Ok. First of all I hear you all saying "he still uses CDs not an MP3 player or iPod?". Yeah. I've never converted over. Call me a trailing edge adopter. So I have this CD wallet and each year I fill it up with whatever selection takes my fancy. I mostly listen to music after the sun goes down because we go to bed fairly early wen we are in the bush. So this year I took (in the order in which they happen to appear in the wallet): Gahu Hot Planet (the Afro Jazz group I was ...
So the Gods of Technology have smiled on us this year. My unix based web site likes to talk to my windoze based FTP client filezilla (my Mac at home never had trouble using the intrepid cyberduck ) and we bought a wireless modem. So I'm typing this at the beach at Horseshoe Bay in Queensland. Got up this morning and took the 1 minute trip to the beach had a swim and a sun (Doc says I'm low in Vitamin D) and thought I'd post a link to the web site entry for these. So it's a blog pointing ...
So we're back on air but limping along. It's a long story. Outback... Technology... Sigh. I'm typing this sitting in the shade of a neighboring caravan at Yardie Homestead campground at Ningaloo Reef. You gotta forgive the technology when you experience the scenery. We went for a walk and a swim today (same drill as yesterday) but alas no snorkeling on the reef because it is too windy to see anything. The glass bottom reef boats aren't going out at all because there is a strong wind ...
Still no photos We haven't geen in a place where the technology is all in place. We're in Katherine heading West in the next day or so. We'll check in when we're in Kununurra (Western Australia) where we've got email access again. Just been up to Darwin and out to the Cobourg Peninsula in West Arnhem Land doing a Marine Debris Survey with a group of 10 others on a Conservation Volunteers Australia project. That means walking along beaches and picking up everything ...
Yes folks, it is the time of year when my wife and I pack up our life in New Zealand, and unpack our very different life in Australia. Since 2001 we have spent winters over in Australia. We hide in the warm parts until it gets nice back in New Zealand. Two more sleeps until we leave for Brisbane where our 4WD camper lives. We'll be on the road until we come back at the end of October. Packing is starting to get serious, and at this point I get out my carefully preserved list from ...
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