Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Camping and Fossicking
Touch up came out well! ;-)
Well after two nights and days camping out at the farm we are a bit tired. The experiment with Fossicking went well! I had a great time digging up muck and rocks - not finding much but the farm isn't in a gem rich area - our next trip(s) will be to more rugged areas looking for Sapphires and Rubies, mostly Sapphires though.
Camping on a whole went very well. We weathered through a few showers of rain, cooked a few great meals and drank through about 18 beers :D Woot!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Japan, Gems, oh my
Well it has been a long time since I have posted but it has been a long two months. The house saga continues to drag on but on the upside we have saved a lot more money for the initial deposit as well as saved enough for a trip to Japan! So this week we will be booking our tickets to Japan for 28 days! Score
We will fly into Fukuoka (Bottom Left).
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We will then travel up through the countryside and visit most of the major cities along the way but also we really want to see the countryside so stopping at mountain villages etc on our way to Nagoya (Right Middle). There we will stay for a week and half or so visiting friends, going to markets we used to go to and generally experiencing natsukashi (Feeling of nostalgia). Once we are done in Nagoya we will travel perhaps to Kanazawa to visit a friend and her family and continue onto Toyko. We will do all the Tokyo stuff and then fly back to Brisbane :)
We are going to do an idea I had as well which should make for an interesting website when we return. As we travel, when we get up in the morning we will write a quick journal entry about what we are going to do. Then we will take photos during the day and then at night we will write about what actually happened. So in the end we will have something talking about what we expect to do/happen, the photos and then what actually happened.
On a side note, Kasey and I are going to try our hand at Fossicking, which is the australian word for hunting for gems and gold ;-) Not really doing it for profit or to get rich quick but to go out camping and have something to do during the day and it might pay off a little here and there. One of my workmates here turned me onto it by showing me the stones he has collected over the years - WOW!
Well that is all for now! Be back soon.
We will fly into Fukuoka (Bottom Left).
View Larger Map
We will then travel up through the countryside and visit most of the major cities along the way but also we really want to see the countryside so stopping at mountain villages etc on our way to Nagoya (Right Middle). There we will stay for a week and half or so visiting friends, going to markets we used to go to and generally experiencing natsukashi (Feeling of nostalgia). Once we are done in Nagoya we will travel perhaps to Kanazawa to visit a friend and her family and continue onto Toyko. We will do all the Tokyo stuff and then fly back to Brisbane :)
We are going to do an idea I had as well which should make for an interesting website when we return. As we travel, when we get up in the morning we will write a quick journal entry about what we are going to do. Then we will take photos during the day and then at night we will write about what actually happened. So in the end we will have something talking about what we expect to do/happen, the photos and then what actually happened.
On a side note, Kasey and I are going to try our hand at Fossicking, which is the australian word for hunting for gems and gold ;-) Not really doing it for profit or to get rich quick but to go out camping and have something to do during the day and it might pay off a little here and there. One of my workmates here turned me onto it by showing me the stones he has collected over the years - WOW!
Well that is all for now! Be back soon.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Share the net
Kasey sent me a link to the next ten great things this year and this was one of them!
meraki.com
A cool idea of sharing the net around you with others. This wouldn't work for small towns like Yuba Duba, but its a great idea for high density places.
meraki.com
A cool idea of sharing the net around you with others. This wouldn't work for small towns like Yuba Duba, but its a great idea for high density places.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Kasey goes to Law School!
I am very proud to announce that Kasey has been accepted to Griffith Post Grad Law!
She will be spending the next three years up to her eyes in reading and law classes :)
Congrats to Kasey!
She will be spending the next three years up to her eyes in reading and law classes :)
Congrats to Kasey!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
House Video and Pictures!
Well here are some pics of the new house!
We still have some paperwork but hope to be in before xmas :)
and VIDEOS!
http://arginal.wizardskey.com/photos/Townhouse/07-12-05/
We still have some paperwork but hope to be in before xmas :)
and VIDEOS!
http://arginal.wizardskey.com/photos/Townhouse/07-12-05/
Friday, November 16, 2007
Blaze of Glory
Well maybe not that big - but hey it has been a long time since I have made a post so I needed a title that hopefully is catching your eye so you read my dribble :)
So whats new?
Well the house is still not finished but we have hope that it will be done before the end of this month. All of the local council inspections, bank final inspection and then our final inspection, THEN we can pay for the thing. hehe So long as we get in by xmas then it will all be good.
So we have that still in the works and yeah we were excited the first five times we got "It will be done next week" so at this point we are just waiting for the final word then we can get excited again.
Umm the work front, I have moved from a two year contract over to a permanent permanent, which means that it is a normal job now ;-) Same everything as before but I can't be ousted so easily, which is good because of my smart mouth ;-)
I grow older today reaching that nice old age of 29, the last of my 20's :) So this should be a bang up year! I hope to have lots of tails of adventure posted here for the last huuurah! Of course then I will spend my 30's showing you all that I still have the 20's spirit hehe a never ending cycle.
And finally out to all the people who take time to read this dribble. Thanks for being good friends. all it takes usually to get me to come out and see you is a simple planting of the seed in my mind "Heya man, when you coming out to see me?" that kind of thing gets my brain working like a c++ function "Question of Date Entered" Processing "Date Returned" sort of thing :)
Also! Just to keep the readers pining for more, there is a secret works in the making! Only a few know of its full extent so keep turned for "More tales of Dribble!"
So whats new?
Well the house is still not finished but we have hope that it will be done before the end of this month. All of the local council inspections, bank final inspection and then our final inspection, THEN we can pay for the thing. hehe So long as we get in by xmas then it will all be good.
So we have that still in the works and yeah we were excited the first five times we got "It will be done next week" so at this point we are just waiting for the final word then we can get excited again.
Umm the work front, I have moved from a two year contract over to a permanent permanent, which means that it is a normal job now ;-) Same everything as before but I can't be ousted so easily, which is good because of my smart mouth ;-)
I grow older today reaching that nice old age of 29, the last of my 20's :) So this should be a bang up year! I hope to have lots of tails of adventure posted here for the last huuurah! Of course then I will spend my 30's showing you all that I still have the 20's spirit hehe a never ending cycle.
And finally out to all the people who take time to read this dribble. Thanks for being good friends. all it takes usually to get me to come out and see you is a simple planting of the seed in my mind "Heya man, when you coming out to see me?" that kind of thing gets my brain working like a c++ function "Question of Date Entered" Processing "Date Returned" sort of thing :)
Also! Just to keep the readers pining for more, there is a secret works in the making! Only a few know of its full extent so keep turned for "More tales of Dribble!"
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