After visiting the Mount Kembla Mining Heritage Festival Shao Ping, Fiona, Michelle and I went to Ruby’s Cafe at Bulli Beach to grab a bite to eat. I wandered about the rock platform at the water’s edge and took some photographs of the intricate designs in the rocks. The weather was fine and the light was good. Explore the gallery.

Shao Ping, Fiona, Michelle and I checked out the Mount Kembla Mining Heritage Festival. We watched the parade and wandered about. There were lots of stalls, vintage cars & bikes and historical displays. We walked up to the cemetery and I took some photographs of the tombstones of the miners that perished in the 1902 mining disaster. The festival was most entertaining. Explore the gallery.

The adventurers went for a hike on the Mount Keira ring tack today. They took the walk up to the summit and then descended via the Dave Walsh track. The adventurers then took the ring track back around to the starting point in Mount Pleasant. Stay posted for the update on the Adventurers’ Club site.

The adventurers embarked on another expedition… a bush walk to the peak of Broker’s Nose. The peak was formally known as Brooker’s Nose however local historians believe that the miners at the Corrimal Colliery below the peak renamed it Broker’s Nose because they were always broke.

Read about the adventure here…. View the gallery of photographs as well.

A Mac OSX dashboard widget linked to the expressway cameras in Singapore shows rain on some of the freeways just now…Can you guess which expressway?

Hi all

A friend “burnt” an audio CD and when it is placed in different devices its volume name as well as the single audio file name included on the audio CD changes. Here is his description of the problem…

1. Audio recording made on iBook #1
2. File burnt to CD on iBook #1. Name of CD is “Audio CD”
3. CD tested on iMac desktop computer and volume name appears as Paris which is the name of a previous disc burnt on the iMac.
4. Same CD tested on iBook #1 volume appears as Jo Logan -the name of the previous burn on iBook #1.
5. CD tested on MacBook Pro appears as “Audio CD”.
6. On each occasion the recording plays as recorded but volume and file names change.

Has anyone seen this problem before?

I recently purchased an award winning book created by the artist Shaun Tan. The title of the book is The Arrival and via a captivating series of beautifully illustrated pictures it tells the story of an immigrant as they travel and adjust to a new land. It is a superb book.

The story is told without a single word. It is a truly beautiful book. The following two links provide more information on the book.
1. University of the Sunshine Coast item.
2. Good Reading Magazine.
It can be purchased via Amazon.

A colleague, Alan, shared this amazing piece of software with me today. It is called Jing Project. It captures video or stills from your computer’s screen. It is cross-platform ~ Win or Mac. The team has a blog as well.

My friend Larry just dropped a line to say that the The Adventurers’ Club has uploaded a gallery of images taken on their recent excursion to Botany Bay and Cape Solander on the 6th July. The adventurers took in the rugged coastline and paid a visit to the birthplace of European settlement in Australia. Why not have a look at the excellent photographs and historical mementos Diamond captured with his brand new camera?

During the bush walk across to the peak at Broker’s Nose we had to pass the transmission tower that sits atop the site. There was a fresh wind and as the breeze blew through the construction an eerie sound emanated from the tower… like a metallic symphony coming down through a long, cold pipe. Listen to it here.

The sound of metallic ghosts