Author Archives: dipidydoo
Sprint
Our first race day dawned fine and sunny, but chilly. We all bounced out of bed at sunup … ok ok, we all dragged ourselves out of bed some time before 10 am. We began our intense preparations and routines, carefully fine tuning our bodies and minds for what lay ahead. Simon snoozed on the […]
Exploring Oamaru
So DipidyDoo has subbed in Simon for Ian for this trip (though Dipsdydoo doesn’t quite roll off the tongue as well, and sounds rather like I feel at the moment – yes, still got the vertigo) and here we are in New Zealand for their national orienteering champs in Oamaru, and some follow-on events in […]
“said Simple Simon to the Flyman”
“said Simple Simon to the Flyman, Please let me go there” Off on our next Orienteering across the ditch to Oamaru and Queenstown on New Zealand’s south island for their National Championship, the famous three, Debbie Ilze and Me, were waiting in the departure lounge at Melbourne airport for the arrival of the fourth member […]
Two LEGENDS of Street-O rule the Night.
Both my wife Ilze and I are LEGEND members of the Melbourne Millennium Club. To achieve this status a member must have competed in at least 1000 Park and Street Orienteering events since the year 2000. Ilze is close approaching her 1500 and I am nearly 2000 and about half of those events have been […]
A FAMILY MEDAL RUSH.
Enough with the colourful landscape, back to business. Orienteering. Today we have a double header. First event was a 60 minute score course on the Telegraph Station map. A section is in the photos and as it was drawn at 1:6000 it wont all fit on. Great map and the 7.30am start made it fabulous and cool. Strange […]
A Colourful day.
Ilze and I had a quiet day today, just a lazy 360kms out to Glen Helen Homestead for their world famous chips. ( and trust me, they are a superior chip). Its just as well as they are the only food and petrol for an eyewatering amount of kilometres. On the way, via the Larapinta Highway […]
“…it’s a long way to the Rock if you only want to roll.”
That’s the second time in a few weeks that Dipidyoo have had to make apologies to ACDC. This time it’s Ilze and Pete off to Alice Springs for an outback break and the Alice Springs Masters Games. In the planning stages, a guided bus tour from the Alice to Uluru with a sunset dinner, sounded […]
A Slice of Germany
We woke up to quite a change in the weather – cloudy and cold with a stiff breeze blowing up the hill. It seemed silly to drive to an event that was literally less than 500 metres away from our front door, so we walked instead, setting off late in the morning. We set ourselves […]
South Australia
No sooner had we arrived home and recovered from Europe, than I was repacking my bags, this time for a trip to South Australia with Pete, Ilze, Tina and Vic. The Australian Orienteering Champs were on, and having chucked in my job, I was free to go along for the ride. No such luck for […]
Parting Shots
After a morning spent doing nothing much, we finally decided to check out the neighbourhood. Which happens to be the home of the 2012 Olympic Games. Yes, the ones where Great Britain beat us in pretty much everything. Anyway, when it’s the last day of your holiday, and you have a tower thingy with a […]
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