Category Archives: Climbing day trips

There was a fair bit of procrastinating this week.  The total rainfall for June was inching its way upwards in the statistics table, as I had predicted in my last post.  Due to the uncertain conditions, I lost count of how many times I checked the regular weather app alongside the BoM isobar maps.  Looking,Continue reading “Seeing the wood, not the trees”

Winter seems to have set in and along with the increasing rain and decreasing temperatures comes the season of illnesses.  There is currently talk of the big three hitting Western Australia being COVID, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza A; and it seems that possibly during my trip to Perth I caught the latter.  Starting toContinue reading “Good karma”

Yesterday we caught up with some friends who we hadn’t seen for too long, as we made some time for a kinda farewell catch-up for Tom who would soon be heading overseas.  It was great to see everyone, and with luck I might get to have a climb with Tom in a few weeks asContinue reading “Making the time”

Today was back to getting up and heading out the door in darkness.  While I could complain that I needed to stay that little bit more alert driving out at this time, to avoid the kangaroos.  On the plus side it is the time of day that I am most likely to see a Brush-tailedContinue reading “No complaints”

I was torn today, whether to use my window of opportunity to go orchid hunting or play on a cliff.  I had two plus hours up my sleeve in-between dropping off and then needing to pick up Lisa and Elseya, who were going for a wine and dine experience.  It really is not something IContinue reading “A good vintage”

For me establishing ground-up first ascents is the best way to climb, having absolutely no knowledge of what lies above other than the assumptions you make from what you can see from below.  Tying in, racking up and then setting off with all the uncertainty of whether it can be protected, what the rock qualityContinue reading “Just can’t help ourselves”

I should have known that I wouldn’t survive the whole weekend with a desire and need to get outdoors.  Maybe I could have, but today I really needed to empty my head of all the thoughts rattling round inside and bumbling about at home just was not going to help me achieve that.  Lisa’s headContinue reading “Blowing the cobwebs away”

A morning beach walk with Lisa and poodles was in order today.  Lisa takes the pooches to our beach most days before she heads off to school, which is quite some time after I have already left for work.  And on days I am working from home my head is filled with work thoughts fromContinue reading “The friendly crag”

It would seem that some people have very long memories.  It has been over seventeen years since we left Alice Springs and we have not been in touch with Garn all that time.  However, when his friends were planning a trip to Western Australia he suggested they should touch base with me.  That they did,Continue reading “Dancing in the rain”

With a total solar eclipse skimming the edge of Western Australia I sat at work on Thursday wondering why I hadn’t thought about heading out for a climb on such a special day.  However, as we approached 11:18am when the maximum coverage was due to occur for where I work, there was approx. 68% coverageContinue reading “Avoiding the darkside”