Archive for January, 2006

the best iPod bug I’ve ever seen!

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

we found a beauty here today!

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google maps - zoomier than before?

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Has Google Maps just added another feature?

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apres cave

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

When you’ve ‘done’ with the caves at Buchan, what can you do? Well, there’s a very nice walk to a place called Granite Pools that’ll get your appetite up, but what do you do then?
Well, we’d done the tourist walk through Royal cave - quite spectacular and beautiful - and then a good long walk, […]

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dinosaurs

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

I’ve just seen the news report about a protest by Victoria’s Mountain Cattlemen - leading cattle, in defiance of the new laws, into the mountains in the Wonongatta Valley in the east of the state. I know it’s romantic, and it’s been going on for over a hundred years, but I’m afraid - at least […]

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the bridge that fell…

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

This is the section of The Westgate Bridge which fell while under construction on 15th October, 1970, killing 35 workers.
We lived nearby and I was in school (grade 4) at the time, and I remember an announcement coming over the public address calling children whose fathers worked on the bridge to the office. Thought nothing […]

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what I did on my holidays…

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

Back at the coalface today, bit of a letdown after a fabulous 11 day break. A relaxing Christmas with family and far too much good food, but a few other items of note.
Fly Fishing: those of you who know me well, will be aware that I don’t get out fishing anywhere near enough to satisfy […]

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