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While visiting Cassienne in Christchurch I took these panoramas of Lyttleton harbour with Banks Peninsula in the background.

Here’s some photos I took at my parents crib at Toko Mouth. A crib by the way (for you non South Islander’s) is a term we use for a holiday house. Toko Mouth is situated at the mouth of the Tokomaririro river 45 mins drive south of Dunedin.

First came the number eight wire, now comes the stock pot We needed to scale up a reaction in the lab (potassium permanganate oxidation), so instead of repeating it a gazillion times, Sally suggested I got a big pot and scaled it up Since giant beakers from Aldrich cost a fortune (and break easily), I went and found the biggest, baddest, cheapest stock pot I could find at the Warehouse (NZ equivilent of Walmart), stuck a mechanical stirrer in it, heated the blazes out of it with a regular sized heater stirrer and we had a massive scale (by our standards) reaction vessel

Nick White helped me with some of this work as part of his summer project.

I drove Debbie and Brendon down to Invercargill. We stopped at the worlds most exciting bus stop - Froggat Rd.

… I am Milton …

I headed up to Christchurch with Debbie. We road tripped with her friends Davin and Emma (Goose). We went to an engagement party of some people I’d never met, promptly disturbed them and headed back to Dunedin the next day

Emma …

Debbie …

Davin … you’ll need to use your imagination as the photo didn’t turn out well.

The weather was good so I headed out to Lake Waihola (about 25 mins from Dunedin) and took some snaps.

I walked from my new flat up to the top of Mount Cargill today. Here’s a photo of Waitati from the top.

Anna and I headed down to the Catlins only a few days after we both arrived back in New Zealand. The scenery was great and the lighting was perfect for some decent photography.

I’m back in New Zealand now after my Canadian excursion. I’ve got a new job as a research assistant working for Sally Brooker at the University of Otago. So my research is back to the supramolecular coordination chemistry I did during my Master of Science degree Our lab has a particularly nice view (see below).

I’ve found myself a new flat. It’s not particularly nice, but I needed to find something on short notice so took the first thing I found.

Downtown Calgary is a very picturesque place. All the major buildings in the downtown area are connected by bridges, tunnels and walkways to allow people to move between buildings without getting chilly in the winter.