Random Gubbins

Not a bad view to wake up to ‘eh.

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:36:38 +0100

Not a bad view to wake up to ‘eh.

© @supafletch (at Brother Baba Budan)

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:10:16 +0100

Here is me at the top of Mount Amos looking down over Wineglass...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:10:24 +0100

Here is me at the top of Mount Amos looking down over Wineglass Bay in the Freycinet National Park, Tasmania. It was a very awesome and slightly scary scramble up and down that I highly recommend you do when you are next in Tasmania.

Wineglass Bay from the top of Mount Amos. It was bloody steep on...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:46:30 +0100

Wineglass Bay from the top of Mount Amos. It was bloody steep on the way up. I have no idea how we’re going to get down again… Eeek. (at Mount amos)

Sydney has some rather brilliantly located outdoor swimming...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:31:31 +0100

Sydney has some rather brilliantly located outdoor swimming pools. Above are the North Sydney Olympic pool next to Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Icebergs Club Olympic pool at Bondi Beach.

fletter: kateoplis: Diamonds Are Bullshit “American males...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:21:15 +0100

fletter:

kateoplis:

Diamonds Are Bullshit

“American males enter adulthood through a peculiar rite of passage - they spend most of their savings on a shiny piece of rock. They could invest the money in assets that will compound over time and someday provide a nest egg. Instead, they trade that money for a diamond ring, which isn’t much of an asset at all. As soon as you leave the jeweler with a diamond, it loses over 50% of its value.

Americans exchange diamond rings as part of the engagement process, because in 1938 De Beers decided that they would like us to. Prior to a stunningly successful marketing campaign 1938, Americans occasionally exchanged engagement rings, but wasn’t a pervasive occurrence. Not only is the demand for diamonds a marketing invention, but diamonds aren’t actually that rare. Only by carefully restricting the supply has De Beers kept the price of a diamond high.

Countless American dudes will attest that the societal obligation to furnish a diamond engagement ring is both stressful and expensive. But here’s the thing - this obligation only exists because the company that stands to profit from it willed it into existence.

So here is a modest proposal: Let’s agree that diamonds are bullshit and reject their role in the marriage process. Let’s admit that as a society we got tricked for about century into coveting sparkling pieces of carbon, but it’s time to end the nonsense.”

Read on.

Amen.

Yes! Lets do this! I, for one, have zero interest in diamonds. I have zero interest in rings. I’m also probably never going to get married but if I ever do I’d like a tree rather than a diamond please. Thanks.

Stefan’s buddy made him an extra life for his travels in...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:57:12 +0100

Stefan’s buddy made him an extra life for his travels in Australia. Sweet. (at Strahan)

Blue Mountains waterfalls

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:57:03 +0100

Blue Mountains waterfalls

I’m in the Blue Mountains, walking down the ‘Charles Darwin’ track to Wentworth...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:40:06 +0100

I’m in the Blue Mountains, walking down the ‘Charles Darwin’ track to Wentworth Falls where, I’m told, Darwin saw a platypus and thought, “There’s no way God made that, it’s far too weird.” Then invented evolution. His great great grandson, Chris, lives in the Blue Mountains and works as a tour guide.

The Blue Mountains. Not very Blue. Not all that convinced...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:11:52 +0100

The Blue Mountains. Not very Blue. Not all that convinced they’re even mountains. Bloody pretty though.

visitheworld: Walking on the Hanging Rock highline, Blue...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:30:09 +0100

visitheworld:

Walking on the Hanging Rock highline, Blue Mountains, Australia (by Loz ‘n Tim).

On my way to the blue mountains right now. Might have a go at this while I’m there. Yup.

I’m in Sydney.

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:48:12 +0100

I’m in Sydney.

Me and Tāne. By Monika Buglowski.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:53:12 +0000

Me and Tāne. By Monika Buglowski.

"I can’t stress this enough: Do what you love…in between work commitments, and family commitments,..."

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:57:38 +0000

“I can’t stress this enough: Do what you love…in between work commitments, and family commitments, and commitments that tend to pop up and take immediate precedence over doing the thing you love. Because the bottom line is that life is short, and you owe it to yourself to spend the majority of it giving yourself wholly and completely to something you absolutely hate, and 20 minutes here and there doing what you feel you were put on this earth to do.”

- Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life (via zachklein)

We stayed in an old jailhouse in Christchurch. #gpoy

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:21:30 +0000

We stayed in an old jailhouse in Christchurch. #gpoy

Swimming with, and watching, hundreds of dolphins in Kaikoura,...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:15:40 +0000

Swimming with, and watching, hundreds of dolphins in Kaikoura, New Zealand.

I went swimming with dolphins in Kaikoura. I was hoping to see...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:36:53 +0000

I went swimming with dolphins in Kaikoura. I was hoping to see three or four of them, I got a few more… It was mind blowing.

Things I have seen in New Zealand.

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:22:00 +0000

Lake Matheson

Lake Matheson

Some Lake

Queenstown

Things I have seen in New Zealand.

I spent my birthday hiking the Tongariro Crossing. It’s not...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:14:35 +0000

I spent my birthday hiking the Tongariro Crossing. It’s not really a crossing anymore since the volcano erupted last year, but it was still every bit as beautiful as I had hoped. Volcanoes are cool.

My new buddy.

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:00:14 +0000

My new buddy.