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Up Up and Away
Reminder: click on any thumbnail to see the full sized images. Go on – they’re worth it! The only downside to ballooning is the ridiculously early wakeup time … you are so scared of sleeping through the alarm and blowing all that money you’ve spent, that you spend the whole night in a state of […]
From The Mountain to the Sea
After a much-needed sleep in, it was time for the Big Pack and the Grand Depart. Mist hung over our mountain as we said goodbye to Somerset Dam. The traffic grew heavier as we got closer to Brisbane and the Gold Coast. By lunchtime we were in the land of theme parks, high rises and […]
Easter Day 3
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, […]
Easter Day 2
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 […]
Easter Day 1
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 […]
It’s All Good
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 […]
DIPDYDO
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 […]
Cruisin’
We chugged slowly out of Huskisson, expecting a gentle speed of a few knots to be the standard. But once past the buoys, the skipper revved up the three outboards, the bow rose, and we took off at a cracking pace. Before long we slowed again, pulling in behind the dolphin viewing vessels. We spotted […]
Wings and Wombats
We headed away from the coastline, and inland to Nowra, to pay a visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum (ie the Navy’s Aviation arm). A very impressive hangar style building showcases the history of Australian Naval fixed wing and helicopter operations throughout the 20th century, beginning with a Sopwith Pup and progressing through the […]
Booderee – New Territory
The north wind dropped, allowing the humidity back in. Booderee National Park forms the southern part of Jervis Bay. We crossed the state border into Jervis Bay Territory, and paid our park fee. Captains Point was chosen as the site for a Royal Australian Naval College in 1911, with the first graduates in 1916. It […]
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