Monthly Archives: March 2018

Five ticks and a cross.

Saturday. 31/3. 43 kms north of Hobart. Day 2/3 of the Australian 3/4 Day began today on the inappropriately named Lovely Banks map. Weather.                                                  Lovely.                                    Tick Assembly area.                                       Lovely.                                     Tick. Extraordinary view.                              Lovely.                                     Tick. Great gathering of good friends.        Lovely.                                     Tick Even better Brownies.                          Yummy.                  […]

It just seemed like a good idea.

Friday 30/3.  Altitude 1260m 5C. We decided to go for a drive to the top of Mt Wellington this morning as a our races didn’t start until after 1.00pm. Getting to the top had seen the temperature fall to 5C and with a 35 knot breeze it brings the wind-chill factor to minus plenty C. […]

What a difference a BAY makes.

Hobart.  Thorsdag 29/3.   Latitude 42.88. What a difference an ocean voyage  of 400 of kms can make. After a quite rough but otherwise uneventful crossing we arrived in Hobart to find that Autumn is in full swing. We picked the Rydges Hotel from Bookings. everything because it had a microwave. What a gem!!!. Yesterday […]