Welcome to our blog

We both live at Simpsons Gap in the West Macdonnell National Park, Central Australia, the best spot in the NT! Our blog is for friends and family to see how we are going, and to share in what we have been up to throughout the year. Please leave us a comment, and we hope you enjoy!

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Will YOU be the 200TH visitor to our website????

Check the counter to the right to see if you are indeed our 200th visitor. If you are, send us an email to receive your prize! What prize is that I hear you ask? Well, we are going to give the lucky 200th visitor a FREE dinner for two to Kylie and Phil's house!!!! What fantastic value I hear you say. Included with the meal is FREE entry to our house, PLUS a complimentary drink of your choice (excluding mineral water, beer, coffee, tea or wine), PLUS 3 to 4 hours of scintiliating conversation with the both of us on a host of topics including, why Melbourne deserve to win this years AFL grand final, a run down on what Harry has destroyed in the past week etc... Good luck everyone, Phil & Kylie.
P.S. Phil and Kylie can not gaurantee the quality of the free meal provided, nor the ability to hold a conversation for more than 45 minutes. We take no responsibility if you are sick from food poisoning or bored from a lack of conversation. The free meal is not redeemable for cash or any other products.

Another Cappuccino thanks!

This is one camel at the cup who obviously likes his coffee with a bit of froth...

Monday, July 17, 2006

Dads trip to Alice

Wow, this is my first time using our 'blog'!! Dad and Christine came to Alice Springs for two weeks full of action packed adventure. Dad and I walked Section 10 of the Larapinta Trail, they visited EVERY tourist attraction in town, we had lunch at Ross River Resort and went to the Camel Cup and the ever exciting Alice Springs Show (and the 'slightly alternative' Beanie Festival...!) Check out our pics for your inspiration to come and visit!
Dad dwarfed by the giant Ghost Gum at Trephina Gorge

The camels were 'supposed to' be running in a straight line!

Dad, Christine and I coming down off the Ridgetop Walk at Trephina Gorge

A girl about to stack it!! Unfortunatly she did and was pretty badly hurt...

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Harry being cute (only when he isn't biting us)

Harry got his first bath a while ago and like proud parents, we were taking photos of the ocassion to embarrass him at his 21st. He is a bitey little bugger but hopefully he will grow out of it. He also passed puppy pre-school last week. I think he was easily the toughest dog there, biting all those other dogs into submission!

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Our Wedding - some photos!

Well I have finally got around to posting a few pics of our wedding on our site. I don't think I need to describe how Kylie looked, you can see for yourself!

Alice Springs Telegraph Station Pics


above: Old wagon wheels (1/80, f7.1)


I went to the Telegraph Station with Dave to take some pics earlier in the week. It's such an amazing place, pity you can't freeze the afternoon light for a couple of hours when you want to!
above: Battery Room (1/10, f3.5)

Monday, April 24, 2006

Red Kangaroo, NT. (1/640, F5.3)
Goodmorning,
I thought I might use this site to post some random photos that I've taken over time, hopefully I might get some comment on them also - constructive and positive, both are welcome! I'm trying to get better at taking photos, and the first step I took was to buy an expensive digital SLR. As Dave Ashworth (good mate, and great photographer!) knows, it lets you really experiement with exposure and aperture, along with a few other tricks. This photo of a red kangaroo was taken with a 300mm zoom lens, and I deliberately used it to help blurr the background, therefore hiding the fact that it was taken within a fenced pen. I think it worked out ok!
Anyway, have a great Anzac Day,
Phil.

Friday, April 21, 2006

left & bottom: Queenstown harbour

Thursday, April 20, 2006


This is my beautiful wife, Kylie!! I couldn't leave her off my site for too long. This was taken on a cool afternoon near Milford Sound, over another stunning river (the water over there is so clear, unlike the murky Todd when it flows).

Fox Glacier, the only time we saw it before it was covered by fog and rain. Pity that our heli-hike was cancelled, not that I'm still upset or anything...

This is a typical river not far from Milford Sound. It is so beautiful down there, we wish we had more time to stay.