• Darwin Birds

    Today I discovered that bird watching with decent binoculars is really awesome! All my watching today was down at the mangroves at Nightcliff and at Rapid Creek just near our house, but I managed to see heaps of birds in…

  • Track the James Clark Ross

    Pretty soon Dr Jan, the intrepid Polar Explorer will be off on another Antarctic adventure. For those of back home I’ve created a little map to track her ship. The map can be found at http://www.janandira.com/maps/ With some luck it…

  • Dragnetting

    This morning in Darwin we got up early to do a quick morning fishing trip. The sea was still a bit choppy after the cyclone and there was lots of crap in the water … but the fish were out…

  • Leek and Potato

    Farmer Ira Ingredients: 4 Medium sized leeks chopped and rinsed. A biggish bit of butter for frying 3 cloves garlic 3 medium potatoes black pepper Spash of white wine 500ml-1L premade stock. 150ml cream. Fry the leeks and garlic gently…