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Trip 40 – part 2 – New Years’ Eve 2022

Posted on2022-12-312023-01-06AuthoradminLeave a comment

As has become a bit of a tradition down at Augusta, New Years’ Eve was held at our campsite again, this year with a theme of ‘Smarty Party’! The premise was that everyone was randomly assigned one of the above Read More …

CategoriesCamping spots, Caravan, Photography, Random Musing, TravelsTagsaugusta, newyearseve, nye, party, photography, smarties

Trip 37, part 3 – An experience not to be missed

Posted on2022-06-212022-06-24AuthoradminLeave a comment

Whilst discussing and planning our Exmouth trip, I had considered taking up my scuba gear for a dive or two. In the end, opting to leave the heavy and bulky kit at home and to use hire gear if I Read More …

CategoriesPhotography, Random Musing, TravelsTagsbirds eye view, cape range, exmouth, flying, microlight, ningaloo, ningaloo reef, photography, wildlife

Friggin spiders…

Posted on2020-10-252020-10-31AuthoradminLeave a comment

So, for those that don’t know, I’m a little bit infatuated with Peacock Jumping Spiders and if you don’t know what I’m talking about I suggest you quickly check out this YouTube video before reading the rest of this blog.. Read More …

CategoriesPhotography, Random MusingTagshoverfly, jumping spider, macro, maratus, mungaich, orchid, peacock jumping spider, peacock spider

Aussie Day 2020

Posted on2020-01-262020-01-27Authoradmin3 Comments

For Australia Day 2020 we broke with tradition and spent the long weekend at P&T’s beach house in Busselton with P&T, BJ and Rod. We are very fortunate to have great friends who have a great house just a few Read More …

CategoriesPhotography, Random Musing, Travels

Canberra sojourn #13 – And I’d like to thank…

Posted on2019-10-302019-10-31AuthoradminLeave a comment

No ‘hard thing’ is ever achieved without sacrifice and support, and this work project in Canberra is no exception.  My role on this project was to select, lead and manage a project team, at one point nearly 70 people strong, Read More …

CategoriesCanberra sojourn, Random Musing, Travels

Canberra sojourn #12 – The CannedBra experience!

Posted on2019-10-302019-10-31AuthoradminLeave a comment

Our Canberra sojourn is now at its end and we’re coming back to Perth! Whilst the work has sometimes been more stressful than either of us would have liked, during the times where we could forget about work and focus Read More …

CategoriesCanberra sojourn, Random Musing, Travels

Canberra sojourn #11 – Fun if you’re 5 or 50!

Posted on2019-10-072019-10-08Authoradmin1 Comment

Making the most of our final long weekend in Canberra, Jules and I followed the advice of Lana and Lyndell and booked a trip down to the Rutherglen wine region. As we booked late we couldn’t get into Tulleries in Read More …

CategoriesCamping spots, Canberra sojourn, Photography, Random Musing, Travels

Canberra sojourn #9 – Wombats

Posted on2019-08-302019-09-22AuthoradminLeave a comment

As noted on some of our previous Canberra posts, the one thing Jules and I haven’t enjoyed seeing in Canberra is the number of dead wombats hit by cars at the side of the roads.  Coming from WA, we’ve become Read More …

CategoriesCanberra sojourn, Photography, Random Musing, Travels

Canberra sojourn #4 – Formula 1

Posted on2019-03-172019-03-23AuthoradminLeave a comment

Taking advantage of Qantas points and our proximity to Melbourne, we took the opportunity to shoot down to Melbourne for the opening round of the Formula 1 2019 season. Having booked our flights and Airbnb in Melbourne’s Southbank area months Read More …

CategoriesCanberra sojourn, Random Musing, Travels

Trip 20, part 17 – Cape York? Been there, done that.

Posted on2018-10-282018-10-28Authoradmin2 Comments

This is it!  This is the last blog post from our recent trip to Cape York and will focus on the statistics rather than the pics, so let’s go. Distance driven: 15,138 km’s Unleaded fuel used: 3,641 litres Total cost Read More …

Categories4wd'ing, Camping spots, Caravan, Random Musing, Travels

Trip 20, part 5 – Fortunes won and lost, well mostly lost…

Posted on2018-08-26Authoradmin4 Comments

Queensland, and much of the East Coast, is covered in gem bearing areas and we took the opportunity to avail ourselves of the local Lava Plains field to fossick for Sapphires and the Mt Gibson field to fossick for Topaz.  Read More …

Categories4wd'ing, Photography, Random Musing, Travels

Trip 16 – Tony’s fantastic recipe for a Great Holiday

Posted on2017-12-252018-01-10AuthoradminLeave a comment

Serves:  As many as you like, just increase ingredients to suit Calories:  Too many to record, this recipe is definitely a calorie extravaganza so just chill and enjoy it without worrying about the waist for a change.   Ingredients 1 Read More …

CategoriesCamping spots, Caravan, Random Musing, Travels

Visit our blog @ SucksToBeYou.org

Posted on2017-04-04Authoradmin1 Comment

We’ve now integrated our WordPress blog site, SucksToBeYou.org with Facebook so no matter what social media platform you prefer, you’ll be spammed by us regardless 🙂 Cheers Tony

CategoriesRandom Musing, Uncategorized

Old dog meet new trick

Posted on2016-08-22AuthoradminLeave a comment

One thing I love about photography, and probably life in general actually, is that you never stop learning.  As previously posted on this blog, I changed cameras recently from a full frame dSLR, my Nikon D700, to a micro 4/3’rds Read More …

CategoriesPhotography, Random Musing

Trip 9 – A very special day

Posted on2016-08-172016-08-21AuthoradminLeave a comment

20 years today, that’s how long Jules and I have been married. During this time, we’ve bought a house and raised two beautiful daughters, but most importantly we’ve had a lot fun and shared some great experiences.  Like most relationships, Read More …

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