Here we go
I went to Lorne (Victoria, Australia) on 8-12 Feb 2004. The purpose of the trip was to present a poster at the 29th Annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function. Here are some of the pictures that I took. I have split this section into two to help keeping the download size small-ish.
The somewhat shady place where Sue picked me up, just behind the Richmond station. In fact, you can see the train platform at the top of the left wall.
The Burnley tunnel. Yes, it's quite spiffy when it's not leaking.
The Fairhaven house. A rather marvelous looking building with a rather precarious single beam support.
The house
The house that we stayed in was quite nice. Although, the house was probably filled with people beyond its saturation point. There were 11 of us in a 4-bedroom house.
The house we stayed in. The car in the foreground is Sue's.
The view from the balcony. Not too shabby, eh?
This little sulfur crested cockatoo came for a visit one day. Well, actually he wasn't small at all.
There were many ornaments in the house, including these ones.
The house in front of us. It looks nicer and bigger than ours, which it probably is.
Conference place
The place where we had the conference was called Erskine House. It's a nice place, although probably not as good (and expensive) as the Cumberland.
All the buildings in the background are new. You can see the tennis courts and a mini golf course (not to be confused with the minigolf course, which it doesn't have) in the foreground.
A rather nice looking lamp at Erskine House.
This sign shows the efficiency and ingenuity of the conference participants.
Around Lorne
Lorne is a small city. You can go from one end to the other in one day. Well, actually, you can probably do that with most suburbs. But that's not the point. I dare you to find other cities that have beaches, a river, a bridge, a pier, a lookout, waterfalls, and a name starting with the letter L and ending with the letter E.
The Erskine river. It probably originates from the Erskine waterfalls.
The Erskine river is home to this fluffy little animal.
This small bridge crosses the river.
This is the more famous bridge at the mouth of the river. Sadly, it's being repaired while I stayed in Lorne.
This cafe is located next to the bridge. They also have some boats that you can use.
There was a retro fashion sale being held at this church. Pity about the fashion. But, great church.
The church also has some quite nice flowers. I like the deep blue one.
The war monument to remember people who fought in the great world wars.
The Lorne pier. It was an overcast day to take good pictures. The previous year, I saw a seal and a stringray. This time, I saw none.
I don't think this ship is being used anymore.
I wish these were clovers.
This is the Cumberland Hotel, where I went for last year's Molecular Modelling conference.
North beach
One day, I decided to walk all the way to the northern end of Lorne. I had intended to take a picture of the Welcome to Lorne sign. Sadly, I ran out of path. I could have walked on the road, but I couldn't be bothered to. I did, however, follow a nice long path towards the beach at the northern end of Lorne.
The path I took was called The Bert Alsop Track.
There were many ships that sank around Lorne. Hence, there are many signs like this one.
A rather nice looking orange flower.
Some rather yummy looking berries.
There are many arches like this one along the path.
The view from the north beach. The tip of the land beyond is where the pier is located.
This curious seagull flew to the table where I sat.
Dinner at Mark's
The conference dinner was held at three places: Mark's, Kosta's, and Reif's. Our group went to Mark's.
Front row (left to right): Yoke, Susan, Agata. Back row (left to right): John, Irene, me, Sue.
These are the people at table where I sat. Left to right: Jeffrey, Ana, Elise, Teresa, Amie, Justin, Agnés, Ping. Well, actually, I've forgotten the name of the lady at the right.