Today was a midweek social event, in the sand dunes which lie opposite Sea World. From the road, you wouldn’t even know they were there, hidden behind a veil of vegetation.  It’s a small but complex area of knolls and depressions, flanked by the ocean. Apparently half of it was under water not long ago, […]

It seems normal now to get up at 5am, and we move efficiently around the house, doing what we need to do to get ready and depart at daybreak.  Today, day hadn’t quite broken, thanks to a heavy fog that was hanging in the valleys, severely reducing visibility.  Once we climbed up to the plateau, […]

My enthusiasm was slightly less apparent at 5am, just before the alarm went off, and the world outside was dark.  We dragged ourselves out of bed, and were on the road at 6, the sky brightening already with promise of another lovely day. There was an upside and a downside to my pre-9am start. The […]

Today marked the start of the Easter 3 Day competition, where the war of attrition starts.  One mispunch, and you are out of contention for the whole comp – game over. Even if you are holding up the bottom of the results, there is satisfaction to be had in completing all three days intact. That […]

Glorious sunshine woke us. We opened the blinds, eager to see our surroundings in daylight.  To our surprise, there is a mountain on our back doorstep!  There are parrots, cockatoos and lorikeets in the trees, and we had a leisurely breakfast on the verandah, watching their antics.  The back yard has an enormous tree stump […]

Yep the DipidyDoo gang is (almost) back together, though not quite overseas, but for the first time in 2 years and 6 months, we’ve jumped on a plane and flown somewhere to go orienteering (it’s been a year since the last major carnival in Australia, but we drove to that one).  This time we’re in […]