Some pics from 2000

Howdy,

I was just doing a bit of a tidy up on my laptop and thought I would share this sunset. All photos in this post are of the same sunset and are taken about 5 to 10 minutes apart. They were taken at Menindee Lakes in NSW about 100km from Broken Hill. It was an amazing place, the water was the colour of milk and is probably why the reflections came out so well.

Anyway, enjoy!

Pics from last break

November is here and Cicadas are emerging from underground.

I spotted this one drying it's wings on my water tank.









This one was on the wall of the house.







The patterns on it's back are amazing. It would make a great design for a tattoo...

Back from break

Just got back from break yesterday. Had a stopover in Townsville on the way out to do an industry general induction course that didn't finish until almost 8pm (I got up at 2:30am to get to the airport on time)

Apart from being too long, the course didn't provide any food other than International Roast coffee and some biscuits.

Was damn starving by 8pm and we went for a couple of beers (then a couple too many) and found all the eateries nearby had closed so ended up having a liquid dinner!!

Steve Irwin - dangerous photo

Crikey that was dangerous Steve.

Many people don't know this but kangaroos have a poisonous spine or barb.

The aboriginals believed it was an aphrodisiac and would eat it.

You probably have eaten it yourself...


Surely you've had Roo-barb before?


Sheesh, that was bad.

We had apple and rhubarb crumble for desert last night and I got a mental image of Steve Irwin with a roo-barb stuck in him.

No offence meant. Steve was a great guy.

A single piece of paper

Amazing what can done with a single piece of paper and plenty of spare time...

Agro has returned

Due to popular demand (well, at the request of Tony actually) I have returned to blogging here in a more simplified setting. (you can still access it by the url http://agro.bucketty.org)

I have a new toy too:




Hopefully the camera takes as good a shot as the Ericsson did.

A little about me.

G'Day, I am Agrophobic or Agro for short. I am not actuall an agoraphobic but I chose a bastardisation of that term for my net name for several reasons. If you don't know what an agoraphobic is, it is a person with a fear of open spaces (like the opposite of a claustrophobic).
I modified it to Agrophobic cos it looks better and it can be shortened to Agro :D (and also coz the first time I used it I didn't know the correct spelling).

I thought the name was suitable because when I first got on the internet I kinda hibernated in my room a bit and was not going outside much.

I actually love being outside and would prefer to be alone in the middle of nowhere (so long as I have net access) than living in suburbia.

I live with my partner and 2 kids in a little community about 1 1/2 hrs drive north from Sydney NSW. We have 33 acres of bushland that is surrounded by national parks and state forests.


I recently changed jobs after travelling to Sydney every day for the last 6 1/2 yrs (well not quite every day) and what with current fuel prices, parking expenses, road tolls etc it was costing me 1/3 of my wage just to get to work not to mention the mobile phone bill of about $400 a month.

So now I am working for a Geophysical Survey team doing mineral exploration in various places around the outback. We are currently on station at Cannington Mine in north west Queensland.

We usually work 3 weeks on then get flown home for a week off then fly back out. While we are "in station" all our expenses are paid except for smokes and booze (bugger) but at least the beer here is only $1.60 each!!

I have started this blog to give me an outlet to share images and ideas about the areas I visit for work.

Hope you enjoy your visit.

Agro