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Monday, October 13, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
The Coffee Master
Who said that doing a PhD and PostDoc doesnt train you for anything....I am now officially a coffee froth making god! See the government funding/tax payers money is going to good use :)
A Perfect Day at Mt Buller
Thats right you silly Sydney-siders, we can go for a day trip to the snow here in Melbourne! Yeah!
Suz, the reformed skiier looking all together silly! But snowboarding is so much better than skiing...just no comparison.
Sorry Marty, your just not cool cause you ski! OK maybe your a little cool cause you can go over jumps (sort-of) BTW the snowboarder jumping is not me its Mike...I would likely kill myself trying to get air.
Suz, the reformed skiier looking all together silly! But snowboarding is so much better than skiing...just no comparison.
Sorry Marty, your just not cool cause you ski! OK maybe your a little cool cause you can go over jumps (sort-of) BTW the snowboarder jumping is not me its Mike...I would likely kill myself trying to get air.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Monday, June 02, 2008
Friday, May 09, 2008
its mushroom time again.....
Notice the women are gossiping and the men have decided just to walk in peace!
Dont eat these ones.....
....if you do you might end up looking like this.....
Dont eat these ones.....
....if you do you might end up looking like this.....
Friday, March 14, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Scrabulous.....
OMG I know this is really pathetic and nerdy but I just got the worlds bestest score in Scrabulous...check this out....eight letter word over two triples and all seven letters used up totals 149. Yeah yeah! Now back to work :)
Monday, December 10, 2007
Bordeaux here I come....
Well it seems that I'm the proud owner of a Marie Curie Fellowship! Yay....they took their time letting me know though, really it was driving me bananas.
So late next year Suz & Marty will be packing our bags for one year to live in Bordeaux. Anyone want to rent a lovely house in the hills?
So late next year Suz & Marty will be packing our bags for one year to live in Bordeaux. Anyone want to rent a lovely house in the hills?
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
wilsons prom adventures
Out and about again...do I really have a job, I certainly feel like this year has been a joke.
Just got back from a four day hiking adventure at Wilsons prom with a large group of 11 people...while its fun having so many people along, its pretty hard to get 11 people moving each day! Fantastic weather the whole time, we even manged to go swimming each day which is quite a feat considering how far south we were.
The only downfall of such nice weather is the hordes of snakes out and about, which if you are into such wild life may be good but in my case I was not so impressed. We saw lots of new birdies, including my favourite so far a pair of gang-gang cockatoo's.
Note: never bring a pommie along with a bb-gun when possums are about (unless you are in NZ)...
Just got back from a four day hiking adventure at Wilsons prom with a large group of 11 people...while its fun having so many people along, its pretty hard to get 11 people moving each day! Fantastic weather the whole time, we even manged to go swimming each day which is quite a feat considering how far south we were.
The only downfall of such nice weather is the hordes of snakes out and about, which if you are into such wild life may be good but in my case I was not so impressed. We saw lots of new birdies, including my favourite so far a pair of gang-gang cockatoo's.
Note: never bring a pommie along with a bb-gun when possums are about (unless you are in NZ)...
Friday, October 19, 2007
Backyard Blitz
wow lots of weeds can grow in two weeks.....so Marty got the 'very concentrated' weed killer out for some extreme, heavy handed murdering of onion weed. Hopefully next weekend they will be ready for digging. Man this is a big back yard, what have we got ourselves into...oh well should be fun :)
Visiting Dr G in Chicago
Well another sucessful trip to Chicago for "work" hosted by Dr G and KWC/PK (thanks guys!)
We had some very sucessful shopping trips due to the fantastic exchange rate and the ridiculous 75% off sales....saw the Blue Man Group perform a very strange but fun show....taste tested lots of American beers "Sam Adams" in particular, I think Im now converted...unfortunately the fun all had to end when beamtime started, but we got lots of good results so YAY!
The Bristol Club...well known for their iced coffees and mexican delights.
New shoes on display at the APS....very yummy margharitas at Mi Hacienda!
Some pretty results at the synchrotron...if you dont get it then just soak in the pretty colours.
We had some very sucessful shopping trips due to the fantastic exchange rate and the ridiculous 75% off sales....saw the Blue Man Group perform a very strange but fun show....taste tested lots of American beers "Sam Adams" in particular, I think Im now converted...unfortunately the fun all had to end when beamtime started, but we got lots of good results so YAY!
The Bristol Club...well known for their iced coffees and mexican delights.
New shoes on display at the APS....very yummy margharitas at Mi Hacienda!
Some pretty results at the synchrotron...if you dont get it then just soak in the pretty colours.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Jo & Gareth Wedding version 2
Jo & Gareth (ie. Mr and Mrs Chandler) were lucky enough to have two weddings so that the whole world could be with them getting married. They had a lovely Sydney wedding last weekend at Newport with all the Nevilles and McIllwraiths and friends...beautiful day and fantastic photos...thanks Marty http://elario.deviantart.com/gallery/
Friday, August 24, 2007
Mikey in London.....
We had 24 hours in London only, where the lovely Mikey let us stay in his Wilsden Green abode. Plenty of time to see all the sites including the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, London Museum, The British Museum...oh and the tube...why does it alway have to break down, ew its so hot and stuffy! London is a great place to visit but it baffles me why so many Aussies are excited about living there???
Thanks Mikey...enjoy your 10 days of peace in the shoebox...S & M
Thanks Mikey...enjoy your 10 days of peace in the shoebox...S & M
Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Tatra Mountains
The Tatras are a mountain range in Slovakia which are divided into the High and Low Tatras for obvious reasons. We spent a few days in the Low Tatras "Nizke Tatry" to start with however it rained most of the time so we didnt get to see much. We went and saw the Bystrianska Caves which were amazing, much better than Jenolan but I cant tell you much about them as the tour was in Slovak.
Most of the time was spent in the High Tatras "Vysoke Tatry" which are just amazing. In 2004 however, a storm where winds were 200 km/hr went through and blew over a large portion of the pine trees so the lower parts of the mountain now look like a tree graveyard...but obviously it doesnt stop the endless stream of tourists hiking in summer, even on the highest peaks with really difficult tracks there were still people around. There are loads of high mountain lakes "pleso" which are so pretty..I cant wait to go back again!
Lower Tatras:
High Tatras:
Most of the time was spent in the High Tatras "Vysoke Tatry" which are just amazing. In 2004 however, a storm where winds were 200 km/hr went through and blew over a large portion of the pine trees so the lower parts of the mountain now look like a tree graveyard...but obviously it doesnt stop the endless stream of tourists hiking in summer, even on the highest peaks with really difficult tracks there were still people around. There are loads of high mountain lakes "pleso" which are so pretty..I cant wait to go back again!
Lower Tatras:
High Tatras:
Bratislava...the land of bridges
Bratislava has an old bridge "stary most", a new bridge "novy most", and a really new bridge that looks like a small harbour bridge...it was really confusing!
We stayed in a great little hotel right next to the castle "hrad" (see look I know some Slovak now!) which has a fantastic view over the town. There was a great thunder storm one night in the distance luckily, where Marty managed to get a great photo from our room.
The old town is really pretty but unfortunately some smart investors have turned it into an expensive swish restaurant area over the last two years where there are hoards of British blokes out for a pissy weekend. What they dont realise it that one or two streets further on the food is literally ten times cheaper and much better, but they all get trapped in the touristy area...oh well we win out again!
We left our car parked outside the hotel, which is apparently a 'really safe area' however some lovely person or people decided to steal our hub caps...god knows for what reason other than it was the newest model of the car. We were pleased to find out when we eventually returned the car that they were only worth $50 in total.
We stayed in a great little hotel right next to the castle "hrad" (see look I know some Slovak now!) which has a fantastic view over the town. There was a great thunder storm one night in the distance luckily, where Marty managed to get a great photo from our room.
The old town is really pretty but unfortunately some smart investors have turned it into an expensive swish restaurant area over the last two years where there are hoards of British blokes out for a pissy weekend. What they dont realise it that one or two streets further on the food is literally ten times cheaper and much better, but they all get trapped in the touristy area...oh well we win out again!
We left our car parked outside the hotel, which is apparently a 'really safe area' however some lovely person or people decided to steal our hub caps...god knows for what reason other than it was the newest model of the car. We were pleased to find out when we eventually returned the car that they were only worth $50 in total.
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