tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61029735081724317802024-03-08T11:35:41.079-08:00Ben's WorldBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-84022180338790824962007-08-28T21:54:00.000-07:002007-08-28T22:05:36.137-07:00Lunar Eclipse - Blood MoonLast night the moon dissapeared behind the earth's shadow. Over a period of a few hours the moon changed from an extremely bright full moon to the dark ochre colour of a blood moon.Here is some information regarding the phenomenom from NZ news."The phenomenon last happened seven years ago.A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon are all in a perfect alignment and the moon falls onto Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-7022727745862672272007-08-28T20:55:00.001-07:002007-08-28T21:09:58.277-07:00Lady NelsonStep 2 in Hobart, apart from brekky which went down like a bag of nails, was to head out into the Derwent river aboard the replica of the Lady Nelson. A small vessel which played a vital part in the growth of Australia as a colony.A short spiel to keep you all informed:"LADY NELSON, the name of a 60-ton brig which for 25 years had an important part in the early history of Australia. Built at Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-39446398759509089962007-08-28T20:37:00.000-07:002007-08-28T20:54:16.185-07:00Mt Wellington @ DawnWell for some crazy reason there was a dawn trip planned up to the top of Mt Wellington to see the sunrise. Always up for the challenge of waking up early we ascended in the nice warm car to the beauty of the sun rising over Hobart. It was well...COLD!!!!!! AARGGHH my god it was so cold and windy even with 45 layers on. Mind you the fact that all I had on from the waist down were a pair of King Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-79961316618886486892007-08-19T17:54:00.000-07:002007-08-22T19:40:40.482-07:00Cradle Mountain - Marions LookoutOn Saturady we headed out to Cradle Mountain to show Breyley who needed to see it before she left. The weather was perfect, low winds no rain sun beeming down, perfect. Until we got to Cradle where the wind picked up and it dumped down with rain.The (I forgot its name) Dam, I was hoping it would be spilling after all the recent downpours. Oh well...Cool Rock wall here, I'd had too much caffeine Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-18059056563108123872007-08-16T06:15:00.000-07:002007-08-16T06:36:36.199-07:00Hobart for a day...We are so keen at finding new thrills down here that we all piled into the trusty old Volvo for a day trip down to Hobart to help Benny get some research stuff from the state archives. Well Benny did research, Matt and I ate fish and chips, took photos and walked through shops, yes shops, they have them in Hobart!Not so early morning piled into the Volvo heading out of the hole...My backseat Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-18667227672749284382007-08-15T18:40:00.000-07:002007-08-15T18:45:47.967-07:00last Saturday night....We had a few drinks last Saturday night. The usual suspects turned out for a night of excess consumption.Here we all are. This is on record the worst photo of me I have ever seen so dont complain if I post a bad one of you up here! I wasnt even that drunk at this point :)The gentleman on the left, however, was that drunk at that time. Hank on the right...Correct music selection and beer choice Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-17748750278875455752007-08-15T18:37:00.000-07:002007-08-15T18:40:16.739-07:00Old Shooter.Boring but cool, I dug out my very first camera the other day and whilst a little dusty and had a film jammed in it, still working perfectly. Those Krauts build things to last. This little gem actually shot me some awesome black and white shots even though I knew nothing back then. I'm finally figuring it all out now, I shoot in Manual pretty much the whole time now.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-80128174893997748252007-08-15T18:32:00.000-07:002007-08-15T18:36:40.874-07:00More little ones...Right now I have been very slack keeping up with the blog posts recently. Although I cant really take all the blame as i've had some major computer problems (Major crash x 2). Not even my fault which is a new one.Anyway time to get back into it and to begin, here are some photo's of the young ones! Far out they are so cool. Kudos to the Mini-Morelli's :DI get this sort of reaction a lot when the Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-15666995028856728792007-08-05T07:13:00.000-07:002007-08-05T07:18:09.444-07:00Long time no pic? You no love me?Hello everyoneSorry about the total lack of posts recently. It is inexcusable and disgraceful :DActually I have been struck down over the last five days with chronic computer self destruction. More accurately, I formatted my computer and reinstalled windows. While it ran much faster it also failed to recognise the Hard drive with all my photos and Uni work on! Total and utter catastrophy!After Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-85468315960088540772007-07-21T05:23:00.000-07:002007-07-21T05:36:37.590-07:00Feel the Burn Baby!!!Time to test out for real how good I am at fire twirling. Has all the practice with the old converted broken broom handle paid off?Starting off with some simple rotors. I was a bit nervous... I was suprised at first how much heat came off the ends when they weren't spinning.Figure'o'8... Feeling much more confident here... Gods its cool fun...Phill giving it a go with a bit of the 8 action...Ash Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-23309564930690279412007-07-05T20:14:00.000-07:002007-07-05T20:29:14.512-07:00Crater CoveIf you head down the hill from Dobroyd Head, down the bush track and take a semi-concealed right turn down a dark and narrow secret track, you will emerge at Crater Cove. Locals might remember this area as the area where a lot of hermits used to live. They have been evicted since the old days and now the huts and shacks are protected and maintained by volunteers from the NSW Sparks and Wildfire Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-57818538185172584222007-07-04T00:54:00.000-07:002007-07-04T00:55:51.488-07:00Tuff Trip - Blue Mountains - PanoramicHi all...Here is the last piccie for the trip, a sewn together panoramic taken at the end of the day when everyone was about to head home. You'll probably have to click on it to get a bigger view.EnjoyBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-42459658656572506962007-07-03T23:08:00.001-07:002007-07-03T23:08:42.394-07:00Tuff Trip - Blue Mountains - Part 1On Saturday we packed the cars and headed up to the blue mountains to test our skills by throwing the cars up a range of muddy, wet, slippery and rocky tracks designed to sort the men from the boys...Andy, Tristan and Al ready to depart...Daisy where it always is, behind.... :)The only good way to keep warm in the Blue Mountains in the middle of winter is to burn half the state forest that your Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-73296268156016142122007-07-03T23:07:00.001-07:002007-07-03T23:07:22.018-07:00Tuff Trip - Blue Mountains - Part 2Day two of the Tuff Trip saw the congregation meet at the Railway Station for the ZigZag Railway. After meeting and greeting everyone we headed back into the bush to have a crack at several different tracks. Since the conditions were less than ideal the almighty group leader decided to head straight for Matt's Track with the idea that it should be so bad that we would be stuck there all day.As Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-88242633903779125922007-07-03T22:57:00.000-07:002007-07-03T23:05:01.676-07:00Tuff Trip - Blue Mountains - Part 3Back to it then.Here is Ross hitting up that rock slab I told you about in part 2. In fact I actually missed him going up it but here he is reversing back down it to have some more fun on the other parts.Pete's Patrol heading down Matts Track. Awesome fun to watch.Getting some serious angles at the bottom of Matt's Track.Smile like you aren't worried something is about to break!Another concerned Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-82344396976892929252007-07-03T16:06:00.000-07:002007-07-03T16:07:21.472-07:00Pasha Bulker at Nobby's BeachWe drove up the coast to see the now infamous Pasha Bulker at Nobby's Beach in Newcastle. Apparently this was become the biggest tourism attraction in Newcastle at the time. It was refloated off the beach last night and towed out to sea. Apparently this was also the first nice weather day that other people could go and see the spectacle as there were literally thousands of people lining the beachBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-66785163228988221922007-07-02T21:55:00.000-07:002007-07-02T22:13:14.634-07:00Jones's and Kyla's Farewell BashWell Alex and Kyla are off to London to work for god only knows how long. Best of luck to you guys...Here are a few happy snappies of everyone at the farewell bash...Teddy and NicoleNina, Sam and MaxBenny, Foxy, Jerma, Kyla and Murph...Lila and DaveBangers and Foxy...Alex, Nicole and Ryan...Nina and Gemma, Good to see you again Gem...I would have more piccies of people but as usual me drinking Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-24824429324984991212007-06-27T18:20:00.000-07:002007-06-27T18:22:53.677-07:00Home among the Sydney'sHi everyone, sorry about the lack of posts.I do actually have heaps of interesting stuff and photos to put up online but I have no way of fiddling with the photo's on the computer in Sydney.So unless I figure a way of resizing without photoshop, you'll all have to wait until I get back to Tassie when there will be heaps of posts put up at once.Cheerio...BenBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-80655557875387279322007-06-15T23:48:00.000-07:002007-06-15T23:57:20.248-07:00Pulp Mill Protest Part 2 - The Slogans!Here is a small sample of the several dozen banners I grabbed photo's of throughout today. Some were simply texta on cardboard and others were total works of art that must have taken the author ages to make...Wilderness society's entry...I really like this one, very clever and very strong...Ivan the woodchopper on the left with their entry...Not quite Queensland's tourism slogan but accurate noneBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-54479651490890682062007-06-15T23:24:00.000-07:002007-06-15T23:46:58.647-07:00The Gunns Pulp Mill Rally - The PeopleGood 'ol Peter Cundall from Gardening Australia leading the charge against the timber industry. Good on him...How this bloke rode a bike with a gas mask is beyond me...Even the local artwork was getting into the action...The Rally reaching council chambers...The War Drums...And the drummers... It sounded so cool and kept everyone pumped!Nothing like the feeling of some political action in the Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-5365188535153546652007-06-15T05:55:00.000-07:002007-06-15T07:38:28.497-07:00GrrrWhats a good way to relax after spending the entire day being what could only be called "screwed over' by a stupid little man and his stupid little ego!Anyway after belting a bucket or two of golf balls at the driving range for "stress relief"...So here is my new Asus 22inch widescreen monitor hooked up in parallel next to my old monitor. For those with little computer knowledge, both monitors Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-40896910182482935802007-06-13T18:59:00.000-07:002007-06-13T19:10:33.681-07:00Tamar IslandI'm so fricking bored at the moment that i'm looking for even the slightest thing to do that could possibly entertain me. So I got up early, packed my new bag and headed out to the Tamar Island nature reserve for a gander...It was so bloody cold I had what could only be called an iceberg nestled on my car. 10 minutes with the heater going full ball and I could see enough to safely drive down the Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-17631210303774202732007-06-08T03:19:00.000-07:002007-06-08T03:26:59.685-07:00Here's to Cambridge StreetHow cool is this, the bloke from door came around to collect some apples from the tree next door and a few hours later, to a knock on the door, he reappears with a piping hot apple crumble. We've been dining in style these last two nights. Well I have, Dave ate his half in one session.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-51390346599566438182007-06-05T21:20:00.000-07:002007-06-05T21:25:23.333-07:00My new pack!After the pain in my back that developed after Mt Roland I finally took the leap and invested in a proper daypack. Here she is! I've got a proper frame, space for my water bladder, a proper waist strap to take the pressure off my lower back and even an inbuilt rain cover. I've fitted it up and I cant wait to get out and break it in.Plenty of room on top or on the sides for my camera so I can get Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102973508172431780.post-4658163008090708712007-06-03T06:48:00.000-07:002007-06-03T07:00:02.608-07:00Mt Roland Part 2From that point on unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse and due to my concern about the camera getting wet, the photo's rapidly stopped. Sorry no piccies of the harder trail.The good news is that I have managed to con some of the lovely people I call friends that it will be a great idea to leave Launceston at 2am, hike up the mountain under lights and be there for sunrise at the Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416226357934187933noreply@blogger.com2