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20 September, 2012

Thursday Thirteen # 16 Randomness

Thursday 13 - randomness

Tomorrow night, Friday, it is the Swans v Collingwood for a place in the AFL Grand Final - Go Swannies!
I am also in the Ballot group for the Grand Final, IF the Swans win on Friday night... So hopefully, I will be in Melbourne for the Grand Final on Saturday 29th September!
My birthday this year, was a V8 experience at Eastern Creek, now known as Western Sydney motorsport Park.
J's birthday this year, was a Rally Drive Experience at the Hunter Valley Rally School.
M's birthday this year, was a Hang Gliding experience (this photo, whilst not her, you may get the idea...).
Thinking, that next year, Europe will be calling me more than China... I have an ETS and an ITS meeting, in Dublin and Beijing respectively. So I think it will be a Dublin, England, Norway and Czech republic trip.
The entrance into work, is truly a magnificent gateway, agree?
I love having Orchids, but this little fellow, is more stunning close-up!
Santiago, was a lovely city, even by winter standards, it was lovely. Even at the top of the Andes, it was nice!
iOS6 is now available for my iPhone4S, so I will do the update this evening when I get home.
The garden is coming back into shape, well the front anyway... Having a 14 month old Great Dane pup means the backyard, will need a little more time and resources, but it'll get there!
The weekend will be warm, I like how it is now warming up... Looking at 30c on Sunday!!
Monday, I have to go and get my Visa for an upcoming trip in November!

Hoo roo for now...

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06 September, 2012

Thursday Thirteen # 15 - Heritage Research

It has been a while since I have done one of these, but here goes...

I am doing a project at work, that has asked what happened to a set of gates, yes GATES, that were removed from one of the entrances. The Sandstone piers are still in place, well the two outer main piers, and beside them, the two pedestrian gate piers are, where as the center pier was removed (suggested to allow vehicular traffic with cars being wider than a horse and cart)

Gateway first went in (from documentation I have found) in the mid to late 1800, c. 1834 an initial letter and believed to have been completed by 1879. Cost, approx, was 1,279 pounds!
There were many gateways into work, however, these were part of a much wider, now removed, sandstone wall which was built to protect the then Governor's wife.
Some of the gates, have had multiple locations around the site, with the advent of new motorways bisecting the site.
The lower lodge, whilst now removed, was a charming little cottage, but the lodge aside of these gates, is a quaint sandstone cottage!
Whilst originally thought the gates were removed in 1930, I have discovered that they were asked to be removed in 1925, as the police (in particular) were not in favour of the 'unsavoury' behaviour in the parklands behind the gates (which are to be remained open).
A 'possible' theory was that these cast iron gates were most likely melted down to make munitions, although I am yet to find any evidence of this...
Whilst impressive, if still installed (even as a token gesture), I am not sure if it would cause more issues than increasing the sense of 'arrival' into work.
A website that I am using, Trove, is fantastic, but, our library has a great source of reports, books and files (including photos and artworks) I still have a lot of reading to do.
I also have a contact who sits on a committee I am on, who is an unbelievable source of information... I am so grateful for the knowledge held!
I think I am about at the point, to start compiling the information, into a draft report, and send it on its way, with an updated version to come soon - hopefully, I can get this done by tomorrow!
Today, I shall head over to one of the two libraries and State Records to look through some of the files they have...
Looking forward to lunch over in the city today - not sure where yet, but something nice...
Entrance to The Domain with three unidentified people and view of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in background, Sydney.
Withycombe, Robert Morse, 1868-1936. Entrance to The Domain with three unidentified people and view of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in background, Sydney [picture] [189-] 1 negative : glass Part of Robert Morse Withycombe collection [picture] 1882-1910

Hoo roo for now...

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28 April, 2011

Thursday Thirteen #14 - Moody

Lately, I have been increasingly... moody! I have no reason and I've been finding myself either wanting to simply stay at home, or be somewhat solitary...
Small things are irritating me, like why is it raining, I need to mow the lawns...
Whilst I am my own person, I am also having difficulties in trying to be in SO many places for SO many people... I'm tired all the time...
WANT to go back to who/where I was mid last year OR earlier this year, but I am finding myself in a rut, and I don't know why...
Where I use to be a 'Happy-go-lucky' kinda guy, I am now wanting things to either hurry up and end OR for them to start (so as they can end)...
I am no longer finding pleasure in 'the little things', going out for a coffee is a task rather than an adventure...
Housework is amounting, and I HAVE to get it done...
I STILL need to do L's tax from 2008/09 and then 2009/10 for the investment property...
I am even enjoying the late night shopping channel, blah...
Whilst still wanting to 'escape' I do not want to be seen as 'running away'...
I enjoy photography, but difficulty in finding the subject/composition of what I want to take...
Subconsciously, I am not thinking the bigger picture is swamping me, when in fact, I should be planning and executing...
I need to set goals, and follow through to reaching them... First up, FOOTY on Friday night!

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03 February, 2011

Thursday Thirteen No. 13: Yasi

Tropical Cyclone YASI hitting the Far North Queensland coastline... Stay safe!

Premier Anna Bligh, simply amazing with all of the natural disasters you've had to face so far this year...
QLD Premier Anna Bligh & PM Julia Gillard
7.31am A baby has girl has been born in a Cairns evacuation centre. She arrived at 6.09am (AEST) after her mother Akiko Pruss went into labour three hours ago in the first aid room of Redlynch State College. Mrs Pruss has made it clear her second child will not be called Yasi.
Tropical Cyclone Yasi approaching the Queensland Coast...
TC Yasi
"It is just a scene of mass devastation. (Cyclone) Larry was a boy compared to this." Larry was Australia's most recent Cyclone, the largest since Tracy hit Darwin.
TC Yasi overlaying the United States to show just how BIG it is...
TC Yasi (overlay to compare size to USA)
"It is just a scene of mass devastation. (Cyclone) Larry was a boy compared to this."
Satellite map of TC Yasi...
Satellite map yasi 12-30am QLD time
The VERY DESTRUCTIVE CORE of the cyclone will take up to 4 hours to pass.
Showing strength in the line of TC Yasi
Good luck North Queensland Yasi
DESTRUCTIVE winds with gusts in excess of 125 km/h between Cape Tribulation and Ayr will spread inland overnight.
Shopping Center becomes a 'make-shift' safe house for the local communities
Earlville shopping centre
Reports are coming in that all banana crops have been lost and over $505 million worth of sugar cane is also gone.
Banana crops ruined...
Ruined Bananas