Feeling up a kangaroo

This is about as close to a kangaroo that I am probably going to get whilst in Australia.

Encounter with a cowtail stingray on the Great Barrier Reef

This stingray was so huge.  You can see him in relation to a full grown man.  We stumbled upon him and then sat waiting till he got really angry and took off swimming in circles around us several times.  He was an amazing creature. See the full gallery on Posterous

Sunset in Hamilton Island.

I’m in the harbour on the boat by myself due to Aimee and Dennis missing their flight because of bad weather in SFO. Hopefully they will be here tomorrow! But this is still a hell of a lot nicer than London!

I can’t wait to go scuba diving this week!

via divegallery.com I wish I could see a weedy sea dragon, but they only live in Southern Australia near Melbourne. Aimee and Dennis might get to see one. I hope they get a pic as good as this. Or just capture him and put him in a jar and send him to me to put […]

how i divide up my online life

I feel quite conflicted lately about my usage of different services.  As anyone can tell, I have not been updating nerdgirl quite as frequently as I used to.  This is due in part to the fact that I am a boring old lady these days and partially down to the fact that there are so […]