Category Archives: Travel

Nikon 24mm 1.4

This lens arrived 2 days before my London trip and I took it away with me coupled to a D700. It was my only lens and it was a perfect travel lens. All these photos are shot with it which shows you how versatile it is.

London 2012 Olympics

Just spent a week in London talking to the organiser of the 2012 games about RedTxt opportunities. The site is amazing. There are some photos here.

Schwoch Seafood in Strahan

If you like seafood fresh from the catch, these days you really have to catch it yourself of go down to the market and make friends with a fishmonger. However, at the township of Strahan in the southwest corner of Tasmania there’s a fish and chip shop that sells the freshest and best value seafood I’ve come across in a long long time. I bought a dozen Bruny Island oysters which were shucked in front of me for $17 when a week ago they were $35 on the menu at Prosser’s in Hobart. We also bought whole crayfish for $40 that had sweet and tender meat, and when you break the legs, the meat just pulls out in whole pieces. A little piece of seafood heaven. Tip: Skip the Fish Cafe that’s owned by the Strahan Village operation and head across the street to Schwoch.


Tassie photos

Here are a few images from Tassie. Some shot on an iPhone and some on a Nikon D3s and D700:

3 Network Broken Roaming in Tasmania

If you have an iPhone with a 3 SIM it will roam onto Telstra’s NextG network in Tassie. Very good coverage. It’s a UMTS 850 network which the iPhone works with.

However, if you have a handset that doesn’t support UMTS 850 like the Sony K610i it will not roam onto Telstra’s GSM 900/1800 network.

So, everywhere outside Hobart (and probably Launceston and Devonport) there is no GSM roaming for 3 customers unless they have a UMTS 850 handset. How stupid is that?

Kim’s amazing Antarctica photos

British tourists trapped as cruise ship runs aground in Antarctica – Telegraph

Antarctica – Luminous Landscape Expedition in 2007

So Kim sets sail on the expedition in a few hours time. Here’s some pics from the 2007 trip and a link to some future pics.

Booked hotels for Buenos Aires

We’re staying for 3 nights on the way to Ushuaia at Five Cool Rooms and for 5 nights at the Home Hotel after returning from Ushuaia/Antarctica.

Buenos Aires

Doing some final planning for where to stay, see and eat in Buenos Aires. The NY Times has a good summary, and an article titled 36 Hours in Buenos Aires, Argentine Nights
Places to eat: Dining Finds | La Cabrera
And an article on Ushuaia