Gaynor has been through a bigger year this year than many in recent memory. Apart from the turmoil at the beginning of the year with a husband looking for work and the uncertainty that meant of where she may end up living, Gaynor carried on with quite a few hours of part-time work at the…

After a few months of a very intensive work schedule, these are the last remaining tasks. Scraping together the time to get them done is the challenge now.

In past posts, I’ve alluded to the planned extension to our home and now that we are getting down to the business end of the deal, I thought I’d better share a post showing what we have planned before everything comes unstuck. 🙂 Even though it has been/will be quite busy around here for the…

The parched grass, the ever-green trees, the sublime colours of the sunset … I love a sunburnt country.

As mentioned previously, being back at a university provides opportunities to listen to some well-informed people on topics beyond my own area. The Director of the Research School organises a series of colloquia throughout the year and earlier this month I listened to Will Steffen, Director of the Climate Change Institute and ANU discuss the…

Many things are drawing to a close at this time of year. For us, a lot has been happening, in part, simply due to the number in our family but also because of some significant milestones. Most significantly, Joshua has successfully completed college. For those outside Canberra, this is essentially the final two years of…

Today marks the official end of our years spent renting houses to live in — 10 places and just over 19 years in total. Settlement on the new place was completed late last week and today was the final inspection on the most recently rented property. I’m also pleased that we’ve never lost a cent…

After nineteen years of wedded bliss and six children, Gaynor and I feel it is time to settle down[1]. While we certainly aren’t ruling out relocating to other countries in the future — if it’s a disease, Gaynor and I should probably both be formally diagnosed — but for the time being putting down some…

I know it’s something straight out of the 70s but Nuclear Physics Control Room seems so much cooler than the Heliac’s.