Canberra 100 deg F in the shade
Friday 13 January 2017 @ 15:15
Where in Canberra is this survey plate?
Where in the Australian Capital Territory is this benchmark (BM) survey marker plate (general location say within 1 km)? Original post 20 November 2016, post updated 12 December 2016. Who’s into Geocaching, do you know the precise location? Clues: Space, STS, year 1981 and the number 26 🙂 Answer: At the former Orroral Valley Tracking…
Shingleback or Stumpy-tailed Lizard
Walking at lunch today I passed this perfect specimen of the Shingleback. Length is about 350mm or 14 inches in the old scale. The shingleback lizard is native to Australia. The name ‘Stumpy’ is from the short tail. Photos: © Copyright 2016 Andrew VK1AD Canberra is well-known as the bush capital.
Snowing in Canberra – Australia’s Capital City
13 July 2016 – yes it’s snowing in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Canberra Pictures from a chilly Mt Ainslie at 846 metres ASL, SOTA Peak VK1/AC-040, where the temperature at 8 am is sub-zero. Some of you are familiar with the steel-tube pole at the summit. 🙂 Photos: © Copyright 2016 Andrew VK1AD …
Prime Meridian – Greenwich Mean Time
In most cases, amateur radio operators record the time of a conversation (QSO) as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or also known as Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). Why? No matter where in the world the amateur radion station is located, GMT or UTC is the time refrence by which all amateur radio QSOs are logged, doing…
Spring Storms…
Canberra Spring storms – pictures from Mt Taylor Sunday morning
Surprise visitor to the garden
This adult Blue-tongued lizard paid me a visit today. Started work on a paving job (work in progress job…groan!) only to find this fella warming in the sun. For the overseas readers the length is 18 inches (45 cm) with a girth of 2 inches (5 cm). After taking pictures for the blog, I took…
Get out of the Radio Shack and Live Life 