We bought our first home in Jan 1998, and lived in it for only 9 months before I was offered a job in Sydney. Leanne’s sister had already been living here for a while, so it was a good opportunity to be closer to her – and Leanne had no trouble getting work either. This … [Read More »]
Wedding Day – June 1994
The morning of the wedding, my groomsmen met me at our unit for lunch before we headed off to the ceremony together. Although you (deliberately) can’t see them in any of the wedding photos, we all wore cartoon socks – I’m on the left wearing the Marvin the Martian socks, then we had Pepe Le … [Read More »]
Top 10 most viewed photos in the Hampel Photo Gallery
Our family photo gallery (mostly used to hold the photos that we display on our blogs) has grown enormously since I set it up for Mum and Dad to use early last year. We now have over 1,100 photos (800 of which are from my father) – which have been viewed over 770,000 times! These photos … [Read More »]
Andamooka – Feb 1993
During my first of three periods living in Roxby Downs while working for Western Mining at Olympic Dam - Leanne came to visit – we drove out to Andamooka for the day.
A man and his car
My first car – a 1973 2-door Toyota Corolla … older than me by a couple of months. The photo was taken in mid-1992, I would have been 18 or 19.