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Andrew Robertson
  • 35, Male
  • Sydney
  • Australia
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Cees van Helden and Andrew Robertson are now friends
November 21
I had my first ever balloon flight in Rainbow Connection about 30 years ago.
October 24
October 19
It could have been worse... we could have sent Adam over there 20 years ago... mullet and all.
October 13
September 22
Andrew Robertson and Ben Humphreys are now friends
September 21

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City, Country:
Sydney, Australia
About Me:
I am an Australian based pilot. I have been ballooning for 30 years, having started at 4 years of age when my parents got into it. Having tried most aspects of the sport over the years (private, commercial, instructing, competing etc.) my true passion these days is competition flying.

In my real life I work as an implementation consultant for a web analytics company, Omniture.

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A note about Spammers

You may have noticed in the last couple of months that there have been a couple of malicious "spam" like people join the group. I am jumping on these guys and banning them as soon as they look like they are up to no good.

So basically, if you join AM and look like you have nothing to do with ballooning (or don't appear to want to have anything to do with ballooning), you will be banned.

So if someone joins and starts talking to you and they don't appear to be a legit member... just ignore them… Continue

Posted on August 20, 2009 at 3:04pm — 7 Comments

Andrew Robertson

Rotating Photos

A few people have asked me why there are so many sideways photos on the site.

It is really easy to rotate your photos so they are the right way up.

Just view your photo and click on the "Rotate Photo" link until it looks correct.

Posted on August 7, 2009 at 1:43pm — 2 Comments

Andrew Robertson

Old Aunty Monkey Websites

If anyone is feeling like being nostalgic or wants to step back in time, you can see what the Aunty Monkey website used to look like over the last 10 years.


Check out these links on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.… Continue

Posted on April 27, 2009 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Andrew Robertson

Canberra Photos on Flickr

I was just cruising on Flickr and found there are 100s of amazing photos of Canberra. Check them out...

http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=rec&q=canberra+balloon&m=text

Posted on March 11, 2009 at 6:25pm — 12 Comments

Andrew Robertson

Aunty Monkey Redesign

You might have noticed Aunty Monkey has gone green. I personally got sick of the blue site, so I hope you like the new "fresher" look.

Posted on February 7, 2009 at 4:45pm — 12 Comments

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At 9:34pm on December 8, 2009, nigel flynn said…
hi andrew ,
another one - vivian sharon!
At 11:08am on October 19, 2009, nigel flynn said…
hi andrew,
thanks for your interest, having asked adam il wait for his reply and get back to you, hope you and yours are well,
thanks again for your work on am,
nigel.
At 10:04pm on September 22, 2009, nigel flynn said…
hi andrew,
hope you and your family are well, please have a look at am member rithin, i think we may have another spamer,
cheers and thanks for your hard work on this sight.
At 12:11pm on September 17, 2009, Avery said…
Andrew where did you get the idea for the name "Aunty Monkey" for a ballon social networking site?
At 9:27pm on August 26, 2009, Michael Toulson said…
http://hotairballoon.ning.com/profile/himanshu

Inactive spammer
At 12:07am on August 26, 2009, Eric Mueller said…
Hey Andrew,
Does that new member Neelam Chauham qualify as a spammer? While the property management post is interesting, I don't think it balloon oriented.
At 10:14am on August 15, 2009, Michael Toulson said…
Two more spammers Andrew W23 and David kieran
cheers man
At 9:34am on August 12, 2009, Mark Pluta said…
Hi Andrew,

I know you don't know me but hopefully you have a slight idea with some of my photos, blogs or posts I've made as well as my page. First of all, I would like to say, I love this website you created for all the balloonist around the world. I always check out this site everyday to view the photos, talk to people I otherwise would never know existed, plus I've learn a thing or two off some of the people here.

Having said that, I would like to help protect the integrity of this website by saying I totally agree with Michael on this one. Shamir Bakhsh is totally out of control. I almost never complain about kids on this website as they are the future of balloons but more and more I am getting the impression he is not on here because he likes balloons but more to spread his non-sense and solicate people for his cause. Furthermore, I have tried communicating with him and advised him to keep it balloon related and after a small back and forth, he has basically insulted me.

I don't feel anyone on this website should be subjected to this kind of non-sense, nor should they put up with the insults. I'd like to know what can be done to correct this?

Sorry to bother you with this and know that it has to be pretty bad for me to file a formal complaint about someone
Thanks for your time.
Mark
At 8:02am on August 12, 2009, Michael Toulson said…
Hey Andrew i dont really like to bother you but we have a spammer.
please delete him and his sister account. Shamir bakhsh is going crazy with total crap on the boards
At 9:50am on June 28, 2009, Kevin L. Stephenson said…
Ga Day Mate! I just wanted to let you know that I'm really enjoying Aunty Monkey. I've caught us with some lost friends and made some new as well.I visited OZ 1n 1998, I was in your country for 2 weeks. I saw Cairns, Karanda, Port Douglas, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and a great little place called Mangalore. I went down under with a group of pilots (AIRPLANE) from the E.A.A. I had the time of my life! other than the wprst sunburn from snorkling in the Barrier Reef! Looking forward to meeting you if you should come to Albuquerque for fiesta! CHEERS!!! Kevin L. Stephenson
 
 

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