U3A Camera Club Outing - Part 1

I went on an outing today with the University of the 3rd Age (Redlands) camera club. First we met at the Underwood Park for a walk around, then we had morning tea and afterwards visited the Buddhist Temple next door.

John is concentrating on the bird life on the pond.

Noisy Myna

A Cormorant

A log

Irish Bill in action

Aussie Bill in action

A handy tripod

A white duck

Another tree tripod shot

What a LARC

On our recent visit to the Town of 1770 on the Central Queensland Coast, we took a day-trip on a Larc (Light Amphibious Resupply Cargo) vessel up to Bustard Head Lightstation. It was a lot of fun.

Carnarvon Gorge

I cut a little movie clip of the fabulous Carnarvon Gorge in Central Queensland we visited recently on our mystery tour. Then I added music composed by my son-in-law David from his CD 'Autumn Moon'

New Kitchen - New Paint Job

Having a new white kitchen clashed with the already white walls. So! Off we went to Bunnings to buy some wall paint. I got roped into painting the wall in a blue-grey tone which now makes the new kitchen look even better. 

Bear Park Berne

The baby bears, Urs and Berna, are out and about with their mother Björk at the Bear park in Bern. See what they're up to:

Out with the old and In with the new

You have probably seen our new kitchen on Diane's Blog. The kitchen awaited us when we returned from Sydney last week. Here is what happened behind the scenes by Kitchen Magic, Keith, Jason and Joanne:

The old 20 year old kitchen is removed

Nearly all gone.

The old cork floor looked a bit worse for wear so we had engaged a new flooring contractor to straighten out all the bumps and squeaks of the floor once the old kitchen was removed. Again, Kitchen Magic came to the rescue by recommending the flooring contractor and helping him fix the old floor.

Before we left for Sydney, Joanne from Kitchen Magic drove us to Rocklea to inspect the fabricated kitchen cupboards and drawers and pick the handles.

The day arrives where the new kitchen is delivered. Joanne took this shot from their balcony.

Jason then started installing the new kitchen.

The new kitchen is in and all that remains to be done is fit the splash-back glass under the window and above the cooktop.

Again, if you want to see the finished kitchen, click here to see Diane's Blog.

Introducing my son-in-law, David

We are in Sydney presently staying with our daughter Carol-Ann and composer son-in-law David who has worked in London in the position of Composer-in-residence at the BBC Radio Drama Department. He has receently completed 35 episodes of the popular children's TV series Fireman Sam Series 6 and 7 as well as Fireman Sam, the feature movie, soon to be released in Australia.

David has now set up a studio in Sydney and is currently working on a couple of films and a show called Imageless Film Festival for the Powerhouse Arts Theatre in Brisbane. 

David in one of his his studios in Sydney