Chris and I spent a few hours helping Laura (Chris' sister) move. She's leaving to travel for a month and moved all her stuff from her apartment back to their parents'. Had lunch with their mom, then back to Paddington. Picked up the roll of film I'd dropped off (nothing to exciting - though it included shots from Mauritius, Madagascar, Singapore, Bali, and a few from Australia). It's official though, my camera is having problems - it looks like any photos that involved the zoom lens came out blank - I'll have to decide whether to get this one repaired again, or to buy a new one. I'm tending towards buying a new one as I'd like something smaller (I replaced my old small camera - a Cannon Elph with a big Canon EOS).
Susie volunteered to take me to look at cars. Stopped at the internet cafe to see if any new cars had been advertised in the Sydney Morning Herald - no new ones, but I still had my list from yesterday. Looked at a Subaru (weird noises, didn't feel right), a Toyota Hilux (liked it), and a Toyota 4 Runner (also liked it). The Hilux was a little scary because it's registered in Western Australia. It would be almost impossible to get it registered here in New South Wales, so I'd have to find an address to use in WA. On the plus side the guy who is selling it is a German and is heading for home in a few days so the price should come right down. It's been jacked up quite a bit and looks very rough, but also very tough.
Went down to Bondi beach for a coffee with some friends, then called about the last car. The 4 Runner was also very interesting. My main concern with it was that it's a diesel, but after driving it it doesn't bother me. It's owned by an American Navel officer who's been over here on exchange and is heading back to the US next week - so he needs to sell as well. He wasn't there and his friend showed me the car so he'll call me tomorrow or Tuesday. There were a few things wrong with the 4 Runner - the driver side window didn't work and it was slow to start.
Tried to call call about another car but failed to get through. Picked up salad fixings and a bottle of wine and headed back to the fantastic lasagna Sof had promised me. Went and saw the new Steve Martin / Eddie Murphy movie "Bowfinger" - it was silly, but very funny.
