PWC (Private Watercraft) license costs increased again this year. It’s now $245 for a 1 year license. I haven’t had a Jetski for 3 years now and I figure now is the time to give up my PWC license. So I downgraded back to a boat license only and I was able to get a 3 year boat license for $220.
Tag: Life
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Redundancy meeting
My last day of work will be 30th November 2024. Redundancy payment will be at the end of December.
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Redundancy
While we all had an idea this day would eventually come, it still comes as a shock when it finally does. I’d made the conscious decision 18 months ago that I was going to stay until the end – whenever that was going to be.
Looks like I won’t make 14 years of service. As that anniversary date would have been March 2025.
It’s going to take a few days for me to process today’s events.
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Divorce finalized
Divorce finalized and court approved today at approx. 12:10 PM with my attendance (over zoom). It was great not needing to attend in person. Thanks to covid health measures at the time.
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Tube now water tested
We purchased a tow tube thing for the boat some many many months ago. It was only over the break that we got a chance to use it for the first time. It’s safe to say it is now water tested.
Pictures below mark this occasion.
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A Dog’s Purpose
Finally got around to seeing this movie. I honestly didn’t know what to expect, as I hadn’t even seen any promotion material for it. Perhaps I should of looked first and understood that perhaps this might cause some emotions.
Despite the feelings it produced, I really did enjoy this movie. The story was a wonderful one and it makes you wonder that perhaps this could be true. Perhaps be prepared with some tissues, as it’s likely to pull some strings for the older audience members who have had a dog before and had to say goodbye.
You can read more about it on IMDB.
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Happy 1st Birthday Coco
Happy 1st Birthday Coco.
Today marks approx. a year since we got our new dog.
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Mt Fuji
Captured this photo of Mount Fuji.
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Spa finally connected to wireless
It’s taken me a few weeks, but I finally have our Spa connected to our wireless network.
Unfortunately I worked out very early on that the wireless module in our Spa couldn’t see the main house wireless. So the plan was to install an external wireless access point. That task was completed some weeks back using a Mikrotik wAP.
Today I finally used the SVLink iOS application to configure things (as the Android version sucks). It’s now connected to our wireless network. This means I can now control all the Spa functions for the application on our phones. So you can increase the Spa temperature before getting home and it will be ready to use at that perfect temperature.
Screen capture below from the iOS application.
Australian residents can purchase Mikrotik hardware from my favourite supplier in Geelong – Duxtel. Highly recommend them.
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Mikrotik wAP – Installation
Today the installation of the Mikrotik wAP (Model: RBwAP2nD) was completed.
As per pictures, the unit was installed externally. In my case I installed it outside under my alfresco area. It’s about 4m away from my Spa, which is the device that I need to see the wireless network.
Available for purchase in Australia from Duxtel. (Product Link)
