Cape Town, Afrikaburn, Carcoar 3 times
Highlights
- Experiencing Afrikaburn including beautiful people in outlandish costumes, joyous giving, incredible art installations and massive burns in the beautiful surroundings of the Karoo.
- A wonderful 7 weeks in Cape Town especially a night on Table Mountain, Echo Valley hike, Betties Bay, Bo-Kaap, St Georges Cathedral, a swim at Maiden's Cove and Strandfontein birding.
- Some lovely walks I did on my own, including Cremorne Point, Nurragingy Reserve, Taronga Zoo to Balmoral, Bradleys Head, Malabar Headland, Lane Cove National Park, Berowra Blue Gum walk and Uloola Track.
- Doing the Warrumbungles Grand High Tops hike with Gavin, Jack and Ashesh.
- Doing things with Andre from Holland, including a walk from Dee Why to Curl Curl, cycling around Manly Dam and Water Dragon canyon in the Blue Mountains.
- Walking at the Dry Canyon in the Blue Mountains.
- Camping at Brent's Basin and Mount Wilson and Bulcamatta Falls.
- Tina's 91st birthday in Carcoar, a visit in January and Xmas.
- Photography Meetups especially Auburn Botanical Gardens, Nan Tien Temple and Brooklyn (Hakesbury).
- Sydney birding at Tempe Wetlands and Cook River and osprey at Long Reef.
- My own city explorations including Cockatoo Island, Hyde Park Barracks, Museum of Sydney, Australian Museum, NSW Library, Chinese Friendship Garden and Sydney Park.
- Doing personal development and meditations at Balls Head with Xenia on Fridays.
- Roger and Jocelyn's visit to Sydney including walk from Darling Harbour to Circular Quay and Watson's Bay.
- The Glebe Bathhouse with Gavin.
- 5 swims at Bronte, often on full moon nights.
- 42 games of tennis with Rajesh.
- Two new housemates: Shraddha (from India) and Maria (from Mexico).
- 5 movies with Jason.
Less happy moments
Favourite movies
- Nosferatu (2024)
- How to Tame Your Dragon (2025)
- Sentimental Value (2025)
- The House Maid (2025)
- F1 (2025)
- The Life of Chuck (2025)
- Weapons (2025)
- One Battle After Another (2025)
- Predator: Badlands (2025)
- Nuremberg (2025)
- Wicked (2024)
- Companion (2025)
- The Brutalist (2025)
- A Complete Unknown (2025)
- The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
- Thirteen Lives (2022)
- Sinners (2025)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Materialists (2025)
- United 93 (2006)
- The Long Walk (2025)
- Frankenstein (2025)
- Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
- Train Dreams (2025)
- I Swear (2025)
- Hans Zimmer Hollywood Rebel (2022)
- Music by John Williams (2024)
- The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
- Life on our Planet (2023)
- Television series
- The White Lotus S1,2,3
- Adolescence (2025)
- Black Mirror S7
- Andor (2022)
- Pluribus (2025)
- All favourites
Favourite songs
2025 Index of Links
Cape Town (2 Apr - 20 May)
Afrikaburn (Apr / May)
- All posts
- Highlights
- Braai get-together to meet each other (Apr)
- Practising our Thai green curry on the family (Apr)
- Night at Wolseley Fynbos Farm on the way to Afrikaburn (Apr)
- Drive from Ceres to Afrikaburn (Apr)
- Our wonderful group (Apr/May)
- Me in costume (Apr/May)
- Fellow Burners (Apr/May)
- Camps in the desert (Apr/May)
- Mutant vehicles (Apr/May)
- Art installations in the desert (Apr/May)
- The Burns (Apr/May)
- Trip home (May)
- Reunion (May)
- Create Afrikaburn site and slideshow (May)
Walking
- Dee Why to Curl Curl with Sharon & Andre (Oct)
- Walking from Freshwater to Curl Curl with Shushann (Oct)
- Walk at Bradleys Head (Oct)
- Darling Harbour to Circular Quay with Roger & Jocelyn (Oct)
- Taronga Zoo to Balmoral (Sep)
- Ball's Head (Sep)
- Waverton to St Leonards (Sep)
- Nurragingy Reserve (Aug)
- Berry Island (Aug)
- Berry Island and Gore Cove (Jul)
- Berry Island (Jul)
- Walk Dee Why to Long Reef with Sharon & Lydia (Jul)
- Ball's Head (Jul)
- Stroll in Coogee with Shushann (Jun)
- Balls Head with Aimee (Jun)
- Stroll with Aimee at Balls Head (Jun)
- Cremorne Point (Jun)
- Manly Scenic Walk with Lydia (Jun)
- Constantia Nek to Kirstenbosch (May)
- Park run and market (Apr)
- Walk in Greenbelt with Russell and Heather (Apr)
- Greenbelt in search of Gymnogene (Apr)
- Watson's Bay with Shushann (Jan)
- Berry Island (Jan)
Hiking
- Water Dragon canyon with Andre (Nov)
- Royal National Park: Wattamolla to Bundeena (Aug)
- Malabar Headland (Jul)
- Lane Cove National Park river walk (Jul)
- Warrumbungles Grand High Tops hike (Jul)
- Berowra Blue Gum walk (Jun)
- Uloola Track (Royal National park) (Jun)
- Night on Table Mountain (May)
- Echo Valley above Kalk Bay (Apr)
- Eagle's Nest (Apr)
- Eagle Rock with Srini & Gavin (Feb)
Camping
- Camping in the Blue Mountains with Gavin & Michal (Nov)
- Water Dragon canyon with Andre (Nov)
- Blue Mountains Dry Canyon (Sep)
- Warrumbungles Grand High Tops hut (Jul)
- Mount Wilson (Jun)
- Colo River (Apr)
- Brent's Basin (Feb)
Trips
- Xmas in Carcoar (Dec)
- Tina's 91st birthday in Carcoar (Oct)
- Visit Tina in Carcoar (Jan)
Cycling
Photography outings
- New Year's eve fireworks (Dec)
- Photography Meetup Xmas meal (Dec)
- Balmain (Dec)
- Glebe (Nov)
- Town Hall to Glebe (Nov)
- Brighton Sands (Oct)
- Sculptures by the Sea (Oct)
- Circular Quay to Pyrmont hop-on hop-off on the ferry (Oct)
- Watson's Bay (Oct)
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Oct)
- Brooklyn (Hakesbury) (Sep)
- Auburn Botanical Gardens (Sep)
- St Leonards (Sep)
- Wynyard (Aug)
- Wynyard and Town Hall (Aug)
- Nurragingy Reserve (Aug)
- Woolloomooloo (Aug)
- Museum of Sydney (Aug)
- Green Square (Aug)
- Australian Museum (Jul)
- Kings Cross (Jul)
- Tempe Wetlands and Cook River (Jul)
- Bankstown (Jul)
- Hurstville (Jul)
- Cockatoo Island (Jul)
- Osprey at Long Reef (Jul)
- Kogarah (Jul)
- Nan Tien Temple (Jul)
- Queen Victoria Building (Jun)
- Hyde Park Barracks (Jun)
- Centennial Park (Jun)
- Chinese Friendship Garden (Jun)
- Circular Quay and the Rocks in black and white (Jun)
- Hyde Park and surrounds (Jun)
- Sydney Park (Jun)
- Surry Hills (Jun)
- Sydney Vivid Festival (May)
- Amazon building at Riverside (Apr)
- Kirstenbosch (Apr )
- Bo-Kaap (Apr)
- St Georges Cathedral (Apr)
- Cape Town Gardens (Apr)
- Betties Bay (Apr)
- Strandfontein birding (Apr)
- Sea Point at sunset (Apr)
- Sydney Botanical Garden (Feb)
- Surry Hills to Hyde Park (Feb)
- Circular Quay and Botanical Gardens (Jan)
- Newtown (Jan)
- St Leonards Park (Jan)
Beach
- Clontarf beach with Elna (Dec)
- Watson's Bay with Roger & Jocelyn (Oct)
- Camps Bay Tidal Pool (May)
- Llandudno for Jo's birthday (May)
- Fish Hoek (May)
- Sundowners at Clifton (Apr)
- Swim at Maiden's Cove (Apr)
- Evening swim at St James (Apr)
- Sunrise swim at St James (Sam's birthday) (Apr)
- Full moon swim at Bronte (Mar)
- Full moon swim at Bronte (Feb)
- Swim at Bronte (Feb)
- Swim at Bronte (Feb)
- Manly with Lydia and Sharon (Feb)
- Watson's Bay with Shushann (Jan)
- Bronte with Dom for a swim (Jan)
- Grilled fish and swim at Balmoral with Xenia and Chris (Jan)
Personal development
- Balls Head with Xenia (Jan)
Birthdays
Eating out and food
- Papaya Thai with Marion etc. (Nov)
- Jane's birthday lunch at Kazzi in Manly (Nov)
- Frenchy's with Chris's sister (Oct)
- Fish Bowl spicy salmon (Aug)
- Catching up with friends at Frenchies after returning from Cape Town (May)
- Farewell to Carmen at the Spur (May)
- Sam treats me to lunch to say thanks for my help with her site (May)
- Constantia Uitsig with Jo (May)
- Seafood dinner with Rory, Angela and Russell (May)
- Steak at The Cattle Baron (May)
- St James walk to Pizza Shed (May)
- Boting family dinner in Kalk Bay (Apr)
- Burgers with Pater and Kobus (Apr)
- Constantia Uitsig with Russell and Heather (Apr)
- Nougat delight (Apr / May)
- Breakfast at the Oval with Russell, Carmen and Daniel (Apr)
- Lunch at The Little Snail (Feb)
- Dinner with Chris & John (Jan)
- Frenchy's for lunch with Eckhart friends (Jan)
Movies
- Sentimental Value (2025)
- Together (Jul)
- How to Tame Your Dragon (Jun)
- Young Woman and the Sea (Jun)
- 28 Years Later (Jun)
Friends
- Kayaking with Chris round Ball's Head (Dec)
- Lunch with Michael and Sue's friends at The Little Snail (Dec)
- The Glebe Bathhouse with Gavin
- Gavin & Tanya Xmas party (Dec)
- Catching up with Gavin & Srini (Nov)
- Get togethers with Xenia (Nov)
- Jane Goodall memorial with Gav (Nov)
- Gavin on TV (Aug)
- Gavin's book launch (Aug)
- Dinner at Lucy and Michal (Jun)
- Playing Wingspan with Russell, Brandon and Warren (May)
- Get together with Ross after 30 years (May)
- Quiz at Dog Museum (Apr)
- Meeting up with Julian and Juliet (Apr)
- Celebrating St Patrick's Day after tennis (Mar)
- 25th game of tennis with Rajesh (Mar)
- Gavin's book ready for launch (Mar)
- Milson's park lunch with Shushann and Chris (Feb)
- Dinner at Krishna's house in Manly (Feb)
- Stroll in Glebe and Indian dinner (Feb)
- Kayaking with Chris & John (Jan)
Home life
- Possums on my balcony (Sep)
- Regrouting my balcony tiles (Jun)
- Painted rocks on my balcony (Jun)
- Martin helps me find a leak (Feb)
- My Buddha statues
Creating songs
- First spiritual song (Nov)
- Second spiritual song (Nov)
- Song for Jo (Nov)
- Song for Mum (Nov)
- Song for Helen (Chris's sister) (Dec)
Family
- Matt and Sam explore Bali (Dec)
- Family early Xmas (Dec)
- Matt exploring Vietnam (Dec)
- Jo and Antony see the gorillas in Rwanda (Dec)
- Sam starts job in Hermanus (Jul)
- Trish and Mike celebrate 50 years together (Jun)
- Boting adventure in Madagascar (Jun)
- Jo's 53rd birthday (May)
- Mother's Day (May)
- Visit to Sam's counselling rooms (May)
- Supporting the Two Oceans (Apr )
- Annelies baby shower and family dinner (Apr)
- Family Research on Myburghs (Apr )
- Photographing mum & Mike's home (Apr)
- Family lunch at Woodside (Apr)
- Putting up curtains for mum (Apr)
- Sam's birthday (Apr)
- Jason passes away (May)
- Bonding with Rosie (Apr / May)
- The Boting Family home (Apr / May)
- Family research
Service
- Creating a slideshow for Pennelope of her art (Jun)
- Helping Chris move his kayaks to Secret Beach (May)
- Managing the timber replacement project (Mar, Apr)
- Helping Antony with his Stratecon home page (May)
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