I’ve had some busy days and nights recently so this is another catchup blog 24th Jan – storage day Today we moved Grant’s “stuff” from his apartment around to a storage facility he has leased. it took a while to sort out what came from the flat into storage crates and work out in what [...]
Well, I’ve been working on the redesign of website and not posting my photos even though I have diligently taken a photo a day. So, I’ll post them in one blog post 15th Jan – Best seats in the house Taken at the State Netball and Hockey Centre when it is converted into NBL basketball [...]
I went out for a couple of hours this afternoon, and on every available oval cricket matches were being played. I stopped for a short time to see how the G12 coped with sport photography, but the shutter lag was killing me. This photo was the only one with a ball showing in it, and [...]
On New Years Eve, fireworks managed to catch alight and set portions of the spire on fire. Tonight, after attending the Melbourne Theatre Company performance of “The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll”, I took this photo when leaving. The play was our first in our subscription package that Chris and I have. It was very [...]
The weather in Melbourne over the past few days has been terrible, especially as it is summer. We have had rain, hail, gale force winds, snow in the alps (REALLY!). Tonight, the rain had disappeared, although the clouds were dark and threatening, it was cold still, and the wind was starting to ease. This was [...]
The Eastlink Tollway, connecting the Eastern Freeway, and Eastern suburbs, with Dandenong and Frankston has many “art” works along it to add some variety to the drive. On my way to Frankston tonight I stopped and took this photo. Over the next few months I will try to take photos of the entire set of [...]
…. I liked this view along the Yarra River towards Melbourne. I’m still working on the G12′s capabilities so this was a good opportunity to try it at dusk, with the city lights becoming visible.
is to buy two new tyres. A screw is in the tyre, just on the edge of the tread. The air escapes slowly, so every now and then I drive the car to the service station and pump up the tyre, so it doesn’t get too flat to drive on. Today, I drove the car [...]
After 2 years in his own flat, Grant is moving home for a year. However, in his old room, he has to fit all of his new furniture, as much as he can get in there. The first thing to get into the room is a cabinet to hold his sound system and DVD player [...]
On Wednesday night after work, I went to mow the lawns. Despite working a fortnight ago, and for the past 25+ years, the lawn mower would not start. In fact, the best I was getting was smoke pouring out of the catcher vents. So I did some research on Friday, and then on Saturday morning, [...]
