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It has been an interesting year for me working on various web projects. I visited London a couple of times this year attending the book launch of Nikki Grahame's "Dying to be Thin" and also attended the Body Gossip shows in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe in which Nikki was involved. Body Gossip is an organisation that campaigns about body image and against the use of size zero models. They support B-eat a leading eating disorders charity in the UK.
Other highlight's to my trips to London this year was attending Nikki's interview about her book on the Richard and Judy show in May. I was able to watch from the studio floor with Nikki's mum Sue. Celebs waiting their turn to go on the show are assembled in a makeshift bar next to the green room. It had an aussie theme which appealed to me and was a pleasant surprise.
In August I was able to see more of the Engish countryside by travelling to Lyme Regis with Sue and meeting Speed, a charming elderly gentleman who she looks after. Lyme Regis is a seaside village with a lot of charm and it was the first time I have seen a beach with pebbles instead of sand.
In the New Year will look forward to getting back into the water. I will also be looking for more work, building and maintaining websites.
Merry Christmas to you all and take care!
Des
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| Sonja's Diary |
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 Sonja Goernitz is an author, journalist and researcher from Hamburg, living in Sydney. She writes travel articles, publishes her diaries and work as a researcher for the bestselling Australian author Peter FitzSimons. Sonjas also helps writers on various levels with their books. Visit Sonja's Website and read about her research, articles and publications. www.sonjasdiary.com.
I have known Sonja for 12 years, I first worked with Sonja in the IT Department at Telstra, then with IBM when the IT Department was sold off. During that time Sonja was an IBM a volunteer for the Sydney Olympic Games which she published an article on. Sonja is a brilliant author and is such a lovely person and a good friend. |
| The Grey Nurse Shark |
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 I support the conservation and protection of the Grey Nurse Shark found on the East Coast of Australia. During the early 1960's and through to the late 1970's they were hunted relentlessly through ignorance. The mentality was that we must rid ourselves of this ocean menance that is threatening our beaches. It wasn't until Scuba Divers alerted the government to the fact the Grey Nurse Shark is completly harmless and in 1984 the Grey Nurse Shark became protected as an Endangered species. In 2002 the NSW Fisheries introduced the Draft Recovery Plan which gave the Grey Nurse Shark some protection at key shark aggregation points. See Endangered species - grey nurse shark at the Department of Primary Industries website.
One of key agregation sites is at Magic Point Maroubra other sites include Fishrock Cave, Forster and Seal Rocks where I love to go diving. See my animations including Grey Nurse throughout the website also see the picture gallery here.
Sharks over the years have copped a lot of bad press especially with films like Jaws whiched terrified the audience and made people scared to go swimming in the ocean. There are over 300 shark species and there are only several that are any real threat to us. I actually like to see sharks when I go diving and have even come across a great white once. I was diving with friends at North Solitary Islands when the shark swam past and turned and checked us out and swam off. The Grey Nurse suffered early on through peoples shark fears and now protected is hopefully making a come back. Once plentiful around Sydney now just half a dozen that appear at Magic Point from time to time.
Grey Nurse Shark at Magic Point Maroubra
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| Eastern Bluegroper |
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 Males grey to blue, bright in sunlight in shallow depths when seen from above. Pattern of radiating blue orange lines from eyes at stages from larger juveniles to adults. Small juveniles green, changing brown; large females reddish brown, lighter below and small series of pale blotches along sides. Juveniles up to about 10cm long in green seagrasses, then moving to vegetated rock-reef, changing colour to suit habitat. Large adults venture over large reef sections, males sometimes entering very shallow depths. Estuaries and offshore to at least 40 m depth. Maximum length 1.2 m. (Source Guide to sea fishes of Australia, Rudie H. Kuiter).
Visit the Australian Museum Fish Site to learn more about the Eastern Blue Groper. |
| Nikki Grahame's Website |
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 This is the website I have developed for Nikki Grahame a UK celebrity made famous from Big Brother 7 in 2006 a UK series. I became friends with Nikki after watching the show over the net and decided to help her by developing a website for her. To view Nikki's website click on the link below.
www.specialnikkigrahame.com
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| 03 Feb 10, 10:02:54 |
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This week Nikki gives us her news and her views on this week's biggest celebrity stories... MY DIARY Right now I'm in Australia! I've come out to visit my friend Claire in Adelaide. We've got lots of plans including going on a four-day excursion to the wine tasting region of Barossa and visiting Kangaroo Island and Seal Bay. Next month, I'm going to be a bridesmaid at I'm A Celeb star David Van Day's wedding. |
| 02 Feb 10, 03:02:22 |
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So Celebrity Big Brother comes to an end and so will the summer series. When it all ends we will remember Nikki as one of the memorable HM's on the show. And probably one of the shows biggest supporters as she said for herself on the first Celebrity Big Brothers Little Brother this year. Nikki Grahame was introduced on the first Celebrity Big Brothers Little Brother as Big Brother Royalty on the Panel of Experts. |
| 20 Jan 10, 02:01:00 |
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This week Nikki talks about Dannii's baby news, Emma spicing up dancing on ice and Celebrity Big Brother.... MY DIARY Last week I spent a few days at Champneys in Henlow Grange, which was lovely and relaxing after the rush of New Year! This week I'm going to see the new film about Blur - No Distance Left To Run - and I can't wait! My electric guitar lessons with my boyfriend Sam are going well and so far I can play T. |
| 11 Jan 10, 04:01:11 |
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Nikki was in Jordan Exposed a program on Living TV. Nikki was delightful to watch on ths show and there are some funny moments where Nikki explains why Jordan went out with without her wedding ring, Nikki not being able to eat what she ate in the jungle on I'm a celebrity and I don't blame her I would eat a kangaroo's anus either. See Nikki on Jordan Exposed in the video below. |
| 07 Jan 10, 11:01:41 |
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Twitter is a very popular social network and sometimes people get a little carried away and want to be someone they are not. Nikki Grahame is not on Twitter and has no plans for the immediate future to be. So all the people following the nikkigrahame1 twitter and any other account that claim to be Nikki are fake. Nikki has no problems with people wanting to start fansites for her on twitter or any other social networks but please be yourself! |
| 06 Jan 10, 05:01:00 |
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Nikki was on Celebrity Big Brothers Little Brother again last night performing a special surprise to Vinnie Jones on his 45th birthday. Dressed as Marilyn Monroe Nikki sings Happy Birthday to Vinnie just like on the famous news reel clip of Marilyn singing to President Kennedy in the 1960's. Nikki was fabulous in the sketch as Marilyn and even brought tears of joy to guest Rick Edwards. |
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