There is a collection of brand new images of Mallard at Brora.biz, including a few taken in the snow. These images completely replace all the original images so be sure to pop along for a visit and enjoy the ducks.
Mallard at Brora.biz – click here
Deer page at Brora.biz updated
The Wildlife section has been updated with images of red deer. You won’t be disappointed visiting the page to check them out.
Deer images at Brora.biz – click here
Northern Fulmars – Fulmaris glacialis
The Northern Fulmar – Fulmaris glacialis – although similar in appearance to seagulls is in fact a true Procellaridae, making it more closely related to the albatross. Whereas seagulls come to land to drink fresh water, the fulmar drinks sea water and comes to land only to breed.
They don’t start breeding until they are 8 to 10 years old, they lay but one egg per year and there is documentation of fulmars still breeding at forty years of age. Brora has a nesting colony of these magnificent birds just two miles south along the coast.
You will find a few rather good photographs of the fulmars at the brora.biz website.
Brora website – Northern Fulmars Click here
The Battle of Long Tan
The Battle of Long Tan was fought between the Australian Army and Viet Cong forces in a rubber plantation near the village of Long Tần, about twenty seven kilometres north east of Vung Tau, South Vietnam on 18 August 1966. It is arguably the most famous battle fought by the Australian Army during the Vietnam War.
The battle of Long Tan was the only major battle that the Australians were involved in during the war. It ensured that the Viet Cong were not able to operate in Phuoc Toy province in anything like major strength again.
Why do I write this? Well, my good friend Graham Parks, who served in Vietnam, sent me a lapel pin a few years ago to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, and it’s been sitting on my desk ever since. I finally figured it was time to let him know how much I still appreciate the gesture.
Take care Graham. The world is not worthy of you.
Canon Powershot SX120 IS
Wasn’t happy with my photographs and decided to buy a new camera. I’ve been testing my new Canon Powershot SX120 IS and so far I’m delighted with the results.
It is a 10 Megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom, image stabilisation and a few other nice things, including manual mode. I’ll be posting pictures taken with this thing in the coming days and weeks.
Jurassic Park NG video
This is the opening cutscene from Jurassic Park NG. Free to download and play, no installation necessary, just unzip, click and play.
Jurassic Park NG – Download and level report
Cracking gold panning start to 2010
Had my first panning outing yesterday and I couldn’t have wished for a better start to the year. The weather was mild, and although the river was in a bit of a spate it was workable. Panned out a lovely little picker too!
Jurassic Park NG
Jurassic Park NG has been released this morning. This is a Next Generation remake of the original Lara at the Movies Jurassic Park adventure. Not only has the game been revamped with new objects and retextured but the gameplay has been completely dismantled and rebuilt, almost from scratch. This version of the adventure can be enjoyed by anyone, from new players to experts.
Story
Lara is visiting Site C, a secret dinosaur genetic testing and breeding facility. During explorations of the jungles surrounding the facility, a strange stone had been unearthed near to the gates of a lost Temple. Lara had been quietly approached as an archaeological expert and invited to Site C to examine the stone. However, before she can begin her work, there is an earthquake, the dinosaurs are loosed, and Site C becomes a hunting ground . . .
Jurassic Park NG – Level Report and download click here
Skribblerz.com 2009 Stats
Checking over the site statistics for Skribblerz.com for 2009 made interesting and satisfying reading. Here are a few highlights from what was an amazing year.
Unique Visitors – 106,238
Total Visitors – 224,221
Pages Viewed – 1,949,484
Hits – 23,004,540
Bandwidth – 1460 GB
The new Knighthood tutorials attracted 16,536 visitors.
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