Hi everyone
Well, I'm definately moving to Perth at the end of my contract. Still trying to decide whether to take 2 or 3 weeks to do the journey (this is assuming my car is fit to travel that distance). I think I will sell my camper and buy another when I get there. Will also offload a lot of the camping gear, and put a mattress in the Pajero so I can sleep in that on the trip. Its too much setting up and taking down, to set up the camper and so on every single night after 3-500km driving that day…
I have a couple of options for the journey, anyone who has done any parts of this drive please feel free to email me and suggest stopovers.
As I’ll be doing most of the journey apart from the very end, alone, I will be trying to avoid the really isolated parts of Oz where possible….
The trip is over 5000km if I take the scenic option, which includes
I think this route needs modifying to take in the GOR. It doesnt follow the WA Coastline, not sure if that is worth the extra km's or not:
A few hundy more km (whats that when you are doing 5000km anyway?) to see the coastline most of the journey.
Hi everyone
I am going to color my hair red, because I am bored with Blonde.
So here is a selection of reds using a virtual tri it on thing on the clairol website
Could you all please choose one or two you think are the best, and email me with your opinion or post a comment?
Color 1. Firey Copper:
Color 2: Very Copper:
Colour 3 - Light Copper:
Color 4:Light Auburn
Or Reds:
Red:
Dark Auburn red:
Oh and just to make you laugh... heres a colour I'm sure we will all agree I should NOT choose.....
Righty-o then.... You have about 24 hours to decide
I've created a photos page, and there are larger pix there than I can fit here. Its at:
http://www.photos.boozehag.co.nz/
Brisbane Skyline (part of)
My camera, taking a self portrait 
The scales of a tree, for want of a better word to describe, taken in macro about 2 -3 cm from subject 
My flat, see the Pajy in the pic 
The tree 'scale" I mention above, I was at the very end of the scale (to the right in this pic) taking the photo.




F--k they are stupid, they keep repeatedly posting spam comments on my site, even though none of them appear on the site without my approval (which obviously Im not going to give to spammers0
Anyone not spamming feel free to post though


Long time no post…
Hi everyone. I’ve just purchased a camera on ebay, it’s a 2nd hand 6.1mp with 7x optical zoom and 28-200mm lens for $170.
So expect some photos to be uploaded sometimes soon, in better quality than the 0.8 mp ones from my camcorder…
We’ve just had a long weekend here, which I spent on
We did the dolphin feeding again on Sat night, which was really cool, fed the two youngest dolphins this time, and they were funny - coming straight up to me after I fed them, I think wanting to know where the next fish was....
Have 2 sets of kiwi’s visiting Oz this week, Sharon and Mike, and Stephanie and Vienna, so hopefully will have my new camera in time to take some pictures J
Also planning a visit to Perth in the next few weeks….
Here are some pictures of the Island/Resort, as seen from our unit:



Hi everyone
This is a short post, because I just did a long one and my stupid internet disconnected and lost the whole thing before I posted
So the short version
Ive found some contracting work in Brisbane as a technical writer, and moved into Brisbane tonight into a room with own bathroom, lock, air con, desk tv etc and shared kitchen. Its really hard to find short term accomodation in Brisbane everything is a min. 6 mth lease.
Here are some pix of the room:






Hi guys
I've just gotten back from Auckland, NZ, and Im temping till I find another contract. So far have applied for a few testing roles, including a perm one, and 2 technical Writer roles - one at the place I was contracting before I went on holiday...
Here's some pictures from catching up with ppl at Auckland...
Sharon, Mary and Me, in a bar somewhere in Auckland city..

Sharon and Mary
Mike and Sharon, Sky City Observation Deck... What a cute couple...
And the saddest part about this picture..... Both are sober 
Mike looking intelligent, Sharon and me, Sky city...
Mike, not looking at all himself, and Sharon
Nicky and Alex, at the Food Court in Albert St, an old favourite haunt prior to my relocation to Oz...
Nicky and I....
Alex's Fishy Lunch dish..... (yuk
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Me, Diane and Nik, Sharon and Mike, at Sharon & Mikes
Me on the plane back to Oz





















Hello all 
Tomorrow I am off to Auckland for a few days before returning to Australia.
So today was the last time I will see Maddison for a while, she will be a toddler probably next time I am in ChCh (unless I can sneak a weekend visit in maybe combined with some skiing
In honour of Maddison, I am going to see if I can change the layout of the site to something pink, for a while
So here are todays pictures... 
Eyes sort of open, just as she was starting to think about a feed.
Awww....
Looking intelligent at one day old...
(hey shes got half the same mixture of genes as me.... what can you expect???)
Feeding Time
(yes my sister (mum) does know these pictures are up here! - hey its the most natural thing on earth...)


The Happy Family. Dale, Maddison and Grant 
One of those pictures Dale and Grant can show all her boyfriends, and blow up and put on a big board at her 21st party 


Happy 'Dad'
'Yo...wazzzup?'
'Up Yours..'
And finally - Just because I know you really wanna see me being a toss-pot poser... heres some pix of me from my ChCh visit:
Stephanie and I in a bar in ChCh, Easter Weekend
Me, pretty pissed, self portrait at Stephanies
Me, tonight
Me, tonight, in mum & dads kitchen
Child Abuse???
Before you call my sister or CYF's, this is Stephanies realistic looking baby doll that she brought as a christmas present for Vienna. This picture was taken when I we were pretty pissed, as a joke, hopefully no one's offended. Dont ask me why my stomach looks like Im around 5mth preggers, I can assure you I am not.
Jessy (Stephanies son) and Stephanie at Tandoori Palace
The 3 of Us at Tandoori Palace
So thats me, and Ill post some no doubt drunken pix from Auckland, and video clips once I get back to Australia where my plug is.