August 21, 2008
Don't ask
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August 17, 2008
The View from my office
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July 13, 2008
Ski Weekend in Harrietville
there are more pix on flickr
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July 08, 2008
And then there was Red
Red came to live with us on Saturday, we still miss Ewan but he is very cute.
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June 28, 2008
While Caroline Was Staying with us
The St Louis Youth Choir were in town - amazing voices...
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June 23, 2008
Ewan died yesterday.
It is all a big shock to us.
We thought we had the Giardia under control and then he got the nasty thing on his back which didnt heal well so we took him back to the vet on Friday and they scheduled to stitch him up on Saturday - a routine thing, when they put him under the general anesthetic he nearly died, they found huge amounts of fluid on his lungs which they drained, then they took xrays and discovered that one of his lungs had collapsed.
The poor beautiful dog hadnt even complained.
We had him in for emergency surgery on Sunday and they thought it would still be routine, with a longer recovery but ok. They managed to successfully complete the surgery but they couldnt bring him back from the anesthetic.
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June 14, 2008
Some of my pictures from the weekend
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June 12, 2008
Sore puppy
last night Ewan was a bit sore and when we looked at his neck, it was a bit weapy, when we cleaned it up the hair just came away. Today at the vet they think that maybe it was a whitetail spider bite - yuck. Poor dog he is on antibiotics for his gut, antibiotics for his skin and anti-inflamatories for his hind leg.
its so gross and we feel so sorry for him - he cant wear his nice coat and he is a bit miserable
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June 05, 2008
Street Art
its amazing to watch the street art in Melbourne, so much more than graffiti...
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June 01, 2008
on the corner
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May 22, 2008
Feeling a little green
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May 21, 2008
Commit Nuisance
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May 19, 2008
New Camera
the old compact camera died last week so we got a new one, it takes quite a nice picture...
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May 18, 2008
James and the Sound of Music
Some nun...!
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May 10, 2008
Harri's Birthday and markets
we went to the magical farmers markets at the collingwood childrens farm on Saturday - it is so nice there, Harri took lots of pix on the new camera Eve and Ewan went to buy olives..
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April 09, 2008
More Sanctuary Pix
Green Gloop...
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April 03, 2008
Continued development of the house
Slowly slowly slowly its all coming together
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March 25, 2008
Easter at home
we did some gardening... the dog has probably eaten it all up by now!
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March 19, 2008
40 degrees Gale Force Winds - sounds like the right time to get out on the bay
On Friday Eve and I stepped aboard Wind Charmer the number one vessel in the Melbourne Sailing School fleet as we took our Competent Crew Level II course, we were with Phil (a publisher from Melbourne) who was taking his skipper course and Master Stuart who was there to teach.
The course across the bay in 25-35 knots of wind (and 40 degrees of heat) we made for Port Arlington, then took a rest (visiting the Grand Hotel) then dinner on the boat and a night sail into the wind (it had turned by then from North to South Westerly) and tacked our way into the darkness, down a narrow and unlit channel all the way to Queenscliff.
We arrived a little after midnight at Queenscliff and slept on the boat, up early we went out towards the Rip in fairly slack water then sailed our way back to Point Lonsdale for lunch and back to Sandringham around 6pm - exhausted not at all - we had a dinner party to go to ;-)
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March 10, 2008
Its the Labour Day long weekend in Melbourne so that means MOOMBA
Moomba is a festival that celebrates the Yarra River (and now the Docklands area) its all about a big waterskiing competition, the Birdman Ralley, a lot of rides and side shows and yes of course kids vomiting.
we popped along with Harri in 35c heat - fun but hot hot hot.
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March 05, 2008
Our beach
great for the dog and not far from home...
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March 02, 2008
Sid Patterson Grand Prix, the 2008 Australian Madison and good food
Its funny how Melbourne just gets on and does the most amazing things, its the food festival so we caught the tram (5 minutes) into town and got off at Fed Square for the Great Aussie BBQ, we enjoyed Beef from Neil Perry and the Rockpool team, Goat from Movida, another dish from Circa - it was all great.
We watched cooking demonstrations on the stage (love the fake lawn)
I loved the white shed, bbq, lawn ornaments etc..
We wandered from Fed Square over to Birrarung Mar where we watched them putting up the Ferris Wheel and listened to the Federation Bells
The Madison (on a bike)
Then we went along to the voda arena to watch the Australian National Madison Championship (a bike race) which was fantastic fun
then we walked home (as you do when you live in Sth Melbourne).
Sunday we enjoyed more of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival cycling in to Fed Square again for the Thai experience enjoying more food and festivities with thousands of people (no pix this time).
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March 01, 2008
House Progress
Note the swiss cheese ceiling
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February 17, 2008
A visit to see the dame
we went and had lovely afternoon / evening picnic at Cruden Farm (just us and about 5,000 other people) it was a fantastic event beautifully timed with Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's 99th birthday. The farm was bought for Elisabeth by her husband Keith as a wedding present (she was 19) she has cared for and developed the garden ever since.
For more information on Cruden Farm see the ABC Gardening Australia website http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s998251.htm
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December 04, 2007
Ewan at the Crowded House Concert Rod Laver Arena
Its important to have a rockstar dog!
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December 03, 2007
Oaks Day Hair
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December 02, 2007
horse or dog - you be the judge
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November 12, 2007
Sculptor working at Montsalvat
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October 30, 2007
Montsalvat
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October 26, 2007
Boys in the Coffee Shop
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Trying out the paint job
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October 08, 2007
Goaties, goaty, goaty, goaties....
That was the call of the goat handler at Collingwood Children's Farm
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September 08, 2007
We bought a house
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August 29, 2007
Birthday babe and the fishies
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August 14, 2007
We went to the museum..
Harri loved the bones!
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June 26, 2007
Eve hates geese..
personally i love the colours...
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June 12, 2007
more monsalvat
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June 04, 2007
Beautiful Yarra Valley
the balloons whooshed over head, the flutter of the burners and then away down the valley
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June 03, 2007
Monsalvat
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June 02, 2007
Rob and Amanda's Wedding
Rob and Amanda had a beautiful wedding in the Yarra Valley on Saturday (more pictures on Flickr)
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May 17, 2007
Computer Socks
Eve's mum (Caroline) knitted both of us some socks, the are knitted using computer wool which is pre-dyed so you just knit away and the pattern forms as you go... Cool huh.
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April 11, 2007
Lake Wendouree Ballarat
it is pretty sad to see Lake Wendouree so dry, for the history of this once proud monument and former water supply for Ballarat see the dedicated page http://www.ballarat.com/lake.htm
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April 09, 2007
Melbourne to Osaka dual handed sail race festivities
this lovely festival was combined with the Summer Sail Boat Show a couple of weeks ago (sorry been a bit slow getting some of these off the camera)
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April 04, 2007
oh dear youtube broke my site
if you are wondering what happened to the bush golf entry I had to 'unpublish' it as Youtube has done something weird that broke the whole site. Don't worry you can still see it by travelling over to youtube and watching the video there. I will relink it once its all fixed up.
/C
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March 23, 2007
Bush Golf
Every now and then you do something really silly.... this could just be it.
This adventure had it all sport, action, wildlife, travel, drama.....
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January 28, 2007
Alpaca On Board
We saw this in Canberra.. A full grown Alpaca in the back seat of a Mazda 121 (note both the driver and the alpaca were both sporting mad grins...)
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August 15, 2006
My first movie - Elsternwick
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March 10, 2006
Clovelly, swimming with the fishes
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November 26, 2005
I have absolutely no idea what this means..?
is it street art, graphitti, or a new kind of building signage???
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November 08, 2005
my wheels - robbed
very low..
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November 07, 2005
my first latte art
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October 25, 2005
St Crispin's Day October 25
Crispin was a nobly born Roman who, along with his brother Crispinius, became a missionary to Gaul. They took up the cobbler's trade so the faithful wouldn't have to support them - or, depending on the version you read - so they could give shoes to the poor. Crispin and Crispinius were martyred around 256, and over the years their stomping grounds became popular shrines. St. Crispin's Feast Day is October 25.
Steps:
1. Read the story of Crispin and his brother. Like all stories of the saints, it mingles fact with fantasy and the horrific with the inspiring.
2. Throw a party for all your friends who come under Crispin's patronage: not only cobblers and shoemakers but also weavers, tanners and makers of gloves, lace and saddles.
3. Attend a performance of Shakespeare's "Henry V," or rent a video or audio edition. King Henry invokes Crispin and Crispinius on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt.
4. Buy yourself a new pair of shoes. Or, if you're an equestrian, treat yourself to that new saddle you've been wanting.
5. Buy some shoes, gloves and scarves and give them to the charity of your choice.
Tips: Even if you're not Catholic or particularly religious, Saint Crispin's Day is a good day to honor lives well lived, beliefs held dear and shoes well made.
From Henry V (William Shakespeare)
This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars. And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.' Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages What feats he did that day: then shall our names. Familiar in his mouth as household words Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd. This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember'd; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
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October 10, 2005
Wall Dave
The coffee at the Wall is legendary stuff, made just the way you want it with a suckitoome punch and Dave makes the best coffee outstanding.
Wall 280 is just off Carlisle St in East St Kilda and has a sister venue in Sydney's Surry Hills (find it at the corner of Foster and Campbell Sts)
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July 23, 2005
STREUTH
I have diversified my blogs somewhat, now crispin.org will become more personalised photos and the like and streuth.net will be my place for guides, shopping, desirable items, gadgets, trinkets and anything else I think is worthy of review.
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July 10, 2005
At the Trop
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Moveable Upgrade Success
After a heap of absolute dicking around it seems I am back up and running the site has a had a full engine upgrade and is now happily running on MT 3.17
The best feature I hope to get out of the upgrade is getting comments back (minus the spam)
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June 30, 2005
Out in the chill
seems like the end of the holidays are nearly upon me... odd how fast this has all happened I have been off work for nearly a month and its all gone so quickly.
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My watergarden
On my balcony (which is large enough for cricket) I have a small pot pond, with some reedy grass kind of stuff and a few gold fish.
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June 29, 2005
Crisp Clear - Bloody Cold
This is the view from my balcony here in Pt Melbourne and today is another wonderous Melbourne winter day. Why wonderous I hear you say, well its because we wonderous how it can be so bloody cold when the sun is out and the sky is blue that is why.
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June 24, 2005
Nice bike
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June 13, 2005
Livestrong
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May 16, 2005
rufus
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May 11, 2005
The view from my Pt Melbourne flat
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Finally back online
Sorry to have been off the air for so long however - I have Broadband back on and now I can make a few updates!
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April 11, 2005
A long time between drinks
Ok sorry I have been remiss in keeping the page up to date - thank you to all those who called or emailed asking for updates, so a big dump of new pictures.
The main reason for the lack of updates has been the lack of broadband access, and now that is soon to be resolved there will be plenty of content again!
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March 08, 2005
The Prix
Went to the GP with Callum on Saturday - and managed to get a Pit Lane tour - outstanding!
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February 19, 2005
Jut another street
sorry - I havent had a chance to upload photo's recently but there will loads of new ones soon I promise! Here is an old one from a recent Europe trip
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January 29, 2005
RAOBGAB
Just near my office is one of those odd clubs that is part mason, part dance hall. The Royal Australian Order of the Buffalo (or something like that) - its hidden in a back laneway and obviously only attracts a bunch of oldies who know the funny handshake and have the right dance moves, I must pop in and ask for an application form!
- update - the full name is Royal and Antediluvian Order of Buffalos – Grand Australian Banner
the name just reeks of funny hats and strange hand shakes doesnt it?
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January 28, 2005
its a bit odd
I came up with this picture by accident, I had the settings too high it is a picture of my office tower.
...anyway its a bit odd - but I like it, so I am sharing it with you-all.
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January 27, 2005
Gums
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January 26, 2005
Just a purple one
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January 23, 2005
E-Bay Auctions
Being thrifty, I have spent the afternoon putting various items on to E-Bay for sale you can have a look at the drawing board, plan chest and mosaic tiles and make a bid if you are keen!
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January 22, 2005
My new fav tool
if you haven't discovered picasa yet then - either you are a mac user or I just haven't spoke to you recently about the photo magic that is picasa.
ok maybe I am raving on a bit but - I love this program, it lets you easily manage and modify pictures, search create keywords and much more
check it out (its from the people who make google)
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January 21, 2005
The Open
Callum and I went along to 'the open' today here are a couple of pictures
The swedes were fantastic - and very noisy, the enthusiasm creates an incredibly dynamic atmosphere
Callum informing me that he is 'over the papparazzi'
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January 16, 2005
Chimney Pots
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January 15, 2005
A Somers Beach Shack
As the beach at Somers has washed away the last couple of years, these old boat sheds are going away with the sea, this is one of the last along this strip, good to see it being put to use.
Further up 'people with serious money' have built a wall for protection from the waves and turned the boat shed into a poolside cabana - seems an odd idea to have a pool about 3 metres from the sea but there you go!
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January 11, 2005
Bay View
The view from Brighton back to the city - warm day today 37c and breezy
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January 03, 2005
castles in the sand
The annual Merricks Sand Castle Competition, brought everybody out for a look!
The foot was back again this year
I quite liked the polar sand bear!
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You can see the paint trim from here
After a week of painting - including the window trims, the toilet, two bedrooms and other bits - it is largely now done!
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January 01, 2005
A quiet and somber New Year's Eve
In spite of the silly picture, NYE was extremely somber this year - the catastrophe in Asia is so distracting it is hard to spend a lot of time celebrating anything.
Happy New Year to all of you though - Peace and Love!
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December 26, 2004
House Paint
Christmas Eve saw the house painting completed!
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December 19, 2004
Pond in Bloom
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Tree Lights
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December 04, 2004
Its Christmas Time
and its time for the annual 'crispydrinks compilation cd'
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December 03, 2004
I feel like a drink
campari me thinks
took this picture the other day while Callum was sailing
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November 07, 2004
Bikes
Ok I seem to be getting a little fanatical about the bike riding, now I am even taking pictures of other people on bikes. Sunday in Elwood is famous for the cyclists who head down the beach towards Frankston (it depends how fit and strong you are, as to how far you go). I went out at 2pm, got drowned in torrential rain and strong sea winds and got back about 4pm - BUT I did go about 50kms, not bad for my first longer ride in quite some years.
Those who are amused by these things will pleased to note I am now well fitted for cycling lycra!
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Todays sailing
Too wet and windy for the Sabots today so they sailed the mechanical boat instead (its much warmer inside!)
a bunch of laser sails waiting to head out with older kids on board.
even the older kids were getting into trouble here the cadets are heading out and mixing it with the 420's which seemed to be running a state race out of RBYC.
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November 05, 2004
NY Marathon - this week
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November 01, 2004
I'm out there somewhere...
a fabulous day sailing on saturday (I was out on the Solo) not a huge breeze, in fact we lost most of it at the end of the race. A great start to the season's sailing though.
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October 24, 2004
A new roadbike - and its ORANGE!
I seem to have a lot of ORANGE stuff sudenly.
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October 23, 2004
Saturday travels
a bit of driving around and taking pictures today
a good breeze today - the boats were all out.
bob and mia joined me for the wine tasting and we had a little lunch afterwards
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October 16, 2004
Bob - whats in your teeth
A silly picture from a recent dinner with Robert
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October 15, 2004
Christina Branco
off tonight to see Christina another special from the festival - very excited...
http://www.cristinabranco.com/
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Tiger Lillies
Wow - not at all what we expected but the Tiger Lillies were outstanding, crude, rude and poetic. Beautiful sounds crashed together with bawdy humour reminiscent of the chaucer's tales, I can't wait till they come back next time.
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October 14, 2004
The Floating City
I took this photo while we were driving around the bay looking for somewhere Rhonda might like to live - I saw the city floating and thought there is a nice pic
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October 12, 2004
Spiegel Tent
off tonight to the world famous spiegel tent... to see Tiger Lillies
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October 05, 2004
Miracle Fish
The famous miracle fish appeared in my mail... strange how they do that... you can buy it on a T-shirt from Remo
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Federation Square
Melbourne's Federation Square - so many hated it during construction, but most would now agree it is an enormous success. The architecture that challenged sensibilities is now an integral part of the city.
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October 03, 2004
Explorer 16 Website
So I decided I didn't have enough sites to play with and manage (crispin.org, sophieblackall.com, watermarkpress.com.au, mgid.biz, merricks.org) so I thought I should build a quick site for the Explorer 16 association - not that I have even told them yet! Typical - build first, determine interest later.
As most of the members of the association are in their 70's its not likely they will ever see the site, however I wanted a place for the next generation of sailers to research about Botterill Explorers.
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October 01, 2004
Jock
Jocks the WORLDS BEST ice cream
you have to love the baked apple, and the black sticky rice, and the gingerbread, and the hokey pokey, and the nougat, and the ......
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Couta Boats off St Kilda
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September 19, 2004
Sunday
Saturday night was hard, the flats next door had a party (imagine 50 people having a great time outside your bedroom window) which was kind of fine even though it went till at least 3am.
It was topped however by the unbelievable decision of one of the other residents of the flats next door deciding to practise his drums between 4 and 5 am, and no he was NOT GOOD..
Spent Sunday largely on the boat, lots of cut and polish - hours of it, replaced all the sheets and did a bit of general tinkering - quite happy with it really.
Did some more work on the Melbourne Guide, and turned comments back on.. not that I have fixed the spam proofing.
all this polishing I don't think I will be able to lift a coffee tomorrow.
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September 18, 2004
Friday Night Football
Rob came over last night to watch Saints play Port Adelaide in the first semi-final. A great game, some will say legendary but the Power (port) won, this pleased Robert not me.
The night was topped by great pizza and a 1998 Richmond Grove Shiraz that was just perfect.
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September 10, 2004
Mikey is getting married
Mikey AKA Suzanna is getting married - CONGRATULATIONS!
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September 04, 2004
Rufus
Clean and freshly clipped..
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Contraptions
The internet is full of wonderfull things - you can find this animated series on the ABC TV website, illustrated by Bruce Petty and narrated by Andrew Denton.
Experience the contraption machines at
http://www.abc.net.au/contraptions/
oh yes and legally speaking, the image above belongs to Bruce Petty - all his rights are reserved and no intended copyright infringement should be implied as this is entirely for the promotion of the artist and the ABC tv show on the link above etc etc etc.....
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August 22, 2004
too much sport
this is what happens with so much sport at late hours, olympics, rugby its all too much and it is taking it out of me!
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August 11, 2004
coop's road trip
the coopster is doing the big road trip across america - and he has documented the travels with great pix (it seems he has finally invested or borrowed in a digital camera!).
commiserations to rob on the loss and damage of his stuff in storage - read all about it at
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July 24, 2004
merricks.org
while off the water I have also updated the merricks website, well it did suddenly have competition with Pete recently updated the somers yacht club website.
visit at http://merricks.org
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The new sophie site
sister Sophie has a new website take a look and tell me what you think
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CBC Radio 3
I have previously mentioned that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation website is one of my favourites, it has wonderful photography, eclectic music and interesting stories, such as this one about a group of surfers travelling up the Amazon River to surf a 8ft wall of water know as Pororoca which is caused by the incoming tide tearing up the river the surfers ride for up to 30 minutes on the waves which only occur once a day.
The website is also one of the most innovative uses of flash technology that I have seen, it is totally engaging.
check it out at http://cbcradio3.com
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July 20, 2004
Did I mention
that I am obsessed with getting a D70?
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June 05, 2004
Comments are back
I have brought comments back - hopefully the spammers have moved on now.. I have also updated the name, noting that this is the third version of the site and with a number of minor improvements we are now up to release version 3.6 appropriately in my 36 year.
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May 31, 2004
Sounds like a sophie I know
As seen in a Sydney cafe - it sounds just like a Sophie I know (who is a little older than 5..)
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May 23, 2004
a couple of bikers
the boys out for a cycle today everytime they went through a pile of leaves harrison yells out yeeeee harrrrrrrrrr!
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May 16, 2004
Mike Moore
Wouldn't you know it - Mike Moore the journalist / writer who brought us 'Stupid White Men' and 'Bowling for Colombine' has just completed his new film 'Farenheit 9/11' and his production company and distributor DISNEY corporation have decided they no longer intend to distribute it, censorship by corporation? Read more at http://www.michaelmoore.com
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Jom's in melb
rumour has it jombo is in melbourne this weekend
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May 15, 2004
Bob's Birthday
its bob's birthday and its party time..... happy birthday roberto.
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April 05, 2004
Fab channel
Fab Channel - a fantastic collection of great concerts all filmed in Amsterdam adn all available on demand and free - but if you don't have broadband well it might challenge your systems.
You can see Michael Franti, Tricky, Paul Oakenfield, Ryan Adams and Morcheeba, but I am particularly taken with the Dutch Air Guitar Championships
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March 14, 2004
Couple more French Island pix
Rav is saying this is bloody fantastic coffee and a damn fine croissant....
and this one of me looking shell shocked (I am personally fond of the greasy ears and eyebrows)
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March 12, 2004
Continento
http://www.continento.com/viewit.php?mapid=1035
check out continento - this is the site for Rob's travels, I will do one for my trip next week.
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February 19, 2004
Martin Place
another sydney morning
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February 08, 2004
Callum Sailing
While it probably looks like terror on Callum's face, this was before the wind really blew up (it got over 20 knts) another great day on the water...
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February 05, 2004
Matt & Carolines website
Talking of the travels of other Matt & Caroline have whipped orff to live in Norway for a while, this is the website for the big adventure!
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January 19, 2004
The Spark - home of the Stinky Feet diaries
click here : http://www.thespark.com/
Wierd stuff alright - this site is a couple of years old but has amazing stuff including the death test (when are you going to die) and the excellent stinky feet and stinky meat diaries.
in the Stinky Feed diaries amazingly the writer infects himself with atheletes food and records the horrible decay of his feet (with pictures...)
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January 08, 2004
Harry at the beach
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Aboard 'Blue Tang'
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December 25, 2003
Merry Christmas
So here it is the yule season again has reached its peak with only the highlights of the S2H race and the boxing day test to raise above the gluttony of christmas.
hope you have had a day that has gone beyond any expectations and that the memories will always be the fond ones.
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December 22, 2003
Xmas Spirit
You have to wonder why it is that there are so many australians willing to go to extreme lengths to have the absolute tackiest christmas (sorry xmas) decorations around - these were at Pambula on the NSW south coast
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December 01, 2003
This time last year
So this week last year there were CRISPY DRINKS at the Verandah - a messy event as I recall that saw us end up at FIX in the cross very late at night.
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November 30, 2003
more garden pix
Megan took this picture at the maze garden down on the mornington peninsula - I thought it was a good fit in with the roses.
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November 29, 2003
It was at the rose garden
that Harri disappeared for more than a moment - we were almost the only ones there as it was nearly closing time, and he kept taking off into the rows and rows of roses.
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November 28, 2003
some spikey some not
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November 27, 2003
red ones white ones and now yellow ones
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November 25, 2003
more roses
Budding to be roses and the distant arbour...
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The Rose Garden
Here are a series of pix from our visit to the rose garden a few weeks back (I took nearly 100 pix so thought it would be good to show some)
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November 09, 2003
Rose Garden
On the way home we dropped into the State Rose Garden, which was approaching full bloom..
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A day at the polo...
A lovely day today at the polo...
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October 16, 2003
Rugga
The view from the nose bleeds section of the T-Dome this was Italy being mashed by the All Blacks (70:7)
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September 23, 2003
Somers Round House
Friends Pete & Jo have a new site up for their beach house (available for rent all year round) so check it out
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September 22, 2003
Franti Live
following from last weeks stuff the Franti stuff is live check it out on CBC radio 3 there are about 4 songs from the recent spearhead tour of canada.
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September 14, 2003
Rion.nu - NY beauty
This site has some of the most magical photos of NY
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September 09, 2003
New Boat
So I decided that the orange botterill explorer 16 was a good buy and made an offer, so now I am the proud owner of three boats (at least one to many - anybody want to buy a boat?)
there are more pix of the boat on the site take a look....
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September 04, 2003
Bartlett for President
If you are a fan of The West Wing and why wouldnt you be ..? you would be well aware that president Jed Bartlett (actor Martin Sheen) would make a preferable president to George Bush (but then he does get paid a lot more to act as the president than Bush gets to be the president...!)
The finale of the current series is a cliff hanger and the new series is just around the corner - so I found this fan site
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August 24, 2003
Squash Results
Artie v Crispin (the grudge match)
Game 1 : Crispin 10 def Artie 8
Game 2 : Artie 9 def Crispin 5
Game 3 : Artie 9 def Crispin 2
Game 4 : Crispin 9 def Artie 5
Game 5 : Crispin 9 def Artie 5
Game 6 : Artie 9 def Crispin 6
Game 7 : Crispin 9 def Artie 6
Game 8 : Crispin 9 def Artie 4
Final Score Crispin 5 games def Artie 3 games
(*img has been borrowed as the "guy" on the left looks like artie)
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August 16, 2003
snow
and with only weeks to go there seems to be plenty of the white stuff reports from those who have recently enjoyed visits to australian resorts indicates we are going to have fun, particularly with another 20-30cm forecast this week.
(for you northerners that is a lot for us)
check out the mt hotham webcam [click here]
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August 15, 2003
Man and Wife
Currently reading the latest novel from Tony Parsons "Man and Wife" which is the kind of book that leaves you quite disturbed and trying to work out if the reason is largely due to similarities you find in your own thinking - maybe everyone thinks this way.
I know that Rav & I have both identified closely with his earlier book "Man and Boy"
Worth a read [click here] to view on amazon.com
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August 10, 2003
Franti
Friday in Melbourne and Michael Franti and his spearhead collective took the stage at Festival Hall and made it shake its groove thang.
any Michael Franti concert is a somewhat spiritual experience - his lyrics and passion lifts the audience from one crescendo to another.
highlights of the show - included the 'impromptu' wedding proposal (adam from adelaide) and getting anita to sing (who is really afraid of singing publicly - YOU)
those who have read my rambings before know that I was inspired last time Michael visited Australia - again with this tour I was far from disappointed the flippant drop into Nirvana's nevermind just added to what was an outstanding concert.
read other peoples views on the subject by clicking on the link below:
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August 06, 2003
Sailing
In search of a Bottrill Explorer
It is time to upgrade the griffin - (much loved) but a tad unsuitable for westen port and I am on the search for a Bottrill much like the one pictured above. If you happen to have one you are thinking of getting rid of - get in touch or leave a message in the comments below.
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August 04, 2003
Home
after a fortnight travelling - I am back in Australia returning to the day to day. you cant complain living here - ok it may be winter and the weather not quite as nice as Seattle but the air is clean and I always get that feeling of deep satisfaction - I like to visit the world but I love coming home.
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July 26, 2003
Broadband Content
So IMHO I have found the most interesting new broadband content site - you are going to say huh - doh you only just found this but hey - if you already new about it how come you weren't out there pushing this stuff - it is great
so get along to http://www.cbcradio3.com
it is a real combination of streaming audio and imagery (no streaming video - so its almost narrowband compatable - not that I have tried).
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July 18, 2003
Best Broadband
Have you seen CBC Radio 3 this is a great site a blend of music, imagery and technology innovation - I am a big fan.
And if you are a techie or into the whole internet/online/telco business thing you have to check out Always On and the AO2003 site which has heaps of guru's presenting all in the beauty of streaming media...
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Spooks
so have you seen it the cutting but quite brill BBC tv series spooks - it is an exceptional series - here in australia we are just getting to the end of the first series - in the UK they are well into series two.
check out the website for more information
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January 01, 2003
Merricks - Sailing
I managed to get out for a sail on Saturday - not that I can lay claim to this picture, it was taken by one of the other club members a couple of weeks ago, but still it is as good a picture as any of the view as you shoot away from the shore on a racing day
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