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Compy's broken and I'm out in the middle of nowhere!
So it's time for a tech hiatus.
Off to dreamtime for a bit.
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So one of the weekend skydivers forgot his fire staff at the dropzone a few days ago. Despite a pretty impressive array of farm equipment, typically there is very little that can fill in as a decent staff around here. The "Gungnir" brand concrete spike is good to play with, but doesn't spin terribly easily due to its mass of just over twelve ( Read more... ) -
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So, generally when you hear the terms 'high speed' and 'aerial spin' put in the same sentence as 'uncontrolled', you can reasonably assume that the situation is going downhill in a hurry. That's what I always assumed anyway. It seems like such a safe bet. I figured that being out of control high in the sky while careening towards the ground ( Read more... ) -
Door!
You'd barely be able to tell it from this journal, but I've been flying around the top end rather extensively over the past few months. I've been to Darwin three times and never managed to stay for more than a few days. See, Darwin is the very definition of tropical paradise. The weather remains at a stable 35+/- degrees, palm trees sway gently ( Read more... ) -
East Timor?!
So, I never knew the true face of darkness until tonight, and she's truly as beautiful as she is terrifying ( Read more... ) -
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So I took my first real hit the aggressive marine life this morning. I've managed to dodge everything sharp thus far, but this thing snuck up on me ( Read more... ) -
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So, I wrestled with a five foot Leopard Ray this afternoon after it got caught in our nets and ended up in the catch tank. It didn't seem to realize that I was trying to help it back into the water, because every time I'd get close to it's tail, it would start thrashing it's spike wildly. Before today I couldn't understand exactly how rays attack ( Read more... ) -
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So not two days after I arrived in Darwin, I got another call from the fleet saying that they were in a bind and needed someone who knew what he was doing for another run onboard the Northern Pearl. I told them I hardly qualify as 'someone who knows what's what', but they seemed to think this was a good idea. I had called up the plantations I'm ( Read more... ) -
I'm intimidating to males!
So I'm chillin in Brisbane airport on a two hour stop over before heading back to Darwin. I've been in Cairns for the last few days running through the rainforest with Megan, a neat pseudocanadian girl who recently arrived in Cairns after spending the better part of a year tending Joeys out near Uluru ( Read more... )