Swings for all occasions

Yesterday was my last day at work. I've been working at the same place in Artarmon for just over a year, and catching the train in most days. My work is in-between two stations, but I would always walk from the station that was a bit further away because you got to walk past a school and a park, and it was cool to watch the little kids doing calisthenics in the morning, or running up the side path with their P.E. teacher. This guy dressed like he'd just come from the gym and sounded like he was doing boot camp "Come on guys! Up that hill!" etc. And then you'd see these tiny kindy kids running as fast as they could behind him.


So yesterday I said goodbye to that walk. And as I was walking up and talking on the phone to a friend, I realised that there's been two swings there the whole time and I've never gone on them. I've always been in 'got to get to work' or 'got to get home' modes... Busy me! So last night I went and had a little swing, and took a photo with my phone - I look very happy! Now I'm free to move on to a new job and a new walk. I don't think there are any swings on the walk from Kings Cross station down William Street, but if there is I'll find them!

All roads lead to swings in Stanmore

That's not strictly true, but actually no, it probably is... I'm sure that every road would lead to another road and that road would lead to another one, and there would be a swing there somewhere!

Stanmore Road isn't a place a usually hang out in, but I was there for a backyard gig and noticed that there was a swing next door, so I went to check it out. Everything was going fine (notice how my skirt blends into the tree background perfectly), and then the whole swing frame started to lift out of the ground, making a really unsettling noise as it loosened further and further.

That swing-fest was cut short, I can tell you!

It was going to get an 8 out of 10 because it had a nice big swing arc, but it went down to a 2 real fast!