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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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  • To Japan with Mum

    Mums. They give birth to you, raise you, help you when you need it, look after your own little ones. Overall, they are pretty useful and deserved of thanks. Mine has wanted to see the Japan I keep raving about, but could not keep up with one of our family trips. So as a way…

  • Blaxland Park and Newington Armory

    Time for another local adventure, one worth sharing because it should be on anybody’s list if you live in or are visiting Sydney. I can’t believe how this gem in Sydney’s geographical centre has remained hidden from us. Sydney Olympic Park is, of course, famous for hosting the aforesaid games back in 2000. Today it…

  • The Kamioka mines: from silver to supernovas

    Part of the Kamioka zinc mining and smelter complex Just after posting about the Kamioka Railway another photo from that 2006 set piqued my interest. Up there in the mountains the landscape looked blasted not just by winter but by something more. It was the kind of lonely place where you would not expect to…

  • Kamioka Railway

    Inotani Station, April 2006 Back in April 2006 we were on our third trip to Japan and trying to get from Takayama to Kanazawa by train. Unbeknownst to us a section of the railway line north of Takayama had been washed away by a typhoon. So we had to change from train to a bus…

  • Going to the Doctor

    Words you never want to hear when you are on holidays: “You need to go to the doctor”. Unless you are me, that is. On the weekend we flew down to Melbourne to see The Doctor. Who? Number five, actually. You know, the guy who plays a younger version of his son-in-law. Peter Davison. I…

  • Luna Park Sydney

    There’s something mysteriously magical and even a little creepy about a fairground at night. The bright moving lights of rides against the black of night, hiding any scenery outside. The screams of joy and fear from riders mixed in with the rattles of rollercoaster cars as the run around the track and the music of…

  • Exhaustion

    There is a memory of our last overseas trip that keeps coming to the foreground. It is not what you would expect. After a long and not particularly pleasant flight we arrived in Singapore in the middle of the night and went straight to our hotel. Why should this be memorable? In an earlier post…

  • We go to Mogo

    Many Australians will happily tell you about the epic fourteen hour drive they made between state capitals, leaving at some ungodly hour of the morning and arriving late in the evening. But do a twelve hour day trip of sightseeing (that’s twelve hours including actually seeing the sights) and they’ll look at you strangely. I…

  • South Coast Line

    Happy New Year and welcome to 2014! I’ve got another huge year of travel planned and already hold tickets to Melbourne, Japan and Malaysia but let’s ease into the new year with something a little smaller. Sydney is blessed by a number of scenic railway lines leading out of the city, all of which can…

  • The traveller’s time

    There comes a time late in the day when, nearing dusk, the land and sky are suffused with hues of red and gold and the clouds are sharply defined by shadowed edges. This is the traveller’s time, when the yearning to explore manifests and journeys should begin. On the journey itself it is the time…