Expeditions and Museum fishes
Tales of research ships, rough blue water encounters, and pulling up entirely undiscovered marine life.
Childhood memories
What it was like growing up in a different era, long before laptops or smartphones existed.
Delving into Art
Some of my driftwood sculptures, drawings and paintings.
My Digital Playground
Inside my personal sandbox of designing scripts, automated tools, and interactive puzzle games.
Close calls
The nail-biting moments, field hazards, and lucky escapes where things nearly went sideways.
Just wacky
The odd, funny, and flat-out bizarre events that I've experienced.
iNaturalist and nature
The wonderful natural world and delving into citizen science.
Travel
A selection of my travels, incredible scenery and cultures.
Memories / Just wacky
Museum Fancy Dress Christmas Party
Museum Fancy Dress Christmas Party
There are photos/videos here from 2 museum Christmas parties. The top row shows the fish team (yes, I'm the only bloke), at the 2013 party. I think the theme was Under the Sea. I think we were all dressed up as plankton, potential food for the giant clam. Afterwards I was handed the microphone and asked to explain our performance.
The second row shows Puff Daddy (me) and the Boxfishes (Amanda and Gina were pregnant which gave more realism to their costumes.
The museum had some terrific parties in the 'old days' but as the culture changed. less socializing was done.
