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31st
May
2008
Major storms in Port Kennedy today. Constant thunder, lightning and heavy rain for much of the morning. And this is what happened to our fence..
Today’s been a crazy day in general. I’m on-call for the hospital. Have already had 2 babies delivered today with at least one more on the way, so I’ve been driving back and forth to the hospital in the heavy rain. Also our gas hot water system stopped working this morning so we had to call out the gas man to fix it in the pouring rain. Not looking forward to getting the bill for that.
Tags : flickr, Local, photos, storm
Categories : Personal |
21st
May
2008
A while since I’ve posted any photos of Mia on the blog so here she is 
Even this photo is a few weeks old. I’ll try and get some fresh ones onto flickr in the next day or so. It’s on my (new, paper based, super-functional and actually effective) to-do list.
Tags : flickr, gtd, Mia, photos
Categories : Mia, Personal, photos |
20th
May
2008
Well this is part of the memorial to HMAS Perth, a guided missile destroyer that served from 1965 to 1999, including distinguished service in the Vietnam war. Rockingham is the site of a major naval base, which is I guess the reason they put this memorial here. Also nearby there is a huge ship’s gun turret, presumably from the Perth.
In the background you can see the blue CBH grain terminal wharf, where I spent many summer days while I was in medical school. I had a job there most summers shovelling grain, unloading trains and loading ships. The top tower of that wharf has one of the best views around - was a great place to sit and eat my lunch or dinner, or just hang out when there wasn’t much work to be done.
Tags : flickr, Local, navy, photos, rockingham
Categories : Local, Personal, photos |
17th
May
2008
Down the park near our house with the boys. Owen is practising his bike riding (doing pretty good too!)
… and flickr is still not co-operating with this blog posting.. the photos make it to flickr, but not to my blog. I have to take the extra step of blogging the photo from within flickr… annoying
Tags : flickr, Local, photos
Categories : Local, Personal |
8th
May
2008
Boring looking photo I know, but significant to me. This is the Safety Bay Scout Hall, where in grade 4 in 1984 I was part of the first ever class of students at Maranatha Christian School - we had a combined class of grade 4 - 7 students and around 40 kids total in the school.
Now I’m parked outside the current, much huger, Maranatha College waiting to collect my grade 2 son. I noticed the other day in the office here that they still have a few plaques with my name on up on the wall. Scary how fast time flies. Life is too short…
Tags : flickr, Local, photos, rockingham, safety bay
Categories : Local, Personal, photos |
8th
May
2008
I need to get a batch of photos printed over the next few days. Usually if it’s just a few photos that need printing I’ll use our printer at home, which puts out pretty nice looking prints, but if it’s a bigger size batch I prefer taking them to a shop to get them done. I’ve used Harvey Norman printing a bit in the past because it’s nice and close to us, but the last time I went there the prints were awful quality.
SO, I’ll ask for advice… anyone have any tips on where is the best place to get digital photos printed, preferably in the Rockingham area (though other tips are welcome too)?? And if so, how do you get them done - glossy or matte? Do you use their “image correction” features or just print them as is? What’s your experiences on pricing and waiting times? … thanks
Tags : Local, photos, printing
Categories : photos |
7th
May
2008
Whenever my drug pushers disappoint and do not bring me lunch, I like to visit this joint up the road - Perth Noodle Wok. Always very tasty. Today’s meal - Phad Thai noodle box - and it was very nice indeed 
Tags : flickr, food, Local, photos
Categories : Local, Personal, photos |
7th
May
2008
Coffee, crossaint, ocean, and trees - a perfect breakfast before work… along with a good book of course!
Had a little case in theatre this morning so I’ve half an hour to kill before my clinic starts.
Tags : flickr, Local, photos
Categories : Local, Personal, photos |
6th
May
2008
Sunset over the park near our home tonight. The photo just doesn’t do justice to how spectacular this was…
Of course using a mobile phone camera doesn’t help.
Tags : flickr, Local, photos
Categories : Local, photos |
6th
May
2008
Originally uploaded by baggas.
I’ve never spent a huge amount of time here, but for some reason this park has always appealed to me..
Any locals want to tell us where it is??
Tags : flickr, Local, park, photos
Categories : Australia, Local, photos |
6th
May
2008
My favourite shop in the local area. No prizes for guessing why 
The kids know this as the “orange guitar shop”
Tags : flickr, Guitar, Local, photos
Categories : Local, Personal, photos |
5th
May
2008
Visited my dad tonight who had just been given a massive pile of old LPs by his brother, who was doing a big clean up. Amongst it all there were a few gems and I managed to grab a heap, some of which you can see in the picture. Mostly it’s 70’s stuff - Bowie, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Iggy Pop, Deep Purple, Led Zep and many others. I also inherited a Yamaha turntable so I can play them - it just needs a new stylus. Was funny showing the boys how we used to listen to music in the ‘olden days’ when I was a kid, before CDs were invented. Strange how the world has changed so much in such a short space of time…
Tags : flickr, LP, photos
Categories : music, photos |
5th
May
2008
I’d prety much forgotten about remote posting via flickr until I notced ob1 doing it the last few days. Nothing like some fresh photos to keep things interesting.
So here begins a series of random photos of my world as I’m around the traps. To start with, the focal point of Rockingham, where I have spent many many days since I was a kid - Rockingham beach.
Tags : flickr, Local, photos
Categories : Australia, Local, Personal, photos |
5th
May
2008
I know you can do an awful lot of things on the net these days but keeping things cold? Now that’s impressive! :))
Tags : flickr, Local, photos
Categories : Local, photos |
5th
May
2008
Now if you ever need to hire a baby you know who t call.
Saw this the other day
Tags : flickr, Local, photos
Categories : photos |
