I spent a fair chunk of my time tonight drawing up a map on Google Earth that shows all the places I rode to on my bike during my recent stay in Canberra. I guess I was bored, but also curious to see exactly how much ground I managed to cover. And I have to say, I'm actually quite impressed with the result:

( Map behind cut... )

It's really starting to hit home now how little time I actually have left in Canberra. I'm halfway through my last week and every time I blink, it's suddenly another day. Mind you, as today is the day that I have to deliver my presentation on what I've been doing up here for the past two months, time is going very slowly. The talk is at 2:20, in ( Read more... )

I don't have much time, so I'll make this quick. We're into the second day of the astronomer's field trip, and it's been pretty cool so far. Right now I'm sitting in the TV room of the Parkes Observatory Astronomer's Residence, and if I bend slightly to the right I can spot the Dish itself out the window, down that really long road that Sam Neill's ( Read more... )

I'll make this as brief as I can, even though there's a lot to go through. First off my work at Stromlo is going well, and I've just about done everything that my supervisor wanted me to get done. Now I'm working on the presentation and report that I have to have done two weeks from now. That may seem a fair way off, but we've got a week long field ( Read more... )

Just a note to say I made it down to Canberra safely, but unfortunately, I will be out of regular internet contact until sometime early next week when I can get an account set up with ANU. I'll try and get online at cafe's and such in the meantime, but there will be no access on the entirety of campus. Still, should be fixed soon.