Wyndham Philip Island is a Bird Paradise

Yes, Wyndham Philip Island is Bird Paradise.

Ramada Hotel chain has established a massive Resort  with 210 villas numbered from 101 to 311.

Villas are spacious and have two or three rooms.

One has to book in advance to enjoy the quiet luxury.

Our stay was very short on our way to see the Penguin Parade.

I am a Linux guy and our Logo is Penguin!

The birds who are numerous to name and I picked up only three names.

No sparrows but a birds the size of a sparrow are plenty.

Purple hen
Spur winged Plover
Cape Barren Goose

The magpie of course, I did not like.

They come in to steal the food left out on the table.

Resort facilities include;
Gymnasium
Indoor pool
Indoor spa
Outdoor pools
Outdoor spar 
Games room for children including a pool table
Tennis Court
Karts
Walking tracks
Barbecues
A guest laundry

We were busy could not play a snooker game or go Karting.


Wifi is available and TV needs to be connected through one's cellphone.

One need not cook and food is available at Flametrees Restaurant.


We had one meal at Flametrees but rest cooked.

We took enough fish to cook and I remained a vegetarian with lot of fruits as the compliment.

House Keeping

Housekeeping is not available but (2 and 3 bedroom) villas are equipped with washers and dryers.

One is encouraged to reuse towel when possible.

The weather, even in summer is cold with Northerlies and Westerlies determined the wind directions and the temperature.

Whether is very pleasant in summer time.

The generally nocturnal Brushtail possums   can be spotted around the villas looking for food.

One has to keep doors and windows closed to avoid unauthorized entry of the wild beasts.

Roads are littered with birds' droppings and your car needs a general clean up after a visit.

We were lucky the overnight rain cleaned the roods and the car top.

We did not have to wash the car.

Do not park under trees and garages are missing by default but there is ample space in front to park for two cars.

We had two cars one rented.

Back of the villa is open to the wild and one cannot take the car to the backyard.

One should not throw food to the birds and possums.

That is the cardinal rule to protect wild life.

Kick the Cricket (Chalk) Bucket, Ceylon Style

Kick the Bucket is short term for somebody, unexpectedly dying.

Ceylon Cricket is not dead yet.

Our Selection Committee is trying hard to kill it.

First let me say something about the Chalk Bucket for a newbee in cricket.

Chalk was used in good old days to paint the  cricket boots.

Nowadays it is used to paint the various lines in the middle of the wicket.

Coming to cricket politics, if we used the Ground Boy (who paint the batting and bowling creases) instead of Angelo Matthews, Ground Boy would nave batted better, fielded better and would have hit a few sixes at number 6 position.

Ground Boys and the Ground women who look after the grass pitch, on the middle are fondly remembered, here.

Their services are very important.

Angelo deprived the place of a young player.

If he is mature enough he would have believed so and would have declined playing  and thus allowing a younger player to fit in at number 6.

Besides, he would have preserved his averages.

He still has time to quit this tournament faking an injury.

Faking injury is his forte and his modus operandum!

If he really wants to be useful, he should push the heavy roller with the groundsman.

That would certainly improve his fitness.

I generally won't watch cricket, if Angelo is playing.

I watched his innings today, only to write this piece.

Regarding Dimuth Karunaratne, he was one who (with other younger players) got us out of the doldrums and qualified Ceylon for this tournament, playing all the vital qualifying round games.

Netherlands and Ceylon qualified and unfortunately West Indies were left out.

I would have preferred West Indies qualifying, instead of Netherland.

Dimuth was unceremoniously dished out in favour of Kusal Perera (who was a pain to watch), unjustly.

Chris Silverwood should have played Dimuth Karunaratne at Number 6 instead of Angelo (when really, some of the fast bowlers are bowling at the tail end).

It would have been a good spoil and we would have made 270 runs.

We need to train a young guy to join Pathum Nissanka, instead of Kusal Perera.

I hope Dasun Shanka would recover soon and keep leading the team.

Cricket is all about runs and wickets and nothing more.

I am hoping to write a book in English, on the plight (betrayal) of Ceylon  Cricket from Politics to bad Administration.

Kick the Bucket Syndrome of Ceylon Cricket would be its Title.

By the way, I hate the Women Commentator  who should be sent to comment on Kindergarten Cricket Commentary.

I won't watch any more of this tournament but there are lot of old pensioners whose pastime is watching cricket.

Few of them would end up, with heart attacks if not Myopathy of Coronavirus Vaccination.

According to the reports, there is a higher incident of strokes, in vaccinated guys and girls.

Beware!