Monthly Archives: June 2015

Last Night’s Party

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Had a wild shoot with Cara and Mel the other night! Had so much fun with these 2, so many lols! I didn’t even care that there was no natural light! You can view the full set here (NSFW warning!!!).

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Shimada Cycleworks

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Nanami gave me the heads up on this little bike shop which is situated in the laneway behind Taylor St. where I used to live! So rad! I hate it when places I used to live at get cooler!

I’ve put the full feature on Zen Garage. Visit: http://www.zengarage.com.au/2015/06/shimada-cycleworks/

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Chaco Bar, again!

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Fish base this time!

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Gyoza, some of the best I’ve had in recent memory.

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Yebisu, and I love these glass cups!

Had to go back! This time I tried the fish base ramen, which was subtle and delicious!!! Not overly complex (which is how I like my ramen broth) but it was just so damn satisfying! Gyoza’s were just as awesome as the first time, and had me burping gyoza burps all day and night lol.

Visit: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chaco-bar/885338501495654

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Nano Reef – Fluval Edge 2 – Waiting Game

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I’ve got 4 shrimp in the tank and I’m now waiting for the tank to cycle. I’ve got some new gear on the way though; fresh test kits, a wavemaker, lights and more (couldn’t help myself!).

Parameters:
Alk: 13 dKH
Nitrate: 5 ppm
pH: 8

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www.paulinenguyen.com.au

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My good friend Pauline has launched her web site, and the portrait I took of her a while back features quite prominently on her new site. She’s an amazing woman, and to this date our shoot together is still one of my faves.

Visit: http://paulinenguyen.com.au

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Bridgestone Potenza RE003 Video


Hey! I’m in this!

Check out this video of the recent Bridgestone Potenza RE003 tyre test day I was invited to in Calder Park Melbourne. I had a blast, loved the tyre so much I bought a set for the Golf and yes, they’ve been amazing in the wet and the dry.

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Nano Reef – Fluval Edge 2 – Impeller Mod

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AquaClear 20 impeller on the left, and the new larger blades on the AquaClear 50 impeller in the middle.

I’ve owned a few of these AquaClear hang on back filters over the years and they’re really easy to modify. Just by changing the impeller to one from a more powerful unit increases the flow from 350 litres/hour to 550 litres/hour

After a bit of research I ordered an AquaClear 50 impeller (number 634), and a spare shaft in case (I didn’t end up needing it at all). It popped right into the pump and as soon as I switched the power back on it was clearly evident that flow was up 2 fold!

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Rock Pooling


Shot a little video of this octopus.

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He was actually pretty big!

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And super aggressive attacking my net more than a few times.

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I saw this shrimp move like a roach, it looks a lot like a pistol shrimp (but with 2 long claws).

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Hands down the nicest star fish I’ve ever seen in a rock pool.

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There were heaps of these big slugs too.

Collected some more natural sea water today and couldn’t help but do a spot of rockpooling, (which was one of my fave things to do as a kid!). It’s amazing what you’ll find in rock pools if you’re patient enough to wait for creates to present themselves.

Today I played with an octopus, who kept attacking my net as I was trying to catch shrimp!!! He was damn strong and almost took the net off me at one stage!

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Last Night’s BBQ

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The guys start early in the morning. I usually rock up at around lunch time, the wait until 8pm when stuff finally comes out of the smoker is long and hard but it’s always SO WORTH IT!

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Sexual!

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Wings, drumsticks, pork ribs and pulled pork!

Smoked goodness, every Sunday! The boys are constantly at it, refining their smoking techniques as well as the meat rub. This week we had drum sticks in the smoker which were unbelievable. Salmon too which blew minds!!! Pork was better than ever too.

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New Tattoo from Loic @ Tora Sumi

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Loic’s guns.

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1 2 3 GO! Completely painless spot to be honest!

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Took longer than I expected. Loic did such a great job.

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Loic and I post tattoo, the guy’s a champ!

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Hey Cheryl! Cheers for taking photos, and holding my hand haha.

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Love it.

Got a small tattoo done today by Loic at Tora Sumi in Balmain. I’ve always had a thing for 8’s (because Asian!), and since all the tattoo’s on my body are ying yangs and circular/cyclic, I thought I’d get the infinity symbol, but flipped on its side to also represent an 8. So happy. I’m ecstatic about it, and despite how small the tattoo is, it’s super significant for me and marks my 40th quite nicely.

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