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Greetings from Australia, and welcome to Steampunk Hands Around the World.
(This week’s Photo Friday will be posted on Sunday 5th Feb)

Over the next month I’ll be sharing my thoughts on how steampunk makes my life better. You can also read the thoughts of other steampunks from ( Read more... )

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Bonus post: Sharing my finished video of Dinosaurs Alive! at the AdelaideZoo. Dinosaurs Alive! finishes its extended stay this weekend.

https://youtu.be/vQATQlaV0bs

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Inktober has inspired another t-shirt design.

World Squeeze is my latest original t-shirt design, now available from my Redbubble store. The world can’t take much more!


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It’s Mad March here in Adelaide. We have the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Writers’ Week, beginning of Adelaide Racing Carnival (if you are into horse racing), Adelaide Fringe and Clipsal 500 (car racing).

And this year I got my chance to be part of it - part of The Fringe.
A few ( Read more... )

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One of the exciting things about living in South Australia is the history. When I moved here I discovered something: South Australians are very proud of their heritage, part of this is discovering not only settlement history but native history as well.  The ( Read more... )

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Autumn is my favourite time of the year. The garden is recovering from our scorching summer. The rains are returning, bringing with them the rich smell of wet earth. Now the writing frenzy is over, I have time to grab my camera and look to the skies to see ( Read more... )

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No matter how stressed my life is, I am thankful. I live in a country where I have personal and religious freedom, relative safety and major political stresses. (I shall refrain from a rant on the short-sightedness of the current government.) I have a roof over ( Read more... )

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If only we would take some time to actually look at it!

This week I have been fascinated (gobsmacked and infuriated) at how many of us walk around, head down staring at our phones. I have been amazed at how many near misses there have been. People just don’t ( Read more... )