My flatmate Jess and I Start the Great South West Walk near Portland in Victoria

Keystone Studios - Allan Heeney and Lindsay Teychenne in Keystone Studio discussing all things to do with mixing and recording. I have known Allan For about 9 years but I don’t see him all that often. Allan and his partner Jenny join Sandra and I every June long weeked (Queen’s Birthday I think) for a trip away somewhere. Last year we went to umm... (I forget - somewhere north of Newcastle -lovely spot- memorable name). Allan has a small recording studio at the back of his house and he creates CDs for friends and others who need a “cheap� studio. Allan really is a lovely guy, real friend of all the world and is a talented musician in his own right belonging to one of Armidale’s most popular bands Maxwell Street. He built his own studio so that he could record his own music and now it is available for others. Unfortunately, as life would have it, there is not a lot of money in owning a recording studio so he gets his income being a relief school teacher for around the area. I haven’t seen him in action of course but I think he would be a great school teacher. I have asked him to put some of his music up on the podsafe music network. I seems keen, we just have to sort out a few things first.

Australia Day Ceremony in Tamworth. Citizenship ceremony, Award of Citizen of the year, Young citizen of the year and Mitchell Brady Encouragement Award, Recorded on my iRiver. As I knew some people, it was a bit teary at times. There is some wonderful talent and people with committment to good works who ask for no money and it is really heartening. The Tamworth Mayor James Treloar gave a speech at the citizenship ceremony to say there is no waiting in queue, that now matter how recently you have become an Australian, you have the same entitlements as everone else.