Byangee Mountain |
November 10, 2008 |
This weekend I took a walk out to Byangee Mountain. It is has been on the list to investigate for some time, and plan a multi day hike around so on Saturday I set out to climb at least the first section of the trail.
All the photos can be found here.
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Solo adventure |
December 11, 2007 |
I have been promising myself for a long time that I would take off into the wilderness by myself for a few days. Well I have finally done it!! A couple of weekends ago, despite the threatening weather, I took myself off to the Kosciuszko national park for a good walk.
The walk is based off the Jagungal to Geehi walk from hikeoz, except I bypassed Jagungal this time and headed straight for the Bulls peaks.
There is a trip report to come, but for now you can enjoy these amazing photos.
Trip report now available....click more for details
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Weekend Golf |
November 20, 2007 |
Well we just returned from a very difficult weekend on the golf course. It was the year end trip for the Club Sandwedge golf club and this year we went north to The Central Coast.
We played on Koowinda Waters on Saturday, and then Magenta Shores on Sunday. The two courses were very different, but unfortunately my game was very similar to 'the old graham'!!
Photos from the trip are here.
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Kosi trip in October! |
October 26, 2007 |
A large group of us headed down to Kosi in October for a change. Partly because we were helping our mate Richard train for Nepal, and partly because we love the place!
Here are the photos from the trip
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A wet weekend |
August 19, 2007 |
Yes this weekend we decided to hit the mountains and forge a new trail through the australian bush. Unforunately we were beaten by the weather and the terrain!! But we did have a great time trying to conqure a new trail.
Photos from the trip are here.
We were using this trip from Hike Oz, but it needs a little adjusting before it is used by anyone else!!
Read the report and find out how much trouble we had!
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Triton in Deua |
August 10, 2007 |
All the trip photos can be found here.
After struggling for four weeks trying to get the last few things sorted out on the new Triton, I decided it was time for a test trip. Still need’s some work, but enough is done to verify its ability! Destination: Bendethra!
I managed to leave the office on schedule at 3:30pm, and headed up the mountain and on to Goulburn. The larger tyres and new computer seem to have had a large effect on fuel economy, I was getting 9.1L/100km before, now it looks like I’m getting closer to 11L/100km!!! I’ll wait and see how that pans out though, takes a little while for the economy stats to level out.
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Easter Kosi Hiking - Brassys and Kerries |
April 08, 2007 |
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Once again it is Easter time and our annual pilgrimage to Kosciuszko National Park is on the agenda. We have a new hiker coming along with us this time, and Richard really doesn’t know what he is in for!!
The trip is a little different again from the last two years, we are aiming to negotiate the Brassy Ridge and the Kerrie’s. We are not going to hard this time around, as we want to be able to take it easy and soak up the amazing atmosphere of our best national park.
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Pretty Plain, Or Pretty Spectacular??? |
April 16, 2006 |
You can find all the trip photos here
Well it’s been almost a year since my inaugural hike into the Kosciusko National Park. I now have a total of three hikes under my belt so we decided it was once again time to take the long drive south and head into the countries biggest park. Our target this year was to walk right the way down the Pretty Plain valley, and then on to a climb of Mount Jugungal (2062m). Easter weekend was always going to be a busy time to do this trek, but we needed a full four days of walking to ensure we had time to complete the huge target. An estimate of 60km walking, on about a 50/50 split between track walking and off track walking. After soliciting several people that we thought might be interested in this hike, when it finally came down to making a commitment, it was only Eddy and I that could step up to the plate! This is our story…
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Melbourne 2006 |
April 01, 2006 |
Well another year and another melbourne GP is over. There was a large contigent from the heathcote and pawson familes make the trip south. Mark, Darren, Tanya, Graham, Janita, Sarah and Benjamin! We were very kindly put up by a friend of the pawson family, and they were way too good to us while we were there!
Mark and I went to the track on Saturday with Benjamin to watch the preliminaries. I had forgotten how cold Melbourne can be! It was freezing, and wet too! Benjamin managed to fall asleep and we wrapped him in a tarp to stay dry!
On race day, Darren and I made the usual sprint to the fence and managed to get the perfect position again! Weather was great, not too hot and not too cool. The race was very exciting, and we even got to witness a crash right in front of us up against the wall!
Many photos can be by selecting the following link...
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Top of the world! |
February 25, 2006 |
While Theresa has been visiting from Northern Ireland, we made a trip to Sydney to check out the usual tourist spots. We lunched at Sydney tower, and then climbed the Sydney Harbour bridge. It was an amazing climb, taking about 3 hours in total. We had perfect weather for the event too, with lovely sunshine and a cooling breeze.
If you are ever in Sydney, it is definitely a good idea to add this to your itinerary as you get an amazing view of the city which you cant get any other way. Check out the climb details here.
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Missing Peace |
October 21, 2005 |
While sorting through a bunch of my photos today, I realised that one of my favorite pictures had not made it up on to my website! I have a print of it hanging on my wall at home, one of only three that I have of my own on the wall!! So rather than let it collect 'virtual dust' sitting on my computer, I've have uploaded it to my site for all to see.
Comments and compliments are always welcome....
Of course it is from the Snowy Moutain Hike that we took in April 2005.
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Budawangs II - The Wrath Of Burumbeet |
July 18, 2005 |
You can find all the trip photos here.
One more attempt to conquer The Budawangs and the Burumbeet valley. I must remember though that next time Mark wants to go hiking in the Budawangs, I’m going to be busy!!
Day 1:
Early start for this trip, Mark and Doug came past my place at 6:45am. We transferred all the gear into my truck and then head off to the park. After a quick stop at Nowra for some fresh bread and then it was on to Turpentine road. Ooops, there goes our turn off!! We eventually got to Wog Wog camp site and ready to hit the track.
We left Wog Wog at about 9:25am on a perfect morning for walking, the sun was warm, the skies were clear and there was no wind to be spoken of. Our first issue was the amount of rain that had fallen over the last few days, which raised Wog Wog creek to a much higher level than what we had expected! No longer was it a hop skip and a jump across the water. We moved up the creek and found a log to cross, after I took my first spill!
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Budawang Hiking |
June 20, 2005 |
A few weekends ago a small group of us headed off to The Budawangs for a weekend hiking expidition. I do have a trip report to write, but for now you will have to make do with just the photos from the trip!
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Snowy Mountain Hike - The Tale Of A Novice Hiker |
May 04, 2005 |
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For many years (well a few anyway) I have prepared for this day. I made sure I bought the best quality hikers tent, and the best quality sleeping bag, all in the preparation for strapping these things on my back and heading for the hills. Well after that I bought a four wheel drive and the hiking aspirations were quenched by the smell of diesel fumes and a 12 volt fridge! But just recently, the hiking urge was stirred in me once again. Given the opportunity to spend three days walking around the gentle slopes of the Snowy Mountains got me very excited. So excited that I actually committed to this expedition, long before I was fully aware of the consequences! The following words are a journal of the trip, the highs and lows of my experience, the novice hiker.
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Holiday Update |
March 31, 2005 |
Well its been a while since I made a post, that is due to my recent holiday. I'm not ready to post the trip report just yet, as its going to be a LONG one, but thought I'd put up a couple of my favorite pictures from the trip. These are just a few of the short list of 150!!
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Let the party begin |
March 17, 2005 |
Well Katherine has left her safe haven of Missouri, and is on her way to the not so dry shores of Australia. It is a little unfortunate that the last ten days here have seen blue skies and high temps, but now she's in the air, the forecast has turned to cool, grey and wet for the next week! Oh well, those forecasters are never right anyway!
Flight arrival is scheduled for early tomorrow morning, that will be friday, and just so happens to coincide with my Parents flying out to New Zealand. I didnt tell Katherine this, didn't want to freak her out with the fact that she might be welcomed at the airport by more people than just me! Anyway, I think I have volunteered to go to the airport via my parents place so I can give them a lift. Means levaing home about 5:30am mind you, and a round trip of nearly 300km, but thats what only sons do ;)
So only a day for me to wait for this party to start. I'm hoping that things go smoothly as we have a huge itinerary planned for the visit.
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Christmas Camping Trip |
December 29, 2004 |
24th December 2004
Trip started at midday, and I had the car packed ready to head up to the mountains to visit sam and the family of Carrolls. I stopped off at Darrens to exchange the same gift!
I arrived at Sams at 3pm, as there was very little traffic. However, there was quite a bit of rain and at times it was so bad that I had to pull off the road!
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Gold Coast Trip For AGM |
November 28, 2004 |
DAY ONE
When the announcement from Revetec that their AGM this year was going to be on Queenslands Gold Coast, we all thought how stupid! But after a day or two, Darren realised that this gave him the perfect opportunity for getting the KMs up on his car before the end of the FBT financial year!! After all, its only 1000km each way, its not like its on the other side of the country!
So on Thursday 25th November, 4:15pm, we left the office on our way to Surfers Paradise!
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