A Moment in History

Today will be remembered for the first global effort by the New Iraqi Army. The rescue of Douglas Wood. An Australian.

Thanks TEN
for taking your time.

Blogging 360australia.blogspot.com

Hi Sunrise Team!
Your team Rocks! Thanks for bringing us Breakfast TV choice in the mornings :)

I have had a 'live journal' at freedom4life.com since 05/02/03. A few things stopped working properly however I have started an addon Blog at 360australia.blogspot.com provided by blogger.com by google. This is for a trip 360 degrees around Australia in a motorhome taking 360 degree photos for the web Daily for 12 months. This blog will record all the ups and downs, trials and tribulations or as I prefer to say 'record history live'. As a blogger I just want to add my contribution to history.

I think a Sunrise Blog would be great to show us some behind the scenes stories and daily happenings.

Maybe 7 or Sunrise would be keen to become involved or advertise on my motorhome/website?

Hope this finds you well, best wishes,
Christian, Golden Beach Q

P. S I started work at McDonald's when I was 14. It kick started my career and was a strong reason I was choosen by future employers.

Thought of the moment

Things we teach our children:
'As Bob the Builder says, "Can we do it! Yes we can!".

Sometimes we must stop and think what we are teaching our children, do I still live that way also. Do I practice what I preach.

Do we as adults say, 'Can I do it? Yes I Can!'
Beleive It, See It, Be It.

GC Star Wars III

2355 Gold Coast

Just sent a message to Big Brother on Ten FTA, including my bb05website member name '360australia'.

All is good, I'm currently on the GC for StarWars GoldClassPremiere party.
Ebay went pretty good last week, new week this week, upgrading level of service currently in progress. :)

Bad newz Mike said we crashed the C64s doh! Who's responsible? no ad on tv crawl 2night, again. :(

eBay is Rocking! 35 items mostly of Brass

I have just completed @ eBay listing 35 items ranging from 99 cents to 29.99 mostly brass items. I initally tried with Door Knockers now various range including Curtain Holders.

If you have time, take a look in new tab/window at, moonofearth_au @ eBay to see my current range.
Hurry times running out, less than a week for about now.

Still havn't created a link to freedom4life.com or http://www.freedom4life.com/mobile where I have 1 minutes of my time available in .mp4s

Have not added video updates yet of current project. Should it be initally free or POA?

Cheers all, especially those in Gold Coast Queensland Australia! Lucky enough to get 2 long weekends in a row :)

Christian V4

Stuck on Hurdles

I'm stuck on some hurdles at the moment with the planning of the trip. I have been finding it hard to get commitment from my mate who will be joining me on the tour and this has realy added alot of doubt into my mind. Over the past few weeks however I have come to the conclusion I should continue with the planning and if he doesn't join me maybe someone else will, either way I will continue planning and go it alone should it get to that stage. I know how great this land of Australia is and I have had the desire to 'see it all' for years so it's up to me to make it happen.

Over the last week it has been raining a lot here so that too has made me realise I won't have sunny weather for the whole year I travel and how will this affect my virtual tour photography? I'd like to be able to have perfect weather all year long for every photo but that just isn't realistic. If this is to be a true reality tour of OZ then I have to face the fact that sometimes it may rain and I might just have to capture that moment and show that even when it rains, this country still looks great! I'm sure that once I get out there I will also find more hurdles so the only thing I can do is jump the hurdles and do the best I can to get the best moment of the each day. Rain or no rain!

Added Yahoo! Messenger

I have added a Yahoo! Messenger Icon on the left of the main page to show when I am online or not. This to start with will be a trial as I have never publicly shown when I am on or offline. If all goes well, it will be great to be on the road and able to chat in real time live with anyone around the world. It would be ideal to have webcam at the same time also, however until all technical issues are sorted this is just in the concept stage.

All other concept plans are developing well, still no confirmed sponsors as no direct contact has yet been made from my efforts. I feel once I do things will just race along and fall into place, I still feel though there is a blockage that needs sorting and time will reveal this.

I am considering a Solstice departure, being Australia this will be the shortest day of the year.

ebay

About a week ago I started using eBay for selling for the first time. I have thought that while we are on our travels we could come across various items that we could share with the world via eBay. At this stage I am very happy with my results and have 11 items this week on Auction. I am currently selling my music collection to generate and improve my feedback score to gain eBay respectability. Why not take a look what is currently on Auction or use the eBay link on the left to browse or join yourself to rid those unwanted items!

I am also considering Auctioning off advertising space on the vehicle and a spot in the photos.

Map of Australia

Here is a map with points of interest marked on it. The tour around Australia will include all these red dots with the co-operation of a primary sponsor, yet to be named or made official.

Online Photo Albums

I have setup an online photo album where photos of the journey will be located and available to download and purchase if they appeal to the viewer. The sample photos have been taken with a Canon G6 7.1 Mega Pixel camera. These are samples only, the page layout and logo will change as this project progresses.

Happy Australia Day

Happy Australia Day!

Today I have added google adsense, a counter and link to Get Firefox, my browser of choice. All can be found in navigation sidebar on the left.

I have been considering using e-bay as a tool on the road, selling various items I come across on my journey - if you have any feedback or comments regarding this it would be appreciated. Any ideas on what would sell well? I was thinking from unusual antiques or trinkets to souvenirs from little towns like spoons, badges etc. I have never sold anything as yet on e-bay however I am in the process of learning and starting a few Auctions in the coming week.

I have only mapped a very preliminary route around the country. Where to be and when can vary so much in terms of climate and special events in various locations. Also should we leave on a special day like ANZAC day etc? Once these questions are answered I will contact various companies for support and sponsorship for joint web advertising etc. I'll keep you posted once I get closer to this most important stage.

Tentative Yes x1

One of the invited companions has said tentatively yes to joining the expedition around Australia! After recent conversations with him we have come to the conclusion that just two of us would work better than three both financially and also logisticly.

It will make for an interesting journey as we have been chatting via MSN for over a year but yet to meet in person face to face. This is not an issue for me as I'm normally a pretty good judge of character and we will have plenty to talk about during the hundreds of kilometers between towns.

As the planning stages progress I will invite him to contribute to this blog.

It's now time to open the way to lock in sponsors for the journey.

CC
via A920 mobile

freedom4life.com/mobile

Launched today with 'waiting in airport' series.

http://www.freedom4life.com/mobile for use from an mp4 format capable handset and http://www.freedom4life.com/60secondvideos from your regular desktop pc.

Free Access! *
Standard data transfer charges apply from your isp or mobile network. Rated PG

*May vary at any time

Travel Companion Invited

A Companion for the journey tonight was notified of the opportunity of a lifetime, an original invited companion has not confirm and has yet too see this site. I havn't mentioned that three is a good number.


CC
via Mobile A920

The Blog Begins

Christmas has washed over now for 2004 so begins a new quest on a journey that will take you Around the Entire National Highway 1 of Australia, in a never seen before Internet Reality Based TeleDrama series that will span 365 days encompassing the wide open land captured via single 360 degree Lens captured at 7.1 megapixel and presented in javascript and quicktime web viewing. Each day another minimum of one virtual tour.

The Actors, Characters, Presenters, Crew - all in one's have not yet been confirmed.
It is estimated that the total travelling crew of 3 will depart, possibly Gold Coast early in 2005.
(Security crew to match requirements)

I am Christian from freedom4life.com, this has been a long term concept I have thought about and 2005 Comes Alive starts Here and Now.

Expect to see one of the Internet's best 'webtainment' sites ever before seen. It will be mixed with Entertainment, Infotainment, Viewer Discussion all via the Web, including 3G and 2.5G technology. Thanks to Broadband, it's now a reality into millions of homes around the world.

* Forum moderator openings are now open.