Australia Day 2010

With an early start to beat the heat, a dash through Daisy and onto the eastern escarpement (the EE)/ Mt Cotton. Even Michael made the ride - a good way to get back into mtbing after a break of about two years.

A great way to start Australia Day and something that is becoming a tradition. 

Dugongs, dolphins and turtles

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Eight friends, eight kayaks, beautiful weather and a long weekend on Moreton Bay. Add to that a large amount of animal wildlife including dugongs, dolphins, stingrays, sea eagles, black swans and heaps of turtles and you have a recipe for a great weekend.

Kayaks sharing a quite moment at Clarkes Pt

at the top of Lamb Island.

"OK, who pulled the plug on the water?"

You take the diesel, and we'll take the paddle,

and you'll get to climate change before us.

A kayak rainbow on Gumnut Beach

2010 - Year of the Bike

The first mountain bike ride for the year today in this, the year of the bike (well, for me at least). With my goals of completing both the Noosa Enduro 100km and Epic 100km this year, I need to put in a lot of time on the bike to have the fitness required.

30 boats on the Bay

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There were over 30 sea kayaks out on Moreton Bay for a combined QSKC and Claytons club paddles. Great weather, socialising and paddling were the order of the day.

Although I didn't see it, a very large dugong was following me for a short distance, surfacing just behind me before diving under the waves. Luckily dugongs are vegetarians.