Phantom

I have finally finished the Phantom book by Susan Kay. What an interesting novel. Adds extra detail, and explains the characters so well. Each version of the story adds something different, and the versions do not always line up. It is in the overlaps that things get interesting.

In the movie, the Lake is important. Having never seen any of the other movies or read any of the books I had no idea why the lake was there. The book explains the context of why the lake is there. It would be interesting to know how much of the legend is true, and how many of the characters are based on real people.

Bayswater

A bit of history. This is Bayswater Power station in the Hunter Valley. For about nine months I was one one two electrical engineers in the electrical section of the station. If it looks large in a photo, it is even larger when you are walking in it, or under it. The main building is close to 700m from one end of the other. There are roads inside with street signs and speed limits, it is so big. There are also lots of pushbikes on the site too since it is so large.

Picture of the Day

This is a picture of the rainforest just west of the Gold Coast. I found it so relaxing there.

Music

Chris De Burgh came up on the Random Play. His music is great, and I am now playing his ‘Best Of’ album. I should say that ‘The Lady In Red’ is my favourite, closely followed by ‘Say Goodbye to it all’.

The lyrics include “Took a boat over Lake Geneva; It was raining all night long; We were lucky and we saw no enemy; And came from Switzerland, poor refugees; Far from the guns of war;We said goodbye to it all;”. They just explain the story so well – how the singer (at least in the song) was someone escaping occupied europe in World War II. It makes me want to jump on a plane tomorrow to visit Lake Geneva and also Normandy. One of these days…

I have wanted to visit Geneva since I before I was 10… They had an annual inventors convention there… And I really wanted to visit. I have no idea if the convention is even still on there, or if it is even worthwhile visiting.