Crazy water sculpture
This is a crazy sculpture thingy sitting in the water beside the Oslo opera house. It turns on it’s axis in line with the tide and wind.
Posted on 2012-01-26 by
Frozen stream in Oslo
I went for a walk along the stream near my apartment. The river is starting to freeze over. I wasn’t ballsy enough to go stand on it, but it sure does make sure an idyllic view.
Funky looking half-frozen effect.
Posted on 2012-01-23 by
Oslo Opera house
I walked down to the Oslo Opera House (“Operahuset” in Norwegian). The walk to the top was slippery as heck. I should have realised it was a bad idea to walk up there when I had to walk past a sign warning not to walk up there and clamber underneath a chain blocking access. But other people were chugging their way up, so I headed up the ridiculously slippery slope to the top and got an awesome view out across the fiord.
View of the Oslo Opera House from the Opera Thon Hotel.
View from the Oslo Opera House looking out into the fiord.
Steep incline, glassy smooth ice .... not the best combination!
Posted on 2012-01-20 by
Avalanche
Chris Laing and I saw a huge avalanche come crashing down off the side of Mount Joffre, or at least I think that’s which mountain it was. I don’t know the area well enough to confirm which exact mountain it was, but it somewhere very near at least. We were in Pearl flat a little further down the valley at the time. Glad we weren’t directly below it that’s for sure!
The photo was taken just after it occurred as I wasn’t able to get my camera out in time before the bulk of it had plummeted to the valley floor.
Posted on 2012-01-13 by
Bandy
I went to check out a game of Bandy here in Oslo recently. For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, Bandy is a sport which is similar to field hockey, but played on ice. The rink is huge, as are the goals. There is much less contact than in ice hockey and a small ball is used instead of a puck. There are 11 players on the ice and only a few subs. I’d love to play, but my shoulder will need to be in much better condition before I can attempt anything like this.
Game of Bandy being played in Oslo, Norway.
Giant ice groomer gizmo. Doesn't give as nice a surface as a Zamboni, but is a bazillion times faster!
Posted on 2012-01-10 by
Photos from around Oslo
I went for a walk around Oslo. Here are some snaps from my trip.
A small cemetery in Oslo.
Norwegian Parliament building in Oslo.
An ice rink I skated on near the Royal Palace in Oslo.
The palace where the King of Norway lives.
River in Oslo,
An Oslo T-blane station.
The road enroute to Metronet (where I'm working)
Posted on 2012-01-09 by
Sognsvann
I headed to Sognsvann just north of Oslo to go ice skating. It turned out there was way too much snow on the lake for skating, but I had a nice walk around the lake anyway.
Posted on 2012-01-08 by
Chilling out in Singapore
I’m currently blobbing out at Changi airport in Singapore en route to Norway. This is definitely the most pleasant short-term stopover I’ve ever experienced. The whole airport is just “nice”. Lots of shops, lots of good food, lots of pleasant little indoor garden areas, good transport around the terminals (and between them) and not overly busy.
My only problem is that I have a swollen hand, I assume because of some sort of insect bite last night. It was swelling up before leaving New Zealand and has got somewhat worse en route. Thankfully they don’t require prescriptions for medicines here it seems, so I was able to just rock on into one of the airport pharmacies and grab some hydrocortisone cream to treat it. Hopefully that will do the trick shortly, otherwise I’m going to be arriving in Oslo with a fat persons hand!
Chilling out with my Chromebook at Changi airport in Singapore.
My fat hand! I'm guessing this was caused by an insect bite of some sort.
Posted on 2012-01-03 by
8A 245 Cumberland St
I lived in this apartment longer than anywhere else since I was a child. Not the most luxurious accommodation available but a great landlord, selection of great flatmates and some terrific memories. I took these photos on the day I left in case I want to remember the place many years down the track.
Posted on 2011-12-31 by
