Sunday, June 15th, 2008
I shall illustrate my posts uncontrollably from now on! I've just installed Photo Dropper, a Wordpress plugin that searches Flickr for any keyword, and offers a range of Creative Commons licensed photos I can use with just a click. They even offer a range of sizes. I've used every size ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
My Neo has just arrived. I got a pick up notice from Australia Post in the mailbox today and charged down to the local post office.
Thirty minutes later, I'd tested out my brand new Neo, and uploaded the fan-made fonts. Like the font in the picture - Bold. (There's ...
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
Thousand Layer Wind
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
Thousand Layer Wind is a thin-sliced Chinese terrine of pig skin, served with very garlicky-salty sauce at the Yee King in Sussex Street. Brian, Chris and I went to the city last Sunday especially so ...
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Yes, and the Tolkien too!
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
I need more Fantasy and Sci-fi titles. Still single? Does daylight scare you? Do family members talk about you in inaudible whispers while never actually talking directly to you? Do you write dark ...
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
Rosherville Lighthouse
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
Lunch At Don Adan's
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
Belinda, c.j.b. and I attempted a few geocaches today around Mosman. The lighthouse is Rosherville Lighthouse, where the geocache "Forgotten Lighthouse" ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Lunar Eclipse August 2007
Originally uploaded by c.j.b.
c.j.b's lunar eclipse sequence. Being out of Sydney, he gets to see astronomical events without light pollution.
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Eclipse Of The Moon
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
Went down to the beach to watch the total eclipse of the moon over the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, this was the best shot my point and shoot camera could manage. This shot was ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Pelican
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
Took this photo while exploring Winnererremy Bay with Yewenyi. I came back and placed a geocache - Sparkle - not long afterwards. Geocachers love their amenities. When you're caching, you want views, toilets, drinking water and preferably ...
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Monday, July 30th, 2007
Silhouette Of Lion Island
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
Yewenyi, Belinda, c.j.b. and I walked down from West Head, down Resolute Track, to my geocache 2108 on Sunday. We took lots of photos. Here is Lion Island, from West Head. The sun ...
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
minature garden
Originally uploaded by yewenyi.
While geocaching on Sunday, in Berowra, c.j.b. noticed a tiny garden growing in a tree stump. I've never seen such minute flowering plants. They were only 1cm tall.
Edit: They may not be flowering plants but lichens. ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
West Head Box Jellyfish
Originally uploaded by c.j.b.
We thought this was a killer tropical jellyfish - in Pittwater, Sydney!
We were waiting on Mackerel Beach wharf for the next ferry back, on Sunday, and c.j.b. mentioned he'd seen a strange jellyfish and ...
Posted in Geocaching and Adventure, Life Sciences, Photos & Graphics, Zoological Sciences | 3 Comments »
Sunday, June 24th, 2007
The State Of My Shoes
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
My hiking boots stayed waterproof today, but they got incredibly sandy.
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Boat On The Side
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
Taken at Mackerel Beach, in Pittwater, while walking to the 2108 geocache.
This is the first time I've experimented with strange camera angles.
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Myra
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
This is the ferry me, c.j.b., Yewenyi and Fi went to Mackerel Beach on, to check my 2108 geocache. I thought it would be easy, but the tide was coming in and it was difficult to get ...
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
Cheeky Chappy
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
I was working on my computer, when one of these guys flew up against my window, drawing my attention to the fact there was a whole flock of Rainbow Lorikeets waiting to be fed. I suppose ...
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
Hanging Branch
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
After Sydney's Big Wet of early June 2007 (a few days of extremely heavy rain, gale force winds and flooding) this tree branch hung from the cables overhead in Newport.
Emergency services were in the process ...
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Seen On A Stem
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
This photo was accepted into "The Secret Life Of Plants" pool on Flickr.
I still think that fungus looks like testicles...
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Samurai Warrior Statue
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
See in a park, near the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo.
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Monday, May 28th, 2007
Idealised Youth (Kouros)
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
I photographed this 5th century BC Greek statue in the British Museum, London.
The accompanying label reads:
The kouros was popular in the 6th century BC as a type of sculpture representing the ideal of the male ...
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Dice With Death
Originally uploaded by travellingcharl.
c.j.b. shows you don't need professional abseiling equipment to go down a cliff. You just need a basic lack of caution!
He's doing the Washing Machine geocache at Turimetta Head, Warriewood, though he failed to ...
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