I woke late for me. Barrie made breakfast. We first went down to the jetty where a car had gone over the cliff during the night. Seems the whole town was out looking. We then parked at the local gold club and walked down to the beach where we looked for a geocache. The beach was the site of the original mineral spa of Clifton Spring. We saw lots of remnants including beach glass. The hills were covered with oxalis. We scrambled up a hill because stupid me didn’t notice that the cache was a terrain 3.
We went to the winery for a wine tasting and lunch while Joy worked on the winery’s printer. She joined us for the main course. I had scallops wrapped in prosciutto and a fillet with beets.
Later we went to Port Arlington to take fabric to Pinkaboo where Joy picked out a bag to be covered to take to her son’s wedding. We looked for another cache, but didn’t find it. We had themomix treats for supper.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Australia 2008
August 30, 2008
My friend Joy and I went geocaching on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne. We found it!
I put a bunch of pictures up on Flickr and will label them later.
My friend Joy and I went geocaching on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne. We found it!
I put a bunch of pictures up on Flickr and will label them later.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Phil's Birthday
We began on Friday with a canoe trip on Lake Blue Ridge. Saturday included a geocache adventure and a "reventure" into the forest -- fording streams with the car and getting lost.
All ended with as usual cake and champagne.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
July 12 to 14 Auckland
July 12
Lesley and Sam took me to the airport. Early flight to Auckland was uneventful except that Air New Zealand told me I had two reservations for the same flight. I fixed that when I got to Auckland.
Alison picked me up and we went grocery shopping. Her friend Gail and Colin brought their two-year olds to spend the night. Alison's daughter Donelle brought her kids for supper as well. I went with Tony to take Don Gotterbarn to the airport, and then Alison put on a very big 4 course meal.
July 13
Alison took me to Unitec where I gave a lecture to a group of PhD students in Donald Joyce's class.
She picked me up later and we went with the twins to an 86th birthday party for her father in Pukekohe.
View of valley around Pukekohe
Twins with Alison's Dad's mobility scooters
We then went to her father's where we picked up his car for Alison. We took the twins back to Alison's and fed them dinner as well.
After wine and leftovers I went to bed.
July 14
I worked on my expense account and packed. Tony and I went for a walk.
Alison came and we had lunch. She left me off at the airport and I found my plane was very late.
I changed thanks to Skype and will fly Air New Zealand.
Lesley and Sam took me to the airport. Early flight to Auckland was uneventful except that Air New Zealand told me I had two reservations for the same flight. I fixed that when I got to Auckland.
Alison picked me up and we went grocery shopping. Her friend Gail and Colin brought their two-year olds to spend the night. Alison's daughter Donelle brought her kids for supper as well. I went with Tony to take Don Gotterbarn to the airport, and then Alison put on a very big 4 course meal.
July 13
Alison took me to Unitec where I gave a lecture to a group of PhD students in Donald Joyce's class.
She picked me up later and we went with the twins to an 86th birthday party for her father in Pukekohe.
View of valley around Pukekohe
Twins with Alison's Dad's mobility scooters
We then went to her father's where we picked up his car for Alison. We took the twins back to Alison's and fed them dinner as well.
After wine and leftovers I went to bed.
July 14
I worked on my expense account and packed. Tony and I went for a walk.
Alison came and we had lunch. She left me off at the airport and I found my plane was very late.
I changed thanks to Skype and will fly Air New Zealand.
Friday, July 11, 2008
July 10 and 11 Dunedin South Island, New Zealand
July 10 Tony took me to the airport at 6am for my flight to Dunedin. Although it was a gorgeous morning a bit of fog was on the Dunedin runway and after 3 unsuccessful attempts to land, we went to Invercargill where buses took us on the 3-hour trip to Dunedin.
A cab took me to Otago Polytechnic where I met with Sam and Lesley and then met the School CEO. We went to a talk on the Orokonui Ecosanctuary. Then supper at the Speight's Ale House restaurant.
The room I stayed in overlooking rugby stadium
July 11 We spent the rather grey morning working on the SIGCSE website.
The day cleared and we found a geocache very near Lesley and Sam's house on a little track.
We went to the Otago Museum for lunch and a quick look round.
Then we headed to the Otago Peninsula for spectacular scenery.
Back home we heard the grand preparations for the All-Black Spring Boks rugby match that was to be held across the motorway.
See the photos
A cab took me to Otago Polytechnic where I met with Sam and Lesley and then met the School CEO. We went to a talk on the Orokonui Ecosanctuary. Then supper at the Speight's Ale House restaurant.
The room I stayed in overlooking rugby stadium
July 11 We spent the rather grey morning working on the SIGCSE website.
The day cleared and we found a geocache very near Lesley and Sam's house on a little track.
We went to the Otago Museum for lunch and a quick look round.
Then we headed to the Otago Peninsula for spectacular scenery.
Back home we heard the grand preparations for the All-Black Spring Boks rugby match that was to be held across the motorway.
See the photos
Thursday, July 10, 2008
July 7-9 Auckland, NZ
July 7. Days spent at NAACQ Conference. Alison had broken her toe at the conference banquet!
I gave the keynote at the end of the conference talking about the Oral History Project. We checked out of the hotel and went to Alison and Tony's. Alison cooked a big delicious dinner.
July 8. Tony, Don and I went to AUT where I gave a workshop on Alice programming. The person who was to have the accounts set up hadn't done it so we had a slow start. Two high school teachers--Gerard and Malcolm,from AUT Graham, Gordon, Tony, plus Don, and from Otago -- Dale, Lesley and Sam attended. We switched to looking at lots of languages in the afternoon. Then home for another Alison meal.
July 9
We had a lot of trouble getting out of the house. We tried to get a printer hooked up to print the geocache info, never did getr it on my machine. Then we went to the boat to pick up the geocache. I thought that meant walking on a dock and getting it but it meant getting through the yacht club gate for which Tony had the wrong code; getting the dinghy; getting into the dinghy which we nearly swamped (both Don and I had wet rears from the unbalanced load); rowing a long ways to the boat; me doing a very ungraceful entry.
Yacht club
Little Oneroa
See all the photos
Alison's Boot
I gave the keynote at the end of the conference talking about the Oral History Project. We checked out of the hotel and went to Alison and Tony's. Alison cooked a big delicious dinner.
July 8. Tony, Don and I went to AUT where I gave a workshop on Alice programming. The person who was to have the accounts set up hadn't done it so we had a slow start. Two high school teachers--Gerard and Malcolm,from AUT Graham, Gordon, Tony, plus Don, and from Otago -- Dale, Lesley and Sam attended. We switched to looking at lots of languages in the afternoon. Then home for another Alison meal.
July 9
We had a lot of trouble getting out of the house. We tried to get a printer hooked up to print the geocache info, never did getr it on my machine. Then we went to the boat to pick up the geocache. I thought that meant walking on a dock and getting it but it meant getting through the yacht club gate for which Tony had the wrong code; getting the dinghy; getting into the dinghy which we nearly swamped (both Don and I had wet rears from the unbalanced load); rowing a long ways to the boat; me doing a very ungraceful entry.
Yacht club
Getting the dinghy
We had coffee and then took the ferry to Waiheke. It was a gorgeous day. Took the bus to Little Oneroa and walked along a track to find the geocache.Little Oneroa
We found the cache and walked into Oneroa where we bought wine. The winery Alison had gone to in 2006 has gone out of business so I bought Peninsular Vineyard wine. We then took a cab to Mudbrick Winery for lunch.
Found the Cache!
Lunch wine
View from winery
Lunch wine
View from winery
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