Monday 22 January 2007
Gammy eye
Well I have no idea if won netball this week, because even though the game was at 5:40 pm I managed to sleep through it. The moral of this story being don't go climbing on 40 degree days as it is way to tiring. Also went to symphony in the park on Saturday night with a good portion of Sydney's population also attending. Still it was really nice and I managed to see my first channel billed cuckoo on the walk there.
Monday 15 January 2007
2,4,6-Tris(2-pyridylsulfanylmethyl)-1,3,5-triazine
Scorching into humanity's pool of scientific knowledge with an outstanding impact factor of 0.581, just slightly higher than the Canadian journal of physics, is the CJK groups latest masterpiece. You can check it out here while it is still hot.
Sunday 14 January 2007
Manly to the Spit
Went for a wee wander along the manly to the spit walk. It has some lovely beaches and the ferry ride on the way over was very nice. However, it wasn't a wilderness experience with hoards of other walkers also going for a Sunday stroll. Still we did manage to see some lovely eastern water dragons and lots of wattle birds and new holland honeyeaters.
Also the might F11 won their indoor netball game today by one point.
Last but certainly not least, the helpful Australian government has an online guide to every public toilet in the country, all 14,647 of them.
Also the might F11 won their indoor netball game today by one point.
Last but certainly not least, the helpful Australian government has an online guide to every public toilet in the country, all 14,647 of them.
Monday 8 January 2007
Dam Cliffs
Went to a weekend climbing trip to Dam cliffs in the blue mountains.
Endimyion (Dimpy) was my climbing partner for the weekend and it was a slow start when at 8:00 am Dimpy rang and said he had slept through his alarm and was still in canberra so I went back to sleep for another two and a half hours and only just managed to be ready in time when he did show up.
We were then off on a few hour drive out past Mt Victoria and Bell and then finally the navigational troubles could really start. The map provided in the guide is very poor at best and it took a little while to work out if we were at the right turn off from the main road. We then drove down to the dam with no more problems. However, after thrashing around in the scrub for nearly an hour we realized something was wrong, apart from the fact that it was really hot and there was hardly anyone about.
Luckily there was someone walking there dogs nearby and they kindly pointed us in the right direction, still it would have been nice if the guide book had a map that was useful or even vaguely accurate.
When we got there the 30 cars in the car park suggested that it may be a bit crowded but luckily about half of them belonged to some rednecks swimming in the stagnant filth that passed for a dam. It might be nice when the water is flowing but the river had long since dried up and the water level looked at least a metre or two below the outlet level.
When we finally got there we proceeded to climb all of the easy routes we could find including one mossy piece of filth that only had three carrots in it and really was a waste of time as it only involved one easy move.
After spending the night at the mt york campsite we got up early for a change and were at the cliffs at 7:30 and had to ourselves for a couple of hours until the first of about 50 punters with a guiding company started to show up. Luckily by 10 our lack of fitness and the harder grades we were trying meant it was time to leave. The rain that started as we left made the early start even more fortuitous as climbing in the wet is always a bit dodgy especially on sand stone. It was then off to the mount tomah botanic gardens for a quick gander, which is an amazingly nice botanical garden in the middle of nowhere.
Endimyion (Dimpy) was my climbing partner for the weekend and it was a slow start when at 8:00 am Dimpy rang and said he had slept through his alarm and was still in canberra so I went back to sleep for another two and a half hours and only just managed to be ready in time when he did show up.
We were then off on a few hour drive out past Mt Victoria and Bell and then finally the navigational troubles could really start. The map provided in the guide is very poor at best and it took a little while to work out if we were at the right turn off from the main road. We then drove down to the dam with no more problems. However, after thrashing around in the scrub for nearly an hour we realized something was wrong, apart from the fact that it was really hot and there was hardly anyone about.
Luckily there was someone walking there dogs nearby and they kindly pointed us in the right direction, still it would have been nice if the guide book had a map that was useful or even vaguely accurate.
When we got there the 30 cars in the car park suggested that it may be a bit crowded but luckily about half of them belonged to some rednecks swimming in the stagnant filth that passed for a dam. It might be nice when the water is flowing but the river had long since dried up and the water level looked at least a metre or two below the outlet level.
When we finally got there we proceeded to climb all of the easy routes we could find including one mossy piece of filth that only had three carrots in it and really was a waste of time as it only involved one easy move.
After spending the night at the mt york campsite we got up early for a change and were at the cliffs at 7:30 and had to ourselves for a couple of hours until the first of about 50 punters with a guiding company started to show up. Luckily by 10 our lack of fitness and the harder grades we were trying meant it was time to leave. The rain that started as we left made the early start even more fortuitous as climbing in the wet is always a bit dodgy especially on sand stone. It was then off to the mount tomah botanic gardens for a quick gander, which is an amazingly nice botanical garden in the middle of nowhere.
Tuesday 2 January 2007
Jarvis
Jarvis Cocker of pulp fame has a new album and hidden amoungst the white noise well after the last song has finished is this little gem.
By the way it probably is not suitable for small children.
By the way it probably is not suitable for small children.
Monday 1 January 2007
NYE 2006/7
Well another year has gone by and I am still a student.
Spent NYE at Grace and Marks flat in glebe, which had a lovely view of most of the harbour bridge. The fireworks were quite good and we could also see the ones in darling harbour and balmain from where we were. However, the highlight of the night as it often is, was a scintillating game of pictionary.
Spent NYE at Grace and Marks flat in glebe, which had a lovely view of most of the harbour bridge. The fireworks were quite good and we could also see the ones in darling harbour and balmain from where we were. However, the highlight of the night as it often is, was a scintillating game of pictionary.
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