Thursday, April 25, 2013

Marmaggedon is over!

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A small miracle appeared in the mail this week.  My sister-in-law has sent me a "care package" from Auckland.  I'm now the ...

ANZAC Day at Bundeena

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  After more than two decades living in Sydney I've finally made it to Bundeena.  It's a quaint riverside town on the fringe of...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Sublime Point

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Garry and I have spent the last two nights staying with friends in Jamberoo, a small village south of Wollongong. The area is a fertile, ...
Friday, March 29, 2013

Across the Bay

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The city of Melbourne sits on the northern shore of Port Phillip Bay, an enormous expanse of water, encircled by more than 264km of coa...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Cameo blimp

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Early yesterday morning a bright blue blimp appeared over the Sydney Cricket Stadium.  It hovered over the area for 10-15 minutes then di...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Rest in peace

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I flew back to New Zealand on March 16 to join the family as we laid my father's ashes to rest.  The family held a simple, low-key ...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Surviving Marmageddon

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For the last 15 months the news in New Zealand has been filled with talk about Marmageddon.   What’s that you ask?   Sanitarium Marmite,...
Saturday, February 02, 2013

Siding Springs

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How about a trip down memory lane?   Over the years I’ve published numerous posts about my growing list of space tourism excursions.   Yo...
Friday, February 01, 2013

We love ice cream

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Perhaps one of the best things about smartphones is the ability to capture quality images of life's special moments.  This one of the...
Monday, January 21, 2013

It's a bird? It's a plane?

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NASA recently launched a niffy new email alert for folks keen to view the International Space Station.I’ve heard that the station is su...
Friday, January 18, 2013

Endless Summer memories

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My time in New Zealand over Christmas/New Year wasn't just a time of sorrow.  Inbetween tending to my dying father's needs t...

Help, help! I'm melting!

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Sydney has endured its hottest day on record today.  The mercury hit 45.8 degrees in the city at 2:55pm, while temperatures at the ai...