Quick Haiku

I just found another of my PC reinstall haikus, so I thought I'd post it before the post it note is gone forever. I think it's my smallest word count haiku to date.

Windows security
Oxymoron, Archaic
I have had a stroke

Bioluminescence in Great Oyster Bay

Our wonderful neighbours, Col and Jacqui, rang us one evening shortly after we returned home from our wedding to make sure we didn't miss the phenomenon of bioluminescence in the waves of Great Oyster Bay.

It was an overcast night, and while Schouten Beach is just metres away there was little light to see by, which made for poor photos but a spectacular effect as the waves broke in vivid fluorescent green. The spectacle was moving, and a wonderful wedding present.

If you haven't come across it before, the wikipedia article is worth a read, but you have to see it in person to appreciate it fully. There is a nice clear picture of the phenomenon too. In our photo, you can just see the lights of Coles Bay in the background. The rest of the light and colour was in the waves. Another photography lesson learnt too - take a torch so you can manually focus based just on distance.

A magical memory from our honeymoon!

Married!

Two weeks ago tomorrow [Sunday 9th September 2007] Jodie and I were married in a wonderful ceremony in Ayers House, Adelaide. More photos will follow, but for now I wanted to share a precious moment from the celebration - a photo with all the boys from Scotch College that are still a big part of my life today. From left to right, they are: Andrew Ellery [best man], Tim Mudge, Andrew Mudge, William Mudge [groomsman], Andrew Williams [groomsman], Cameron Finlayson [groom], James Hosking.

One of the great things about this group was despite the diverse locations we now call home we all made it to the wedding. Again, left to right: Geelong, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, London, Swansea, Brisbane. The group [at the time of the photo] covered 5 states and 1 territory of Australia. Two countries and hemispheres of the globe [thanks Andrew]!

The school connection didn't end there, as we were married by Reverend Alex Rodgers, former Chaplain at Scotch College and we were piped in by Andy Fuller, another former student and pipeband mate. Dr Alex Pouw-Bray [Doc], who taught most of us history at Scotch also helped us celebrate the big day.

There is far too much to say for one post, so I'll leave it there for now. Suffice it to say, it was a perfect day and especially because of the wonderful people who were able to share it with us [who make up a large portion of the readership of this blog!] For those of you that weren't there, I'll post more as the photos keep streaming in. For those of you that couldn't be there we were thinking of you on the day.

Thanks to Mel [our chief bridesmaid] for the photo!

Boy's Weekend

Just a quick blog to thank Andrew, William and James for giving me such a great weekend in Melbourne! I'm one day away from getting married and very excited, so there's just enough time to post a photo of the boys [thanks William]!

Oh... and quickly, while the photo is uploading... some of the highlights were:
- Awesome Mexican on the first night [including Don Equis]
- James Squire Brew House
- Getting my ass handed to me by Andrew at Buck Hunting [physical arcade game]
- Watching Andrew's plans unfold, 'Just over the next hill'
- Having a Kispy Kreme donut for lunch at the footy
- Watching Hawks destroy the opposition at the Telstra dome
- Having three attendees fly in for the weekend. We covered 3 states and a territory.
- Being bewildered by the size of Crown Casino
- Carrying 12L of water across Melbourne to make sure we were all hydrated
- Having James [our resident Doctor] explain that dehydration isn't the only effect of drinking alcohol, so water isn't a cure all
- Training back to Geelong to a roast dinner [thanks Mel]