Japan Featured Tokyo 2024 I didn't think I'd be going back to Japan so soon but I had a good reason to go. My nephew came with me for this trip it was short but very good fun. We walked about 105,000 steps in the 4 full days we
Remastered Featured Thailand 2011 HD 13 years in the making! Our trip to Thailand pre-childen 2011. I remember it rained quite a bit and that we went to a lady boy show! Here's the video of the footage I made -
Bali Featured Bali 2024 This school Holidays we went to Bali - we went previously in 2019 and decided to head back over as it's a really nice place to visit. We stayed at Four Seasons in Jimbarin Bay and also Four Seasons in Ubud, both were amazing. The food at Jimbarin
Fiji Featured Fiji 11 A few weeks ago we took 2 days out of school to do a mid-week trip to Fiji with Chris, Marcy, Jackson, Max, Lorraine, Paul, Molly and us, as Chris and Marcy were over from USA for the first time in 11 or so years. We thought it would be
2024 Featured Vietnam Singapore For winter holidays this year we decided to get away from the cold of Sydney and head to Singapore and Vietnam where it's a lot warmer. Vietnam is actually in its rainy season but Hoi An where we visited was blue skies and hot every single day we
F1 Melbourne F1 In March this year I went down to the Melbourne F1. Porsche told me they had a few tickets left for their Pavillion and friends of mine Lozza and Leisa were already going. So I tagged along to their dinner reservations! Although I didn't get any pictures at
2024 Featured Fiji April 2024 We went back to Kokomo in Fiji this year, same place we visited last year because it was so good for kids, mostly because it has a "teens" club as well as a kids club - so everyone is happy. Evie had her 8th Birthday on the island
2024 Encore Amy and I went to Clare Smyth restaurant in Sydney last week for luncheon. It was super lucky that we got a table. It was an amazing restaurant with increible views and the food was amazing - Main course was amazing and so were the desserts 0:00/1× We
London Europe I had sad reason to go back to Europe to see Mark's family for the celebration of his life in February. I made the most of the trip though visiting friends back in the village, seeing Wade and Zara who was dancing at Pineapple Dance Studios and doing
Japan Featured Nozawa Onsen This summer holiday we went to Japan! First off we hit up Tokyo and then we visited Nozawa Onsen. We went with two other families and met a third family on the slopes all from Oscar and Evie's school. This is my first time visiting Japan in the
2023 Featured Dubai and Maldives This school holidays we went on a 10 day holiday to Dubai and the Maldives. It was a really good trip. First we stayed at Atlantis the Royal in Dubai. Oscar and Evie loved it here because it was a 2 minute buggy ride to the water park! It also
2023 Featured Singapore Grand Prix 2023 Matt, Emily and I had an idea back in around 2019 to go to the Singapore GP for Matt and my 40th birthdays. We booked hotels and tickets for Singapore 2020 and then it all unceremoniously got cancelled thanks to Rona. So we planned it all again and made it
Control Net It's amazing what you can do with AI now. Using a image model that isn't necessary designed for doing this kind of work you can take a famous image like "View of the Wold from 9th Avenue" and turn it into a distopian cyberpunk
2023 Featured Thailand 2023 This school holidays we went back to Thailand. This is our third time there, we went once just Amy and me, once Amy, Oscar and me and now Amy, Oscar, Evie and me! We visited Trisara, Six Senses Ya-Noi and Rayavadee in Krabi. Rayavadee was a new experience for us
AI Deep Face You can now without any real training or skill put yourself into any movie or video you like. These videos were created using roop which is basically an easy to use front end around some amazing AI related tools. I suspect this is just the beginning for this sort of
Fiji Featured Kokomo Fiji 2023 For Easter school holidays this year we visited Kokomo Island in Fiji. It was easily one of the best holidays we've ever had. I made a video of all of the best bits - I think we're going to book it again next year it was
AI The Unforgettable 1993 Invasion of Sydney and the Turning of the Tides In 1993, the world stood witness to one of the most unexpected military invasions in history: the Axis powers' occupation of Sydney, Australia.
NSW Heritage Plates NSW Heritage Plates 2023 Update: June 2023 - average 3 digit went from $349,555 to $353,133 after Shannons Auction. Average 4 digital dropped from $218,429 to $207,227 after auction results. In recent years, the New South Wales (NSW) Heritage plate market has seen a significant increase in value. In the
2023 Juno After a lot of research for allergy reasons we ended up with a Groodle. That is a Golden Retiever mixed with a Poodle. Her name is Juno which is kind of similar to our Palm Beach dog friend Elmo and kind of similar to my childhood dog Hugo! We'
2022 Featured Lord Howe In December we all got on a very tiny and quite unreliable service to the Island of Lord Howe. It is about 2 hours flight and is a bit East of Australia. It is an amazing Island - nothing like Australia except for all of the people and cars are
2022 Easter Holidays They come around fast holidays and we have to keep children entertained for the entire time period which is harder than it sounds! First up we went to the Crown in Sydney for a weekend, it was also the Australian GP so I made sure we could watch that, it
Fiji Featured Vomo 2022 We finally got back to Vomo Fiji after a few years of lock downs. It was great to be back and we all had a great time. Here's a video I made of the trip -
NSW Heritage Plates NSW Heritage Plate Price Average 10 Years 10 Years of Auctions at Shannons shows the increase in cost of a 3, 4 and 5 digit Heritage Number plate in NSW. Black and white heritage plates are from the 1910-1937 era of NSW car registrations, a simpler times when '1' was put on the first car
