Monday, January 30, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Sunday
Ah, Sunday, a day of rest - yeah right, actually it wasn't too bad. This morning I went to Queen Victoria Market, which was quite good, the market was quite large and very varied. After a long walk back, I was knackered, the humidity is a real killer! I spent the afternoon asleep. I ended going into work around 4pm and got back to the hotel nice and early at around 8:45.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Saturday
Woke to a splendid sunrise, but I was too lazy to drag my backside out of bed to go out to photograph it, maybe tomorrow morning! After another three course breakfast, I headed down to the Aquarium, but just as I was about to go in, I noticed the camera battery was flat...So I headed back to the hotel and then decided to go into town instead for some looking around.
Found a neat present for Fee. It was quite funny, I got several phone calls whilst in town and I would amble around whilst on the phone, and at the end of each call, I had no idea where I was! It was a great way to explore.
I got back to the hotel for around 11:30, and the camera battery had just finished charging, so then I had a drink and some yoghurt for lunch and headed back down to the aquarium.
The aquarium was quite a disappointment, it only took me around 30 minutes to go all the way around, Napier is much better. Oh well.
After wandering around Crown Casio Retail center and heading back to the hotel for a nap I met up with Tristan for coffee and lunch. Then it was off to work for another rehersal at 7pm. I was intended heading in for 4pm, but I had a chat with another
of our guys in Sydney, and he had already checked and fixed my previous days attempts.
This trip is actiually being enjoyable!
I trundled into work around 4, ended up getting lost!
Oh well..I got there in the end, and all went well again.
Found a neat present for Fee. It was quite funny, I got several phone calls whilst in town and I would amble around whilst on the phone, and at the end of each call, I had no idea where I was! It was a great way to explore.
I got back to the hotel for around 11:30, and the camera battery had just finished charging, so then I had a drink and some yoghurt for lunch and headed back down to the aquarium.
The aquarium was quite a disappointment, it only took me around 30 minutes to go all the way around, Napier is much better. Oh well.
After wandering around Crown Casio Retail center and heading back to the hotel for a nap I met up with Tristan for coffee and lunch. Then it was off to work for another rehersal at 7pm. I was intended heading in for 4pm, but I had a chat with another
of our guys in Sydney, and he had already checked and fixed my previous days attempts.
This trip is actiually being enjoyable!
I trundled into work around 4, ended up getting lost!
Oh well..I got there in the end, and all went well again.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Melbourne
Well, I arrived quite safely, didn't see any fires on the way in. The landing was quite bumpy with a fair bit of turbulance during descent. Unfortunatly the net access in the
hotel isn't cheap, so I'll probably only be online for an hour a day (and that's setting me back $10/hour), and probably in the evenings. Ive tried all the the wifi networks available in the hotel, and so far the only one
I've been able to connect to and even remotely do anything with was the "Victoria University" one, but I can't seem to get out yet!
Anyway, today, here it was Australia Day, consequently all the streets were dead and there was a party in Federation Square, which is a few minutes from the hotel. I wandered up and had a look, and then found a bite to eat,
and then came back for a shower and this (in bed by 8:30 local time)
Tomorrow morning I start doing what I'm here for, so somehow I have to work out how to get to Richmond.
Anyway, I'm off now to write an email to Steph, and then jump on the net, post this and hunt out transport, and hopefully some free WiFi around here.
hotel isn't cheap, so I'll probably only be online for an hour a day (and that's setting me back $10/hour), and probably in the evenings. Ive tried all the the wifi networks available in the hotel, and so far the only one
I've been able to connect to and even remotely do anything with was the "Victoria University" one, but I can't seem to get out yet!
Anyway, today, here it was Australia Day, consequently all the streets were dead and there was a party in Federation Square, which is a few minutes from the hotel. I wandered up and had a look, and then found a bite to eat,
and then came back for a shower and this (in bed by 8:30 local time)
Tomorrow morning I start doing what I'm here for, so somehow I have to work out how to get to Richmond.
Anyway, I'm off now to write an email to Steph, and then jump on the net, post this and hunt out transport, and hopefully some free WiFi around here.
Off to Melbourne
Well, I was supposed to be doing a post of the photos from the tank dismantlement (which went well), but instead this is about Melbourne. Yesterday afternoon I was asked to go to Melbourne for a few days (until Feb 1st). So this afternoon at around 3:45pm I'm flying out! Whilst I'm over there I will try to make reasonably regular posts to the blog with photos etc.
Obviously, if any one was going to ring me for my birthday, don't bother or ring my cell phone (if you want the number, ring Steph).
Anyway, must work.
Till Melbourne.
Obviously, if any one was going to ring me for my birthday, don't bother or ring my cell phone (if you want the number, ring Steph).
Anyway, must work.
Till Melbourne.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Last day of the big fish tank
Tomorrow I have the day off, and one of my main tasks, dismantling the 8ft tank, it will be quite a shame to see it all go, but the new one will be really good, hopefully.
Also tomorrow I need to take Hopper to the vets, she has a lump in her leg and is a little bit lame on it, hopefully all will be OK. Then in the afternoon I have Kiwispan (the company that made our barn) coming around to qoute on installing a mezziane floor in the workshop, which would then become the office/lab for my tinkering with electronics and computers, thus freeing up a room in the house.
Also tomorrow I need to take Hopper to the vets, she has a lump in her leg and is a little bit lame on it, hopefully all will be OK. Then in the afternoon I have Kiwispan (the company that made our barn) coming around to qoute on installing a mezziane floor in the workshop, which would then become the office/lab for my tinkering with electronics and computers, thus freeing up a room in the house.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Getting up to date
So, what has happened recently...Last week Steph and I were both off work so as to paint windows (well the frames anyway). We went with white frames and a nice blue for the sills. We haven't painted the blue yet, but now most of the windows are now painted (just 4 to go!). Also I fixed two broken hoses on the tractor, just two air hoses that had perished; whilst I was doing that I also adjusted the throttle so that it was a bit more accurate.
In between all that we played alot of a new game we bought (Civ4) on the projector.
We're also in the process now of renovating the 8ft fishtank, I've found buyers for all the fish we need to relocate, and set up another tank for the loaches (but I'm having second thoughts about putting them in there!).
We going to convert the tank into a fully planted environment, with CO2 injection, a water fall, very exicting...
I'll put photos up as I make progress, but I think it's going to be very cool when I finish.
In between all that we played alot of a new game we bought (Civ4) on the projector.
We're also in the process now of renovating the 8ft fishtank, I've found buyers for all the fish we need to relocate, and set up another tank for the loaches (but I'm having second thoughts about putting them in there!).
We going to convert the tank into a fully planted environment, with CO2 injection, a water fall, very exicting...
I'll put photos up as I make progress, but I think it's going to be very cool when I finish.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Long time, no typing..
Well, it's been a while since I last blogged anything, kind of ironic really since Steph bought me a t-shirt at christmas with the slogan "I'm blogging this!".
But in short we've spent a week painting window frames, I'll elaborate more tomorrow.
The other reason I haven't blogged anything is that Steph and I have found the joys of Civ4 and playing on the projector (3m wide screen!)
Till tomorrow (my turn!)
But in short we've spent a week painting window frames, I'll elaborate more tomorrow.
The other reason I haven't blogged anything is that Steph and I have found the joys of Civ4 and playing on the projector (3m wide screen!)
Till tomorrow (my turn!)
Monday, January 02, 2006
Aghh, computers
Well today has been a great day. Not...
So far we've had really bad winds, and we had a power cut whilst watching Star Wars and the UPS couldn't deliver enough current to the projector (it was supposed to!), so hopefully no damage has been done, also I noticed the removable drive I've been using from work to store all my files/emails etc was making a funny noise, so I cleanly shut the computer down, and when I started it a few minutes ago found out I have filesystem corruption, now to try an repair that. And also I started making a new shelf for the entertainment unit, and I made one measurement wrong, oh and to top it off Steph thrashed me in Scrabble!
Oh well.
Something I forgot to put up the other day was that I was mowing the paddocks and decided to mow a strip to the person gate in the paddock, and as I was approaching I eased off the throttle and applied the brakes, but due to momentum and crap brakes the tractor went straight into the fence, such fun!.
Last day of the holidays today (I'm helping Steph at her work tomorrow and going down to visit Amy).
Till later.
So far we've had really bad winds, and we had a power cut whilst watching Star Wars and the UPS couldn't deliver enough current to the projector (it was supposed to!), so hopefully no damage has been done, also I noticed the removable drive I've been using from work to store all my files/emails etc was making a funny noise, so I cleanly shut the computer down, and when I started it a few minutes ago found out I have filesystem corruption, now to try an repair that. And also I started making a new shelf for the entertainment unit, and I made one measurement wrong, oh and to top it off Steph thrashed me in Scrabble!
Oh well.
Something I forgot to put up the other day was that I was mowing the paddocks and decided to mow a strip to the person gate in the paddock, and as I was approaching I eased off the throttle and applied the brakes, but due to momentum and crap brakes the tractor went straight into the fence, such fun!.
Last day of the holidays today (I'm helping Steph at her work tomorrow and going down to visit Amy).
Till later.
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