Wildlife rescue
Whilst riding around the east coast of Tasmania in 2023, Danielle and I were shocked by how bad the roadkill situation is in Tasmania. One of the inexorable truths of bicycle touring in a country such as Australia — lots …
Blog
As I transition my blog from my old WordPress blog to this one, you’ll see posts pop up out of order, layouts change, posts not quite finished, et cetera. However, hopefully you like the new streamlined speed and simplicity of my new site. If you do spot a weird error, please tell me.
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If you’ve ever Google’d the humble HTML <b> tag, and read more than three of the results returned, you’ll have inevitably come across the hordes of self-righteous knobs on StackExchange berating people (especially those …
Why caravans are “The Enemy”
When my partner Danielle and I are out riding our bikes, we have a few shorthand ways to alert each other to various dangers, some of them obvious, some of them little in-jokes known only to us
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Transitioning from Wordpress to Hugo
I have, for the past few years, run a little personal blog on Wordpress called “Getting Out There”. Over the years I’ve hosted it at different hosts and domains, and added to it much the same as one might build extra …
A nice relaxing birthday fishing session
Fish, sunshine, old friends, and a sad visit to my Nan's final resting place
I’m in Brisbane, Queensland for the Matildas vs. Nigeria football match on Thursday night, as part of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. As today is my birthday I decided to take the day off work and spend it fishing and …
Melbourne to Brisbane by train for the Matildas
The FIFA Women’s World Cup is in full swing and this lucky little bugger has tickets to the Australia vs. Nigeria match in Brisbane on 27 July. To make a real journey out of it, I decided to opt for the overnight express …
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Sneaking away mid-week for an Eildon fishing session
With everything in my life being so busy lately, I managed to get away for a sneaky mid-week overnight fishing trip on Tuesday afternoon, returning last night.
2022: What a year so far! 😮💨
Since starting the year working for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, I’ve been very happy, and very busy in equal measure. We might only be in mid-April but it feels like a very long time.
My Melbourne commute to work
One of the great benefits of my new job at the Starlight Children’s Foundation is the location of the Melbourne office: right on the Yarra River where Church Street becomes Chapel Street, in a commercial hub of the city …
I got the job! Working at Starlight Children’s Foundation
Remember that job interview I sat in December in Wodonga? No? Well, I did, and I got the gig! I’ve started working at the Starlight Children’s Foundation as a digital marketing producer.
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Roaming around Wodonga/Albury
My partner is a criminal barrister, and a few times a year she undertakes circuits, where she travels to a regional court and works there for 3–4 weeks. Sometimes she’ll come home on the weekends, sometimes not, …
So where the hell ya been?!
The last time I wrote, I was just tentatively getting back on the bike and out on the road. Wow, what a whirlwind few months it has been!!
Pure joy in getting back on the road again!
Finally got back on my bike today for the first time in 2021, after seven months recovering from spinal surgery. The shitty weather and blowing cold Ballarat wind couldn’t take away from my sheer joy in being back on the …
Planning a tour of the Apple Isle: Tasmania 2022
With international borders closed (for Australians, anyway) until god-only-knows-when, and a nice local trip looking very attractive as an introduction to touring for my partner Danielle, we’ve been planning a Tasmanian …
Bored and hunting some local stockies
My mate Stephen and I hit the local lakes around Ballarat today, hunting some little trout that have been recently stocked for the school holidays.
“Tell ‘im he’s dreamin’!” Dealing with lockdown boredom by prepping for Europe
Victoria is currently in our fourth COVID-19 lockdown, and I find myself sitting inside, on a chill but sunny Sunday afternoon in late autumn, preparing for a European bike tour that might never eventuate, but even if it …
Listening to and thinking about Kris Kristofferson, and other country legends I hope to see live one day, before it’s too late 🎸🎵💬🎨
No matter what mood I’m in on a particular day, or in a particular period of my life — happiness, sadness, anxiety, contentment, fury, passion, indifference, love, hate, quiet reflection or a need for a pick-me-up — Kris …
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First half-century in the bag!
My first real milestone
I achieved my first half-century today, logging 50 kilometres on my way out to Creswick and back to Ballarat. The ride was very scenic, and the smell of eucalypts made for a strenuous but altogether very enjoyable day …