There has been much in the local news about the problems with Sydney’s rail network and the new changes to the timetables that have come in recently. Fortunately, Artarmon residents are one of the beneficiaries of the new timetables. Artarmon is positioned between two “interchange” stations – St Leonards and Chatswood. Express trains would always … [Read More »]

My father has just started his own blog – Trevor’s Twitchings of Australian Birds. He is an avid ornithologist (birdwatcher), and uses the term “Twitching” – which originates from the UK and also means birdwatching. Wikipedia has some information on Twitching My sister has been blogging for several months now, since she has been on … [Read More »]

We said goodbye to our unit today – one final visit to finish cleaning the oven and make sure we didn’t forget anything. Then we headed down to the real estate agency to return the keys. It’s a bit sad to go – we’ve been there six and a half years, but already I’m wondering … [Read More »]

I managed to get the main parts of the office set up today … my PC, LJ’s PC, the server, my laptop, my desk phone and the cordless phone (both connected through NodePhone), my work phone, the ADSL router, the gigabit switch, the printer. I’m pretty happy with the setup – it’s pretty spacious, and … [Read More »]

Well, we finally moved in to our new place today. The removalists came this morning just after 8am and were done by soon after midday (which was actually a lot longer than I expected). No problems with the move at all – other than some concern about the weight of my new digital piano – … [Read More »]