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01.19.08

Photography (and more): Sarah + Stu’s Wedding @ Laurelbank Cottage, Willoughby - 15th December, 2007 Life, photography | (0)
The newly wed Sarah and Stuart Auld This would end up being a test for me - not only was I expected to bring the camera, but I was also the Best Man for my closest mate Stu. Held at the Mason's Laurelbank Cottage at Willoughby the gents of the ceremony were in kilts (a rather amusing move from Stuart who, while having some Scottish blood in him no doubt, isn't really exceedingly Scottish with the exception perhaps of a fondness for Scotch Whiskey). The day was rather fun, although it was a bit of an odd feeling wandering around in ...

Tagged: Australia, ceremony, Kate Butcher, marriage, Mike-D, NSW, photography, Sarah, stu, wedding, Willoughby
09.18.07

Futsal - Round One: Menner N Men 5 d Combat Wombats 2 General | (1)
Futsal! Well, this isn't us, but maybe one day... (Photo: muneto murakami The Combat Wombats have reformed after a little over a year of rest, this time to take on the roundball sport of futsal. Played at North Sydney's ANZAC Memorial Club is a local futsal competition, using the Club's astroturf courts rather than wooden indoor or outside asphalt locations. The original team of Combat Wombats is somewhat depleted, with one member now living in New York eaking out a meagre existence as a lawyer of some description, the red nut unavailable due to priorities given to work after selling his soul, ...

Tagged: Alistair, ANZAC-Memorial-Club, Charles, Chinese-Taxi-Drivers, Combat-Wombats, Duncan, fitness, futsal, Joel, Lachlan, Mike-D, North-Sydney, North-Sydney-Leagues-Club, seb, stu
08.31.05

Physics Web: Diamonds are not forever General | (0)
Physicists in Germany have created a material that is harder than diamond. Natalia Dubrovinskaia and colleagues at the University of Bayreuth made the new material by subjecting carbon-60 molecules to immense pressures. The new form of carbon, which is known as aggregated diamond nanorods, is expected to have many industrial applications from Diamonds are not forever, Physics Web cheers stu for the heads up...

Tagged: diamonds, physics, science, stu