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How do you get an entire theatre of geeks to follow you out into a hot windy field? Inflate a red balloon. Three guys from Project Horus talked about what it means to fly a balloon into the stratosphere, this was a demo with a small 50g tracking payload.

LCA2012 - GeekMyDinner

linux.conf.au/wiki/index.php/GeekMyDinner

Road Trip 2011 - South East NSW and Victoria

A day in Cobaw State Forest

Cloudehill Gardens

Pumping Station (Scienceworks)

Grampians

Healesville Sanctuary

Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne

Waverley Camera Club outing to the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne.

Road Trip 2010 - Snowy Mountains

Road trip over the 2010 Australia Day weekend from Melbourne up to the Snowy Mountains

Road Trip 2011 - Melbourne to Perth and back

WCC competition entries

Photos that I have submitted to Waverley Camera Club competitions.

Pakenham National 2010

Entries into the 6th Pakenham National Photographic Exhibition 2010

Blue Lotus Water Garden

From the Waverley Camera Club outing to the Blue Lotus Water Garden in Yarra Junction

WCC Macro Workshop

Workshop at the Waverley Camera Club where the topic was Macro. After a brief discussion we started to experiment. I was able to borrow some Kenko extension tubes which I used with my 50mm lens and off camera flash.

Point Cook Air Pageant 2010

Brisbane 2009

Wandering around the Brisbane CBD, gardens and Southbank the day before OSDC2009

Sunset from Beacon Cove

On Friday, 19 February 2010 the Waverley Camera Club met at Beacon Cove for a night shoot.

ISS visible pass (15 February 2010)

Some test shots of the stars and then my first shot of the International Space Station passing overhead. I'm actually quite pleased given that it's from the suburbs of Melbourne with plenty of light pollution.

Monash Uni - Clayton

Walking around the Clayton campus of Monash Uni one lunchtime

Melbourne laneways and arcades

An outing through some of Melbourne's laneways and arcades with the Waverley Camera Club

Light painting

After a failed attempt with the camera club to shoot start trails (it clouded over instead of clearing) we switched to plan b, long exposures of a different kind.

@pjf the Mad Scientist

On the final day of OSDC2009 Paul dressed up again and insisted that he had his photo taken with a certain car...

OSDC2009 - Day 3

OSDC2009 - Dinner

OSDC2009 - Day 2

OSDC2009 - Day 1

Melbourne Perl Mongers Perl 5.12 bug triage (November 2009)

For the November 2009 Melbourne Perl Mongers meeting, Paul Fenwick co-opted us into triaging bugs for the impending release of Perl 5.12

Melbourne Perl Mongers Bug Squash (September 2009)

For the September 2009 Melbourne Perl Mongers meeting, Paul Fenwick co-opted us into attempting to squashing bugs in the Volatile 100

BarCampMelbourne (September 2009)

Melbourne Photo Walk #3 (July 2009)

My photos from the third (second that I went on) Melbourne Photo Walk. All of these photos have been cropped, some are HDR, some have had levels adjusted and a couple are otherwise untouched.

Web Standards Group (July 2009)

Web Standards Group - July meeting (Melbourne)

Web Standards Group (May 2009)

Web Standards Group - May meeting (Melbourne)

Web Standards Group (February 2009)

Web Standards Group - February meeting (Melbourne)

Montsalvat

An outing to Montsalvat with the Waverley Camera Club

Balloons, bulbs and party poppers

The results of a sound triggered flash workshop at the Waverley Camera Club. My blog post about it.

Lego Technic

StixCamp Newstead

WCC BBQ at Jells Park (February 2009)

Melbourne Photo Walk #2 (February 2009)

Melbourne Photo Walk #2

Removing the East Malvern pedestrian bridge

In order to widen the Monash Freeway they needed to remove the pedestrian bridge at East Malvern railway station as one of the pillars needs to be relocated further out. These photos are from the second of two 11PM-8AM closures of the freeway.

Eastlink at night

The better results from long exposure experiments at various points along Eastlink.

WCC outing to Docklands (November 2008)

OSDC2008 - Day 3

OSDC2008 - Day 2

OSDC2008 - Day 1

Web Standards Group (November 2008)

Web Standards Group - November meeting (Melbourne)

Web Standards Group (September 2008)

Web Standards Group - September meeting (Melbourne)

Web Standards Group (August 2008)

Web Standards Group - August Meeting (Melbourne)

Melbourne Perl Mongers (August 2008)

Digital SLR course

Some of the photos taken for the seven week digital SLR course that a friend suggested we do.

Melbourne Perl Mongers (June 2008)

Web Standards Group (May 2008)

Web Standards Group - May Meeting (Melbourne)

Melbourne Perl Mongers (May 2008)

Web Standards Group (April 2008)

Web Standards Group - April meeting (Melbourne) I again borrowed a 50mm f/1.8 lens that really worked well in this situation where I was only using the limited available light. Apart from cropping I only adjusted the two photos in the set of the audience. One to brighten and the other to (attempt to) colour balance the flash.

Melbourne Perl Mongers (April 2008)

April 2008 Melbourne Perl Mongers meeting at a new location in Southbank / South Melbourne. I had also borrowed a 50mm f/1.8 lens for the night. I liked the wide aperture, but not the narrow angle of view.

PubStandards Melbourne XIV

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Pub Mongers (March 2008)

Die-cast Dinky Toys

My father's Dinky Toys (not the only Dinky product he had). I remember playing with these at my grandparent's house many years ago and for some time now they have been stored up in the roof. I have identified them as best I could (http://www.dinkytoys.ch/ was a lot of help) but there are a couple (such as the 3-ton Army Wagon which might just be missing the wagon canopy) that I am not sure about.

My Lego sets

After being stored in the roof for many years, I sorted out the tubs of mixed pieces by assembling the sets as best I could.

Bike paths and Eastlink (January 2008)

Damien and I went for a bicycle ride that encountered EastLink a couple of times... Description and maps can be found on my site.

Computer desk

Some photos over time of my desk and my computer

Bad drivers

Photos of bad drivers that I have taken at various times. I suspect most will be of bad parking. But I've called the set 'Bad drivers' as the driver is responsible for the vehicle...

Australian International Airshow 2007

Dandenong Police Paddocks Reserve (March 2007)

One Sunday I rode down the Dandenong Creek Path to the Dandenong Police Paddocks Reserve. There were two reasons for this. First to see if it was a viable option for someone riding from Endeavour Hills to Monash and second to see what the scout campsite was like these days.

Melbourne Perl Mongers (March 2007)

Steamrail Open Weekend 2007

Over the Labour Day long weekend (Saturday March 10th to Monday March 12th, 2007) Steamrail was open for the public to view various exhibits on display from their operational fleet and current restoration projects.

Fire Services Museum

Melbourne Perl Mongers (February 2007)

Monthly Melbourne Perl Mongers meeting on Wednesday 14 February 2007.

OSDC2006

A few random photos that I took at OSDC 2006.

Wandering through the city (September 2006)

After dropping in at the Software Freedom Day Bazaar I wandered through Federation Square, on to Southbank and back to Flinders Street Station.

Melbourne Perl Mongers (August 2006)

Monthly Melbourne Perl Mongers meeting on Wednesday 9 August 2006.

Riding near Westall (April 2006)

One Sunday I went for a bicycle ride which included following the railway line from Springvale Station up to Hughesdale Station.

Puffing Billy (February 2006)

New Years Eve 2005

Phong and I decided to go into the city for New Years Eve. While it was still light we went up to the Melbourne Observation Deck. We went back up later for the early fireworks but only two photos came out...

Moving to open plan (November 2005)

On 25th November 2005 we moved from our second temporary office to the new and improved open plan area.

Training in the city (October 2005)

In early October 2005 I attended two days of data modelling training in the city.

Kooyong Station (May 2005)

After Melbourne Perl Mongers I got a lift to Kooyong Station. Unfortunately I just missed a train which meant I had to wait half an hour for the next one. This gave me the opportunity to take some photos but the low light made that difficult.

Maribyrnong River Path (April 2005)

On the 22nd of April 2005 I went for a ride along the bicycle path that follows the Maribyrnong River.

Construction of the Vermont South Tram Extension (March 2005)

The Burwood Highway and Springvale Road interestection was closed from 8PM on Friday 18th March 2005 until 4AM on Monday the 21st of March 2005 in order for the tracks across the interestion to be installed. This is the next weekend...

Westall goods siding and yard (March 2005)

Springvale Cemetery Railway Line (March 2005)

"Another feature of the cemetery that no longer exists is the Railway Line. The Springvale Cemetery Railway Line opened on the 7th of February 1904. Corpses from Melbourne and intermediate stations were carried free of charge on the assumption that mourners journeying by rail to the Cemetery would bring revenue to the Railway Department. The carriage of pauper corpses were charged at 10 shillings as it was assumed that no such revenue would be obtained. Funeral trains left from the Mortuary Platform at Princes Bridge Station Melbourne and travelled to The Necropolis Springvale Station. Trains stopped at Springvale to pick up the baton to change the line. In January 1951 the line was closed when Sandown Racecourse was extended." - The Necropolis Springvale, A Historical Perspective