It was time for a change of pace for my adventures this weekends. I could blame the damn indoor wall I built in our shed; the cold spell that hit on Monday last week making niggles feel that bit worse; the aging process resulting in the body being more susceptible to injuries; a string ofContinue reading “Ticking all the boxes”
Category Archives: Going walkabout
Half way round the world
It felt more than six months since my last trip back to the homelands to see the folks, but that is all it had been when I once again popped over for a cuppa or two. More frequent and shorter trips is the way of it, and some may think a week visit is tooContinue reading “Half way round the world”
Adjustment time
All good things must come to an end. Or a better way to look at it, is that they are being placed on hold until the right time comes round again. After watching the spikes come up from the large green leaves that you would not usually associate with an orchid, for a month orContinue reading “Adjustment time”
In the dark
For those that may be wondering if I have given up looking for orchids, the response is both a yes and no. Certainly as summer approaches and the land dries and temperature warms up, the abundance and variation of orchids on display in our area is declining. I’ve been out hunting a few times, butContinue reading “In the dark”
It’s not what you know…
After the relative lack of success in finding orchids at Crooked Brook, I was determined to see if the same fate of “orchid exodus” had befallen my other local spots. As such I popped out to Manea Park after work on Tuesday, and while there are signs of lots of sun orchids either just startingContinue reading “It’s not what you know…”
Politically incorrect
October seems to be a busy month for all my usual climbing partners, so today I was out by myself. There was the option to head out with Mario, but after the big trip down south last weekend I didn’t fancy the five plus hour round car journey to Perth. Instead I headed back toContinue reading “Politically incorrect”
Tickled pink
I make no apology for not working today, and instead getting out to hunt for orchids. It is the one day of the year that I really should not be stuck in an office. But now that I have been out I am once again stuck in front of a screen, and have been forContinue reading “Tickled pink”
A curly question
Even with the best of intentions and early planning, things can unravel. We started planning several months back and the original plan for me to catch up with Kym and hit some south coast granite, picking the weekend such that it aligned with Rongy and Craig’s shifts. Kym and then only a week out RongyContinue reading “A curly question”
Only one way to know
For those familiar with the place this may seem a little unlikely that there may be new route opportunities at Well Dam, with so many bolted climbs packed on a relatively small rock face. But I reckon I have found a few, and in the climbing community developing new areas and even routes can beContinue reading “Only one way to know”
True to its name
Being the spring school holiday, which coincides with Lisa’s birthday, we would normally head away somewhere. The plan had been to take the camper trailer down to the Stirling Ranges, but several things resulted in that not happening. The first being the uncertainty of the outcome from Nicka having to get her sebaceous adenomas checkedContinue reading “True to its name”
Sandbagged 