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Australian Summer Nights and Food
Summer in Australia means many things, but one thing that I love about it is outdoor dining. Sometimes this means eating out, but more often than not it means eating in and a BBQ. We are so lucky in...
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When Cyclone Oswald hit Sydney
Cyclone Oswald has well and truly left us now, but not without carving a swath of destruction over the Northern Territory, Queensland, and NSW. It has absolutely belted South Eastern Queensland and...
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ANZAC Bridge – Break in the Weather
The ANZAC Bridge is Sydney Harbour’s other bridge. It is the one that is often forgotten by the tourists, but equally important in keeping Sydney moving. In my opinion it is an engineering beauty whose...
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Trip to Wildlife – Sydney Zoo
The weekend had arrived and I picked up my son – the Pok – from day care after I had finished work on Friday. He was looking forward to the weekend too, so when I asked him what he wanted to do on...
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Vaughters: It's Not All About Lance Armstrong
Reblogged from Frith Street Post: A thought provoking piece on how doping in cycling may be prevented. This blog appeared on www.cyclingnews.com The blame game, MPCC and just who should clean up...
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My Custom Mountain Bike has been stolen!
For the last 9 months I have been putting together a dream of mine – a custom mountain from component parts. This is the one I feature as the first steed in my stable. I bought the frame as my birthday...
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Time to make my Mountain Bike Thief famous
I have resigned myself to the fact that my MTB steed is gone for good. That is devastating, but as my wife correctly said “I need to look forward and move on”. On a side note, my wife has been awesome...
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The Pok goes Riding!
So I might be down a set of wheels, but that doesn’t mean others in our house are not keen to go for a spin. We bought the Pok (AKA our son) a balance bike a few months back and have been waiting for...
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Gear Up Girl – Sydney Ride 2012
So today I am not posting about one of my rides but one that my wife Rebecca did today. A few years back, Bicycle NSW started a great initiative to get more women cycling – Gear Up Girl! They realised...
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Paddington Reservoir Gardens – Urban rehabilitation at its best
Returning from my morning bike ride the other week I took the Oxford Street bus lane express back home. This is surprisingly quick, with the only danger being overtaking a parked bus picking up...
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A New Bike Arriving Soon!
OK – I can’t hide the fact that I am a little bit excited. I will be getting a new MTB steed! After the emotional rollercoaster of having my custom made from scratch MTB steed being stolen by some...
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Drinks and Dinner with a Fellow Blogger Frank Burns
A couple of nights ago I had the pleasure of catching up with a fellow cyclists, and blogger, Frank Burns. He had just finished riding over 4,000 km starting at the top of the North Island of New...
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Melbourne Urban Sculpture
My work in Melbourne has now come to an end, and I am relieved because my health has taken a beating with flights and air-conditioning taking its toll on my lungs. But one of the many things I will...
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Gulliver’s view of Sydney
I was a bit naughty the other day on the return flight I took from Sydney to Melbourne. When they told us to switch off all electrical equipment on landing, I took my camera out to take a photo of the...
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My new MTB steed has arrived!
It makes me quite happy to be posting about my new arrival to the stable. I picked up just in time for Easter my replacement MTB steed, and it is awesome! I have finally got my hands on a BMC...
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Singapore Gardens by the Bay
For many of us celebrating the Easter weekend, it is a religious occasion. One theme of Easter is that of new life (hence the tradition of the Easter egg). For me the rejuvenation of gardens and public...
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Windows – Inspired by Jeffrey Smart
I am not an art aficionado, but I do enjoy fine art for what it does. It inspires me to look at an interpretation of the world through someone else’s eyes and elicits a response from me as well. One of...
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Is the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse just Seinfeld for kids
My son (the Pok) has been infatuated with Mickey Mouse since before the age of one. I am very much to blame for this as I fed his nascent interest one day by going to K-Mart and purchasing a Mickey...
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Patonga camping trip – NSW Central Coast
A good friend of ours, whose son is also the same age as the Pok (our son), recommended to us a fantastic camping spot on the NSW Central Coast called Patonga. I must admit that while I have ventured...
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Mountain Biking – Brisbane Water National Park
I brought my new MTB Steed – the VTT – with us on our recent camping trip to Patonga to let it rip properly for the first time. I was very much looking forward to seeing how it would handle and to get...
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