coffe that is…piece of cake really, until the beans explode into flames…well not quite, but darn they get hot…
This runt mix was left for a week and it was not too bad, roasted in two batches, the first alittle bit under done and the second go was pretty spot on.
Typical temperatures ast this point at 450-500 degrees.
Quite frankly, a let down crappy weather and and the same old crap there, gee i wonder what they are gonna do in two years time? dump and burn, hornets and…well the caribous will be retired by then,so no more wheel barrowing those bad boys…
Only do this every 2 or 3 years (could be longer) and I always forget how to change these darn things and hence it ends up taking 2 hours to do one wheel!
So key things to remember, firstly the obvious things, setup the car, loosen wheel nuts before jacking, ensure handbrake is on and the car is resting on the transmission also.
1) Brake Calipers pivot around the top bolt (fwd one), this bolt does not need to be loosened or removed, can’t bloody well budge it anyway:)
2) Remove lower bolt (aft) and pivot caliper about the upper bolt, this requires alittle compressing of the piston to release the pads from the disc. At this point ensure the cover on the brake fluid reservoir is removed.
3) Remove existing pads – note, brake disc dust is bad for ya..do not blow the stuff again 🙂
In addition to the normal Showcase I have cracked out a tassie selection from a recent trip, it can be found here (only link ATM)
Referring to http://www.sydneyharbourbridge.info/
The Sydney Harbour Bridge, also affectionately known as the ‘Coathanger’, was opened on March 19th 1932 by Premier Jack Lang, after six years of construction. Made of steel the bridge contains 6 million hand driven rivets. The surface area that requires painting is equal to about the surface area of 60 sports fields. The Bridge has huge hinges to absorb the expansion caused by the hot Sydney sun. You will see them on either side of the bridge at the footings of the Pylons.
Sydney Harbour Bridge is the world’s largest (but not longest as thats the New River Gorge in the USA) steel arch bridge, and, in its beautiful harbour location, has become a renowned international symbol of Australia.
Its total length including approach spans is 1149 metres and its arch span is 503 metres. The top of the arch is 134 metres above sea level and the clearance for shipping under the deck is a spacious 49 metres. The total steelwork weighs 52,800 tonnes, including 39,000 tonnes in the arch. The 49 metre wide deck makes Sydney Harbour Bridge the widest Longspan Bridge in the world.
Technically not a review site but the most comprehensive spec site around!
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/specs.html
http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/
and more
Read about it here
disturbing at the best…
Between 1833 and 1877, about one thousand burials took place on the island. The majority were convicts and ex-convict paupers who were buried mostly in unmarked graves on the lower part of the island. The graves of free people were located on the high side of the island and were sometimes marked by elaborate headstones cut by the convict stonemasons.
The Isle of the Dead is a small island located in the harbour adjacent to the Port Arthur Historic Site. Originally called Opossum Island, it was selected as a burial place by the Reverend John Manton in 1833.
these two images say soo much about port arthur 🙂
At first I was always worried about dust, got really worried when my 18-200mm started filling up with little specs, over time I have come to realise that even dust plonked on the rear element has little effect on the overall quality of the image. Now I worry more about composing the shot then the possibility of dust inside! Probably the right way round.
For example, take my 55mm micro lens, this lens is nice, very nice, considered very sharp and has a good rep, my one came secondhand and was missing part of the focus ring 🙂 It also had a by yello dust blob on the inside of the rear element, not centre stage but off to one side, at first I was worried, then after taking some shots, then more shots, then craploads of shots, I have never seen any degradation of the image quality even when trying to look in the spot where it might be.
Possibly the most photographed boat shed?
Made from the famous and now very scarce King Billy Pine, mainly due to its easy splitting nature for the manufacture of shingles, similiar to the Waldheim Chalet (Gustav and Kate Weindorfer).
See it now while you can – Foresty of Tasmania and respective Logging compnays are ensuring it won’t be there tomorrow….
http://www.stillwildstillthreatened.org/
http://www.myspace.com/stillwildstillthreatened
(must be really important for me to blemish my site with a single myspace link 🙂 )
[rant start]
Gets me every time and I am sick of searching for the soln on the net every time I uprgade the darn gallery…
anyway…”clear:both” remove
[rant finish]
Cradle Mountain is located in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, yes it would appear they were not terribly imaginative when naming this one 🙂
The biggest drawcard for the Cradle Mountain end of the park is the diversity of walks, not necessarily the variation in length and difficulty factor, which most parks in Tassie seem to have anyway (which is awesome for attracting a large range of tourists) but the diversity in the environment in such a relatively small space. Take for example the Ronny’s Creek to Summit walk, you walk through button grass fields and small creeks followed by a section of rainforest and cascading waterfalls, this breaks out to the crater lake and its associated vegetation, more ground hugging and wind swept (that included us:) ). The walk from crater lake to Marions lookout and agin completely different, racky outcrops and small bushes, continuing on to Kitchen hut is bare rock and mossy ground. The finally ascent is a boulder filled funpark with patchs of brush, snow and rock moss stuff (very technical term).
If there was only one place you could go in Tassie and on a time limit, Cradle mountain would be it. It has walks for all types of people, including disabled people (light years ahead of the plebs in NSW). Whether it be a 20 minute stroll through the ENchanted forest of a boulder hopping trip up to the summit, there is a walk catered to you and the weather!
The Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park shares a “Twin Parks” agreement with the World Heritage listed Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve in the People’s Republic of China.
Check out Parks and Wildlife Tasmania for more.
