Category Victoria
Love in the time of Cholera
What to do when the Library is closed. (and the Orienteering is cancelled). Ilze’s long career in the printing industry and my lifelong aversion to discarding “old friends”, has left us with a house full of books. We have a total area of Ikeas Billy Bookcases (the assembling of which is soon to become an […]
Run Like No-One’s Watching
Was it really only 7 days ago when life as we know it came to a grinding halt? To be honest, being in lockdown hasn’t made a huge difference to us (yet). We can still get outside to exercise, and we can still shop for groceries – pretty much the main reasons we had before […]
Orienteering in the Time of Coronavirus
Wow, how fast the world has changed. Was it just 2 weeks ago that we were packing up after the Melbourne Sprint Weekend, a frantic, exciting 3 days where orienteers from all over Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, travelled freely to Victoria, gathered in groups of more than 10, were not required to stay […]
The Edge of the Map
Time … it’s what everybody craves more of. It governs every aspect of our lives. Songs, movies and TV shows have been written about it. Travelling through it is an impossible(?) dream. In short, it’s too short. Springtime, summertime, teatime, bedtime, leisuretime, ME time … Since announcing my imminent retirement from work, I’ve noticed several […]
Doing a Bradbury at Bullengarook
My first bush event for 6 months … I expected to be a little rusty. But the map was not complex or technical, the weather was incredible, and I was set for a good day, hoping to be around my 2.8 km course in 60-70 minutes allowing for a couple of wobbles along the way. […]
Edge of Darkness
Winter in Melbourne means orienteering at night, donning a head torch to light up the road, and compression tights to keep my legs from freezing. According to a major daily newspaper, night running is the Next Big Thing in edgy adventure. News flash – we’ve been doing it every week for 25 years! We’ve also […]
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