recently paul, james and i managed to get to the same place; at the same time!

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paul's lovely girlfriend jacinta drove us around barossa valley for some wine tasting. paul gave us the run down on these 150 year old vines.

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in fact here is jacinta! (while not driving)

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a couple of years ago i thought the worst photo of me ever had already been taken.
maybe not.
for this shot i remember i was squinting my eyes, but i didn't realise i was squinting my whole face! in fact maybe i'm just cringing cause, after all, paul looks pretty mean!

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here's paul and james in front of a huge pile of wine. who knows what paul is dancing about though!!!

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and what better way to spend the end of a day wine tasting with a quick round of crotchet!

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unfortunately we didn't get to talk to paul much during this time cause he was winning so much and always so bloody far ahead!!!

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here is james putting in the hard hours of practice that would later in the game allow him to perform his legendary bare footed knock-out-jacintas-ball-then-knock-over-your-own-wine-glass shot!

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paul and jacinta also have three chickens! this is paul with chezel. or was this hansel? or gretel?!? i don't think paul knows even...

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they also have a wicked vegie garden with all manner of produce on it's way.

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people who know paul would know his taste in music. and surely, every one would agree, no collection would be complete without "leonard nimoy presents mr. spock's music from outer space"

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regardless of how bizarre his cds are, paul is definitely a genius. from the man who made his own couch in a single evening comes this amazing fridge. a water bottle sitting on top feeds through pipes to a 10 litre container on the top shelf which then feeds back out of the fridge to a tap! (and who else but paul would drill holes in his own fridge!!!)

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and finally a big happy birthday goes out to cheryl for today!! hip hip horray!