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Priceless moments
- Frida Kahlo emotional reaction plus virtual reality experience.
- Dunn Swamp kayaking
Hiking & Nature
- Prince Albert waterfall leap
- Riviersonderend Kloofing and leap
- Mermaid Falls leap & glory it brought with friends.
- Mermaid Falls through waterfall.
Nepal
- Chitwan birding: Kingfishers, hornbill, coucal, owlet, Bishnu, the guide
- Close views of Everest, higher than anyone else
- The peaks when it cleared
- Flying into Lukla. Alive! Not nervous.
- Touching elephants
- Rhino and baby
- Bonding with dogs
Antarctica Moments
- 60000 King Penguins on beach
- Gentoo penguins colony
- First Georgia wildlife experience: Maceronis, baby seals, pipit, duck, elephant seals, king penguin.
- Antarctica Bay and barbecue
- Marcus presentation
- Polar plunge
- Playing cards. Jasmine. This is how it’s done in pros. Winner takes all.
- Urshaia climb mountain
- Power of Chat GPT write Jasmine teacher message. Frosty Five
- Photo slideshow gasp with porpoising penguins and relief
Rugby World Cup
- Won quarter, semi and final by 1 point
- Watched SA NZ final with Chris
Movies
- Really into movies. Movies with a twist.
- End of Wild Rose "No place like home."
- The Last of Us S1E3: Release with gay lovers
- Whitney Houston biography and music
- Movie theme music
Outings
- Leaping Mermaid Falls with the boys
- Photography at Dunns Swamp
- Swimming with Gavin at Centennial Glen and the Coastal track
- The Grand Canyon in flood
- Bonnum Pic trail
- Wolfberg Cracks and Arch in The Cedarberg
- Corang Arch, Buddawang
New Macbook Pro
- Anticipation and getting all sorted
- So fast (especially Lightroom) with its 64 gigs of RAM.
- Giving my old computer to Chris
Medical relief
- Discovering my hand (growth) was ok
- Stool test negative
- Neck after physio
Buying and learning my new R5 camera
- Realisation wider angle lenses are not expensive
- Camera store: especially 100 - 500 lens
- Taronga Zoo: Realise I have something special
- Birding
The Arctic
- Polar bears (including cub)
- Puffin
- Photo presentation on ship and feedback
- Photographing with Peter Eastway on my back at the bird cliff and chatting on our hike.
Birding
- Rondevlei, Strandfontein, Kirstenbosch, Barton Park
- Malachite kingfisher mating
- Puffin in ocean close to zodiac
- Mousebirds, Sugarbirds, Sunbird
Movies
Book launch
- Time with Sharon (at Aimee's book launch)
- Sharon witnessed the affirmation
- Sharon: You're such a beautiful man
- Thanks from Aimee and Pip (at book launch)
Dianna
- Talking to Dianna at Eckhart
Wisdom Trove
- Menu and random owl working
Movies
- Dune (with lamb after)
- The Last Duel
Hiking
- Swim at Empress Falls with Gavin and Srini - then lose and find keys
- Walk down to Colo River
- Plenty of fun with the boys
Connect
- Friendship with Shushann and her affirmation
Wisdom Trove
- Get Formidable Forms working
Movies
Editing
- Botanica working, especially Aimee’s book
Wisdom Trove
- Wisdom Trove vision slide-deck
- Session with Tanya
- Tania Sappho book store
Nature
- Devil's Pool in Zambia
- Chobe National Park on the boat
- Elephant's Eye hike
Outings
- Sydney CBD with Meet Up
- Contemporary Art Museum
Slideshow
- Sue slideshow for funeral
Movies
Creating on a spiritual high
- Writing Life is God's experience and Life is God's movie
Connect
- First Eckhart night. Beautiful home.
- Spacious clarity with Aimee
- Talks with Aimee
Wisdom Trove
- Aimee feedback on Wisdom Trove home page (large owl)
Meds
- Down to 2.5 pills - feeling great
- Day 5 and 6 of no pills - energy back
Movies
Connect
Home
- Internet working at 100mbs (thank you Martin!)
Wisdom Trove
- Design (template and owls)
Cambodia
- Cambodia island: Reading and summarising "I Am That"
- The lost city in the jungle
- Doing my photos in the restaurant
Movies
Moments of bliss
- Lying on my balcony chair
- Botanica with Yogi. Deep discussions .
- Sessions with Louise on high, including movie discussion
- Sharon (sharing, beach, walk, picnic, Awake)
- Epic Game of Thrones S6 e 9 and10
- Mum offer to loan from trust
Rennovation
- Courtyards, my room, steps
- Photos printed and up
- Found floors - assertiveness works
- My plants (balcony and courtyards)
- Peace of finishing house, able to focus on Wisdom Trove
- Eckhart Group over for picnic, then see house.
Cape Town
- Mindful walks around Constantia block with Jason
- Sharing bed with darling Jason
- Miss Saigon music. (Sun and Moon)
- Annie
- 7 aside rugby
- Clifton for swim
- Derek and Kobus visit
- Mum tearful farewell
- Battlefield 1 with Matt
- Swim Danger Bay
Roadtrip with Jo
- Swim in lagoon at Wilderness with Jo
- Throwing ball in Sedgefield
- Pizza in Wilderness.
Movies
Hiking
- Cradle Mountain
- The Tarn shelf (Tasmania)
- Cathedral Rock in the mist (Tasmania)
- Main Track bundu bashing (Mount Kuz)
- Hanging Rock day
- Tugela Falls hike
- Sani Pass hike
Photography
- Macro photography at Sleepy Bay (Freycinet)
- Editing Tasmania photos
- Editing Manly Dam photos (mindfully)
- Joy of new 18 - 300 lens
- Tokai & Kalk Bay with Jo
- Harbour Bridge photos - cry
Connection
- Buying Mac computer and screen
- Setting up Macs (mine, mum, Jo)
- Realising Chris cleaned front yard
- Making Compass Apple beautiful
- Hiding Easter eggs in car
- Going to award presentation for Chris's photo.
Swims
- Leap into Tugela Falls and Sani pass
- Storms River waterfall swim
- Xmas eve swim
- North Sydney pool
DIY
- Realise I can do bathroom cheaply.
- Realise I can rent out small room.
- Courtyards - bed raising
- Plants galore for my balcony.
- Calmness at Botanica after floors acceptance.
- The Botanica with Yogi
- Money back for floors
Movies
Cape Town
- Leaping on Table Mountain - naked + overhang
- Playing with Matt (Boulders, dungeon)
- Paragliding, slingshot
- Breede River weekend
Hiking
- Mount Kuziosko (Alpine Lakes) + leaping
- Blue Mountain long weekend with gang
- Barrington Tops love in forest
- Newnes mine and glowworms
- Shoalhaven River
- Mermaid Pools (x2)
- Swimming on Meet Up hikes
Chrisel
- Sculptured Rocks hike
- Central Coast (x2) - especially smorgasboard
- Botanical Garden after Opera House
- Picnic and lamb shanks
- Babootie
- Chicken soup
- How to Tame Your Dragon
Dec
- i-Phone 6, especially photography
Movies
Wisdom Trove
Dani related
- Paddle ski
- Anniversary nookie
- Photography day at Hawkesbury by river
- Successful nookie
Spiritual
- Some times of deep peace (May especially)
- Deep spiritual experiences - priceless
- By river in camp site (Southern Highlands)
Swims
- Swimming at Port Shepstone
- Swim at Jervis Bay
- Swims with Helen & bombing kids
- Jump into Hawkesbury from rock on hike.
More
- Hawkesbury pub with Chris & co.
- Dinners with Andreas at Bavarian Beer Cafe
- Camera club presentation & feedback & afterglow.
- Drinking the rotten coconut with Helen
- Mindful walks (coffee and later)
Movies
Photography
- The leopard
- Wild dogs
- Newcastle wader photography
- Hunter Valley photography weekend
Nature
- Kruger (leopard, bee-eater, owl, wild dog)
- Bull elephant in Kruger in way
- Orange River stars on final night
- Cathedral Rock National Park
- Cathedral Rock National Park - rock summit
- Regents Bowerbird
- Python
- Millions of soldier crabs
- Stars on The Orange River
More
- New Year fireworks
- Working on Wisdom Trove
- Getting onto minimalism, clutter free
- Peace over Xmas - peace of the farm
- Swimming in the ocean at Nambucca
- Going up naked at HAI
Movies
Blog
- Sue's blog
- Working on my blog's new format.
Great Ocean Road
- Koala in the wild
- Helicopter ride over 12 Apostles
Hiking
- Victoria waterfalls
- Blue Gum forrest
- Hanging Rock
Trip
- Glen Davis
- Abandoned shale mine with snakes
With others
- Sanjay dinner party
- Lizzy courtship (texting, dates, movies, picnic at Clontarf)
- Kayaking with Lizzy
Movies
Teaching English
- Working on English lessons
- Exhilaration of pill in lessons
- Working on English maps
Russel's visit
- Especially Wentworth Falls
Movies
Photography
- Photography site
- Photo editing
- Vivid photos
- Working on photos in Lightroom and Viveza
- Photographing Three Sisters with Mack
Movies
Sydney life
- Farmer's Market
- Moving into Waverton
Photography
- Sydney arial photos
- Photo editing
Trips
- Uluru
- Rock pools at Litchfield National Park
- Hot water baths (New Zealand)
- Dove Lake and Cradle Mountain
- 11 Tasmanian bird endemics
Movies
Trips
- North Queensland trip (Daintree Forest, Cape Tribulation, Tablelands)
- Jack Reacher
Creating
- Technical spec (female portal)
- Fabricmatcher concept development
Photography
- Albatross trip
- Researching and getting the 500 mm lens
- Capertee Valley
More
- Rugby World Cup victory and leap
Movies
Travel
- Climbing Volcano mountain in Chile
- Galapagos (snorkelling with Turtles)
- Iberia
- Mindo
- Pantanol
- Madidi jungle hike
- Inca Trail and Macchu Picchu
- Fitzroy
- Torres del Paine
- World's most dangerous road (Bolivia)
- Iguazu Falls
- Horses in the mist
- High tea at Bariloche
- Rio de Janiero and Ally's red dress
- Ferry journey in Chile
- Isla Grande
- Lewd frolicking in the mud at Parati
- Ice climbing on Grey Glacier
- Working on the blog.
Birds
- Amazon parrots
- Condors
- Half a million Megellanic Penguins
- Hummingbirds in Mindo
- Quetzel
- Cock-of-the-Rock
- Iberia (39)
- Mindo (78)
- Ballestas Islands (esp Inca Tern) (9)
- Galapagos (27)
Sydney
- Drive Melbourne to Sydney and Sydney to Brisbane
- Sydney skyline and Opera House
- Introduction to Sydney
- Research for Mary-Anne
- Two weeks in Manly
- Finding and moving into Blues Point Road
- Learning to use my new camera
- Purchasing Canon lenses (18 - 52, 10-22, 200, 300, 400)
Food
- Bull's testicles
- Guineapig
- Offal hotpot (Brazil)
- Doug and Claudia's pepper-corn steak
- Buffet by weight (Rio)
- Torres del Paine fry up
- Seafood with Doug & Claudia
- Buenos Airies steak
- Lamb chops (El Calafate)
- Isla Grande self service ice cream
Movies
Blogging and photography
- Starting my blog and photography (an instant love affair)
- Learning to use Dreamweaver and creating a site around the blog
- Bird in flight in colleges
Cambridge living
- Finding and moving into our Cambridge apartment
- Library (for movies)
- Cambridge crepes
- Gym & tennis (with Louis)
- Rollerblading
- John Barleycorn ribs
- Picnics
- River and punting
- Botanical Garden
- Cycling along river
- Dinner with Amanda and Johnathon and by the fire
- Ally's face as she fed the lambs at Wimpole Estate
- Meeting up with Nicky (rollerblading, Lion King)
Volvo
- Volvo.com meetings (Bokenas, Rostaried)
- Abba party and dancing forfeit on table
- Barbecue at Matts - whole clove of garlic!
- Mindmanager
- Getting Things Done
- Tennis with Louis
- Volvo Sailing day
- Making Mark and co laugh in Gothenburg
Trips
UK
- Weekend away in East Bourne with Colleen and Steve
- Cliffs where scatter ashes
Egypt, Prague
- Diving in Dahab
- Ride on a horse ridden carriage (Prague)
Canada
- Zip lining in Canada
- Rollerblade Stanley Park
- The Grind walk
- Lake Louise
Business trips
- Amsterdam conference with Volvo (Ally with me)
- Shopping in Greensboro (i-pod, rollerblades, clothes galore)
- Driving on icey roads in Greensboro
- Snow in Greensboro with Caroline - driving
- Iguazu Falls and seeing Toucans
Western Australia
- Birding in Australia
- Shannon National Park (cosy hut, dam, forest walk, little shop)
- Geo caching (Lighthouse & Magazine) - Macavity the Cat
- Rottnest Island (bicycles, camping, lighthouse, quokka, restaurant, birding)
- Snuggling up in the cosy cabin at Shannon National Park
- Lunch at Margarrette's River - and a gorgeous parrot, river walk
Movies
2005
2004
London life
- Touch rugby and the pub
- The Grove rib-eye steak
- Rollerblading
- Mini player
- Les Miserables
- Biking around London (e.g. along the Thames)
- Adam & Michael to stay (Twickenham, rollerblading, touch, wetting them)
- Gym at Hammersmith - bulking up
- Play lounge football with Adam
- Pop Idol - with Simon Cowell, Will Young and Gareth
- Sarah, Penny
- Hammersmith - climbing out of the window and sitting on our "balcony"
- New computer (Hammersmith)
- Minidisk player gift
- Listening to classical music, David Grey and Norah Jones on my minidisk player
Holidays
- Barbados and Conversations with God
- Croatia
Siegelgale
- Safehost project
- Trips to Tel Aviv (Bank Hapoalim) - fun at Hilton & eating out
- Synthesis on Powerpoint
- Fun day out
Cape Town
- Rotanga Junction
- Joanna and Steve's wedding (nookie!)
- Survivor - all of it in one go
Africa
- Serengeti and Crater
- The big 5
- The fever trees, the hogs
- Lake Malawi
- Victoria Falls
- Dune 45
- Namib dunes & trees & Dead Vlei
- Etosha
- Zambezi rapids
- Quad Biking
- Zanzibar
Nepal
- Deep fried apple
- Knight's Tale
- Stillness in Himalayas
- Sea Eagle
- Lake Telicho
- Chitwan (73 birds, sloth bear, tiger in hiding)
- Reading & meditating
- Pokhara Lake
- Muktinath stillness
- Read Lord of the Rings
- Sanjay and Grania
Tour leading
- Being on a high
- Felucca
- Mud at Saklikent
- Oludinez boat
- Shona making move on me (cut off underpants!)
- Niki in Istanbul
- Jump off 2nd balcony (Luxor)
- Paragliding in Turkey
- Desert punch party in Syria
Volvo
- Books on web design
- Staying with Amanda and Johnathon
- Norah Jones
- Working on train on way to work (London to Cambridge)
- Invincible at work (training, project site, manuals)
- Pastry at Liverpool Station
- Working on Template presentation at Gothenberg airport (making interactive)
- Ribs and shandy at the John Barleycorn (the local pub in Duxford)
- Staying over at "Auntie Lynda's" Duxford B&B
- Train to Cambridge
- Smaka restaurant
- Amazing meals out in Gothenburg with expense account (that lamb!)
- Training on CMS, template slides, CMS training document
- Volvo Xmas dinner at Christ's college 2003
- Trips to Gothenburg
- Work Xmas dinner at Christ's college
- Gratitude at getting my life back
- Excel: summarising memories (train, in Brazil)
- Trip to Brazil and The Iguazu Falls
- Trip to North Carolina (Greensboro and Asheville) and rafting
- Meeting Nici in London: First time at restaurant & hotel, rollerblading, The Lion King show, bath
Movies
