Thanks to everyone at The Ballarat Dojo who helped Harrison in his grading, and congratulations to the other successful candidates. Harry attained his next black belt after a year and a half of training and effort. Almost three hours of gruelling work in 30 degree weather, he kept at it, showing off not only the skills he has mastered, but also the resilience that karate has taught him. So proud of the little guy! #KarateKid #BlackAndBlueBelt #dadpride #ShoShinDoZenKarate #TheBallaratDojo from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2tvLQPn

Spare a thought for Harrison, who is spending the next few hours in the heat striving for his next black belt. from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2IhbMl8

I don’t quite know what I can add to International Womens Day, being a member of the privileged white male club. However I would like to point out this amazing woman, who makes my life better everyday, who works and strives to do the best, and be the best, and who in the midst of it all is a stellar mum, and in my (somewhat biased) opinion the best wife to take the mantle. #proudhusband #internationalwomensday #mywifekicksarse from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2FBipjn

Ah the joys of cat ownership. from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2GIGBxm

Watched A Knights Tale with Harrison’s the other day (an underrated movie in my opinion), and was interested to note that Harrison took something from it. His history homework is about the social structure of ancient Egypt, and how if you are born into the lower class you couldn’t ‘change your stars’. Cool. #AKnightsTale #WatchingMoviesWithTheFamilyPaysOff from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2F2Y0nf

The Ballarat Dojo. Ready for its younger black belts (and aspiring) to go through their last few training rounds before the next grading. #theballaratdojo from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2HGVVMk

Donnie like to pimp out in the golden bean bag. from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2Cg87UL

Cool seeing some interesting wildlife in the urban environment on the walk home. This guy was huge! Around 10cm long and very active. #bugsofballarat from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2BGCsdY

Ironing high school shirts, drinking beer, and watching British comedy; this is how I am fathering tonight. #wifesaway #blindleadingtheblind from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2BvCK7E

Trying out the different Vietnamese beers at @saigonallee #aroundtheworldinbeer from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2EAx1fX