I spent today with mates at Garie Beach. It was a stunning day and we spent it swimming, chatting, eating, and hill climbing.
Read moreHappy 2012 – Fireworks from Barangaroo, Sydney
I spent New Year’s Eve with a group of friends at Barangaroo on Sydney Harbour. As we waited for midnight we ate, chatted, danced, and had a great time ending one year and bringing in the next.
The video below shows the countdown to midnight, and still photos show the rest of the evening.
Read moreGoals for 2012
In no particular order:
- Learn German
- Summit Mt Kosciusko
- Be more generous
- Keep my house cleaner
- Spend more time on non-computer aided activities
Memoirs of 2011
Unlike 2010 I spent a lot less time travelling, however, this was made up by attending a lot more events, activities and hiking around Sydney:
Read morePerth to Geraldton Roadtrip
While we were in Perth we spent two days travelling on a quick two day road trip up the coast to Geraldton.
On the trip up we stuck to the coast and drove up Indian Ocean Drive, and we returned via Highway 1.
As the photos below show we stopped at many cool and random places and had a great time.
Read morePhotos: A week in Perth
Last week I was in Perth for the 24th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Below are photos from around Perth that were taken on the day I arrived and during the evenings.
Overall, Perth is a nice city to visit. Fremantle, in particular, is particularly beautiful. The city feels like a cross between Wanganui and Christchurch, and it was a lot quieter than Sydney.
Read moreTrack Photos of the Sydney V8 Supercars
These are photos from around the track at the V8 Supercars Sydney event last weekend.
Read moreRacing Photos at the Sydney V8 Supercars #ST500 #V8SC
Yesterday I went to the V8 Supercars at Olympic Park. It was a great day out, with over 10 hours of racing amongst a variety of classes, and to top things off Holden one in the main game.
Below are the best of my photos of the various racing classes. I will do a second post with photos from the motorshow and other general shots.
Read morePhotos: Sculpture by the Sea 2011
This morning I walked along the coast from Coogee to Bondi to check out Sculpture by the Sea. My idea was to do the walk early enough in the day to avoid the big crowds – as it turned out lots of other people had exactly the same idea!
However, as the photos attest, today was one of those moments when I love living in Sydney. The weather was perfect – not too hot, not too cold, and people were out and about smiling and enjoying the day.
These photos only represent a very small section of the artwork on display. In total there are over 100 exhibits and despite taking 250+ photos I still missed a lot of things.
An added bonus to my walk was seeing a Blue Tongue Lizard for the first time in the wild. I would have expected it to be hiding from all the noise but it seemed content enough to stick around and pose for me.
Read morePhotos: Hiking Berowra Valley Regional Park
I spent today hiking from Mt Ku-ring-gai to Berowra with friends from my university. The highlight of the walk was seeing a number of lace monitors (goanna lizards) and a water dragon. At one point I almost stepped onto the top of one of the goannas as I came over a small ridge.
Overall, the day was brilliant and I am absolutely spent now as the heat really sucked energy out of me.
Unfortunately, despite the beautiful weather this will probably be the last hike I do this year as it is getting too hot in Sydney which brings out the snakes and raises the fire danger.
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