Brog Blog

Well the long weekend was punctuated with summer storms. If you have not experienced tropical summer storms you are missing an amazing spectacle. We had strong winds, large downpours, flash flooding, 70,000 homes without power and one cricketer killed by lightning. We were driving home from a friends place on Sunday when the second of [...]

In the UK telegraph they have a story about a pickled “dragon” found in a garage in Oxfordshire. This is widely believed to be an old hoax. Ok I don’t know about you but this is so cool! Yes of course it is a hoax but what a cool hoax You can read the original [...]

Well I am home for the weekend, and what a weekend to pick. Over here in Australia we are having Monday off as our National day, so I get an extra day at home this weekend, before going back to the national capital. This year this holiday has coincided with Chinese New Year, so the [...]

Ok as promised here is the first of my paper sculptures. This little guy is made up of 5 parts (simple to start with) and come from the seasons collection. Since I have made him heavy rain has been reocorded in areas of Australia that have been in drought for many years. So maybe the [...]

Today I spent a few hours in the Australian War Memorial. It brought back memories of my Granddad, recent wars and the devastating loss that conflict brings. The Australian War Memorial is an amazing place, from the huge stone walls, to the panoramic view, the many diaromas and the tomb of the unknown soldier. I [...]

Courtesy of Ivette01, I have been prompted to take photos of the skies over Canberra today. So click on the heading and see for yourself. So here are a few to look at

Over the last week you may have noticed that my site has been non functional. I am now back up. It is a very long story but basically someone decided that one of my email accounts would be great to spoof in a virus. So more than 20,000 emails and a crashed server later, I [...]

Since my work has decided that going interstate for 8 weeks is the only way I will have productive work, I have decided to take up a new hobby while away. “What hobby?” you ask with baited breath. Well read on…… 3D Papercraft!! That’s right papercraft. You see for people that don’t know me I [...]