tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:23:21 +0000The blog formerly known as "Randomness and Chaos"http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Emma)Blogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-820196295382209667Wed, 23 Mar 2016 22:46:00 +00002016-03-23T15:46:35.898-07:00So nothing big has been going on in the past few weeks. Nothing major. Only a few tiny changes. I now live in a new house, in a new city, with my new Husband and our new puppy. Nothing major at all. So lets start with the new Husband and our wedding. Our wedding went beautifully - it really, truly did. Thanks to the hard work of a large group of people who love us (and a small group of people http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-few-changes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-8490497194486658985Tue, 17 Nov 2015 02:40:00 +00002015-11-16T18:40:25.966-08:00I have had yet another birthday. I really should stop having them because they are starting to make me feel old. I got quite a few lovely things for my birthday, but among my favourites was a trip to Melbourne with Mum and Dad to see the Lion King Musical. We really went to Melbourne on an expedition to buy a wedding dress, but while we were there we spoiled ourselves with lovely cafe http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/11/of-lion-kings-and-wedding-dresses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-4868640409960529583Thu, 22 Oct 2015 05:25:00 +00002015-10-21T22:25:43.215-07:00 Two important things happened over the last week or so.  Firstly, Martin and I had a lovely engagement party. We had 119 people come all the way into the middle of nowhere to the picturesque village of Ross just to celebrate with us and wish us well. The hall looked gorgeous and the food was amazing (and trust me there was plenty of it!) thanks to my parents, soon-to-be-parents-in-law, http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/10/important-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-3354943457465141133Tue, 06 Oct 2015 02:56:00 +00002015-10-05T19:56:04.756-07:00 Last weekend was a long weekend for Martin as it was Burnie show day so we decided to do something different and fun and go up to Cradle Mountain on the Friday. Despite having lived in Tassie his entire life, Martin had never been up to Cradle Mountain and he thought it was time he saw what all the fuss was about. I hadn't been to Cradle Mountain until I was at uni, so I only beat him by a fewhttp://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/10/cradle-mountain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-3664910436777549609Tue, 08 Sep 2015 03:55:00 +00002015-09-07T20:55:46.526-07:00Well, the last week and a bit of my life has brought some big changes. Firstly, I'm now engaged! Martin and I are getting married next summer and I have to keep reminding myself because it is taking a very long time to really sink in. I love my beautiful sapphire and diamond ring!!! Obviously this is very big and exciting news for us and everyone has been very excited and happy for us. My http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-big-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-6292201211556557227Wed, 26 Aug 2015 05:29:00 +00002015-08-25T22:29:22.788-07:00  Something happened yesterday that is worthy of an update, but that I don't really want to dwell on too much. I and my dear Barry the Barina were involved in a minor car accident. I got out of this basically unscathed except for a bruise from the seatbelt, a jarred wrist, and the inevitable shock, but poor Barry fared a bit worse. I was headed to Latrobe to meet up with a couple of friendshttp://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/08/update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-5243687078243209384Tue, 18 Aug 2015 02:02:00 +00002015-08-17T19:02:31.918-07:00 Over the last few weeks, I've had trouble with something breaking into my apartment by chewing holes in my flyscreens. The problem first started with something chewing through the flyscreen of my partially opened kitchen window overnight and evidently sticking its head through to eat the little coriander seedlings that I had been growing on the kitchen windowsill. There wasn't any clear http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-break-ins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-1012262970390543341Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:48:00 +00002015-08-17T18:06:51.927-07:00 The last few months I've been mostly just filling in time, trying to fill it in in the most productive and enjoyable ways I could think of, waiting for the next opportunity to come along. Well finally, after a couple of false starts, I think I have found the next step. I've decided to go back to school! I have been considering doing a qualification in Conservation Land Management  for a http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/08/back-to-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-2992541941843507859Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:41:00 +00002015-07-27T02:44:24.601-07:00 As we usually do about this time of year, my family decided to escape the Tasmanian winter for a week and holiday somewhere a little bit warmer. This time we explored the area around Forster Tuncurry on the NSW coast, based in a tiny town (mostly just holiday houses) called Elizabeth Beach on the edge of the Booti Booti National Park. This area of NSW is quite picturesque, having the ocean,http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/07/holidays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-1674835815407455036Thu, 09 Jul 2015 23:23:00 +00002015-07-09T16:23:54.463-07:00So, unfortunately I am still unemployed. One of the worst things when you are unemployed is that everytime you meet new people, they enquire what you do for a living. Everytime you get asked the question you have to admit to yourself that you do nothing, and then you have to deal with the half-hearted "oh, I hope you find something soon" comments from the person who asked. Well, yesterday I http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/07/terrarium-ing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-7835666393722188410Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:41:00 +00002015-06-30T18:41:13.057-07:00  A few weeks ago, I noticed that when I drove up my driveway at night there was often a little grey rabbit in the carpark area. It wasn't until I saw this same bunny in the daytime that I realised it wasn't just a normal feral rabbit or "bush bunny" as they are referred to, but was obviously an escaped or abandoned pet. Given that it had been hanging around our apartment block for weeks athttp://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/06/bunny-tales.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-4624482263759604074Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:30:00 +00002015-04-24T16:54:03.692-07:00 After months of working in the caves, I finally managed to go on a short adventure in a "wild" cave this week. There are over 300 caves in the area around Mole Creek, but I had only been in the 2 with the convenient pathways and lighting and handrails so it was definitely about time for a bit of exploration.  My day started off at Marakoopa, watching some of my workmates start an http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/04/caving-adventures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-374107428999811654Fri, 17 Apr 2015 04:36:00 +00002015-04-16T21:36:26.806-07:00I have lived in my apartment for close on 2 years, and in that time I have been growing some lovely veggies in my little enclosed courtyard. I have also enjoyed watching the wildlife that lives in the bushland that extends to the back wall of my courtyard, but I have never had any problems with any of that wildlife coming into my garden and eating my plants. Up until a couple of months ago, that http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-plethora-of-pilfering-possums.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-3061733123565153554Fri, 17 Apr 2015 03:49:00 +00002015-04-16T20:49:47.444-07:00For Easter, I was able to take 4 days off work and head up to Queensland to join up with Mum and Dad in a trip to visit some uncles, aunts, and cousins. Growing up, my whole extended family was located in Tassie, but these days everyone is spread around the country (and sometimes overseas) so it takes a bit more planning and traveling to catch up. Which means that catching up with the family can http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/04/easter-trip-to-queensland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-5462690146120033855Fri, 27 Mar 2015 04:18:00 +00002015-03-26T21:18:00.819-07:00I've nearly come to the end of yet another contract. At this point I have about another 5 weeks left ahead of me before I am once again an unemployed bum. Although, technically, I won't be unemployed because I'm still casually employed doing stocktaking so I can start accepting shifts doing that again once my fulltime work has dried up. I would rather be working for National Parks than counting http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/03/nearly-jobless-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-1019213933766280395Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:53:00 +00002015-02-08T16:54:15.885-08:00 As well as my work at the caves, I have now taken on some shifts being the representative Parks employee working at Entally House. The work over at Entally is pretty boring as it is mostly being stationed at a desk, but I must admit that the surroundings are rather beautiful. For those that don't know, Entally House is a historic home built in 1819 (parts of it were anyway) with a lot of http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/02/entally-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-1965665440604144994Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:28:00 +00002015-01-29T23:28:43.574-08:00Sorry its been quite a while since I blogged. I actually have a few different things I've been planning to blog about, but being full-time employed again I've found that I don't have as much free time. Anyway, I'll be getting around to the rest of the blogging sometime (probably), but for now you can enjoy some photos from a recent excursion to Tasmazia. Mum, Dad, and I spent an enjoyable few http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2015/01/tasmazia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-2228241598486895383Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:03:00 +00002014-12-09T02:03:42.597-08:00 A few months ago I had an extremely unsuccessful attempt at growing mushrooms. It was quite disappointing as mushrooms are one of my favourite foods, and you all know that I love growing things. I had decided not to try the same kind of mushroom growing system again because it was quite expensive for an unsuccessful attempt. While I was shopping at a nursery in Hobart with a friend, howeverhttp://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2014/12/mushrooms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-5795795595203451176Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:47:00 +00002014-12-09T01:47:37.591-08:00  I have successfully survived the training at Mole Creek Caves, and am now a fully fledged cave guide. I worked my first full solo shift today. I started taking tours jointly with the other newbie last week, did a couple of solo tours yesterday, and from today onwards I'm on the roster as just another member of the team and expected to be able to fulfill my job. So far, so good. The http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2014/12/emma-employed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-8947308062945807456Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:38:00 +00002014-12-01T02:38:04.358-08:00 Platypus' good side One afternoon a few months ago I was lucky enough to spot a glimpse of a platypus in the river at Perth. Since then I have had many excursions to Perth hoping to see it again and hopefully get a photograph of it. Every time we've been there with our cameras armed and ready we haven't seen so much as a platypus shaped ripple. That is until the other day. I spent about an http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2014/12/platypus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-3724609405430917998Thu, 27 Nov 2014 06:36:00 +00002014-11-26T22:36:51.453-08:00Almost two months ago, I applied for a position at the Mole Creek Karst National Park as a Cave Guide. I spoke to the recruiter on the phone the next day and later heard from my referee that they had also been contacted by the recruiter, but after that I heard nothing more about it. As over a month had passed, I thought that I must have missed out on the position and I was feeling more than a http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2014/11/emma-underground.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-5064421313717046508Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:32:00 +00002014-11-10T03:32:06.935-08:00I've had another birthday. I quite enjoy birthdays, but I'm not sure I like getting older. I had, and am sort of still having, a very nice birthday. We celebrated my birthday on the weekend when we were all together and had a birthday pavlova. Then on my actual birthday, Mum and I took off to Stanley for a couple of nights. We had a great time (well, I did and I think Mum enjoyed herself too) http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-long-birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-2869099046213984157Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:05:00 +00002014-10-29T03:05:25.896-07:00 I'm unreasonably looking forward to spending some time at Stanley, "the Port Wenn of Tasmania", next week with Mum. I've been wanting to spend some time playing tourist there since I visited it very briefly on a work trip  a year or so ago. I'm hoping for some gorgeous sunny weather, but given the weather we've had recently, overcast and showers is perhaps more likely. Either way, unless http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2014/10/stanley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-6411453411282107569Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:31:00 +00002014-10-26T17:31:33.610-07:00I was out and about being cultured two nights in a row last week. Well going to opening night at the theatre and a fundraising Ball sounds cultured, doesn't it? It really isn't, but it was a lot of fun anyhow. I organised a girl's night group to come with me to The Vicar of Dibley play, being put on by Encore Theatre at the Earl. Due to our various commitments, the night that worked best for allhttp://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2014/10/dont-i-sound-sophisticated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057908385064138268.post-6035464805899055088Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:39:00 +00002014-10-19T05:39:07.159-07:00I have had a tough couple of weeks for a number of reasons, most of which I don't want to dwell on right now. I haven't responded very well and have been spontaneously snapping unsuspecting people's heads off or bursting into tears - sometimes I even do both at once. There is no excuse for taking everything out on other people, and I want to apologise for it.  Thank-you to everyone for http://randomness-and-chaos.blogspot.com/2014/10/goodbye-grandad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emma)1