Well Being (2014)

Total:  7.4

Using Excel to create a life dashboard

 I would later use this idea extensively in Evernote.

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Spiritual Connection (2014)

Total: 6.6

Discomfort (2014)

Total:  2.7

Event highlights (2014)

Create

• Wisdom Trove:  851 hours
• Blog: 232 hours
• Compass: 143 hours
• DIY:  150 hours

Cape Town

• Weekend away with Herds
• Table Mountain with Russell
• Volleyball on Camps Bay
• Paragliding
• Ratanga Junction
• Bo Kaap
• World of Birds
• Hint Hunt

Weekend away

• Mount Kosciuszko
• Kangaroo Valley (x2)
• Blue Mountains with hiking gang
• Newnes mine and glowworms
• Shoalhaven River
• Barrington Tops
• Central Coast with Chrisel (x2)

Hikes

• Sculptured Rocks (Chrisel)
• Royal National Park (reflections)
• Manly Scenic walk. 
• Royal National Park  (Burning Palms)
• Le Perouse
• Mermaid Pools (x2)

Spirituality

• Geraldine celebration
• Nic  group
• HAI meditation evening + workshop
• Biodanza (2x)
• Don Miguel presentation.
• Jilly (Eckhart)
• 5 sessions with Louise

Social

• Sappho Book store 
• Opera House underwater + Extreme
• Liz's 40 th
• Sue 70th birthday

Wisdom Trove

• Do quotes by topic
• Wisdom Trove: 841 hours

Spiritual Moments (2014)

Insight

• The Work (Byron Katie) - work on illusions (assurance)

Love

• Deep love to music
• Love to Quanta Qualia
• Love for fly after hike.

Dani

• Shooting stars when bless Dani
• Bless Dani's relationship (birds)

Release

• Crying to Robert Glass
• Deep love and crying on walks

Peace & Bliss

• Mantra on walk, in morning
• At Nick "Everything so perfect"
• Nothing keeping me from joy and peace except my resistance to it.
• Watching Tracks at the cinema
• Peace after the celebration of Geraldine's life after he passing.

Priceless moments (2014)

Cape Town

• Leaping on Table Mountain - naked + overhang
• Playing with Matt (Boulders, dungeon)
• Paragliding, slingshot
• Breede River weekend

Hiking

• Mount Kuziosko (Alpine Lakes) + leaping
• Blue Mountain long weekend with gang
• Barrington Tops love in forest
• Newnes mine and glowworms
• Shoalhaven River
• Mermaid Pools (x2)
• Swimming on Meet Up hikes

Chrisel

• Sculptured Rocks hike
• Central Coast (x2) - especially smorgasboard
• Botanical Garden after Opera House
• Picnic and lamb shanks
• Babootie
• Chicken soup
• How to Tame Your Dragon

Dec

• i-Phone 6, especially photography

Movies

Insights (2014)

• Everything is perfect.  Innate perfection in every single thing. 
• Love is all that's real. All else is a lie.
• My purpose: love and laughter, wonder and wisdom.
• All thoughts that are not loving or peaceful are a lie.
• I am …  It is …
• Love it all. Hate nothing. Love what is.
• Approval / disapproval is just someone's story (opinion.) Not worth anything as not certain of it.
• My job is to to approve of myself, not seek approval or love externally.
• I am breathed. I am thought.
• Don't take anything personally. Their projections.
• Whose business is this? Mine? Hers? Gods?
• Conscious of psychic energy drain (energy parasites) - track energy
• Plan ahead as much as I review past. Plan trips like military operation.
• It's all about raising my state of consciousness. Ladder of consciousness.
• The power of intention.  Set intention. That's all I really have control over.
• Treat myself with the love and respect of a cherished friend.  Infinite patience and compassion.
• No more Mr Nice Guy. Meet my own needs.

Gratitude (2014)

• Chrisel didn't see pills
• Didn't get hit by the car when jumped for Mack. 
• Dani on track for kids. Heard about relationship when I was strong. 
• Lights in dining room ok. 
• Meeting Srini
• Meeting the hiking gang
• Car not fried (battery charge) 
• Leaking ceiling - not copper pipes. 
• The wedding photos were not corrupted. 
• Staggered pill so much better - doubled my ability to work, increased sense of well being. 
• Dani got back to me (after usb, after book.)  Liked my post. 
• Dylan better. 
• Shooting stars on Breede when bless Dani.
• Russell in South Africa when I was

Progress (2014)

Life-Trove and Compass

• Blog: labels, priceless moments, post intro's
• Blog: priceless moments for each year
• Humour - in excel, really make people laugh.
• First full year recorded in Excel
• Using Facebook to promote my photos, blog and life.  Connect to friends.

Photography

• Camera (Canon S110, iphone 6, Canon 70d)
• Making photo collages into art form
• Hiking photography becoming art.
• Start photographing small moments of life too.

Life

• Movie downloads + headphones
• House maintenance
• Life full of social and adventure (a sundae).

Health

• Power of catnaps
• Smoothies
• Press ups (looking good)
• A great circle of friends (hiking gang)

Special connections (2014)

Connect

• Chrisel
• Family (Cape Town)
• Geraldine pass away
• Liz (Blogstruck)
• Thank you letters (mum, Jo)
• Email to Matt, Sam
• Jo farewell (My friend)
• Liz Kindle
• Bithday letter to Sue + blog post
• Lydia (help with site)
• Letter to Chrisel

Friends

• Jilly (Eckhart), James, Craig, Chris
• Roger (dinners, Xmas outings)
• Andreas
• Sue
• The Hurds (Brandon, Warren)

Meet Up

• Liz, Zante, Michelle, Gavin, Lauren, Srini, Elna
• Ken (Barrington Tops)
• Kenny, Cloris
• Wendy & Rob
• Jo
• Howard
• Hugh
• Catty (Galapagos girl)
• David and Yen
• JC

Teachers

• Nic
• Louise
• Deborah (erotic meditation)

More

• Inspire Srini to sieze life
• Jilly let off with a warning. Got her off $ 500.   
• 2 minute talk on intimacy - Joanna wanted to cry

Affirmation (2014)

Proud

• Christina:  "You're very calming. Beautiful energy."  Share re depression and spirituality.
• Jo "Highest EQ of anyone ever met. Should be life coach or counsellor."
• Elna interested in me romantically.
• Shoalhavem guy "Find conversation extremely inspiring.  So rare."
• Gavin: "He could make a sewerage work look beautiful."
• Matt in blog for hrs when could not sleep.
• JC: Its always a great laugh when your around... 
• Much energy in your pelvis.  Use it."  Deborah
• I rarely see a photograph I might call 'art' but your groups of photographs sensitively collaged I think do work as art.  Ken
• Site for Lydia and got domain working.
• Chrisel: Inspired by your calmness, kindness. (Kindness most Nb quality)
• Making girls laugh in mountains. 
• Chrisel interested & Liz
• Home maintenance (especially hole in toilet wall)
• Brandon:  "You're one in twelve funny people."
• Heather "You've changed.  Calmer."
• Jo: "You're in tune with emotions of others. Made me calmer."
• Liz: Your poetry brought me to to tears. 
• Greatly inspired Srini.
• Carrying pack at hike.

Photography

• Shoalhaven:  Hey Graeme, these photos are fantastic. I watched them many times! Sara
• Shoalhaven:  Wowee.. fantasticly, awesome pics!  I tried to leave a comment on your blog but it didn't take.. going to show my students your blog today.. such a great account of the adventure :-)  Ann Marie
• Shoalhaven:  A famous hiking photographer Graeme has some more amazing shots from the weekend.  JC
• Liz:  I don't know if this sounds odd, but all of your photos have this very positive, uplifting feel about them.  They give a sense of hope, wonder, awe and a general sense that everything is right with the world.
• Gavin:  Graeme has magic within his fingers like that of a god. With the click of his fingers he captures life in its purest form, with such raw emotion.
• Ken: I rarely see a photograph I might call 'art' but your groups of photographs sensitively collaged I think do work as art. 
• Gavin: “Graeme could make a sewerage work look beautiful.”
• Gavin: "Never get enough of your photos. Sit on toilet, end up there for 1.5 hours.

Life Trove

• Liz:  Since you gave us the link, I have been snooping around your blog. And all I can say is WOW!!!! It is an absolutely extraordinary piece of work.   Firstly, Your photos are beyond amazing.  I don't know if this sounds odd, but all of your photos have this very positive, uplifting feel about them.  They give a sense of hope, wonder, awe and a general sense that everything is right with the world (sorry for getting a bit deep there).  Anyway, there is definitely a gallery waiting with your name on it!  A few of my favourites are the "Torres Del Paine, Chile" with the sunlight hitting the peaks, the lion sitting so grandly and looking so majestic, the moon setting over the 12 Apostles, the sun setting behind the elephant, the sunset one with the boat in the water (you must have taken it recently)....really I could name so many more.... Your memoirs are so warm, honest and funny.  Its great reading about your family and seeing photos when you were a boy...with hair  (haha).  Your poetry brought me to to tears (particularly the one entitled 'The Child' for a couple different reasons).  I love poetry and used to write heaps as a child and in my teens but I haven't done so for ages.
• Chrisel:  I lost myself for a couple of hours in your treasure trove...what an incredible collection of memories you have created there. You must be so proud of yourself; seriously to be so in touch with all your most valued people/experiences is very admirable. And the photos! Those South America photos are amaaaaaaazing!  Wow, you really are a master photographer and writer (I still believe that you have missed your calling and should be a writer/photographer!). Thanks also for being so complementary about my family and your time here - I showed them all the entries about them and they loved it!  
• Sean:  Hi Graeme, a blast from the past but I was thinking about my old school friends on the weekend and looked you up. I read your blog and wow, you live life to the full. 

Challenges (2014)

Relationships and lack of

• Obsession re Chrisel (should I make move or not?)
• Feeling unattractive, bald, greying, ageing.
• Rejections (Mandy, Chrisel)
• S thoughts

Dani

• Dani (especially email re new relationship)
• "Oversharing" in my letter to Dani

More

• Matt, housemate - super self conscious, being judged
• Sick and zyprexa withdrawal (by mistake)
• Leaking ceiling - copper pipes ?

Louise Kramer, my therapist in Sydney

Sessions with Louise

• I heard about Louise through Nerium through Louise's relayed wisdom: "You do the best you can with where you're at." The best you can at the level of consciousness you're at.
• Introduced me to Don Miguel Ruiz. Don't take things personally. A person perceives you through their story.  Don Miguel happened to be doing a presentation in Sydney which I went to.
• Introduced me to Byron Katie and The Work.  Inspired my "enquiry" and "assurance."  Helped me get over Dani and hellish thoughts. Also transcend judgements of others.
• First person I spoke to about Wisdom Trove. Gave her access. She gave me a lot of encouragement, especially about approval seeking.

Insights

• Byron Katie's The Work: "Is it true? Can I absolutely know that it’s true? How do I react when I believe that thought? Who would you be without the thought?  Who would I be without the thought? With judgements, come up with turnarounds expressing the opposite of what I believe. Are they not equally valid."
• I am not responsible for my thoughts. I am not the thinker of them. They simply appear to me.
• Effortful thinking achieves very little.  Worrying even less. 
• Insights arise not through thinking, but when the mind is still. 
• Take nothing personally. What you think of me is nothing personal. It has little to do with me.  It's part of your story. 
• It's none of my business what you think of me. 
• Dani would have loved me even more if I'd opened up, stopped pretending to be perfect. 
• The ability to be open and vulnerable opens up love. 
• Don Miguel's 4 Agreements: "Be Impeccable With Your Word. Don't Take Anything Personally. Don't Make Assumptions. Always Do Your Best but know your best will differ according to your state of being at any one time."
• Use your word in the direction of truth and love. 
• Do I have control over this? If not, accept and let go.

Approval seeking (something I wrote, inspired by our sessions)


My need to be approved by others is my own need to be approved by myself. To seek approval is to assume I'm not whole.

In seeking approval, I pay a heavy price ...

• I waste energy and time, the precious stuff that life is made of.
• I'm driven to try to manipulate you and your mind.
• I stop sharing all of myself.
• I sacrifice my uniqueness in an attempt to fit in.
• I pretend to be who I am not. Then when you say "I love you," I can't believe it, because I know you're loving someone that doesn't exist.
• I put my happiness in another's keeping, making myself their hostage, and I become easy to own, control and manipulate.
• I make everyone my judge, opening up the fear of rejection.

Approval seeking is bound to lead to failure and pain ...

• It's impossible to control what others think.
• It's impossible to please everyone. In fact trying to do so is the surest way to fail.
• Even the warmest and most sincere approval can be taken away at any time for any reason.

External approval is actually worth very little ...

• When someone says they approve of me, I can never know for sure if it's sincere or even true.
• The approval of another is just their projection; part of their story. When someone approves of me, they're approving of their story of me; not me myself.
• Approval can be taken away at the snap of a finger.

Letting go of the need for approval brings wonderful rewards ...

• I am able to be me. That's true freedom.
• My eyes are opened to my natural wealth and I start gaining my own approval and respect.
• I become a student. I'm totally open.
• I become tranquil and peaceful.
• Paradoxically, the less I care about seeking approval, the more I tend to get.

I free myself of the need to seek approval from others ...

• Life is too short to waste time waiting for other people to approve of me and how I live my life.
• I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.  And to be a loving space for consciousness to flow through me.  If others approve of me, that's wonderful. And if they don't approve of me, that's good too. It doesn't effect my life or happiness.
• The only person I want approval from is me. Instead of seeking love and acceptance from others, I work on loving and accepting myself.
• I don't want people's approval. I want people to  think the way they think. That's love. I focus far more on recognising the treasure in others than on trying to get them to recognise the merits in me.
• I realise deeply that the source of what I seek externally is in me already. I am perfect and complete with everything I need right here, right now to be happy. My happiness depends on nothing external, including the approval of others.

Non fiction books read (2014)

Spiritual awakening

• The Mystery Experience: A revolutionary approach to spiritual awakening (Tim Freke)

The map of consciousness

• I: Reality and Subjectivity (David R. Hawkins M.D. Ph.D.)

Enquiry and assurance

• Question Your Thinking, Change The World: Quotations from Byron Katie (Byron Katie)
• Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (Byron Katie )

Don Miguel Ruiz

• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Don Miguel Ruiz)
• The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Experience curating

• Experience Curating: How to Gain Focus, Increase Influence, and Simplify Your Life (Joel Zaslofsky)

Assertiveness

• No More Mr. Nice Guy (Robert Glover)
  
  

Highlights of 2014

7 amazing weeks in Cape Town, making wonderful friends through Meet Up and doing 30 hikes.

Priceless Moments

• Watching the exhilarating start of The Sydney Hobart yacht race with Nicola and getting to see inside one of the yachts thanks to John who did the race this year.
• Looking down onto the sublime alpine lakes of Mount Kosciuszko, leaping as a group at the summit and the way our wonderful hiking group bonded to form The Hiking Gang.
• Getting to do the stunning Manly Scenic Walk at last.
• Seeing Su and Alex's gorgeous little baby, Amilie, for the first time.
• Taking photos of Mandy's adorable puppy, Jessie.
• Mum commissioning a portrait painting of Mack that totally captured his spirit.
• Any time I spend with gorgeous Mack.
• A beautiful celebration of Geraldine's life after she passed away in February.
• The stunning sea cliffs on The Burning Palms walk in The Royal National Park.
• The amazing pot holes in the Berowra National Park and getting to meet lovely Chrisèl again.
• Mindful walking and the stunning city skyline on my nightly stroll through Waverton.
• Nourishing soup and fellowship with Jilly's lovely Eckhart group on Tues nights.
• The stunning reflections in the lake on The Goanna Track circuit in The Royal National Park plus a wonderful swim and getting to meet Lauren who joined our hiking group.
• Being blissfully reunited with my family in Cape Town.
• A bracing but gorgeous swim at Clifton with Mary-Anne.
• Cavorting round the pool at a party in Elgin with Matt.
• Doing The Two Ocean's Fun run and getting to bond with Jo after we both decided to walk.
• Leaping with Sam at Llandadno at sunset.
• Going on some wonderful photographic outings with Jo including World of Birds, Kirstenbosch and Bo Kaap.  It's so special that we share the same passion.
• Getting to go into the monkey cage at World of Birds and having them clamber all over us.
• Playing hide and seek with Matt at Boulder's beach.
• Exploring the dungeons of Groot Constantia with Matt.  He was far more cautious of the dark than me!
• Being blissfully reunited with my wonderful friend, Russell.
• Lots of leaps with Russell, including a daring leap on an overhanging rock on Table Mountain.
• Watching hundreds of dolphins doing leaps and even back flips near Llandadno with Russell.
• Skinny dipping at the top of Table Mountain after a hike up with Russell and doing a naked leap.
• Paddling solo along the Breede River at sunset, in awe at the stunning reflections in the river.

• Paddling up the Breede with Brandon and Russell and getting to navigate some rapids.
• Getting the old volleyball crowd together again and getting to show off my rampant volleyball serve on Camps Bay beach.
• Getting hooked up to Matt and Sam at Ratanga Junction and getting slung shot 100 metres into the air!
• Paragliding off Signal Hill with Russell and then watching the sun set over Lion's Head, exhilarated to still be alive!
• Hurtling down a hill on a taboggon - such a great experience to share with Sam and Matt.
• Being reunited with Mack in Sydney after 7 weeks away.
• Sue and I getting to see our faces form part of the show at The Sydney Vivid Lights Festival.
• Doing two beautiful hikes with The Hiking Gang in The Blue Mountains and a highly fun but competitive game of Foosball with Liz.
• Horse riding on a giant horse called Zorro through gorgeous scenery in The Blue Mountains.
• Getting stuck into DIY in my house and learning lots of new skills, thanks to my wonderful friend, Chris.
• The delicious smoothie at The Sappho Book Store where our hiking gang sometimes meets.
• Getting introduced to the hidden gems of The Central Coast by Chrisel, including the gorgeous Maitland Bay.
• Lots of delicious meals with Chrisel.
• Exploring the beautiful flowers and vistas at The Muogamarra Nature Reserve.
• Listening to Quanta Qualia, one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
• Seeing the breathtaking Mermaid Pools for the first time, then getting to introduce it to my hiking gang.
• Being introduced to the deliciousness of The Lindt Chocolate cafe by Chrisel and getting treated to an orgy of chocolate on The Sydney Chocolate Tour.
• Facing my fear of heights and clambering over a rickety suspension bridge in The Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, then coming face to face with a beautiful snake that swam across the rock pool that we'd been swimming in only moments before.
• The light filtering through the indescribably beautiful Blue Gum Forest in The Blue Mountains and the moon rising over the valley in the late afternoon. Also, the stunning Victoria Falls.
• Leaping as a group at Liz's 40th birthday party, she in her high heels!
• Watching Bryan Smith present his inspiring adventures at The Opera House, and David Doubilet, National Geographic photographer extraordinaire, show off his sublime underwater photographs.
• A freezing, but exhilarating swim in a forest pool in The Barrington Tops that I don't think had ever felt the sun.  I screamed like a little girl when I hit the water!
• Adventurous bundu bashing and clambering down the walls of a canyon to reach a pristine river adorned in orchids for a refreshing swim at The Wingello State Forest.
• Some of the best swimming of the year at Shoalhaven Gorge. 
• Hiking to the surreal flooded forest in The Kangaroo Valley. 
• Hiking in the bucketing rain and feeling very alive in The Canyon at The Blue Mountains.
• Exploring the abandoned mine and glow-worm tunnel in Newnes. 
• Buying a sexy i-phone 6 and falling in love with its panorama camera at the Meet Up Xmas party.

Less happy moments

• Henk, Antony's dad, passing away.
• Saying goodbye to Alex, Su and Amilie who left for Europe after living with me for 3 years.
• Saying farewell to Chrisel who has gone to Africa for a year.
• Getting bitten by a bull ant where men don't want to get bitten on Mt Kuring-gai!
• Seeing 18 year old Sally, Heather's dog, and bursting into tears when it hit me that Mack too is going to get old. 
• Getting lost in The Snowy Mountains.

New friends met this year

• Srini, Gavin, Lauren,  Michelle, Zante, Wendy and Rob, Joe, Elna, Howard

Purchases

• Canon S110, iPhone 6

Favourite movies

• Whiplash
• Vikings (TV series)
• Her
• Tracks
• Finding Vivien Maier
• Interstellar
• Gone Girl
• Fargo (TV series)
• 100 Foot Journey
• Boyhood
• True Detective (TV series)
• Edge of Tomorrow
• The Budapest Hotel
• Africa (David Attenborough)

Favourite Song

• Quanta Qualia

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2014 Index of Links

 
Time in Cape Town

7 wonderful weeks in Cape Town in April & May including ...

• paragliding
• Bo Kaap
• Kirstenbosch
• Beautiful birds at World of Birds and cute monkeys
• Lion's Head
• Clifton 
• Llandudno
• Ratanga Junction - especially the Sling Shot!
• Leaping on an overhanging rock
• Two Ocean's Fun Run
• Paddling on the Breede River
• Climbing Table Mountain with Russell
• Walk at Silvermine with Russell
• Fishhoek with mum
• Boulder's Beach with mum, Jo and Matt
• Volleyball at Camps Bay 
• Chapman's Peak and Noordhoek with Jo
• Llandudno with Jo and Sam
• 100's of dolphins, including back flips!
• Fun at the top of Signal Hill with Russell and Jo
• Party at an Elgin apple farm
• Hout Bay and Chapman's Peak with Russell
• Lunch with Heather in Hout Bay
• Hint Hunt with Russell
• Lunch with Derek and Kobus
• ... and more

Hiking (26 hikes)

• Hiking at Mount Kosciuszko  (Jan)
• Macfarlane Reserve to Lindfield Station  (Feb)
• Kangaroo Valley  (Feb)
• Royal National Park - Burning Palms  (Feb)
• Berowra Valley NP walk: Thornleigh to Hornsby  (Mar)
• The Goanna Track Circuit - Royal National Park  (Mar)
• Uloola Track - Royal National Park (Mar)
• Hiking up Table Mountain with Russell (Apr)
• Hiking weekend in The Blue Mountains (Jun)
• Mermaids Pool & Tahmoor Canyon (Jun)
• Berowra to Mt Kuring-gai via Cowan Creek and Apple Tree Bay (Aug)
• Muogamarra Nature Reserve with Chrisèl   (Sep)
• Mermaid Pools revisited with the hiking gang. (Sep)
• Sections of The Six Foot Track, Blue Mountains (Sep)
• Hiking in The Grove Valley, Blue Mountains (Oct)
• Mount Jellore (Oct)
• Barrington Tops (Oct)
• Wingello State Forest and Morton National Park (Oct)
• Illawarra Walk: Thirroul to Wollongong (Nov)
• Evening Walk: Chatswood Circular via Fullers Bridge ending at Bavarian Bier Cafe  (Nov)
• Palm Beach to Wagstaffe, Pretty Beach, Killcare, Maitland Bay and Putty Beach  (Nov)
• Hiking through Shoalhaven Gorge  (Nov)
• Camping and hiking in The Kangaroo Valley  (Nov)
• Hiking in Canyon to Govett's Leap (Dec)
• Camping and hiking in Newnes (Dec)
• Hiking Cowombat Flat in Victoria.  (Dec)

Walks (4 walks)

• Manly Scenic Walk  (Feb)
• Collaroy to Manly walk  (Jul)
• Spring around Berry Island (Sep)
• Coastal hike at Le Perouse  (Nov)

Overnight trips away

• Mount Kosciuszko  (Jan)
• Kangaroo Valley  (Feb)  
• Hiking weekend in The Blue Mountains (Jun)
• Horse riding in The Blue Mountains (Jun)
• Central Coast  with Chrisèl (including Maitland Bay)  (Aug)
• Central Coast with Chrisèl (Aug)
• Camping weekend in the Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains (Sep)
• Barrington Tops (Oct)
• Camping in Wingello State forest (Oct)
• Hiking through Shoalhaven Gorge  (Nov)
• Camping and hiking in The Kangaroo Valley  (Nov)
• Camping and hiking in Newnes (Dec)
• Hiking Cowombat Flat in Victoria.  (Dec)

Exhibitions and shows

• Wildlife photographer of the Year 2014  with Sue (Jun)
• Opera House to watch David Doubilet presentation  (Jul)
• Live music with Jilly (Aug)
• Opera House to watch Bryan Smith (Oct)
• Watching Radical Reels (Nov)
• Watching Finding Vivian Maier with Sue (Nov)

Birthdays

• Liz's 40th birthday party
• My 44th birthday dinner with Sue (Sep)
• Sue's 70th birthday and Luna Park (Dec)

Eating out

• Breakfast with Jilly, Chris and Rosie (Jul)
• Lunch at Sappho Book store  (Aug)
• Breakfast at Sappho Book store (Sep)
• My 44th birthday dinner with Sue (Sep)
• Farewell dinner with Chrisel (Sep)
• Ribs at Darling Harbour with Roger and Jocelyn (Dec)

Picnics

• Picnic with Chrisel (Jul)
• Hiking Group picnic and dancing at Pyrmont (Dec)

Chrisel

• Berowra hike (Mar)
• Email after hike (Mar)
• Letter after returning to Sydney from Cape Town (Jun)
• Picnic with Chrisel (Jul)
• Opera House to watch David Doubilet presentation  (Jul)
• Movie etc. (Jul)
• Central Coast Weekend 1 (Aug)
• Central Coast weekend 2 (Aug)
• Muogamarra Nature Reserve (Sep)
• Day out in Manly with Chrisel (Sep)
• Chocolate tour with Chrisel (Sep)
• Letter (Sep)
• Farewell (Sep)
• Chrisel doing her course in Africa (Oct, Nov)

Sport

• Tennis with Brendan  (ongoing)

Outings

• Sydney to Hobart yacht race  (Jan)
• Vivid 2004 - and being part of the show 
• Sculptures at the Sea (Nov)
• Manly with Roger and Jocelyn (Dec)

Xmas and New Year

• Hiking Xmas party in Newtown
• Gavin's Xmas party (Dec)
• Christmas lights at St Mary's Cathedral (Dec)
• Xmas with Brendan and Eva (Dec)
• New Year's Eve with Jilly, Elna and Desmond (Dec)

Family

• Matt's 11th birthday party
• Mum and Mike cruise around Italy  (Jun)
• Henk passes away
• Watching hockey in the rain
• Family holiday in Mauritius
• Family holiday to Namibia
• Jo winning the Orms photo of the month and workshop trophy.
• Matt excels in his exams (Nov)
• Sam comes in top 20 of her grade.
• Trish and Mike newsletter (Dec)

Housemates

• Sue and Alex's gorgeous baby, Amilie
• Sue and Alex leave for Europe (Jun, Jul)
• Sue and Alex get married in Peru (Aug)
• Sue sends photos of Amilie (Dec)

Mack

• Gorgeous Mack (Dec)
• Liza's fave photos of Mack. (Dec)

Friends

• Taking photos for Mandy, Jilly's daughter.
• Planning Tasmania (Nov)
• Gourmet meals with Matt (Nov)
  

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• Spiritual journey (2014)