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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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  • Insanity at 40,000 feet – Part 1

    And you thought my rail journeys on the last trip to Japan were insane. Not only have I topped them, but I have dragged my whole family into the nightmare. But it was the only way. A bit before eight am we left the house. We brought three pieces of luggage, my trusty 40 litre…

  • Premi-Air at 30,000 feet

    Qantas Disney’s Planes I attended a movie premiere today. A real movie premiere with a red carpet and stars, photographers and everything. But this was no ordinary movie premiere. There was a jumping castle, a water cannon salute and the screening was on an iPad. Well, that doesn’t sound like much, does it? Wait, there’s…

  • Hello Cocky: A bumpy Canberra trip

    It appears that my recent farewell to the Qantas Boeing 737-400 was a little premature. A little more than a month later I found myself travelling to Canberra again and again just for the day. I booked my usual flight QF787 from Sydney to Canberra and made it to the gate with boarding already underway, my…

  • Home alone

    The problem with Japanese airports, I’ve decided, is that they are too stuffy. As I was flying straight back to work the next day I wanted to be fresh and clean, but that’s rather hard when, after having a shower using the airport facilities, you just start perspiring again. Plus it makes me feel a…

  • Nagoya to Narita

    What will it be, where will I go? So many potential destinations from Nagoya. But I am up against a hard limit. My flight leaves from Narita Airport at 8.30 pm and I intend to be on it. The last three days of travel have left me exhausted, so I allow myself a bit of…

  • The Sanin Line – Part 2

    It was a long day. By the time the Shinkansen pulled into Nagoya station it was twelve hours from the first train to the last. But my Sanin line journey was complete. One of the nice things about this trip is the lack of alarms. Not that I sleep in much, especially considering how late…

  • The Sanin Line – Part 1

    I have a dream. It’s a crazy dream I know, but it’s mine. I want to travel the length of the Sanin railway line, have done for a long time. Oh I’ve done parts of it before, but I wanted to do the whole length along the western coastline, from Shimonoseki at the far south…

  • Looping around Shikoku

    A man with no plan in Japan. That’s me. Well, I had a plan. Then I dumped it. I was going to ride up to Matsuyama castle. Then I stepped outside and it was already hot. Anyway, I’ve been up there before and if I have my way and bring Alex here then I’ll go…

  • Narita and Matusyama

    We’ve gone through the city of Narita so many times, never stopping to take a look. When I arrived at the airport most of the facilities were still closed and I had about six hours before my next flight. So I thought, why not Narita? The private Keisei line is by far the more frequent…

  • Saying goodbye is sad

    “Daddy I missed you. I was crying.” Saying goodbye is so hard. I feel like crying too. Then a train approaches on the opposite line and sounds its horn as it arrives Wolli Creek Station. Alex hears my surprise and giggles, pretending to scare me with more horn sounds over the phone. Suddenly we both…