tasted.

Life is good:)

I wandered past a Telstra shop today...

I foolishly walked inside to arrange international roaming on my phone.

I now have a brand new 16 gig iPhone, a shiny new high speed turbo wireless modem, a pretty fluro pink carry case, a docking station and several other groovy iPhone accessories.

Oh dear:)