Bushwalking in the blood

This is a photograph of my grandfather bushwalking on the Baw Baw plateau near Melbourne about 80 years ago.  

This was me about to go bushwalking in the Bunya mtns in the 1960's. There is a distinct similarity about the socks and walking stick. Bushwalking in the blood?

Surfing in kayaks

Taking to the surf for the first time in the sea kayak was great fun. Bribie was the venue with Damiano giving paddling tips and taking the photos of me enjoying the waves.

Wednesday Morning air time.

A great morning for a mtb ride out in the Daisy Hill forest. 18 of us took to the singletrack with our usual skill and constant chatter ;-) There was a bit of air to be had, with Kylie being the winner of most air time and most style.


Flyboy gets a lot of air at work and also got some through the rock garden on TOL today. Here he is keeping it solid.


ABQ took to the air on Koala but landed softly. Here ABQ shows his RR attack style so as not to get any more air over Stonehenge

50k ... its been a while.

Original photo by FPK (this one highly edited)

Its been a while since I rode 50km on the mountain bike ... so it was time to get out and join the Dirt Dogs Glasshouse Mountains tour. A very enjoyable ride of 50km over the best trails that the area had to offer.

... and there was only one patch of mud :-)

A dual suspension single speed ... not something you see everyday.

Turtle, stingray ... SHARK :-0

The plan was a short paddle from Victoria Pt to the northern end of Macleay Island via Coochie .... but with the arrival of a strong southerly change, Kev's inaugural voyage of the "White Knight" was to be some what shortened.

With 20 knots of wind gusting 25 and forecast to get stronger, some of us managed to paddle part of the way to Macleay. On the way, a small turtle surfaced near us, there was also a stingray taking to the air as it flew out of the water. I also noticed the dorsal fin of a shark ..... a SHARK!!!  :-0 .... not more than 7 metres away. I'd estimate it to be about 1.5 - 2m long ... so not that big, and it wasn't interested in us (that we knew of) .... maybe that is why the stingray took to the air ???

An enjoyable and somewhat challenging paddle at times.

Kev making final adjustments on the "White Knight"

Karen gets the jump on Kev and is first out of the starting gates.

Extreme Vespa washing

While most of us go to great lengths to save water, someone went to extreme lengths the other morning to wash their Vespa.

Summer at Byron

Summer means surfing at Byron. After 2 months without a decent swell, it was on for young and old when it did arrive.

Conditions ranged from 35knots southerlies to off shore winds on corderoy lines of swell to glassy mornings of waves to yourself.