28. December 2007 09:56
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After Christmas Eve we went a couple of days to Jervis Bay. Jervis Bay is about 3-4 hours drive south of Sydney and is not part of New South Wales, but belongs to ACT (Australian Capital Territory, Canberra). Hyams beach at Jervis has got a reputation of having the whitest sand in the world.
The house we had rented was right on the beach so it was easy to go for a swim. Unfortunately the water was quite cold, so Kim and I instead opted for a trip to the local golf course.
In the morning we went fishing and although we did catch a few fish they were all too small to keep. The most annoying was that we kept catching stingrays.
Click here to download video of fishing at Jervis Bay #1
Click here to download video of fishing at Jervis Bay #2
I know that the area has got a lot of Port Jackson sharks and on the beaches we found a lot of shark eggs.
In the evenings we played Mah Jong and 21. I decided to stay out of the Mah Jong game until I've got a better grasp of how it is played (some of the numbers on the bricks are in Chinese and it therefore took too long time to compute and I felt it was a disadvantage). I had a lucky night in 21 and won $20.
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For Christmas the boys got new bikes from us and my dad (bedstefar).
The old were getting too small, so needed something bigger....
22. December 2020 01:03
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One day we went playing bowling...I had a dream round where I played my best game ever (including a turkey - three strikes in a row).
22. December 2020 01:03
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This year both the boys played soccer for the first time.
They made some good friends while playing and did pretty good considering it was the first time.
Lucas' team won the competition in his age group. Aiden made a great effort considering he is a head shorter than all the other boys in his age group.
22. December 2020 01:03
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Kims dad celebrated his 90th(we think) Birthday this year.
He is mostly bedridden these days, but we managed to get him downstairs to celebrate on this day.
22. December 2020 01:03
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One evening we were invited on a double date with one of Kims friends.
The theme was painting and we were to make an abstract painting of eachother.
Next day the boys tried to draw their versions.
22. December 2020 00:03
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Before my trip to Tokyo and before Christmas we decided to go to the Hunter Valley to stock up on good wines (We buy them now cheap and drink them in 5-10 years time when they would be really expensive).
Hunter Valley is about 2 hours drive North of Sydney and it had got about 200 Vinyards you can visit for wine tasting and then buy the wines straight from the cellar.
We went there with a couple of Kims friends and Kim and I bought a couple of cases of wine together.
Everything in the Valley was nice ang green due to a lot of rain in the area lately.
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21. November 2007 01:50
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When Kim left Epicor she got a gift certificate to go Kayaking at Woy Woy, so this weekend we headed up there together with Mike and his wife Helen.
Both Kim and I have done some kayaking before but it was a new experience for Helen. We paddled up through some of the inland waters in Brisbane Waters near Woy Woy and afterwards we stopped at the fisherman's wharf for some really nice seafood.
29. October 2007 02:57
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One of the things about living in Australia is that you are exposed to a lot of creepy crawly stuff. In the urban jungle you don't really notice, but once you come a bit closer to nature then you cannot avoid seeing some of the insects etc. This is especially true when we go climbing. The last couple of weeks Andy and I have been exposed to a couple more creeps than we usually see.
The last couple of weeks Andy and I have been climbing in the Sydney area. Last weekend we went up to Berowra again and had a generally pleasant day had it not been for the brown snake.
On the last climb of the day we decided to try this climb that none of us had done before, but because of the protection we decided to top rope it. In the guide book the description reads:
Savage Cabbage 8m 19Coastal Walk - Kamay national park
21. December 2020 17:03 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments
On the other side of Botany Bay is Kamay national park.
On a very stormy day we went for a walk over there to experience the wild weather.
21. December 2020 13:03
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Aiden likes to dress up, this time like harry potter...
17. September 2007 10:17
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This Sunday we went to the fish market in Sydney with one of Kims colleagues from Singapore (who also happens to be Danish) and his Singaporean girlfriend for Lunch.
The Seafood at the fish market is very fresh and nice. You can go to all these small seafood stalls and buy various seafood such as various types of Sashimi, Sushi, Lobster, Abalone, Scallops, Calamari and Balmain bugs. Kim and I shared a large seafood basket with different types of seafood as well as a small box of Sashimi.
Afterwards we took Michael to The Coast Golf Club while Caroline went to do some retail therapy in Paddington.
We only played 8 holes as we had to leave at 5pm to be at Kims sister at 6pm for her youngest sisters birthday.
I took a really cool and funny video of Kim almost making par on one of the holes.
Click here to download the video of Kim
10. September 2007 05:48
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In early September I again went a week to Holland. The purpose of the trip this time was a combination of team building, create common processes and training. The company is working on getting everyone ECM (Electronic Content Management) certified.
Since I just got back from Holland a couple of months ago I decided to just quickly fly in Sunday afternoon and then return Saturday morning.
I really don't like flying through London Heathrow airport. They always loose my luggage there and every time it takes 1-3 days before it eventually arrives.
My flight was delayed so as I expected I missed my flight to Amsterdam. I asked them to book me onto the next available flight where my luggage also would have a chance to make it.
When the flight boarded I checked with the staff to make sure that my luggage had made it...it hadn't :-(
As I had plenty of time I decided it would be better for me to de-board the flight and then try and catch the next flight hoping that my luggage then would make it...which I then confirmed it did when I boarded.
Heathrow is the only airport in the world where I consistently have this problem. They need at least 3 hours between the flight to have a chance of transferring the luggage. Next time I'll check what options I have to fly through Frankfurt instead.
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Holland