Bike pump
26 October 2019
How to kill 8 hours in Hong Kong airport
My flight to Hong Kong was comfortable and less than half full. I had the entire middle block to myself and could have laid down, but did not. In ....
I do not care if I am late
26 October 2019
Eating breakfast at the house lounge in Melbourne airport
OK, so as happens every November, I am heading to Japan for 4 weeks to climb mountains, shoot at typhoons and annoy the new Emperor. This time I w....
The shortest update
22 July 2019
Going from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi on an Etihad Airbus A380
Now I am back in the Etihad lounge at Abu Dhabi airport eating waffles. The flight was fine, an Airbus A380, completely full. 7 hour leg. The onl....
The last lap
21 July 2019
The London fun run and a visit to the national library
Is this the end? Maybe, in more ways than one. Hypochondria has kicked in. Although I feel fine, my pulse has been inexplicably high all day. Scie....
The other Southbank
20 July 2019
Walking along Southbank to Tower bridge
For my last night in London I headed back to Southbank and walked the other way. Finally getting to the Tower Bridge, which despite not being very....
Flying museum visit
20 July 2019
The RAAF museum is still free and still great
As I predicted, when I woke up, it was raining, followed by 2 seconds of blue sky, then a huge amount of rain and even some thunder. Therefore I d....
Wet cold and windy
19 July 2019
Inside Tottenham stadium, walking around china town and M&M's world
Now the real London has arrived. It has been cold wet and windy all day. The start of this evening was probably the driest part of the day, but no....
The big park
18 July 2019
Regents park is kind of hidden away but absolutely enormous
Today I went to somewhere near Birmingham and back. The original plan was to drive, but upon checking the traffic situation, that changed to train....
2 new strategies
17 July 2019
Exploring the Thames near St Pauls cathedral
To actually give myself some non work time in the evening and to find more opportunities in the day time to sneakily take a few photos, I took my ....