Monday, November 28, 2011

Schindlers lift.....

Coming out of a gig in the convention centre the other night and noticed this on the escalator,I thought this guy mainly did elevators?

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Making spaceships with Finn

I have been putting aside as many cardboard boxes as I could for the last few weeks for Finn. We had a few options the other day, a train, a castle, a robot suit, but Finn finally decided on a super fast spaceship complete with wings an everything. Today im going to try to mount it on/around his bike so he can cycle it around the place.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Full Rainbow

Not often you get a chance to see one of these, this is the view out our back door from yesterday afternoon


Saturday, November 05, 2011

Barrel conversion

I had an idea a few months to convert a wine barrel for home theatre and hombrew purposes. Its on three castors and is ideal for outdoor cinema activities. We watched the snapper on it the other night, what a blast from the past. If you fancy doing this a few obstacles are the fact that there is not a single adhesive element in cooperage so be sure to reinforce the entire thing from the inside before cutting. There can be up to 5 litres of wine soaked into the wood so either sand it back (loose structural support) or just seal it with varnish or a paint like I did. Also, make sure your projector is well ventitd as the hot air can split the wood and in extreme circumstances cause the whole thint go up in flames.

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Mel-burn-cup

There is an annual horse race, grand national-esque, which is accompanied my many local traditions including the novelty bonnet. This was our departments attempt at school last week, we came second, scoring points for innovation......

Airway congestion....

Some attribute the recent qantas grounding to union issues, truth is the annual graduation of the year 12's here at school, along with its ritual releasing of balloons may have something to do with it......