Archive for October, 2003

field work is hard

Tuesday, October 28th, 2003

Field work is tiresome, in every way. Mentally, physically, emotionally, logistically, scientifically and from a management perspective. In fact, I’m rooted.
I got back last night from an intensive first round of sampling of the four sites in the Mulgrave River. While the river itself is very beautiful and it’s magnificent to be out on the [...]

First round of sampling

Thursday, October 16th, 2003

Off into the field on saturday for my first field trip.
But not before more dramas than you could ever imagine. I’m slowly learning that pretty much nothing ever happens quickly in North Queensland. It’s almost as though the mail come once a month!
Apart from the difficulties everything is more or less on track to leave [...]

Whitsundays

Friday, October 10th, 2003

I’ve posted the photos from our Whitsundays trip last weekend. Link on left.
Here are some panoramas. Pretty nice!, eh?
Hill Inlet.

Whitehaven beach.

Off to Cairns this weekend to select sites for the field trip on the 18th. Should be o.k. Bit of a drive. I was just talking to the landowner, apparently there are two crocs [...]

Nice weekend, much work to do.

Tuesday, October 7th, 2003

Zoe and I did trip down to Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays last weekend. It was sweet. Yes the sand is very white, yes there is coral everywhere and yes the tour guides were cynical-too-cool-for-school ‘dudes’, but it was excellent anyway
I shot a couple of rolls of film but, as I’m now back in [...]

mmm… matrix

Friday, October 3rd, 2003

Morpheus: “It was Smith?”
Neo: “Yes”
Morpheus: “Now there’s more than one of them?”
Neo: “A lot more”