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Don’t feed the wildlife – Renmark – July 1998

Thursday 4th October, 2007 Leave a Comment

This is why people should be discouraged from feeding local wildlife … Pelicans are quite big and can get quite aggressive (and scare young children!). Renmark has a history of troublesome Pelicans. This one had a posse of Silver Gulls and Moorhens to back him up.

Filed Under: Travel

Noisy Neighbours – Renmark – July 1998

Wednesday 3rd October, 2007 Leave a Comment

During a holiday in South Australia’s Riverland district, we stayed at a caravan park in Renmark. At night we were constantly disturbed by possums thumping across the metal roof of our cabin. This one demanded food or else he would bring his mates over for a rave party!

Filed Under: Travel

Lake Bellfield – Grampians, Victoria – Dec 1995

Tuesday 2nd October, 2007 Leave a Comment

We drove over to Victoria and visited the Grampians for a holiday in late 1995. It is an interesting and quite accessible area with a lot of winding roads through the mountains, and walking trails that take you to spectacular waterfalls or to fantastic views of the valleys. This photo is of Lake Bellfield (just … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Travel

Compare Funds

Monday 1st October, 2007 2 Comments

I’ve just finished the first version of my new website: Compare Funds – Managed Fund Comparison Charts and Statistics. Sorry to everyone I’ve ignored over the last couple of weeks – it’s been pretty intense trying to get this ready by today – a LOT of late nights! There is still a lot more work … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Online

Wedding Day – June 1994

Monday 1st October, 2007 Leave a Comment

The morning of the wedding, my groomsmen met me at our unit for lunch before we headed off to the ceremony together. Although you (deliberately) can’t see them in any of the wedding photos, we all wore cartoon socks – I’m on the left wearing the Marvin the Martian socks, then we had Pepe Le … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Photography

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