She's still wrapped up in a blanket.

What a terrible time to leave a journal empty. I haven't written about Sydney, the Blue Mountains or Wilson's Promontory. There's been lots going on, I'm living on the other side of the world, and yet life is also quite quiet, and I like that too ( Read more... )

Am not good at keeping up to date am I? So a little post to keep current. We've been travelling about Australia a bit recently, down the coast road towards Warnabol, Highway One style. That was great. Also we flew to Sydney and explored the city and the Blue Mountains. The best memory i have of Sydney is of the Ibis that roam the parks there. Such ( Read more... )

I can't believe it, here I am over five years on buying B5 DVDs. I was a fan when it was originally on TV, I even went to a convention on London - not my usual scene but I'll try anything once. However, after I had submitted the girl and I stayed with my parents for a while and I introduced the girl to B5 on DVD since I'd mentioned it once or twice ( Read more... )

When you move to Australia you expect to strange and beautiful wildlife. The reality of city living means that you're hardly overwhelmed at first, but with some care and attention you start spotting the life around you. The problem is the first things I spotted, for they are here in great profusion, were sparrows, pigeons and blackbirds, which last ( Read more... )

Ho hum, am in Australia now: Melbourne to be exact. The girl and I have settled down in a rather posh little district called South Yarra, one of te main selling poiunts for the flat was that it had air cooling. Sadly though wer've had little opportunity to make the most of this as it has mostly rained since we arrived.

Turns out I'm not chatty.

I'm in the cavernous and disorientating science library on the maths campus trying to read my thesis (submitted at end of August). For the past week I've had a headache, on and off, and it's been really windy outside. The whistling of the wind around this circular building isn't helping my head at all, which is a pity as I should really be ( Read more... )

So here's an update for you. The other week I took the first draft of the experimental chapter of my thesis into my boss, the core of the chapter was there the rest was in note form as it was more-or-less repetition ( Read more... )

I was just cycling home through the rain when at the bridge over the river everything was slowed down by a snarl up of three fire engines, numerous buses and taxis. The narrow bridge and one way section behind it had brought everything to a stop. Once it was cleared I managed to get over the bridge past a fire engine and stopped at the give way at ( Read more... )

Last night was fun, the girl and I had the opportunity to visit a retired professor in his telescope. The event has been put off for many months due to bad weather but when we arrived at the astronomy department there were some twenty to thirty other grads there from college ( Read more... )