Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Thursday, 15 February 2007
Georgie's Trip
Hi Everyone,
Started our trip with a stopover in Cape Town. I was very impressed with Cape Town. We had trips to Table mountain, the Waterfront and town and the wine region. There was lots to do and really three days was not long enough. I would like to go back some time for a proper holiday.
Our next port of call was Perth. We hired a car and drove south stopping at Busseltown to look at the Margaret River area for a couple of days. We then went on to Albany where there is a rugged coastline with beautiful coastal walks and lovely sandy bays. Then back to Fremantle where we were very lucky and able to rent a loft style apartment in an old converted warehouse. After hotels/motels and eating in restaurants it was nice to be able to cook and do our own thing. Fremantle is a very interesting town with nice old buildings and lots of history dating to the first settlers.
Our next stop was Alice Springs which was not at all as we expected. I don't know quite what we were expecting, anyway, something a bit smaller. I think maybe we had been watching too many old Australian films. Early next morning we set out for Ayers Rock Resort stopping on the way for breakfast at a Camel farm. Everything in Ayers Rock revolves around sunset and sunrise so we were up at 3am for the next few days. Ken remarked that it must be great marketing strategy to get hundreds of people up in the middle of the night to drive out to sit on little camp stools drinking tea and looking at a big red rock. It was a great experience, one we wouldn't have missed but I think we will be among the 99% of people who never return .
From the searing heat of Ayers Rock to the torrential rain that greeted us in Cairns. Our first night was spent in an hotel we have been to before. The tropical gardens of the hotel were as beautiful as we remembered but the rain was something else. Most of the evening was spent catching up on the washing and ironing which unfortunately is inevitable on a trip like this. Next day we pick up our camper van which was nearly new and very well equipped. Originally we had planned to go up to Port Douglas but as the forecast was for more rain and possible floods we headed south towards the sun. We made Townsville by late afternoon and we were very lucky to do so. We came through a good foot of flood water at Ingham and they closed the highway 2 hours after we had gone through. The next two days were spent running ahead of the rain. Rockhampton was very nice, we visited the botanical gardens and had a drive around some beautiful coastline. The sun was shining so we slowed down staying a couple of days at a time at caravan sites beside the ocean. I met a very nice Australian lady from Gympie in Burrum Head, she told me she was a member of the U3A and was surprised to learn I was a member of the U3A in Spain. We are in Mooloolabar and today the rain has caught up with us so we spent the morning in Underwater World and this afternoon I am in the Internet cafe. In a few days we are off to New Zealand.
Georgie
Started our trip with a stopover in Cape Town. I was very impressed with Cape Town. We had trips to Table mountain, the Waterfront and town and the wine region. There was lots to do and really three days was not long enough. I would like to go back some time for a proper holiday.
Our next port of call was Perth. We hired a car and drove south stopping at Busseltown to look at the Margaret River area for a couple of days. We then went on to Albany where there is a rugged coastline with beautiful coastal walks and lovely sandy bays. Then back to Fremantle where we were very lucky and able to rent a loft style apartment in an old converted warehouse. After hotels/motels and eating in restaurants it was nice to be able to cook and do our own thing. Fremantle is a very interesting town with nice old buildings and lots of history dating to the first settlers.
Our next stop was Alice Springs which was not at all as we expected. I don't know quite what we were expecting, anyway, something a bit smaller. I think maybe we had been watching too many old Australian films. Early next morning we set out for Ayers Rock Resort stopping on the way for breakfast at a Camel farm. Everything in Ayers Rock revolves around sunset and sunrise so we were up at 3am for the next few days. Ken remarked that it must be great marketing strategy to get hundreds of people up in the middle of the night to drive out to sit on little camp stools drinking tea and looking at a big red rock. It was a great experience, one we wouldn't have missed but I think we will be among the 99% of people who never return .
From the searing heat of Ayers Rock to the torrential rain that greeted us in Cairns. Our first night was spent in an hotel we have been to before. The tropical gardens of the hotel were as beautiful as we remembered but the rain was something else. Most of the evening was spent catching up on the washing and ironing which unfortunately is inevitable on a trip like this. Next day we pick up our camper van which was nearly new and very well equipped. Originally we had planned to go up to Port Douglas but as the forecast was for more rain and possible floods we headed south towards the sun. We made Townsville by late afternoon and we were very lucky to do so. We came through a good foot of flood water at Ingham and they closed the highway 2 hours after we had gone through. The next two days were spent running ahead of the rain. Rockhampton was very nice, we visited the botanical gardens and had a drive around some beautiful coastline. The sun was shining so we slowed down staying a couple of days at a time at caravan sites beside the ocean. I met a very nice Australian lady from Gympie in Burrum Head, she told me she was a member of the U3A and was surprised to learn I was a member of the U3A in Spain. We are in Mooloolabar and today the rain has caught up with us so we spent the morning in Underwater World and this afternoon I am in the Internet cafe. In a few days we are off to New Zealand.
Georgie
Wednesday, 6 December 2006
Tech Talk Problems / solutions and General
Its Wednesday 6th Dec and as there is no club and all the shops are shut I am doing some research.
The problem with the USB ports and powered hardware connected to those ports. I am trying a wireless mouse, which I use on the laptop, on the desktop. However, when I switch off I get to the screen which says "Windows is shutting down", but it doesn't - it hangs. The only way to switch off is to disconnect the electricity and to then disconnect the USB connected hardware and then power up and then close down again.
I am searching two technical forums at the moment and will let you know the outcome.
Some of you will know that my laptop presented the "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH" to me last Sunday morning. There was nearly a laptop shaped hole in the back window as this had happened just three months ago. I am trying to get the company to stump up a replacement - some hopes - but a new HDD is definitely going to happen.
Next Wednesday is the last meeting and I apologies, I will be in an aeroplane at that time. In January we plan to start again on Jan 10Th. Enrolment for the NEW courses is at the Ark on Monday Jan 8Th. Although one of them is digital photography, one of our members has volunteered to run a couple of sessions on this subject at the club. A "don't miss it" event. We'll try to have a working laptop / projector for those meetings.
Thanks again George for setting up this Blog.
So for now, I wish you a Very Happy and peaceful Christmas and a really good 2007. God Bless,
John
The problem with the USB ports and powered hardware connected to those ports. I am trying a wireless mouse, which I use on the laptop, on the desktop. However, when I switch off I get to the screen which says "Windows is shutting down", but it doesn't - it hangs. The only way to switch off is to disconnect the electricity and to then disconnect the USB connected hardware and then power up and then close down again.
I am searching two technical forums at the moment and will let you know the outcome.
Some of you will know that my laptop presented the "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH" to me last Sunday morning. There was nearly a laptop shaped hole in the back window as this had happened just three months ago. I am trying to get the company to stump up a replacement - some hopes - but a new HDD is definitely going to happen.
Next Wednesday is the last meeting and I apologies, I will be in an aeroplane at that time. In January we plan to start again on Jan 10Th. Enrolment for the NEW courses is at the Ark on Monday Jan 8Th. Although one of them is digital photography, one of our members has volunteered to run a couple of sessions on this subject at the club. A "don't miss it" event. We'll try to have a working laptop / projector for those meetings.
Thanks again George for setting up this Blog.
So for now, I wish you a Very Happy and peaceful Christmas and a really good 2007. God Bless,
John
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
Thank You!
Many thanks to Georgie & John for setting up our Blog!
Found my way into it - at last- now I've got to think of something to say....
Oh, time to feed the dog, so,
Cheers,
Bryn Jones
Found my way into it - at last- now I've got to think of something to say....
Oh, time to feed the dog, so,
Cheers,
Bryn Jones
Thursday, 23 November 2006
Congratulations Georgie
Well done Georgie, it all looks very professional.
This is the first of many post to this site. On behalf of Georgie, Peter and me can I encourage all the Club Members to contribute. You can share anything you like particularly if its to do with Computers and Computing.
Some heading such as Problems ; Solutions ; Web site of the week ; feedback - for example the success or otherwise of www.voipcheap.com Personally I am finding it great, Tricia can now chat to our daughters on their land lines for FREE. Thanks Roy for the tip off.
Next weeks club, on the 29th, will be in the room above the reception at Lux Mundi. The following week there is no Club because LM is closed.
John Ide
This is the first of many post to this site. On behalf of Georgie, Peter and me can I encourage all the Club Members to contribute. You can share anything you like particularly if its to do with Computers and Computing.
Some heading such as Problems ; Solutions ; Web site of the week ; feedback - for example the success or otherwise of www.voipcheap.com Personally I am finding it great, Tricia can now chat to our daughters on their land lines for FREE. Thanks Roy for the tip off.
Next weeks club, on the 29th, will be in the room above the reception at Lux Mundi. The following week there is no Club because LM is closed.
John Ide
Club Meeting 22nd. November 2006
The club meeting went well today. We dicussed starting this Blog and decided what to call it, as we are the U3A Computer Users Club the initials seemed the obvious choice, straight forward and easy to remember. Hopefully it will enable us to share our knowledge with each other and that way get more enjoyment from our computers.
We also had the new projector and now we know how it works it will come in very usefull for future meetings when we have demonstrations.
We also had the new projector and now we know how it works it will come in very usefull for future meetings when we have demonstrations.
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