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Mark Carrington
@carrinm
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Investor, Entrepreneur, Cyclist, Photographer
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2016-08-08 00:36
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Sydney rock orchids for a Sydney return : August 30 2026
Heading back to Sydney photos - Coolangatta Mountain. Looks like a resort place. It did start out as a caravan park - hence the nice pool. Now it is an over 55s place. Grandkids and a few oldies use the
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South Coast pickleball plus new home orchids : August 29 2026
Got to say I like waking up in our Shoalhaven Heads house. Do not have the sliding doors and windows to wake me up every 10 minutes from 5am. Feel kind of rested after a late night for US markets open.
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2d
Pink caladenia orchids show up in Seven Mile Beach NP : August 28 2026
Have a weekend on the South Coast planned. Change to the start - meet my wife in Chatswood - car packed. She had docs to drop off and is meeting friends for coffee. Got the car packed and found a free
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White finger orchids and the promise of sun orchids : August 27 2026
Got moving early - get a train to walk a track in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP - looking for white fingers orchids and maybe a sun orchid. It is a bit cool for those to be open Chose not to do the bicycle thing
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TIB - An Investors Journal #824 - Uranium, Nuclear, Battery Technology, Rare Earths, Gold/Silver Mining, US Retail, ASX Stocks, Base Metals, German Healthcare, Marijuana, US Oil + more
A massive options expiry mostly assigning covered calls confirms the big theme in gold/silver mining
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4d
Blackbutt Creek new orchid finds - lady fingers and trapeze: August 26 2026
Rainy start to the day. Checked the forecast - afternoon should be clearing. Did investing stuff - a lot to do after a bug options expiry. Walked down to Blackbutt Creek to check on twice orchids - first
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5d
Rainy day azalea day - perfect rest day : August 25 2026
It is a rainy day. The best way to deal with a rainy day after a pickleball day is to take it easy. My wife went off to dentist - keep busy doing investing accounts after a busy options expiry. When she
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Orchids for a pickleball Monday : August 24 2026
A new week. Trying again to play pickleball Sydney side in the club I chose to join. 5 times played and 3 times came across players more keen to tell me what to do than play. Hopefully not this time -
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7d
Lifebelt scenes via Sydney Fish Markets : August 23 2026
Weekend day and a planned visit with my wife's son and grandson. Idea is to go to Sydney Fish Markets. Decided to make a different idea. While my wife drive down to puck up Ollie and Byron, I caught the
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8d
First season sun orchids in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP: August 22 2026
A different start to a Saturday - walked up to the church for the fortnightly op shop sale. It is a busy gathering of bargain hunters. Not my idea of fun. We wandered into the centre for a cooked breakfast.
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9d
Sheldon Forest explore to find white fingers orchids : August 21 2026
My wife headed out for her sewing session. Gave me the morning clear tinhead out for a walk. Was doing investing stuff - decided a blue sky day had to be used. Maybe a chance to find white fingers orchids
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10d
Pickleball day plus Morroccan dinner : August 20 2026
My wife has some art stuff do on her day off. Gives me a window to go to pickleball. Chose a drills and play session to start working to the next level - tactics. Have learned that pickleball days are
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Leek orchid and pea flower day in Terrey Hills plus a new season fingers orchid : August 19 2026
The sun came out. Did some laundry to use that time. Not organised enough time get out on the bike - not ridden in Sydney since November. All a function of living in a place that is not safe to cycle.
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TIB - An Investors Journal #823 - Gold Mining, Silver Mining, Base Metals, Uranium, Marijuana, ASX Stocks, Rare Earths, US Industrials
What to do after a bonanza week - add to the things that were working. Gold and silver and rising uranium spot price
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12d
Waxlip orchid day in Berowra Heights - spring flower day : August 18 2026
Wake to a damp morning. Chose to do a car shop-walk thing - take an umbrella. Headed out to Berowra Heights to see if there were any flying duck orchids open. They have been seen further up the coast Lots
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Rainy day Sydney day with big clouds : August 17 2026
Wake to a rainy day. My wife will be working from home when she gets back from the dentist. Best way to work that is to do investing accounts stuff for last week. Should really be clearing away tax stuff.
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Farewell to Coolangatta Mountain and welcome to spring : August 16 2026
A day in a few parts - pack up for the return to Sydney A different view of Coolangatta Mountain on the way to the bins. The climber with the orange flowers reminds me of the I grew up in all those years
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Pickleball under the shadow of Coolangatta Mountain: August 15 2026
You cannot believe how nice it is to wake up before the sun rises without being woken up by the 5am toilet flush upstairs and the periodic slamming of the sliding doors and windows. Been nearly 3 years
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Five greenhood day on a South Coast escape : August 14 2026
Got moving early to pack for a drive down south. Enough time for coffee with a friend and a shopping stop in Chatswood to buy a Chinese cooked duck. Got to Shoalhaven Heads with time enough for fish and
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Quiet Sydney city day - art and history old and new : August 13 2026
Body needs a quiet day. Got one lining up - Cheese and Wine lunch. A collection of old timers from Commonwealth Bank and University of Sydney started a long time ago. Photo on the way into the Castlereagh
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