Killing Heidi, saving wallabies, eating cows raw

Yesterday, after a failed trip to Ikea, Elissa and I went to the Sydney Wildlife World. (Careful of the link, it plays sounds you might not be expecting at work). It was full of all sorts of wildlife exhibits with informative video displays and helpful guides. But if you're in Sydney, Taronga Zoo is much, much better value - it was really a bit of a disappointment. The bar underneath runs a happy hour from 5-7pm though, and is pretty pleasant. It's one of the cheaper bars in the area if you're in Darling Harbour looking for a drink at that time.

We then went to pass on the tickets Elissa had sold on eBay (we're seeing John Mayer tonight). I mentioned something about being able to step through a hole in a postcard, which, after 20 minutes of careful tearing and some cautious manouvres over the widest part of my body, earned me 50c. Then we headed to Newtown for japanese food. I had some sort of lunchbox thing with sushi, chicken, salad and rice in it, and Elissa had vegetable and prawn tempura. We shared some ginger and soy soaked raw beef. It was delicious, and excellent value - we both ate our fill and had a Coke for about $29. If I could remember the name of the place, I'd let you know so you could go yourself.

Afterwards we went to the Vanguard to see Jesse and Ella from Killing Heidi do an acoustic set. Apparently they've been around for a decade and have done something for one of the Spiderman films, but I'd never heard of them. This is a shame though, they're excellent, and this is the last time they're playing all that old material. If pushed to be critical, they weren't really doing anything anyone else isn't doing, and there are people doing it better, but it was a great way to while away a Wednesday evening.