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11th December 2013
Returning from my morning walk today I saw a large plume of smoke
from the vicinity of my apartment complex - Luckily it was not the
complex and I later saw that it was in fact a bush fire a couple of
kilometres away on
Double Island. I walked down to the jetty this
afternoon and took a photo but the fire was almost out by then.
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27th November 2013
Local Hazards - Today the local beaches were closed (for the third
time in the past week) due to sightings of the deadly Irukandji
Jellyfish, which is so small it is very hard to see and can also fit
through the mesh of the swimming enclosures. Added to this a
crocodile swam up the coast again. I had been thinking that the
swimming enclosure nets kept all stingers out but this is not the
case - glad to have a swimming pool in our complex.
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5th November 2013
Summer is on the way and the swimming enclosure has just been set up
on the beach - it is a netted area for protection against the
stinging box jellyfish that come during the warmer months
Swimming Enclosure on Palm Cove Beach and a Box Jellyfish
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1st October 2013
On Sunday I went for a walk to Trinity Bay and back (About 24
Kilometres) which is the farthest I have walked since I have been back
in Australia. I handled it without any major problems except I got
sunburned and a bit dehydrated as it was hot and sunny. Trinity Bay
itself was disappointing as it appeared to be very run down with
mostly small, old fibro houses. I think it was probably a public
housing area when first established and even though it now has a
marina with a few large, expensive houses I think it
should be renamed "Unpleasantville".
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20th September 2013
During the past few weeks I have returned to home brewing to give
myself a hobby. My first two brews were fairly ordinary and tasted
like "home brew" but the third batch is wonderful and by far the
best beer I have ever brewed (and in my opinion better than a lot of
commercial beers). It is a Coopers Heritage Lager which is their
premium beer kit and I used a quality lager yeast rather than the
kit yeast and also added a few saaz hop pellets. The result is a
clear tasty lager with plenty of flavour and body and a creamy head.
I think this will become my new favourite beer (especially at less
than $1.50 per litre - Mr. Cheap).
Coopers Heritage Lager - Brewed By Me
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13th September 2013
The weather here is warming up - for a couple of weeks it was quite
cool and windy - but the past few days have been calm and warm (we
had our first 30 degree day of the season). The swimming pool
temperature and sea temperature are both rising - summer is not far
away.
I am starting to get used to the noise of the nocturnal "Screaming
Birds",
Bush Stone-curlews - they look so innocent but
what a noise they make at night (there was a story in the local
paper a few weeks ago and the guy said that the first time he stayed
at the Northern beaches he thought someone was killing their kids).
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1st September 2013
Today my Sunday walk took me to
Trinity Beach and back - this time
I took a few photos. The photos (from left to right) are - The
Pathway Between Palm Cove and Clifton Beach - One of Many
Crocodile Warning Signs - Clifton
Beach Looking Towards Palm Cove - Clifton Beach Looking Towards
Kewarra Beach - Trinity Beach
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