Øyungen lake
Photos of Øyungen lake during my recent cycling trip.
Øyungen
I went on a cycling trip to Øyungen, a small lake near Oslo. Round trip was about 37 km, which considering my total lack of fitness and excessive flab, was no mean feat! Here’s some photos en-route to the lake, photos of the lake itself coming up soon 🙂
WordCamp Romania
Waipara Hills
I always told you could buy this stuff all over the world, but I assumed that meant that a few boutique wine stores dotted around the globe would stock the occasional bottle. But I walked into the local Vinmonopolet (Norwegian for “Wine Monopoly”) and smack bang in the middle of one of the shelves was […]
Tromsø at night
Some long exposure (~5 s) photos of Tromsø city.
Arctic ocean
Harriet checking out the Arctic ocean temperature. Apparently it was a bit chilly.
More statues from Frognerparken
The Norwegians appear to get off on statues. Not sure what’s up with that …
Walking in Oslo
I went for a walk from my apartment today. I went on a 15 km tour to the edge of the city and back. I was hoping to find somewhere to skate on a lake called Maridalsvannet, but the whole place is fenced off due to it being the primary water supply for the city.
Frognerparken
I visited Frognerparken, a popular park in Oslo which features a bunch of strange looking statues.
Visit from Kerry
My lovely friend Kerry came to visit me in Oslo 🙂 We went to the local ski jump, but were met with a gloriously wonderful array of fog, fog and a little more fog.
Arctic explorers
Harriet and I, ready to embark on our great arctic adventure into the untouched wilderness of the Tromsø city center.
Pizza with Harriet and Anita
Dinner with Harriet and Anita. We nommed down a ridiculous amount of pizza at which point it suddenly dawned on me that I now consider a $100 bottle of wine to be cheap!
Worlds most northern brewery
Harriet and I visited the worlds most northern brewery, Mack brewery.
Aquarium in Tromsø
The weather turned to poo in Tromsø, so Harriet and I headed to the local aquarium to entertain ourselves for the afternoon.
Snow in Tromsø
So, Harriet and I went to Tromsø during the winter. Tromsø is way up in the arctic circle. It apparently snows quite a lot in the arctic circle, who would’ve thought!
Tromsø Cemetery
Continuing my habit of taking photos of cemeteries covered in snow …
Action girl
Harriet Geoghegan posing in Tromsø.
Sentrumsløpet
I competed in the Sentrumsløpet today, a 10 km running race around the streets of Oslo. I am the fattest I have been in my life, I am the most out of shape I’ve ever been in my life, I am nursing an achilles heal injury and rather insanely decided that competing in this thing […]
Bob Skywalker
We have a new member of our office. His name is Bob Skywalker.
Tromsø in early evening
Some photos taken in the early evening in Tromsø.
Tromsø at dusk
Some photos at dusk from my arctic adventure in Tromsø with Harriet.
Arctic adventure in Tromsø
Harriet Geoghegan and I travelled to the little city of Tromsø way up in the Arctic circle. I never thought I would travel that far north in the world, but it seems I was wrong!
Kiwis in Kiwi!
So I moved to the other side of the planet, and one of the first shops I see is called “Kiwi”!!! So I walk in, expecting to see nothing but Kiwi paraphernalia, sheep, rugby crap, buzzy bees etc. and what do I find? … groceries. Groceries, groceries and a few more groceries. Why do they […]
Harriet and I in Tromsø
Conroys dam
During a skating expedition in July 2011, we stopped in at Conroy’s dam near Alexandra. There was no ice to be seen, but the lake was a beautiful crystal clear mirror.
Some nice winter photos
Some nice photos I took during the winter of 2011.
Getting on thin ice
What do a bunch of skating crazed idiots do when there isn’t enough ice to safely skate on? … they attempt to skate on it anyway …
Maniototo by car
Some winter-time photos taken from inside the car whilst travelling around the Maniototo region.
Dave Patchett enjoying a casual swim
During a skating trip to Poolburn dam in July 2011, Dave Patchett decided there wasn’t enough ice so took a casual dip underneath it instead!!!
Random flat photos from 2011
Some random photos that I didn’t know where else to put …
Snow day
We had the biggest snow dump I’ve seen in Dunedin city during 2011. Here are snaps from my camera from that day. Justine and I went to Poppas Pizza’s before going to see some snowboarders and skiers having a lot of fun on the hills.
Unholy with Liz
My new friend Liz took me to her favourite hangout “Unholy” in Oslo. Good time had by all.
They said winter was over …
The locals told me winter was over and there would be no more snow. Then I awoke to see this outside my bedroom winter … (this happened quite a few weeks ago, just took me a while to post it)
Frogner stadion
Skating trip to Frogner stadion in Oslo. The ice surface was super smooth, the temperatures were high and there was more ice than you could possibly imagine (for a rink). A complete lack of fitness and having not skated properly in around nine months left me pretty much dead at the end of my skating […]
Trip to Hoffmans dam
Whilst staying in Naseby for a hockey tournament, Dave Patchett, myself and Chris Laing walked up in the snow to Hoffman’s dam. The dam was frozen, but not enough to skate on.
Northern Lights
Harriet Geoghegan and I headed north to the city of Tromsø in northern Norway. Our goal was to see the northern lights, and we duly did 🙂 At first this seemed unlikely as Tromsø was shrouded in cloud, but our friendly northern lights tour guide drove us most of the way to Finland in an […]
Frozen waterfall
Oslo got darned cold for a while. A good demonstration of how chilly it got is this waterfall which was almost totally frozen over.
Bridge at Albert Town camp site
Panoramic view of the river which flows beside the Albert Town camping ground. I was visiting Krissi and Jaimee Wood at their camp site. Original panoramic photo can be downloaded here.
Aker Brygge harbour
Some photos from the harbour at Aker Brygge in Oslo, Norway.
Nobel Peace Center
There were some protestors outside the Nobel Peace Center when I wandered on past recently. I have no idea what they were protesting about.
Harry and Barney
I share an office with my two friends Harry and Barney Ponsonby. They’re quite awesome and keep me entertained when not working. I snapped some photos of them on a walk with their master Shay Ponsonby at lunch time.
New apartment
People keep asking me what my new apartment in Oslo looks like, so here’s some piccies to keep you happy 🙂
Cemetery in Oslo
I normally find cemeteries kinda creepy, but there’s something I find very peaceful about them once there’s a nice dump of snow on them. This is one I stumbled across when I got lost walking home from town one day.
Random shit in Oslo!
Some random shit I’ve seen in Oslo recently.
Liverpool hut
Chris Laing at the highest point of our trip up to Liverpool hut.
Bridge in Oslo
Snapped a photo of a nice bridge near my apartment in Oslo. I often walk over this bridge when taking a detour to the shops.
Sun in Oslo
It’s often hard to see the sun in Oslo, but here is proof it does exist 🙂
Birdies in the snow
Apparently snow is edible! These pigeons were pulling out all sorts of edible delights from within the snow pack. And here I was thinking it was nothing but water! And a bonus photo of a duck 🙂
Dawn near the stream
I went for a wander down the side of the stream near my apartment in Oslo. The sun creeping over the horizon made for a pleasant walk through the snow.
New camera!
My trusty old Canon S1IS died last year. I’ve been making do with a cruddy piece of junk bottom of the line Canon crapbox since then, so decided that since I’m in an exotic new land and popping shots off constantly that I should upgrade to something better. So today I bought a brand new […]
- « Previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Next »