It’s a gorgeous Saturday afternoon here. It feels a lot like a summer day at the lake, it’s quite dry and sunny. You can smell the hot pine trees in the sun and the grass is a little dry and crunchy. The clouds are like cotton balls and constantly changing. I have a little taste of it for everyone below:

This was shot from my balcony today. I feel pretty fortunate to be living in a place like this, all the while there has been a mass exodus of my belongings at my house, with great thanks to my friends.

Tags: Australia, Video by David Graff
No Comments »

Last weekend was Australia’s National holiday, aptly named Australia Day. The holiday itself falls on January 26, and this year that was a Saturday. In lieu of the day, we had Monday off, and I took the chance to see a bit of the city. I haven’t seen much of it yet, since I’ve been feeling a bit obligated to sort out this whole homelessness thing of mine (I’ve been temporarily staying at a dorm on campus).

Since the rental market here is controlled by real estate companies, there was none open on Monday, briefly relieving me of that duty. So I headed down the river, to see where the City Cat ferries would go. I took a stop in Southbank, which is an inner city park with a pool made like a beach, sand and all. You can see the “lagoon” on the Our Brisbane webcam. I took a few photos that I’ll put up later.

After getting back on the ferry and riding it as far as it would go in one direction, I decided to time lapse capture the trip home. Follow the link to watch it. [Read more →]

Tags: Australia, UQ, Video by David Graff
3 Comments »

It poured rain all day today, with barely a break. I thought I moved to Brisbane for the sun! The rain makes it hard to do things when you don’t have a car, which means I got soaked going for a quick walk. I wanted to try put up a video of the rain, but Microsoft Vista is so wonderful, they have managed to get absolutely nothing to work. Hopefully I’ll edit this and add it later to give you an idea of the rain.

EDIT: Alright… I think I kinda figured it out… no help from M$. It’s after the link if it interests you.

[Read more →]

Tags: Australia, Video by David Graff
No Comments »