The following is from a Live Journal blog post I made on the 19th September 2005, via the user name royalderwent.
We were lucky enough to borrow a video camera off my brother which he obtained from school. The reason for borrowing the camera was that I am still to own my own, [...]
Also tagged in: Asylum, Australia, Bipolar, Death, Ghosts & Paranormal, Investigation, Mental Asylum, New Norfolk, Paranormal, Photography, Tasmania, The Royal Derwent, Willow Court
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Several years ago, I started a paranormal investigation of an old, abandoned mental asylum in New Norfolk, Tasmania – Willow Court, also known as The Royal Derwent. Once the largest mental asylum in the Southern Hemisphere, it was closed down ward by ward towards the end of the 90’s as new changes were made to [...]
Also tagged in: Asylum, Australia, Bipolar, Death, Ghosts & Paranormal, Investigation, Mental Asylum, New Norfolk, Paranormal, Photography, Tasmania, The Royal Derwent, Willow Court
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I have been neglecting my blog of late, especially when it comes to posting about life in general. In the last few months I have been promoted at work, competed in my first BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) competition (with videos to be posted soon) and my Chicken & I have started planning on bringing a [...]
Also tagged in: Animals, Australia, BJJ, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Chicken, Hobart, Launceston, Life, Midland Highway, Rambling, Second Life, Tasmania, Topiary, Work, XStreet
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After a long week at work, today I finally had a day off. I am the sort of person that has a thousand ideas a day and looks forward to “Me Time” where I can make the most of them. But the busy week has taken it’s toll on me and I have barley ventured [...]
In memory on my son, Elliot…
Also tagged in: Baby, Broken, Death, Elliot, Gastroschisis, Heaven Coming Down, Jeff Martin, Life, The Tea Party, Tribute, Videos
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I’m feeling rather tired at the moment. The last few weeks have been draining, dotted with the odd day off here and there. Not really enough time at all to completely recharge especially when on most of those days I’m running around trying to cram in everything I can’t do when I am [...]
What really is a moment of clarity? Is it when all the pieces fall into place that we experience this as we can see the wrong doings of our past, or is it when things become so shattered that we bleed ourselves on the fragments to see the ultimate truth that nothing that we [...]
Once again I feel like I have been slack in writing. Every time I have had the chance I have been getting myself too caught up in other random net activities such as Twittering and playing games on Facebook. I guess you could say I’m a bit of and addict to the two of them. [...]