Brent's AusVenture

Kid Koala

Brent — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:04:00 +0000

Living in the bush gives you many visual experiences ...For the first time in 20 years I have seen a koala and her joey in a small eucalypt sapling near the house, very healthy looking and content. I contacted "Koala's in Crisis" to log it's existence i…

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Steps

Brent — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:31:00 +0000

The time has come said Mitch to repair the back steps that allow access to the shed, over the granite spur and across the garden terrace, that was christmas 2010, Mitch and his mate Josh made a valiant attempt building the first to 2 steps.:roll: I'm c…

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Ratz

Brent — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:29:00 +0000

It was a bit of a shock to find bits of nibbled foam and chomped on pens inside my new car (VE Commodore)but then again, it was a bigger shock when I realised this was perpetrated by RATS and they had also chewed on plastic fittings under the bonnet as…

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Camry dies of heat exaustion.

Brent — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:22:11 +0000

Up to that point the '89 Camry station wagon was performing well for a vehicle with close to 650,000km on the clock, however ...

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Standard warm-ups

Brent — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:40:26 +0000

Here is a video of the standard stretches employed in my TKD classes, these are what I take my Students through before starting the dynamic art of Rhee taekwondo, they are a very important part of any training be it martial arts or other physical endeav…

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HMAS Bombard P99

Brent — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:07:54 +0000

Life in the navy, well what can I say, Patrol boats were the best times ever especially as "McHale's Navy" was a favorite of mine and I got to do things that were along the same lines at times. During my 2 years aboard the Bombard as the Electronics Te…

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Skim Boarding '70's style

Brent — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:29:26 +0000

As a teenager my mate Brett and I use to do a lot of fun things and one of those that we became rather proficient at was "Skim Boarding" or as we liked to call it, "Skid Lidding". We found the best material to make the board from is marine 3 ply with a…

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Journey to the old steel town

Brent — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:08:17 +0000

Newcastle Australia, just like its namesake, Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK, is a coal mining town and was also a steel Milling town, today it has followed along the same lines as it's sister city in the UK with a vibrant business and cultural center, a…

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