A personal field journal
Curiosity has
a long history.
I’m Tim Flinders. Explore the name’s documented history, the ships and places it travelled through, and the questions about archaeology, AI and technology I’m still curious about.
Choose a notebook. Read at your own pace.
The collection
Where would you like to begin?
Separate pages, short paths, and sources close to the stories.
About
Tim
A local profile and the interests behind this journal.
Meet Tim ↗02THE EXPLORERMatthew
Flinders
Meet the navigator who charted Australia’s coastline.
Explore the story ↗03AT SEAShips &
voyages
Four vessels, each with its own page and story.
Open the ship index ↗04IN AUSTRALIAPlaces
called Flinders
From Melbourne’s station to the ranges and Bass Strait.
See the places ↗05IN THE FIELDFlinders
Petrie
Archaeological finds, field methods and sequence dating.
Explore Petrie ↗06PRESENT TENSEIdeas &
writing
Local notes on AI, cloud, leadership and uncertainty.
Read the notes ↗07AT HOMEThoughtful
technology
Smart-home projects and a locally controlled home.
Visit the home ↗08FOUND AT EUSTONA grave
found & home
The lost burial, HS2 discovery and return to Donington.
Follow the story ↗09STUDY & PRACTICEEngineering
& technology
Electroacoustics, technology management and a prize-winning dissertation.
Explore the degrees ↗A note on family history: the Flinders family tree Tim has traces Matthew Flinders as the great-great-grandson of Tim’s eight-times-great-grandfather on his father’s line. Separately, Matthew was the maternal grandfather of Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.
Read about Tim’s family connection ↗