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A Spoodle in Space - The Space Tourist Chronicles

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  Blast off on a wild space adventure! We're crammed into our battered little Subi spacecraft, heading to the dusty outpost of Outpost Aurum. Our mission: to reach the ocean planet of Oceanus Station. Join us as we station-hop through space, in a calamity of errors, as intrepid space tourists.  Script Our battered Subi spacecraft, a relic of pre-Collapse Jump engineering, groaned under the weight. Myself, BK, and Katcha, the genetically modified spoodle with its enhanced olfactory sensors, along with enough protein paste to outlast a minor vacuum breach, were crammed inside.  A brand-new Brass Monkey cryo-unit hummed in the boot, our lifeline for the long haul. Our mission: a jump from Beagal's orbital dock to the dusty outpost of Outpost Aurum, a waypoint on the long haul to Oceanus Station, a planet known for vast oceans. Outpost Aurum, a rumoured oasis of functional grav plating, was our first target. Beagal's orbital dock was a pressure cooker of recycled air and stal...

Nightcliff Boom to Bust

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Lift and move When and where there is an opportunity All things possible have merit These mechanisms of endeavour Approving what is to be built or destroyed Building vertical correlations to meet the passion  Of each new executive batch  Making profit by exploiting their exponential potential Until the boom turns to bust

Java Bike

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Vulnerable to the errors of others Standing your ground in the confidence of humanity Vulnerable to the wilful anger of others Maintaining your time in place despite the inconvenience Vulnerable to the impatience of others Knowingly at risk and praying for mercy The road ahead The place of destination My life in the hand of machines Shield me from harm Protect me from progress

Sydney Steps Q

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How do you find your way? Who would have thought? That you could end up How you dreamt it In place in time Without regret I didn't

Sydney is vivid

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Sydney is vivid But what happens next? I am curious It's all perception I now see so much more But I cannot see what is coming And I am haunted by what cannot change This primordial slime When all was possible Enjoying what you do But my understandings are not established

Nightcliff Waiting for the Tide

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Waiting for the tide to return See, walk then run This lonely night Waiting for the moon to return Think, hear then voice This steep descent Waiting for the force to return Fall, fear then kill This neverending plateau

Whitely Selfie Sydney

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Location Sydney Harbour, hanging inside the Convention Centre at Darling Harbour There is a theory going around A theory where you gain insights into all that is But there is nothing for you And yet you are driven to see yourself in everything that is We are still hiding in that dark room With only one candle lit In awe of our shadows Looking at what we do with ourselves

Sydney Fish Tank Schooling

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You must Learn to behave To learn the rules To learn the lines To know the ropes To be of the standard Schooled within an infinite number of virtual fences

Rapid Creek Bend

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How I anticipate Is how it will happen In mind's keep As in hindsight

Tree in a few minutes

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In these last few minutes When there is nothing left Take your opportunity It is no longer about, going it alone about, individual results about, whatever it takes

Nothing Left

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In these last few minutes When there is nothing left Take your opportunity

Rapid Creek Tree Loop

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Silence, footstep, path, and cars Trees, light, breath, and silence Who hears what when there is only talk Take an opportunity to remember what you see In place in time