IN MEMORY OF JAMES EDWARD HOPKINS

April 11 1933 - June 16 2006



Too alarming now to talk about
take your pictures down and shake it out
truth or consequence say it aloud
use that evidence race it around

There goes my hero
watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
he's ordinary

Don't the best of them bleed it out
While the rest of them peter out

Kudos my hero leaving all the best
You know my hero the one thats on
Foo Fighters, Hero (color and the shape 1997)


Pastel red to burgundy and spinifex to gold, We've just come out of the Mulga where the plains forever roll. And Albert Namatjira has painted all the scenes, And a shower has changed the lustre of our land.

And it's raining on the Rock, In a beautiful country, And I'm proud to travel this big land, As an Aborigine. And it's raining on the Rock What an almighty sight to see, And I'm wishing and I'm dreaming that you were here with me.

Everlasting daisies and a beautiful desert rose Where does their beauty come from heaven knows. I could ask the wedge-tail but he's away too high, I wonder if he understands it's wonderful to fly.

It cannot be described with a picture, The mesmerising colours of the Olgas. Or the grandeur of the RockUluru has power!

And it's raining on the Rock, In a beautiful country, And I'm proud to travel this big land, As an Aborigine. And it's raining on the Rock What an almighty sight to see, And I'm wishing and I'm dreaming that you were here with me. John Williamson, Raining on the Rock (1986)

Pop, Grandad, Jim, Coach, Mentor, Hoppo + more
more than anything else he was an inspiration one of the most talented blokes you could ever meet with his hands a piece of timber could be made into anything so practical and straight forward but always done to perfection there was no other way. someone you could talk to about anything knowing it stopped there or he had the answer.
thanks God for sharing him with our family for his time here on earth couldn't have asked for more.

This weekend doesn't look like good conditions for many dive sites in Sydney area with late low tides it takes away the leap and many areas of kurnell, leaving just oak park, lilli pilli, bare island or ship rock to dive most of which are great dives but comes back to who you do them with and the time of day or night you do them. Don't expect any photos at this stage coz I might not be motivated enough to take my camera. Although there might be a boat trip on for Sunday. (undecided)

When will tomorrow come I thought it was here today when I woke then realized it was once again today. It shouldn't have taken me a dramatic accident of falling from my mtb to wake up and start doing more with life but sadly it did. It is the feeling of comfort and solace by not challenging myself to do more, to try harder. I've had it as a signature in hotmail for months but never believed it "yesterdays gone tomorrow never comes, make your dream a reality today." wow today was a big day eh, as well as all the thought and trying to figure out how some crazy messed up person thinks I sat in my car before school near central "people watching" wondering, where do they all come from? To where do they go? What is going on in their lives? Are they messed up? Do they have problems? Does anyone care?

On the travel scene I have decided to be undecided about travel at Christmas so many great options so little time, ideally I would do all of them all the time. Just live to dive and dive to live each day as if it were my last because only God knows, it could be....

Everything moves in circles

It is hard to put this so here goes, people who seek pleasure by trying to pull others down just because they are incompetent of achieving anything on their own clearly have little if any self worth, those who say stuff about people don't impress anybody and only look like complete idiots. Fortunately I wont associate with such people and only wish for those who do to see the light and not get dragged down into their hole of a world with them. Oh yeah and be good enough to acknowledge where you get material from when copying songs into your blog, clearly you are incapable of such talent. (see below for an example)
(if you are a mate and have no idea what this is about please disregard, or email me)
Regards Narked

Circles
You saw me lost and treading water
I looked patheticI looked as helpless as a stinger without a bee
But underneath my presentation, yea
I knew the walls were coming down
And the stones that fell were aiming away from me
Hey, what would it mean to you?
To know that it'll come back around again
Hey, whatever it means to you
Know that everything moves in circles
I saw you standing in my headlights (blink, blink, blink)
I thought I'd run you down for the weight you left on me
Instead I pushed rewind, reversed and drove away
And seeing you disappear in my rearview
Brought to me the word reciprocity
Hey, what would it mean to you?
To know that it'll come back around again
Hey, whatever it means to you
Know that everything moves in circles
Round and round we go
Who would've known it'd end so well
We fall on and we fall off
Existential carousel
- Cirlcles, by Incubus (morning view, 2001)

I Dived!

Yes I finally had time and planned a dive to the leap with a dive buddy and we did it.
the plan was to find a massive reef anchor fairly early in the dive at a site where conditions have to be perfect. Well, conditions were better than perfect no swell good current great vis and an anchor. Not the anchor we went in for but none the less there was an anchor so we towed it all the way to the steps and out we came and all went well. Sorry no photos as I forgot my camera plus the leap is a bit of a dangerous place for cameras as the name suggests it is about 2 meter "leap" into the water to begin the dive so hope to all heavens you haven't forgotten something like your weight pockets coz it's a long surface swim. Great fun though and less dived site means more life in the area as no beginner divers venture to such places to ruin it. Don't get me wrong everyone has t start some where in diving and learn but it is nice to visit some where that all the growth hasn't been kicked by fins or ripped off by hands trying to push off the bottom or away from a wall.
keep up the good work.

I havn't dived in a few weeks as i've had other stuff on like school, work and falling off my mountain bike. hope to have these pics up and coming soon.