Camping, photography and other ramblings
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …