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Boiling Bondi

Last weekend Amy and I had a little holiday to Bondi. Bondi is exactly 10.15km away from Manly but it is a 22km drive and we wanted to experience the Bondi lifestyle for a bit, to see how the South siders mix it up (Manly is on a peninsular

Wedding Party 'Stralia

Nancy and Marcus arrive fresh off their world tour which involved them going to lots of fantastic holiday destinations and getting married. You will be able to read and look at pictures on Marcus’ blog when they get some time to do it. Anyway, to celebrate their marriage they held

Tilt Shift Syndey

I recently went up around Sydney in a helicopter taking photos from the sky of the little city below. I’ve had a play at what is called “Tilt Shift” is actually the a type of camera which can be used to produce the affect shown below but these photos

Wipeout!

Had to blog this, a great video I found on YouTube of some surf wipeouts in the past 40 years or so –

Sydney Heli

For my birthday last year (2008) Amy got me a red letter day to fly in a helicopter over Sydney. I said I’d wait until the summer to do so I’d get a real nice day to get some great photos. Well that day came and it was

Happy New Year 2009

For NYE this year we went to Gaétane and Coosters house for a party and fish BBQ. We got the last ferry from Manly wharf over to the city and dreaded the journey back to Manly as it is chaos down the wharf as you would expect. Sydney Skyline, Bridge

Best of 2008

Best of 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and now 2008! I really look forward to doing this list that I’ve added a new category called “Purchase of the Year”. Album of the Year – Jamie T – Panic Prevention This album actually came out in 2007 but I did not hear it

Brisbane Gold Coast Christmas

This Christmas was spent on the Gold Coast and at Amy’s parents house in Brisbane. It was a good time to spend catching up with Amy’s sisters and their young babies and Amy’s parents. First off we visited Taryn, Wade, Zara and Wink the dog on the

Rach and Mike's Wedding

This weekend we went down to Boderee National Park for Rach and Mike’s wedding. We left Friday night and drove down in some gale force winds that were really driving into the car. My concern was the wedding would be as windy as the stag the week before but

Mike's Stag

Hot off the heels of Marcus’ stag is Mike’s stag. Rach and Mike who are getting married next week are renowned for their adventures in camping, trekking, mountain biking to name but a few, so it was no surprise that Mike’s stag would involve some sort of extreme

Marcus' Stag

Last weekend we went to Boomerang Beach for a couple of days of nonchalance for Marcus’ Stag / Surf weekend. It was an extremely good trip with 8 of us in total. Six of us drove up in a people carrier that Marcus had hired from Budget. It was a good

Hunter Valley at the Belleray

This weekend we visited the Hunter Valley for Amy’s ongoing birthday celebrations. I think we should try and extend Amy’s 30th birthday party to last an entire year as it has been great fun the last two weekends and mid-week birthday celebrations. The Catcher in the Rainbow We

Palm Beach QLD

This weekend Amy’s sister Taryn and Wade paid for us to fly up to the gold coast to celebrate Amy’s 30th which was very nice of them. We stayed at there beach unit which is literally on the beach (the surf was about 5 metres away) which was

Bali

Bali HD

The video camera broke on our trip to Bali and I thought all the footage I had was of me filming Starbucks, which probably wouldn’t make the most interesting holiday video. Last night as I prepared the camera for its trip to the repair shop I noticed I had

On the Harbour

This weekend we went on the Harbour for Jennie’s Birthday. It was a fantastic little sea cat that took us out across the heads and into downtown Sydney. Amy, Lorraine and Marcus on the Sea Sydney Cat The weather was overcast but that wasn’t bad as we’d

President Obama

Many people I know including myself are happy that Barack Obama is the new president of the United States of America today. The huge turn out for this election and especially within the younger than 30ies age group is fantastic and is a turn around from how I thought the

Seal Rocks 2008

Yes, back off of Seal Rocks 2007 and Seal Rocks 2006 comes Seal Rocks 2008!!! This was a very special Seal Rocks trip as it was the celebration of Rach and Mike’s engagement. A lot of these photos are courtesy of Nancy and Marcus as I am pretty sure

Coogee to Bronte to Bondi

Today we drove to Coogee which is pronounced Cud-G to walk to Bondi for the Bondi to Bronte Sculptures by the sea which we went to two years ago (must have missed it last year). It was the perfect beach day for beach goers but with no waves. Here’s

Port Douglas

Last weekend Amy and I went to Port Douglas for a little pre-credit crunch escape. Port Douglas is a three hour flight north of Sydney which in the Southern Hemisphere means it gets warmer when you arrive. The sea was 27 degrees but still felt cool at first because the

The Guns of Love Disastrous Part II

Five years ago today I wrote the first ever blog post entitled “The Guns of Love Disastrous” an ode to a Smashing Pumpkins b-side on the 1997 single “The End Is The Beginning Is The End”. I probably picked that title because I was listening to the track at the

Voodoo Chile

Have not done a blog entry in a while, I personally blame the credit crunch and the bipartisan poisoning that caused the bail out to fail. Last weekend good friend T-Bone had a BBQ to celebrate there new baby Natasha and their Australian Citizenship. Amy, Marcus, Nancy (not Marcus’ Nancy

Dobroyd Lefts

This weekend was the first weekend in a while where we’ve been able to go out not wearing pullovers or sometimes even coats. It is very strange how it goes from being fairly cold to being 30 degree weather. I like to pretend we are tourists and walk around

Leura Dairies

Last weekend we celebrated Christmas at Leura Dairies, an award winning eco retreat in the Blue Mountains (although there’s nothing eco about my 45 minute showers), a very similar trip to the one I wrote about 4 years ago to the day. Doesn’t time fly! Here is Amy

Stop Worrying, Love the Bomb

Last night I watched the film “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” a film by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers. I added this film to our DVD rental queue after watching The Life and Death of Peter Sellers which was my favourite film

Bali Featured

Bali Shanti Shanti

This winter/summer whatever you want to call it, Amy and me went to Bali for our holidays. Bali is a fairly small island which is part of Indonesia. It is really a tourist mecca but not in the bad way that most European holiday destinations suffer from – Kuta is