Author Archives: dipidydoo
Dropping In On The Neighbours
Why PNG? We’ve been asked this question numerous times. There are several reasons we chose to visit Papua New Guinea. First up, it’s our nearest neighbour, yet hardly anyone goes there unless they have to, or if they want to complete the Kokoda Track (too many leeches for our liking). Port Moresby and the Highlands […]
If It’s Monday It Must Be Brisbane
Our heads are spinning a bit from the constant relocations. We spent three nights at home, unpacking, washing, shopping, preparing everything for the Anzac weekend, repacking, and driving to Bendigo on Anzac Day. The car was once again full to the brim with gear. It finally poured down with much-needed rain as we drove up […]
Reality Check
Well of course harsh reality set in today. We were back in detailed mining terrain for the final event of Easter. Our Information “tent” was inside a hall – luxury. The sun shone and all was right with the world. Out on the course, I quickly realised that the mining features were low to the […]
A Tortoise’s Tale
Halfway through the carnival already – months and months of planning, and it goes by in a flash. Something remarkable happened today. We drove to the middle of Nowheresville, on increasingly smaller and more remote roads. Eventually we wound up next to a bush conservation reserve on the side of a small, boulder-strewn hill. Rocks […]
The First Half
Being out in the forest it’s a very different story. After a hot dry summer, it’s very dusty and brown everywhere. Our club is looking after the “Information Centre”, which means we hand out everyone’s race numbers and tourist information, answer lots of questions, look after lost property, deal with endless requests to change courses […]
Easter on Home Turf
It’s been a while, but we’re on an orienteering road trip with all four members of DipidyDoo. We aren’t overseas, but we have left home to compete in the Australian Easter 3 Days, which is in north central Victoria. It’s the first time in a loooong time that Ian has entered Easter, although the other […]
2025
Time to post about our plans for this year; we have spent quite a long time deciding but airfares are now booked and we’ve found some great places to stay. Rule no 1: southern Europe is a no-no at the time we are travelling (having learned the hard way). Following Ian’s successful completion of his […]
Sydney City Race Weekend 2
Onto the main event. An early start was required, as start times were between 8am and 10am. We were both at the latter end of the start draw, but we left in plenty of time to walk from Circular Quay to the arena at Observatory Hill. The Carnival Splendour cruise ship was in, busily disengorging […]
Sydney City Race Weekend
Ian and I are in Sydney this weekend, purely for orienteering – specifically, the first Sydney City Race. It took them 5 years to copy us, but they have gone all out with a $1000 prize for the outright winner. We just had to come and run it, being the ones who introduced the popular […]
Dreams lost in the mist.
Tuesday 17th September Lat Unknown. Long, Unknow. Lost in fog and rain for the last 36 hours all we saw were the ghosts of cruise ships passing in the fog and nothing else until about 4pm to day when the rain cleared enough for us to see the famous Port Hardy light house entrance to the […]
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