I had a couple of vivid dreams the other night. My dreams are pretty far and few between, so here goes a description. One was that I was house hunting, and to do this, was riding through my neighbourhood on a kind of go-kart thing. No motor, just powered by pedals. The terrain was much ... [More]
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My weekend
Well now, I’ve had a pretty shithouse weekend, how about you? Actually judging from the news, the world hasn’t gone too well this weekend. It’s been a shocking few days. On Friday there was the Waterfall train crash near Sydney, which left eight people dead. This morning I woke up to find the space shuttle ... [More]
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Going home
Enough of this living in a tent, time to go home. We packed up everything back into the car, and just after being told there was another snake in the vicinity, drove out. Back onto the highway, with a few diversions to Cape Conran (stunning beach), Marlo (more stunning scenery, and a pub lunch), Orbost ... [More]
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Eden
Mallacoota Up the road yet again and out of Cann River, we zoomed up along the highway towards New South Wales. The roads on the Victorian side of the border had been pretty much clear of roadkill – at least I hadn’t noticed any. But I was able to count the number of dead animals ... [More]
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Wingan
My sandals at Wingan beach. I hope to sell this picture to the Birkenstock company for millions and millions of dollars. We drove toWingan Inlet, which involved the 45 minute drive back up to Cann River, 18km along the highway, then another hour or so down a very rough road which got exceedingly narrow in ... [More]
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Meuller and Hicks
Goanna in the campsite, looking for food. The wheel on the right is a bicycle wheel. I think it wanted to have a ride. My back was killing me when I awoke. Lesson one when camping: don’t buy a cheapie sleeping mat. A morning walk along the beach cured it, and I was able to ... [More]
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Welcome to the camp
Pelican, Lakes Entrance So, the adventure began. Saturday night I packed all my stuff up. Clothes, sleeping mat, sleeping bag, towel, bathers, torch… a whole bunch of stuff, in fact. C arrived in the hired four-wheel drive just after 8am, and we set out. First stop Sale, to fill up with petrol and pick up ... [More]
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Backpack
On Friday night I went to Paddy Pallin to buy a backpack in preparation for next week’s camping trip with C. Sorry, a travelpack to be precise. Apparently this is the correct term in the travel world. I have borrowed a couple of different backpacks over the years. The first one was owned by one ... [More]
The ever-deepening money-pit that is my car has struck again. This time, it was rear brake pads. The guy at the service place said they needed to be replaced pronto, before the next service. I happen to think that working brakes are an extremely useful thing to have on a car, so I felt I ... [More]
During the week I discovered why my bank account seemed so low in December, when my credit card bill arrived. Because I paid last month’s credit card bill twice. Ah, the dangers of Internet banking. Apparently I paid it in mid-December, but failed to write down (as I usually do) the payment details on the ... [More]
Outside it got up to 40.2Ă°C today – for you in the undeveloped world, that’s 104.4Ă°F. But I was inside, working in an air-conditioned building. And I actually got cold. That’s just silly!
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Seat
The newspaper guy normally tries to conceal the newspaper in the driveway shrubbery somewhat, so people can’t easily see it and steal it. It only happens occasionally, but it’s annoying when it does. Well this morning it was so well concealed in the shrubbery (hey, I get to use the word "shrubbery" twice – it ... [More]
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Where did the year go?
To me, the year has rushed by. Probably because I’ve been so busy for most of it. There’s no shortage of work, and during the rest of the time I’ve been juggling all the other aspects of my life – kids, girlfriend, friends, parents, voluntary work, and trying to keep my home from falling into ... [More]
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Bulletproof
After enduring many months of my spare computer playing up regularly – crashing, losing time, losing its CMOS settings – I finally decided to take a look under the hood yesterday. And found an obsolete video capture card in there, one I haven’t used in years. I don’t think I even have any drivers for ... [More]
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Christmas shopping
The telemarketers and their predictive dialler seem to have given up on me. Wimps! Maybe it’s an early Christmas present. Speaking of Christmas presents, I can proudly proclaim to have completed all my Christmas shopping. It was a Sunday afternoon trip into the city that did it. Perhaps surprisingly, it wasn’t too painful.
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Stalked by telemarketers!
A predictive dialler is stalking me. It’s been ringing for a couple of weeks now. If the phone rings and the caller ID says "Private Number" and there’s silence on the other end, then hold music, I just hang up. Honestly, what a nerve – them ringing you up to put you on hold until ... [More]