Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
After enjoying three days of sunny weather and one of half-half, on the fifth day and second of our day trips out to what visitors to Melbourne routinely note as a ‘must do/visit’, it rained non-stop and the sun was
One of the most important landmarks in the state of Victoria that isn’t just a place for tourists to look and gawk but is actually a working business place is the Queen Victoria Market, reportedly the largest open air market
After four days of wonderfully sunny days, our fifth day in Melbourne finally saw inclement weather. Not quite to the extent the state experienced a week before we arrived, it did mean a somewhat more chilly morning. We returned to
The original itinerary I drew up for Day 3 really had just one item – Melbourne Zoo in the morning, and that’s it. It was a fine day though with a wonderfully blue sky, and the weather wasn’t as chilly
One Uniquely Singaporean thing we do is that every zoo we visit gets compared to the island’s Singapore Zoological Gardens. Truth to tell, the Singapore Zoo’s open concept was very novel for its time when that concept first came into
As history goes, Ballarat was the site of a gold rush that started in 1850s, and was instrumental to early settlers laying the foundation for the township that is today. The 25-hectare site comprises 60 historically-accurate recreations of houses, business
Our Melbourne itinerary was largely designed for the kids, and the first of four animal parks was included as an optional item with the first day tour we booked, and with Grayline (more comments of this day tour company in
Checking into the Pegasus Apart’Hotel @ A’Beckett Street was quick, and the paperwork had already been prepared before our arrival. Interestingly, we were not required to pay the $200 security deposit for incidentals. Rather, our incidental deposit was $1 using
The last time I was in Melbourne was more than 20 years ago. I’d just graduated and was in the city to participate in the Australasian Debates as an adjudicator. As much of our slightly more than the week long
The Meike MK320F for the Fujifilm cameras arrived yesterday. The Chinese company has an online store, and the MK320 Speedlite is also available through places like Lazada. You’d likely going to get it cheaper off eBay though. There are numerous
And some pictures of our kids with the new X70! The camera was configured for shutter speeds of 1/80s and ISO3200 max, and also a mix of program-auto and aperture-priority.
Early impressions of the Fujifilm X70 after about a week of use! The default color profile coming out of the X70 is subtly different from Olympus m4/3s. Not a scientific test now as I’m not a visual person, but the
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