A late phone call, as opposed to a message, from Howsie could only mean one thing. Our planned trip out on Friday was off the table. I had previously also drawn a blank when asking the wider group if anyone was available on the weekend. Um, what to do. Then shortly after Howsie’s call, IContinue reading “Aerial displays”
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Waiting for the sun
A few weeks back, when David posted that he was going to be camping up at the Honeymoon Pool this weekend, I was a little surprised to hear that there were only a couple of sites left. During school holidays it is certainly very busy, but outside of them there are usually ample sites available. Continue reading “Waiting for the sun”
The leaky brain
Despite waking up numerous times on Friday night to poke my head outside, I didn’t get to see another light display in the sky. It just goes to show how lucky Howsie and I were on Friday morning, and I’m still pinching myself about it. When the morning arrived Lisa headed to the beach forContinue reading “The leaky brain”
Packing it in
Now that Lisa is back at work, for the fourth and final term of the school year, my usual Thursday and Friday work from home days have kicked back in. Allowing the opportunity to join her morning beach walk on Thursday, when we found this unlucky Bighead Gurnard Perch (Neosebastes pandus). Based on its conditionContinue reading “Packing it in”
Cheers to that
A weekend of not climbing was on the cards last weekend, to allow the body to relax and recover. But the weekend cried out to include some outdoor time, resulting in Lisa and I going for a Sunday wander with the poodles out at Crooked Brook Forest. Allowing us to balance some outdoor time togetherContinue reading “Cheers to that”
Local is best
A lot can happen in a week in the orchid world, so I was very keen to get out and look about as soon as returned from Queensland. I’ve often heard how people travel from far and wide to experience the ‘big’ months of Western Australia’s South West orchid season, when many species come out. Continue reading “Local is best”
Part 4 – The final push
Howsie and I decided we would head to completely different location in the morning, and that required an early’ish departure. But not before we enjoyed breakfast at the campsite, helped break camp, and said goodbye to Rongy and Sarah. They were heading back to Brisbane, and had work the next day. Mikie didn’t need toContinue reading “Part 4 – The final push”
Part 3 – The big days
It felt like a normal climbing day on Wednesday, when Howsie and I were up in darkness and snuck out before anyone was up. We had a two hour trip ahead of us, and were aiming to be on the rock at 7am. The changed approach was a reflection of the temperatures creeping into theContinue reading “Part 3 – The big days”
Part 2 – The big stuff
The Glass House Mountains alone contain 24 regional ecosystems. And being spring I was hoping there may have been a heap of flowers. However, as we walked to each crag, often through a different vegetation complex, we really didn’t see too much. My attention was of course aimed at orchids, but I should have doneContinue reading “Part 2 – The big stuff”
Part 1 – Old and new introductions
The last time I had a week long climbing trip was to Victoria to visit and climb with Dan in the Grampians. Originally planned for Easter 2020, it was delayed by two years due to the pandemic. Early last year, Dan and I started to chat about another catch-up. An adventurous one that would seeContinue reading “Part 1 – Old and new introductions”
Sandbagged 