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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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  • Wild Wild Wet

    No additional alliteration required for today’s title as it was the name of our destination: Wild Wild Wet water park. As I bobbed up and down in the wave pool I wondered why this was so pleasant while the waves in the air were the opposite. Thinking again about the next day’s flights. I challenged…

  • Orchids and Orchard

    Singapore has roughly the same population as Sydney packed into around half the area. Yet it still preserves large tracts of land for verdant tropical gardens. And the plant most closely associated with Singapore is the orchid, most specifically the Vanda Miss Joaquim hybrid cultivar. Now you’d think this would all be of very little…

  • Dinosaurs and diners

    Dinosaurs evolved into chickens, so I guess that makes me a dinosaur. There I was, lost in the Lost World, wilting under the Singaporean heat and humidity, watching and waiting, not participating. Cluck, cluck, cluck. I wait for the next ring full of screaming people to slide down the slope and make a big splash…

  • Swimming, Satay and Seafood

    Singapore isn’t short of attractions, but sometimes you just want to take it easy. It’s not like we haven’t been here before. B had some family matters to attend to so it was just Alex and I at the hotel. After spending some time in the hotel room we crossed over to the Parkway Parade…

  • Made it to Singapore

    A breakfast of Janggut nonya laksa and roti canai from the hawker stalls. We must be in Singapore! Going to take it slow today. Yesterday was pretty exhausting, no make it the last month. Taking it easy in the Katong area, listening to music as we relax in the Grand Mercure Roxy and just popping…

  • Dealing with turbulence anxiety

    What will cure a travel addiction? Is it possible to get tired of travel? Can other activities take its place? 2016 is almost over and I haven’t posted anything in months. The truth is that I’ve been struggling a bit. I’ve had flights booked, then postponed them to next year, unwilling or unable to leave…

  • By George, there’s water!

    As we rounded the crest of the hill we were greeted by an astonishing sight. Lake George had water! Not just a puddle in the centre, but a wide expanse. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen it this full. We were heading home from Canberra. Earlier in the day we had checked out…

  • Crossing states not by train

    Abandoned railway lines, tracks rusting away, sliced by roads, bridges collapsing, never to feel a train again. They make me sad. Never shall I have a chance to watch the landscape outside trundle by without a care in the world, without worrying about overtaking that truck and hitting that kangaroo about to leap off the…

  • Caves and cricket

    As I stepped into the toy shop on the main street of Lakes Entrance a tremendous wave of nostalgia swept over me. You don’t find too many toy shops like this in Sydney anymore. Toys’R’Us may be giant but we almost never buy anything there. Or it’s BigW or Target with the same old selections…

  • Rain, bows

    The rainbow stretched across the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, a grand multihued gateway to the mainland. I did say it was a magical place. We were on the car ferry from Queenscliff to Sorrento, a forty minute journey across the bay. Rather than drive via on the longer, but faster and cheaper, route via…