After three months in Vancouver, we decided that we’d had enough of city living, and it was time to move to the mountains again. A few frantic weeks of running around, arranging future accommodation, packing and giving notice culminated in an early move to a friend’s place for a couple of nights of couch sleeping […]

After four weeks of planning, V and I finally caught the weather and aligned days off to go and do the Grouse Grind and see Grouse Mountain before summer gasped its last breath. It was a gorgeous day, and I managed to get a few nice photographs. Apparently I was too shaken up to hold […]

A few weeks ago while summer was still in full swing, V and I visited Lynn Canyon on Vancouver’s North Shore. We chose it because it was a free alternative to the Capilano Suspension Bridge, and I can’t say we were disappointed. The Lynn Canyon bridge is built in a national park area of old-growth […]

I recently contributed a skateboard deck to PipeUp, an international skateboard exhibition in Adelaide curated by Lisa King of Paperhorse Studios in Rundle Mall. I wanted to do something a little different, so I investigated the options for laser-etching the base of the deck. I found KP Sales in Thebarton, a sign-making business, who were […]

I was walking around downtown with a friend who was passing through Vancouver from Australia on his way to study on the East Coast. We had an hour to kill, so we decided to head to the Vancouver Art Gallery. Unfortunately, entry was rather expensive at $19.50, so instead we decided to browse the gift […]