Perry's Blog

OK... if you're following these posts you'd think there's a bit of a recurrent theme happening ;) It's been just over a month since Keren & Danni's piece was publicly released: kdm, a LiveMosaic and of course their wedding Mosaic, and I've just uplo… more »

Keren & Danni's wedding was one of the most sublime weddings I've been to! ...but some months ago, after their engagement, I had an idea for their reception: The initial inspiration for the piece was in two parts: To create an image of Keren… more »

I guess it was inevitable that after 9,106 photos on the track that I would come to the conclusion that they'd make an interesting photo-mosaic? Well, it was a simple thought that pushed me down this path, and although it didn't quite turn out as simple… more »

The FUSE 4W is a Solar charger manufactured by Voltaic. Over the 54 Days of the walk weather conditions, tree canopy and an unreliable FUSE position in relation to the sun (whilst walking) contributed to the FUSE not reaching our required one recharge of the FUSE battery per day, and Mains Power was utilised to maintain the battery levels. The Fuse 4W Solar Charger is a lightweight way to add solar and battery power to any bag. It connects in seconds to bags, tents, bicycles and pretty much any place else you might need solar… more »

The SPOT2 Messenger is a Satellite GPS Messenger that provides a unique line of communication with friends and family when you want it, and emergency assistance when you need it. This review looks at how the device performed over 54 days on the Bibbulmun Track in the South-West of Western Australia. more »

Keren and Briony & Jesse flew off to World Youth day last night, along with over 100 other Sydney young people heading to a tour of the Holy Land first. Last contact was that they arrived safely in Dubai to 35 degree morning. After the airport we… more »

Purchasing a Bushwalking Camera was a very successful deliberative exercise: Determined our requirements Investigated possibles and narrowed the field Chose the best (for us): Sony HX5V We were extremely happy with the purchase, performi… more »

We purchased our JetBoil from Kelly's Basecamp in March 2011. One of the main reasons we bought the JetBoil was it's gas efficiency. We'd got a little shock when doing the Six Foot Track that we used a whole gas canister in just two and a half days!… more »

After an exhaustive battery test of our new SPOT2 Messenger I now know what it's performance is like on rechargeable batteries. :D We tested the SPOT Messenger on the Mittagong to Katoomba walk in preparation of the much longer walk of the Bibb… more »

The purpose of this test is to both test the unit over an extended period, and run one set of batteries flat, so that we'd know how long a set will last. I used the Powerex Imedion 2400mHh AA batteries bought from PROTog. more »