10 out of 10 (plus one)

Today we returned to the scene of the swing with friends (you've got to share this kind of joy).

It was a big hit! There I am in an anti-gravity state.

Luke was in his element.


Michelle (opposite) looks like she's in an ad for shampoo or female hygiene products (so young and free etc.)

A few people felt sick afterwards (myself included, but I think that was more to do with the hang-over I was suffering from). It seems like you've got to keep swinging every couple of months or so as to stave off its possible ill effects. I think this is a design so that all the people in the world can't be wanting to swing at once because there aren't enough of them, so only young kids will use them. But I will foil their efforts to stop me swinging! Join me in my quest to swing until my final days!

A Perfect 10!

I'm so glad that I didn't blow the ultimate 10 out of 10 score until now because this weekend I found it. Swing lackey and I were in the Blue Mountains for Caroline and Richard's wedding and woke up excited with time to kill so we went for a walk and discovered the Hinkler Memorial Park.

Mr Hinkler's Mum opened this park. Hinkler must have been a great bloke (and a massive fan of swinging) because these are the biggest swings I'd EVER seen. They're at least 15 feet tall!

The park was also a rest home for shopping trolleys (awh......sssh, they're sleeping!)


The swing seats were wet ... but I got over that.

And then it took a while to get any height because each swing of the swing is so damn big and slow - I felt so graceful. I think that whoever designed this swing must have designed the Harbour Bridge, or some great work of architecture.

Me and the swing were at one with the cool air and the dew and the blue sky. It was pure bliss. It was 10 out of 10 alright!


They ever-so-gently blew my mind.