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Sysadmin, developer, web dude in a science research organisation. WordPress, Japan, planes, trains, Arduino, Raspberry Pi/Pico, puns, dad jokes, etc

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  • Farewell to the Qantas 747

    Isolating ourselves from the scourge of COVID-19, borders closed between states and other countries, even a simple drive of a few kilometres can become a noteworthy journey. What drew me out of the house was another casualty of the pandemic. The Boeing 747 has played a huge role in the history of Qantas, spanning a…

  • The Silence of the Skies

    The aspect of the coronavirus pandemic lock down that frustrates me the most isn’t the isolation from other people. Neither is it the inability to leave the house. It’s the silence of the skies. As the border restrictions bite and the Qantas Group and Virgin Australia prepare to stop regular flights overseas and cut domestic…

  • Ultimately Jetstar eight years on

    I was flicking through my blog and I noticed a post back from August 2012 called My ultimate Jetstar journey, where I describe an Asian itinerary on low cost flights. It goes Sydney – Cairns – Darwin – Singapore – Penang – Kuala Lumpur – Singapore – Ho Chi Minh City – Hanoi (I originally…

  • The road back from Gundagai

    Woke up and it looked like we were in The Big Smoke already. Without much ado we simply repacd the car and drove off back along the Hume Highway to Sydney. Kita doesn’t even really fight putting his harness on and is soon fast asleep. There is little to say about this all too familiar…

  • Peaches and apricots

    It’s time to head home. Pack, clean and fight with Kita to get the harness fitted. I drive the motorways through Geelong and around Melbourne until we are finally on the Hume. But it is not enough just to reverse our journey. Instead we take a detour towards Shepparton. By the time we reach the…

  • Bikes and lighthouses

    Back to Queenscliff today and straight to the Big4 Beacon Resort to collect our hire bikes. Three mountain bikes. Across the road to the beach, where we ride the path along the esplanade, sea to our left, sandhills to our right. The air is hazy with smoke and smells like a blend of smoke and…

  • Mussel bound

    It’s nice to sit on a couch a read a book in the morning. After a breakfast of bacon and eggs we drove down towards Queenscliff in the hope of finding a suitable bicycle hire place. The e-bike hire service was unavailable due to Alex’s age, so he was disappointed. He consoled himself that it…

  • The Balance of the Force

    “Anger, fear, aggression; the Dark Side of the Force are they. ” – Yoda Last night I just wanted a holiday from the holiday. Exhausted by the tension of the fires and the trips out into the dark dusty air to allow Kita to excuse himself, last night I needed sleep. I put Kita in…

  • Marshalling to Melbourne

    Catching the Warrnambool train from Marshall Station to Melbourne in order to watch Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Because that’s what I do.

  • Beyond to Belmont

    As we were going to bed last night we received notification that the Hume Highway was closed between Coolac and Tumbarumba. We were cut off. The only traffic were fire engines and police, red and white lights flashing through the clouds of dust and smoke swept up by the gusty winds. Needless to say, it…