Category Victoria
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 […]
Concrete Canvases
As always, just click on any image to see it enlarged. Another short trip to use up bookings made in 2021, and unrealised. We deferred this one until after the summer school holidays. After such a wet spring, we were wondering what the weather would hold in store, but its been a hot start to […]
It’s All About The Light
Click on thumbnails to view full size images … We luxuriated in a late morning. The temperature had reached the 30s very quickly, and a north wind was strong enough to swirl leaves and small twigs off the gums. Our destination was the Noojee Trestle Bridge, followed by a walk to see the Toorongo Falls. […]
Trees Twisted and Tall
As always, click on a thumbnail to see a full size image … Reluctantly we packed up and bid farewell to our lovely room at Peppers. Another night would have been nice … Today’s destination was Lake Mountain, the closest ski-able mountain to Melbourne (cross country, not downhill). In summer, the village becomes a departure […]
Crossing the Rubicon
At last! After a delay due to heat, then another due to rain, we finally spent the day doing what we came to Taggerty to do – crossing the Rubicon. Fortunately for us it was not a point of no return, but as we followed the aqueduct for much of the hike, the Roman analogy […]
Frog Spotting
Every holiday has one – that day when things don’t go quite to plan, so you end up doing something that you’d never even considered, and it turns out great. Today was that day. We woke to gloomy skies and much cooler temperatures. With a load of washing to do (me) and a payroll to […]
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