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The Rolling Seas
After the usual packing and last minute panicking, the O-mobile was fully loaded with gear, and our sights set on Tasmania. Well, Station Pier at least. Via the pizza shop. We pulled up at the terminal in good time to join the queue. The security checker quizzed us about orienteering – “are you carrying flares […]
Blackall Range
Dad programmed the in-car GPS to take us to Montville, in the Blackall Range. First, let me explain about the GPS. It has a very prim and proper English nanny voice, and was long ago christened Katie. Katie is unfailingly polite, enunciates her vowels beautifully, and does her best to pronounce all those weird Australian […]
Sunshine Coast
Well it is certainly living up to its name – clear blue skies, no wind, mid 20s. Sorry to those at home suffering through rain and cold. We spent the day exploring the nearby coastal towns of Mooloolooba and Caloundra. Moolooloba is very trendy, full of apartments, cafes, and fit young things left over from […]
Hidden Gems
I left the rest of Dipidydoo back at home (Ipidydoo?) and headed north for a quick visit with family, my parents and brother already being here on the Sunshine Coast. So far living up to its name, and it’s so good to be wearing shorts again. The thing I dislike about travel is, um, the […]
Easter Ends
After a very welcome rest day, we steeled ourselves for the Dungaree Challenge. This involved head to head loop racing in some supposedly fast open spur-gully terrain. Turned out to be not that fast as there was a lot of fallen sticks and branches on the ground, but it was very much like Bendigo. Pete […]
Easter Part 3
Day 4 – Easter Day 3 It was another foggy start to what promised to be another sunny autumn day. The final event was on a new map, Cherry Farm. It promised more rock and more steep stuff. It was a long walk from parking down to the arena, which was set in a very […]
Easter Part 2
Day 2 – Easter Day 1 (yes I could write a book about the stupidity of the structure of the Easter 3 day carnival that runs for 4 days…) Morning dawned all too soon, and Ilze was very grumpy. The resident rooster had started crowing at about midnight, and continued at regular intervals all night. […]
Easter Part 1
Day 1 – Prologue Another year, another Easter come and gone. This was my last year in W45AS, meaning that next year I turn 55, and get to move into another age group. What with being one of the oldest in my age category, and my recent disasters, I had absolutely no expectations or ambitions […]
Sprint The Bay Day 3
No surprise to wake up to more drizzle, although at one point a stray sunbeam fell across our door. It was fleeting – Ilze was in the loo and missed it entirely. So we shoved raincoats and spare socks into our backpacks and resigned ourselves to another evening of washing and drying clothes. The organisers […]
Sprint the Bay Day 2
I thought yesterday was wet, but overnight it just didn’t stop, and there was no sign of it letting up today. The forecast was for “rain periods, heavy at times”, and this turned out to be all too accurate. Meanwhile back home, events are being cancelled due to extreme heat. A compromise would be nice […]
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