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Mt Kosciuszko

22 January 2010 by Mike250, No Comments (89 views)
Mt Kosciuszko

Australia’s tallest mountain was our target as we ventured south to the Snowy Mountains. Stopping in Canberra to make half a day out of the Australian War Memorial (which was superb), we continued on until we arrived in Berridale, NSW. The Saturday was spent at the annual Australia Day Cricket Carnival in Cooma; a great [...]

The big surprise

17 February 2009 by Mike250, No Comments (355 views)

When Jenifer got word that her brother Jesse was getting married we knew we had to get her over to the States for the second time in a year. For a second wedding in a year.  The previous was Josiah and Sarah’s wedding, the timing on that occasion wasn’t good for a family trip so [...]

Golf Day

10 August 2008 by Mike250, No Comments (393 views)

My good mate Markus is moving back home to Germany. He’s been in Australia about as long as we have, moving to Australia with his girlfriend Nina mid last year to study. We met them by accident through a friend who found them lost on a mountain trail, and haven’t looked back. Needless to say we’re [...]

New Camera – Nikon D70

10 August 2008 by Mike250, No Comments (369 views)

Courtesy of my wonderful Mother-In-Law I have an amazing new camera to take all my shots with. I already own a Minolta Maxxum 5 35mm SLR but find I don’t use it very often; there’s something about developing photo’s that turns me off. Plus I don’t have a great lens so I can’t really get [...]

I’m not a munchkin…

8 September 2007 by Mike250, 4 Comments (1,010 views)

…Julia and Claudia are. Julia maintained her amazing ability to win games and Claudia joined in by helping Julia to win which ensured she also won. At least that’s what I think happened. You see, we were playing the very catchy card game Munchkin. Markus had been telling us for a while now that he [...]