Ian from Sydney

Hello Ian - Thank you for your visit and your kind comments. My husband gave me a digital camera for my 50th birthday a few years back and I have had a lot of fun with it. I would really like to take a class on photography and photoshop this winter. I am so technically challenged on the computer working with the photos. By the way, I like your camera/smilie Avatar!

The bird in the picture........was it taken in Australia or another country? It is just beautiful!

Thank you for coming to my page. I really like your picture and the video.

Hi Ian - Thank you for your kind words! I never realized that Australia had such beautiful birds! I guess I just never thought about it much. I have learned so much about Australia on this web site! It must be an absolutely beautiful Country! Cheers!

Ian - I am very sorry to hear about your friend. I hope the wedding goes well, your son has a great birthday and YOU have a safe trip to Germany. I will be looking forward to your pictures when you return! You will truely be missed!

Wow! Life can be so complicated sometimes. That is a lot to keep straight!

I have never been to Germany. I have a dear friend here in the states that is from Germany and my husband's families, (both mom and dad) are from Germany. I hear it is beautiful there. My brother travels there quite often for business. (He lives in Sweden.)

Have a great day, Ian. Cheers.

Pictures from Germany would be great! Thank you, Ian. I can't wait to see them.

Ian - we do have water in the lake......but it's not quite rowable just yet. Huge works have been done on the rowing course however, while it was visible (the bottom that is). The lake is kind of resembling the original swamp that is was at the moment.

Thank you Ian! - Knowing so many are sending positive thoughts Rocko's way helps tremendously.

Ian, my current Avatar, the plane is one I teach others to fly in, as a part time job and for fun

PS, the plane is a Jabiru

Dear Ian; it is I who owes you an apology for not thanking you sooner. Yesterday was an awful day. I cried all day while I trying to put all his photos in a single folder and make sense of it all. I read your Ode To Rocko to my husband and we both shed tears reading it. Thank you my dear friend, thank you!

Hey Ian, we were in a felucca when the guide scooped up some green water and offered it to us. He then drank it with no noticable effects. It was almost solid from the brakish build-up behind the Aswan Dam. I still shudder to think about it.The joys of travel!

Thank you Ian. That evening I was sitting at the computer gathering all of Rocko's photos, when I looked out I saw a single magnolia on our tree. As I was transferring the photos I heard Lady Bird had passed away. I had to pay homage to her.

About 20 yrs ago, we went to the Morgan Factory. I believe it was in Malvern. Each car is hand made to order - all the way to the piping on the upholstry. They have been making cars there since I believe the 1930's the same way - starting with a wood frame. There is a waiting list to have one built. The factory is a row of 'sheds' going down a hill. They start at the first shed, roll it down the hill to the next shed, etc. till the interior is put in and then drive it up the hill.

Of all the 'Cottage' car manufactures in England, that we went to, this was the most interesting.

PS: The Morgan Pup in town is a must stop. It has all sorts of memorabillia on the Morgan Motorcycles.

Thanks for the info Eve.
Have you given any thought to joining up as a free member? In that way you can have your own page and I can reply directly to you. All you have to do is click on 'Members' at the top of the page and I think you will find that it is relatively easy from there. But this is strictly none of my business so please feel free to ignore it if you wish.

Just got your message, Ian. No it wasn't me. Maybe it's Kate/Sydney(Lane Cove) or an American Kate! I've never skied in my life either on water or the slightly more solid snow! My brother learnt to ski when we lived in England. His school went to Austria! The 2 younger sisters learnt at Falls Creek while Dad was in Wagga by then I'd started nursing in Sydney & Maureen was working & going to College in Wagga. My youngest sister is senior of Coronet Peak & Methven? ski fields in NZ. She spent a few years going from Canada (Sunshine) to Australia then Austria to NZ. So she had permanent winter, ugh, except for a sojourn in Dubbo on the way through!!! Each to her own!! She finally settled in Queenstown but as she became more senior she had less time to ski! My son spent 4 mths from Dec'06 working as a ski-lift attendant at Telluride in Colorado on a student working visa. But he doesn't ski, he snowboards!

Sorry Ian, that was a bit long winded!!!

Great pictures on this site too, Ian. The one of the Rockies looks a bit like Coronet Peak!

G'Day Ian, nice of you to drop by.
I fly out of Tooradin (top of western port bay).
The Jabirus I fly are owned by the flying school, don't have my own (yet!), they are J160 and LSA versions, soon we will have J170's as well.
Sounds like you have done a lot of flying for the RAAF and had a great time doing it. My normal day job is with DSTO (formally ARL) in Fishermans Bend, so deal with the RAAF on a regular basis, I work in the Airframes and Engines Division, currently doing research into Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

Hi Ian! I like skiing but I haven't been for some time! It doesn't look like I'll get there this year either more's the pity as it looks loike a bumper year. Unfortunately it isn't me who has just returned from skiing.

Hello Ian just popped in to say thank you for leaving a message on my page. I had been unwell but thankfully almost a 100% now. I will drop you an email re: August to see if we can get together at all. Take care x

I found your message on my page via an email as I'm not yet into the habit of checking My Page in Sudokoland. However, in response to your 'Philosophy According to Ian', everything you say about the odds of a flying disaster makes absolute perfect, logical sense, but.... Actually, I'm not too bad once we're up in the air and I can see the tapestry below, it's mainly the going up and down that gets to me. Then again my flying history is fairly limited and it's over 5 years now since I was last in a plane so I may find it all easier now. I should just buy one of these amazingly cheap tickets to Somewhere and just go for the heck of it. Ah..but that means getting into the car and driving on the Hume Freeway to Melbourne. There's the rub!
Now, I hope this will go directly to your own My Page. I'm getting a bit long-winded for the puzzle area.

Back again Ian. I am using your page as a test site temporarily before I waste more of Gath's time and make a complete fool of myself. I noticed that the message I sent to you this morning did not contain my whole user ID, i.e. the 'NSW' is missing. So I will quickly send this one as the greyed out boxes immediately above this definitely show the whole ID. Gath asked me if I was logged in when I sent the message, and I thought I was, but maybe I had not put the whole thing in. Hopefully this will sort me out.

Eureka !!! Seems OK now doesn't it? I have learnt my lesson. Now to pass on the good news to Gath.

Hi Ian,

email would be a good option, Angie/Melb and Rola/Perth have my email. Angie and CP I think have been in contact via email. I'm happy to send mine via Angie/CP/you.

Ian have sent email to you regarding vdV address..

thanks for visiting my page the other day.. yes, we love the caravan, we try to get away as often as we can.. be it just a normal weekend, long weekend, to a local caravan park...
over Christmas down to Albany for a couple of weeks..

Ian, I am so pleased that Chloe brought back fond memories for you. You would appreciate how famous she really is in Melbourne. She was also a favourite with troops on R&R leave in Australia during the Second World War, especially US marines. It is a stunning painting and one of such art and historical significance in a public hotel in Australia.

Such is the significance of the painting that during the time the hotel was refurbished, it was moved to the National Gallery of Victoria where it was exhibited. The National Trust and Heritage of Victoria decreed in 1988 that both the painting and the hotel remain bound together forever.

Hi Ian. On my page they just show up as icon type things. when I click the icon I get more icons for the several pictures I have when I click one of these I then get a picture & can cycle through them like I did with yours & others. Someone else has said she can't get my pictures too. I don't know why this has happened. They're not big like Anne's & hers work! I might delete them & start again!

Ian, Just dropping in to enjoy your pictures - Oh, I love the shots of the North Bay and the ship with the waves crashing onto it's side - I enjoyed them all - makes me want to dig my camera out and walk along our Riverwalk and take some shots .
I took a photo class when I got my camera years ago - we went to a wonderful park - I took the best pictures of my life - crawling on the ground - climbint trees to get the perfect shot - when I got home - my film had never advanced to take the shot I sure they were the best in the world Take care of yourself and again - Thank you for such wonderful pictures that take me away --- I also enjoyed - 'Who' on first' Mary

Ian I have been viewing nal's pictures, though he has so great shots, I believe yours are just as good.
So I will continue holding my breath. :)

Ian, did anyone tell you that you are fantastic? Well I'm going to shout it - YOU ARE FANTASTIC!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! The resize program worked like a charm!

Ian, wanted to thank you properly. So ta daa - I present and . Enjoy!

Ian
Were you ever able to see my gorgeous Girlie-girl on Flickr?
I am still playing around on this site, but I think I now have it to where you can see her.

Re my mouse problem: I have used traps many times and always have success. I use those plastic ones that are really easy to set and they work very well. I just cannot bring myself to empty them. I know it's really stupid and a case of mind over matter but I have to wait until daughter or son-in-law visits and throws the horrible little corpses away. That's why I want to stop the invasion in its tracks if possible. Someone else suggested mothballs, so I will try them.

hi there it was great to see u on my page it was really heartening thanx 4 that .just by the way include me in your friends list !

Hi Ian, Just dropped in to say goodya. It was good they moved the 'lady in red'.You will always have your great pics of the event. I like your little shutter-bug. cheers.

Hi Ian, I could'nt open 'my page' and I could'nt find you in the puzzle pages so I went throught Anne's. I have uploaded a few pics for the puzzles plus some on my page.I'doing' my garden and birds to start off with. thank you for comments I really appreciate it.They did do a great job getting the lady off the sand...I also enjoy your photos from all over thank you. Cheers.

Yes Ian your last message come throught.I live in the Norwest corner [Circular Head]. My page is up and running again.

Hi eaa, it seems that I screwed up my reply to you. I have it saved and will try to work out what I did wrong, but I have to go out now. Later.