For some reason BP in New Zealand have a thing about selling pies…
Monthly Archive for December, 2006
This is what we do to possums in NZ…
Last week Nick, Michelle, Ewan and myself travelled the Otago Central Rail Trail for four days by bicycle. It’s an old railway (now unused like many sadly) which has been converted into a cycle and walking track for use by the public. We covered 140km in the four days, enjoying pub food and freezing southerly winds along the way.
I came across this wonderful new game in a backpackers in Oturehua called “Funworder”. You get these tiles and have to lay them out on a grid where you get points according to the letters and where you place them. Seems a little familiar but can’t quite place where I’ve seen the idea before…
Ewan put a few words out, note the triple word score for “spaz”…
If you thought you already knew what crappy handyman workmanship looked like maybe you should think again. This is a little gem from a pretty average backpackers in Middlemarch, in Central Otago in beautiful New Zealand.
Three years later the burnt out domes are getting repainted, they look very white!
I see some wonderful sights as I ride back and forth from town to Mt Stromlo. Below is one of the recent highlights…
Work is well underway on rebuilding the Commonwealth Solar Observatory (CSO), where people here used to have bbq’s every second week. The painted silver domes have been unveiled recently, and look very shiny!
After each day of the xmas06 talks, many of us had a great time enjoying a few beverages and catching up. Russell and Deanna came all the way from Queensland and Melbourne respectively, and a number of Sydneysiders completed the excellent group of social astronomers that were let loose on an unsuspecting Canberra.
Cheers for two awesome and funny 4am nights guys, I might have won the iPod with and early night but it wouldn’t have been as much fun.
The 4th annual Stromlo Student Seminars were held Thursday and Friday last week, and were a resounding success.
Thanks to all those who made the effort to come from elsewhere and contribute to a great couple of days of student science.
See this post for notes on the social side of things…
