tommygunns; the adventures & memoirs

USA road trip

2011-09-13T11:48:00.000+10:00

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BuxtonBullerW/End

2011-07-23T17:03:00.000+10:00

Epic weekend
buxton saturday with buxton burger

buller sunday thanks pete for drivin the healesville to mtn leg

pic courtesey of petes collection
lots of driving but heaps of fun

pub train 2

2011-07-15T08:01:00.000+10:00

pub train the sequel

bryn substituted for sav

nth melb

rules were bent a bit skipped footscray but lingered in town

Harn's Forrest

2011-06-24T19:00:00.000+10:00

Photo courtesy of Harn's collection
Thanks Harn for having us over and rob for driving the bike mobile.
Click image for Harn's fb shots.

Joffs Q.B'day in Berra

2011-06-10T11:00:00.004+10:00

Click above for FB pics.

Great work Joff for teeing up accomm and making an awesome trailer.
Excellent work Pete and Punz for driving.

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Majura trail map courtesy of Joff

easter11

2011-04-22T11:00:00.004+10:00

Click on the photos for my FB shots from the 5-day w/end.
Thanks nova for letting us stay at the Walhalla house Friday and Saturday night. Some of the highlights: old walhalla gold mine and walhalla cricket ground walks, driving to the blowhole then bruntons bridge via the cricket ground the x-trail really got a workout.

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Took a dirt road through the mountains to meet up with the boys at Mt buller for mountain biking Sunday and Monday. Thanks Gibbo for putting us up at sparks lodge.

joff and dons japan 2011

2011-02-04T04:00:00.004+11:00

Order taxi for 4:30 am. At 4:45 we wake up murph, load up X-trail and race along ring road to try to beat the jetstar baggage cut off time.

Click here for Clare's FB shots.

pier to pub 2011

2011-01-07T09:40:00.000+11:00

Thanks Clare and Al for organizing this one and letting us stay Saturday. And the Coulters for letting me stay in Geelong Friday.

Enterprzie extended sailing voyage

2010-11-28T09:23:00.000+11:00

Click image for my fb shots and here for Goos
Great work Al and Goo for organizing this one.
Sailed from Williamstown to Deal island, Wilsons Prom and disembarked at Port Welshpool. 4 days of almost perfect weather unfortunately with bad wind direction.

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Tracks courtesy of Goo combined by Gerard.
Still working on getting a better map will update when done. In hindsight shouldv'e used the garmin instead of the htc desire due to battery life.

Dunkeld races

2010-11-16T09:35:00.002+11:00

Photo courtesy of Murph's collection

Amazing effort Luke and Catherine for organizing perfect accommodation an excellent marquee with an amazing spread. Great time was had by all in spite of weather.Click above for rest of Murph's fb shots. And here for Luke's.

atb 2010

2010-10-17T06:00:00.005+11:00

Photo courtesy of Wujek Andrziej's collection
Click above for murphs fb shots.

Gerards custom map
My My Tracks map(fired up the htc at geelong to conserve battery):

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be sure to click track 6 above,
then click next at the bottom of the tracks list.
The finish marker has an elevation profile and some speed statistics.

NZ Nth

2010-08-01T12:00:00.002+10:00

Spent the week boarding on Mt Ruapehu(see above).
Great house in Ohakune with fireplace and spa also hired pimping 4WD.
Click the volcano for Chrissy's fb pics
and below for Rob's

Caving Buchan

2010-06-15T11:23:00.002+10:00

Photo courtesy of rachel's collection click above for linda's fb set
Thanks Rach for getting me on at the last minute and Tim for driving.
Honeycomb cave Saturday followed by shenanigans at the Buchan pub,
Awesome work bob and Billy for the movie theater in Wilsons cave Sunday then on Gary's van.
Great finish on Slocums Monday.
Had to use my camera batteries for the headtorch here's Buelows fb pics

trekking in Nepal

2010-05-02T06:30:00.005+10:00

Photo courtesy of Nick the Russians Collection
Click above for rest of his flickr set.
We wake early for the 7 hour bus ride to Pokhara having purchased our ticket the night before. As we start the walk to the bus stop we notice the protesters are already gathering. The street we are supposed to depart from has barricades on both sides with army personnel in riot gear. We walk up and down this street but there are no vehicles of any description. I leave Nick with our bags and run back to chat to the hotel guys who sold us the ticket. They call the company and inform me the strike has canceled all buses but they might be running tomorrow and we can use the same ticket. I tell nick the great news and we start walking through the protesters in search of a taxi to the airport. We wander aimlessly through the town not passing a single vehicle. Finally we see a tourist shuttle bus returning from the airport heading for Thamel we flag it down and jump aboard. The bus has to drive right through the blockade but the Maoists reluctantly let it through. We gather a whole bus load of tourists and drive through the blockade again this time they bang the bus a bit with sticks. We get to the airport and within half an hour are on the 20 min flight to Pokhara. We get off the yeti airlines flight and see the amazing mountains for the first time. It looks like green Australian peaks except where these end steep snow capped peaks begin. These are several times the taller and appear where you would expect clouds to be. They look fake almost like someone has painted them. After lunch we hike the 3 km to the Baglung bus station to see if we can start our trek early. It seemed we underestimated the extent of the strike. Turns out there are no vehicles whatsoever in all of Nepal. As we start the walk back we decide to do a practice hill with our backpacks. Super steep and from the top we see a Maoist protest heading into town. On the doctors order we have been taking Diamox since landing in Kathmandu that night I notice my nose feels tingly when I touch it.
The story continues at: tom and nicks nepalese adventure

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Clares Prom hike + Easter at Phillip island

2010-04-01T04:15:00.007+11:00

Click here for Luke's facebook pics

3rd visit to the Prom this year.

1st time hiking with a backpack for ages forgot how tough it was.
Lighthouse cottages were amazing.

Light house tour was really interesting especially liked the recovered portion of the original fresnel lens on display.

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Was great to drop in on the traditional Easter Phillip island holiday house. Great work Jerry and shika for organizing and Megan, Jase, Harnie and Quang for the amazing food.

Prom Date with the O'brien's

2010-03-05T16:30:00.001+11:00

Photo courtesy of Pete and Chrissy's collection
Click above for rest of the fb set.
Superbly organized camping trip to the Prom by Pete.
Amazing food and great shelter thanks to Tim.
click here for Tim's fb photo's.

thailand and cambo with nic zi russian

2010-02-04T14:35:00.003+11:00

Jimmy's camping w/end

2010-01-29T17:00:00.000+11:00

Photo courtesy of Chrissy's collection
Great work Jimmy for sharing his fave camping spot with us. Great weekend. Click above for rest of Chissy's fb pics.
Jimmy's pics

OZ day long w/end

2010-01-26T12:00:00.006+11:00

2 Lysty laps en route to Rach's shack session
Kilcunda lobster festival

Photo courtesy of Ivan Ho from Richmond's collection

big day out
click below for Jimmy's fb pics:
Photo courtesy of Jimmy's collection

pub train - wooh wooh

2010-01-15T17:30:00.001+11:00

Photo courtesy of Jimmy's collection
catch a train home stopping at every station for a beer
Click image above for rest of Jimmy's fb pics

pier to pub 2010

2010-01-09T02:40:00.003+11:00

Thanks heaps Clare and Al for inviting me to this had a great time and am keen to go again. Thanks Nick the russian for getting me back in the pool as well.

NYE09 @ the Prom

2009-12-31T08:00:00.002+11:00

Photo courtesy of Jezza's collection
Thanks heaps Murph for reserving the tent sites, Harn for driving, Megan for the Meatballs, Shika for the snacks and Jerry for the tent.

christmas 09 jells

2009-12-20T10:30:00.003+11:00

Green Day

2009-12-14T20:00:00.000+11:00

Photo Courtesey of Jimmy's collection
Click image above for rest of Jimmy's fb pics.

movember 09

2009-11-01T00:00:00.001+11:00

Photo courtesy of Jr's collection
Great work don for teeing this up and Jeff for consuming the most free burgers.
Click image above for Murph's fb pics.

mountain biking canberra

2009-10-31T07:00:00.002+11:00

Photo courtesy of Bec's collection
Great work Billy for an awesomely organized trip fantastic apartment and great ute. Thanks to Jasmine for being our local guide.
Click image above for the rest of Bec's facebook pics.

St. John's 10 year reunion

2009-10-30T19:00:00.000+11:00

Photo courtesy of PJ's collection
Great work Bree and Kathryn for organizing this.
Was excellent catching up with everyone.
Click picture above for the rest of PJ's shots.

1/2 atb 2009

2009-10-18T06:00:00.000+11:00

Photo courtesy of James Murphy
Top work Al and Murph for making it all the way round and Jerry for the company at the start.
Click image above for rest of Murph's fb pics.

Adam's Wedding & euro trip 2009

2009-07-01T15:00:00.004+10:00

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jjj 1 nite stand

2009-06-25T16:32:00.002+10:00

Photo coourtesy of Sav's collection
Great rd trip click above for Sav's facebook pic's from the day.

mannies part 3

2009-04-04T20:00:00.012+11:00

Photo courtesy of Jimmy's collection
theme: band or song
location: spleen
Click on Me to go to Manny's Part 1 blog post
Click on Jimmy to go to his facebook shots from the night
Click on Sav to go to Manny's Part 2 a.k.a the Paddy's blog post
Click on Marrissa to go to Rita's facebook shots from the night

Sav's farewell / last Newport barbie

2009-03-28T19:00:00.003+11:00

Photo courtesy of Rita's collection
Rita's photo's

Sound Releif

2009-03-14T10:00:00.006+11:00

Photo courtesy of Jimmy's collection
Location: MCG
Click on me to go to Kylie's facebook pics and every one else for theirs

Claire and Billy's wedding

2009-02-14T18:00:00.004+11:00

Photo courtesy of Linux Tom's colelction
Click on Linux Tom, Anita or Jo for their facebook pics

Pete & Chrissy's wedding Mordialloc

2009-02-06T12:00:00.003+11:00

Click above for Chrissy's Photos from the great day.

Kiwi Bob's Gold Coast Bucks W/end

2009-01-30T17:00:00.002+11:00

Photo courtesy of Swank the Tank's collection
Francis' photos
Jeff's photo's
Ray's photos 1 & 2

Sarah's surprise birthday / Heineken Day Australian Open

2009-01-24T15:01:00.003+11:00

Photo courtesy of Clare's collection
Clare's photos
Pookie's pic's
Jimmy's pics

Haynes and Nats wedding

2008-11-29T15:00:00.005+11:00

Photo courtesy of Nat's facebook collection
Thanks Joff for driving. Danni for letting us crash at her amazing house in Anglesea. Sarah for setting up the Bus.
A really awesome ceremony on Pt. Addis beach and great reception at the Anglesea SLSC.
See Clare's and Danni's Photos
Murphs photo's

Haynes' Radelaide Bucks W/end

2008-11-14T19:00:00.002+11:00

Top work Harnie for teeing this up. James for sorting out our accommodation. No cameras allowed but might upload the odd phone pic shortly.

Melbourne Cup in the Domain

2008-11-04T10:00:00.002+11:00

Great day in the more civilized section of the flemington. Thanks Luke for the invite and Troy and Carine for organizing. Food and drinks were brilliant.

Viet-FKN-Nam

2008-10-01T20:05:00.003+10:00

Jerry's shots
itinerary
map:

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NZ3

2008-08-20T09:00:00.003+10:00

Our anunual Queenstown trip murph and big dogs photos shortly.

Al and Big Dog Housewarming

2008-06-28T19:00:00.001+10:00

Photo courtesy of Luke's facebook collection
Great Work Luke, Steve and Daniel for a mad hatter housewarming had a ball.
Bec & Clares pics also on facebook.

eastlink bike ride

2008-06-15T08:30:00.001+10:00

eastlink progress
Originally uploaded by littlegirllost.

Fun day riding along the new eastlink with Kubic, Al and the big dog.
If pics come online will link to them from here.

Queens B'day in Philly

2008-06-07T12:00:00.002+10:00

Great work Gez and shika for setting up the Philly house for Queens B'day this year.
Truly impressive Wii with projector.
And great roasting by Jase and Megz.

Hope to upload some of megz's photos shortly

The Casterton Cup

2008-06-01T12:00:00.002+10:00

Thanks to murphs mum for lending the new lease car.
Great work murph for driving.
Big thanks Luke, Greg and Judy for putting murph and I up and the great food.

Some highlights:

finishing ahead with the bookies for a change
having a sprint from the 1700 m mark love country races couldnt do that in Flemington.

Terrigal 2

2008-05-10T11:00:00.000+10:00

Big Thanks to Geoff and Jen for their amazing hospitality. Murph, Al and I spent the weekend reprising the big dog man trip of a year ago. Sorry mum for missing mothers day again.

youies with mauricio

2008-05-04T09:00:00.001+10:00

Photo courtesy of Mauricio's collection
Top work mauricio for teeing this up.
Good luck Pete with the spokes.
Some amazing jumps by Luke see vid below for the view from Mauricios handlebars.
1:50 in has a sideways boardwalk
and 2:45 has a stack.

mexican party at grants

2008-05-02T19:00:00.001+10:00

Great night at the party house check out Rachels facebook gallery for more pics.
Thanks to Sarah for lift back home in Blanco's car.

Intro Trip '08

2008-03-08T17:00:00.002+11:00

Photo's courtesy of Tim's collection
Awesome effort by Rachel organizing the first ever intro trip in a new location.
Thanks Kiwi bob for driving. Derek for guiding us on an epic Mountain bike trip Sunday. And Nick for setting up the surfing.

Young Endeavour in Melbourne

2008-02-24T19:47:00.004+11:00

Young Endeavour had an open day in Williamstown yesterday given I live up the road I had to drop by and reminisce.

Clare and Sarah's paddy party

2008-02-02T20:00:00.000+11:00

Photo courtesy of Rita's collection
Top work Clare and Sarah for another awesome dress up party.
Bec, Danni, Rita and Clares photos on facebook.

Falls Festival 07/08

2007-12-31T23:59:00.000+11:00

Awesome work clare for kick starting Falls. I had a blast. Thanks heaps to the big dog for driving and letting me stay in the taj mahal of tents. Click image above for the facebook gallery of some of Murphs photos.

Christmas at Megans

2007-12-23T19:00:00.000+11:00

Top work Megan for a fantstic Christmas dinner on the awesome back deck. Turkey was amazing. Everyone had a ball click pic above for Gerards pics from the day will link to Daves when he uploads them.

Derby Day 07

2007-11-05T13:48:00.000+11:00

Top work coach teein up what has now become our traditional race day. Had a great time along with some other punters Sav and Mel.

Around the Bay in a Day 2007

2007-10-21T06:00:00.000+10:00

Photo Courtesy of Pookies collection
Around the bay in a day again this time with Pookie.
Check out the awesome google map

Click above for more photos from the day.

Gez's Surprise Birthday

2007-09-26T19:00:00.000+10:00

Photo Courtesy of Bianca's Collection
Amazing effort by Rishika (circled above) setting up Gerards surprise party at Blue Fire Grill.
Lots of fun was had and lots of meat consumed.
Will link to photos shortly.

B'day Barbie, Hopper, Rugby Weekend

2007-09-21T18:00:00.000+10:00

Action packed weekend.
Thanks for everyone who made it down for the barbie Friday in spite of rain and clashing with an all Victorian AFL semi final.
Special thanks to Jason who went above and beyond with salads and kebabs.
Also Kiwi bob for making it down in between 2 twelve hour shifts.
(Apologies you had to sleep in your car).
Top work Surge for an awesome hopper night on Saturday. Along with the awesome food and music a highlight was definitely meeting Satchits lovely wife Elizabette and possibly the cutest baby girl I've seen Kiyara.
To top it off after a great training ride Sunday morning with Pookie(thanks again for the amazing hospitality), Kiwi Bob had a ticket for me to the NRL semifinal at the medallion club no less.

Rach's shindig in the snow

2007-08-31T16:00:00.000+10:00

Top work Rach for teeing this up and letting me crash on the floor. Thanks heaps for Pete and Chrissy for driving and food. Click above for pics from the day

The Surgeons NZ2

2007-08-13T17:00:00.001+10:00

Al, Surge, Murph and I hit NZ again for our annual boarding adventure and this time we brought the Joff along. Click image above for some of my faves from murphs collection.

a Splendid weekend

2007-08-03T06:00:00.001+10:00

Thanks to Gez for teeing up Splendour in the Grass this year. Thanks heaps Trev for all the driving and barbie stuff. Click above for my photos from the weekend. Click here for a more comprehensive post from Gez.

Hareys Hotham assault

2007-07-13T17:30:00.000+10:00

Top work Jeffrey for an action packed perfectly planned and executed weekend of snowboarding fun at hotham. Thanks heaps to kiwi bobs mate jason for all the driving (and putting up with a tarago chockabloc full of drunken boarders (plus a stray skier) on the way up). Perfect weather and great company.
Click above for a few drunken wrestling photos (seems to be a bit of a tradition when drinkin beers with jeff and kiwi bob)

Bledisloe @ the G

2007-06-30T20:00:00.000+10:00

Thanks heaps to Pete and Chrissy for tickets to Australia v NZ. See if you can guess who won? (and pick the aussie fan).

Geoff's bucks night

2007-06-23T19:30:00.000+10:00

Top work best man Jimmy. A civilised night involving a few quiet drinks and dancing click image above for jimmy's photos from the night.

Jimmys birthday drinks

2007-06-22T17:30:00.000+10:00

Happy [age unspecified] Birthday coach!.
Click above for Jimmy's photo's from the night.

Dimpets Q'B'day at Araps

2007-06-09T09:09:00.000+10:00

Top work Peter D for organizing.
Thanks UK Nick for driving.
Thanks Cyprus Nick for leading up the Shroud your new nut tool is waiting for you in the gear room.
Click photo above for my shots.

Mountain Biking Castlemaine 07

2007-05-26T20:00:00.000+10:00

Thanks Tim for running this 1 and lettng Pete and I crash on your floor.
Awesome and scary singletrack perfect weather check out my pics by clicking the photo above.

Chilli myer music bowl

2007-04-08T19:00:00.000+10:00

Caught the peppers with Jimmy, Al and the don.
The support was Har Mar Superstar very funny and disturbing at the same time.
Will link to photos when they go online.

Easter Island

2007-04-06T12:00:00.000+10:00

Top work gez and shika for organizing the Philly house again this year.
Good chance to catch up with every1.
Some of the highlights:
Traffic jam roadside cricket with Jimi(may have been prompted by the travellers we had on the way there).
Indoor soccer battle royale-Go Team Tezuka !
Mexican fiesta and Easter Egg Hunt Quiz 2.0 with cryptic clues
Check out the rest of the photos from the weekend on Dave's gallery.

Brooks Fun Tri Portarlington

2007-03-25T06:30:00.000+10:00

Thanks JR for driving (SR's car) and Pookie for providing accommodation for the night before.
Here are my results:
Name Thomas Marciniak
Race Race 6 - Portarlington
Category 18-29 M

Overall Results
Total Time 00:54:03
Place 344
Category Place 56

Swim Leg
Time 00:05:50
Place 204
Category Place 44

Bike Leg
Time 00:30:14
Place 375
Category Place 57

Run Leg
Time 00:17:58
Place 272
Category Place 52

Intro Trip '07

2007-03-10T12:00:00.000+11:00

group shot on Mt Stapylton
Originally uploaded by tommygunns.

Top work Tim for organizing.
Thanks Pete for the lift.
Check out the photos:

Clare and Sarah's Magical Mystery Tour

2007-02-28T17:00:00.000+11:00

The Mystery is solved! - we were taken to a taping of Bert's Family Feud. Top work by the girls a fun and random night out.

Tri Data

2007-02-25T01:30:00.000+11:00

Thanks to Di Data for sponsoring our team.
Top work JR for going 1st and fighting through the pack in rough conditions.
I went Second and Pookie took it home.
Thanks Pookie for the Docklands training sessions as well.

Here our our results:

Category	IT & Telecommunications

Overall Results
Total Time	2:50:03
Place	765
Category Place	46

Swim Leg
Place	854
Category Place	44

Bike Leg
Place	414
Category Place	25

Run Leg
Place	600
Category Place	26


JR
Swim Time	0:09:02
Bike Time	0:24:36
Run Time	0:17:08

Me
Swim Time	0:10:40
Bike Time	0:27:33
Run Time	0:19:21

Pookie
Swim Time	0:16:34
Bike Time	0:28:19
Run Time	0:16:46

St Kilda Festival

2007-02-11T11:47:00.000+11:00

Ayresie and I headed over unfortuanately hurricane like winds didn't mix as well with free outdoor concert as one would hope.
Heres some photos:

Man Trip with the Big Dog

2007-02-03T09:00:00.000+11:00

Great work by the Big Dog:
planes cars houses pools nights out all organised perfectly.
Will update with Al's Top 5's.
Click below for Murphs photos plus a few of my own:

Killers at Festival Hall

2007-02-01T17:30:00.000+11:00

Caught the Killers with Coach, the Don Rita and her bro.
2 Concerts in 2 days both at the same venue.
All Killer no filler.
Here are Murphs shots:

(BTW this is my century post.)

Muse at Festival Hall

2007-01-31T19:00:00.000+11:00

Last time Gez and I saw them I promised myself I would definitely be back.
They never disappoint.

Click the image above for Papa Murphs shots from the Day.
Will link to Gerry's when he uploads them.

Clare and Sarah's 51st

2007-01-13T21:00:00.000+11:00

Another dress up party.
Murph and Clares shots from the day

Happy Birthday Don

2007-01-08T17:00:00.000+11:00

Special delivery for the Don care of Rita.

NYE2006

2006-12-31T20:00:00.000+11:00

Click image above for Murphs photos from the night.
Click image below(dave took a shot of our decorated windows) for AB's:

Started with beer cricket in North Melbounrne with AB and JZA followed by Barbie at theirs then continued the Shennanighans at my place.
Thanks everyone for dropping by and ringing in the new year in style.
Check out the rest of Dave's shots here

Boxing Day Ashes

2006-12-26T10:30:00.000+11:00

3rd row Bay 13 Boxing Day Ashes what more could you want (maybe a slightly more even contest from the arch rival poms)

Haynesies Farewell

2006-12-16T21:30:00.000+11:00

Haynesie not only left telstra but is due to leave OZ on a one way ticket to Goa. We had a send off for him at the Belgian Beer Garden. Please excuse the file photo as no cameras were present (and its tradition to post a photo with Sol anytime a workmate leaves Telstra).

Hope he doesn't mind me linking to his travel photos some absolutely crazy shots in there.

Christmas at Reindeer Park

2006-12-15T17:20:00.000+11:00

Had our inaugural Christmas dinner this time at Eddies new house in (rein)Deer Park.

Click below for Gez's Shots:

Click below for Dave's Shots:

Harn's B'day in G-town

2006-12-09T12:00:00.000+11:00

Started the day at Jan Juc before hittin the G-town nightlife. Cheap drinks and heaps of fun. Will link to Harn's photo soon.

Jessies B'day

2006-12-02T20:00:00.000+11:00

Caught up with Jessies birthday crew at St. Jeromes. This after a full day of adventure with Murphs work colleague from Romania Mihai. Check out his cool shots here.

U2 @ the Tdome

2006-11-18T19:30:00.000+11:00

Caught U2 supported by Kanye west with Jay and the new well travelled Tino. Thanks heaps to Megan for organizing tickets. The show was truly awesome. Check out the rest of Bianca's picks by clicking the image above.

Pookies B'day, Amanda's B'day

2006-11-11T14:30:00.000+11:00

Birthday Barbie at Pookies apartment:

Powernap
Amandas Birthday drinks at Jinga Janga bar with drunken Jenga and Foozball.
Running around Nth Melb.
Karaoke down a dodgy alley in chinatown:

It was a good day.

Kiwi Bob's Derby Day B'day

2006-11-06T11:32:00.001+11:00

Click image for rest of Murphs photos from the day.

Top Work coach Murphy for getting there early and reserving prime position (apologies again for the Tom Time Delay (c)). Apologies to top hat Desira for piking on being his top hat partner with the poor excuse that it would clash with my suit (I regret that now). Check out the recruitment image for next years Derby Day below:

Great work Pete and Chrissy for the pre-race champagne brekkie. Click below for Peteys pics from the day plenty of random horse puppet photos:

Haynesies Cox Plate Bday

2006-10-28T11:40:00.000+10:00

Click the image above for Mark and Jae Khas's photos from the day.
And here for Murph and Al's.

JR and Jodies Wedding

2006-10-21T16:30:00.000+10:00

Click the image above for Murphs photos from the day.
Please note some images/videos were too dangerous to put online.

Around the Bay in a Day

2006-10-15T05:10:00.000+10:00

Here I am climbing Olivers Hill:

Thats me at the finish:

Heres my stats:
total riding time: 8:36:00
max speed 52
max rpm 120
average rpm 74
average speed 26
total distance 224.47

JR's buck night

2006-10-14T09:00:00.000+10:00

Action packed day of adventure somewhat inconveniently timed for me.
Full credit to Patcho and the rest of the Munnas bucks day/night extravaganza organizing committee, they had the day scheduled to the minute:
Check out the photos from the paintball(click below to go to the set):

and the BBQ (Kegs are awesome):

I dropped by Tim and Billy's Pirate themed birthday party:

Then caught up with the lads at Lions after which we ended up at some bar called 20something. Strange place they wouldn't let us dance.

Will link to Coach Murphy's much more detailed and entertaining blog entry here when he gets around to doing it.

Tom and Gerry's Quarter Century Extravaganza

2006-10-07T21:00:00.000+10:00

My photos
Murphs photos
Daves photos

Click the photo above to find out who's who.
Another action packed weekend. It was a mini Young Endeavour reunion Jesse, Captain Mick, Ben, Rinny, Anna and Juzzy all travelled many Kilometres to be there very much appreciated. Sydney, Wodonga, Echuca very impressive.Maria is also to be commended for dropping into Melbourne-town for the weekend all the way from Sweden (well she was in Sydney and arranged to drop by on the way to Perth).

Had some fun with the guys at Wood and Grieve Engineers who were playing air hockey in their rec room after knocking off for Friday. We were watching them from our apartment and decided to start communications:(Bring Table have Beer)

At first we thought they ignored us but later we discovered thay actually printed out a massive sign that read:

"Table Heavy
Have Beer
Need Boobies"

(It was a particularly nice touch they reversed the 'B' on the computer to match the stuffed-up B on my bedroom window)

Party was great. We met up at the 3 Kings Kindgom before heading over en masse to Dolce Lounge. There were some really impressive costumes and the Texas Ranger (mick the gay cow boy)even made it down to enforce the roundhouse kick not dressed up penalty.

The lights were awesome top work Gez! Check out Gez's corroborating blog entry with a link to Davos photos.
Check out Coach Murph's corroborating blog entry with a list of who dressed as what here

Next day we showed Maria couple of the sights of Melbourne.
Big thanks to Murph for driving. Luna Park:

Albert Park via Sam Newmans old house:

ROC spa party 1906

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The night turned into an homage to the moes.
The moustache king himself Sol Trujilo made an appearance that night at grad drinks:

also check out these other Sol sightings.

Petey had the crazy idea of dressing up in old school bathers and tell off all the girls for being underdressed. So we donned on the complimentary RACV club swimming caps thanks formicatel:

a pair of bluey wife beater shearers singlets
and of course some moes.

We must have looked quite the sight no cab would stop for us:

it got so drastic Petey had to pimp out my pegs before we finally caught one.

It took a few tequila shots and some pushup before we were pumped enough for our grand entrance.

The costumes were a big hit and the party awesome. One guy there had real moe hopefully will get a photo and upload it. Until then to get an idea of what its all about check out the year before.

Top work Kiwi Bob for thinking up the costume idea and forcing me to follow through.

Marcus goes AWOL from the Singapore army

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The Uni boys
Originally uploaded by tommygunns.

Great mate from uni took a few days leave from his military service and we took the oppurtunity to get the old gang back together. Saw some really amazing photos and crazy stories.

DWS Buller Trip

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Big thanks to Edddie for day trip tickets to Mt Buller. Having just arrived from boarding in NZ the Thursday before, dropping into work on Friday followed by going out for Friday drinks it made perfect sense to wake up at stupid o'clock on Saturday morning and jump on a coach for more boarding. Unfortunately eddie himself did not regain consciousness in time after celebrating the arrival of Satchith's baby, Congratulations Satchith! Gez and I made the most of the chunky man made snow. That morning my neck finally felt better but it was only a matter of time before I re-hurt it. I also smashed my bum on the only icy section around. Not sure if I love being herded around which seems to be the norm on the day coach tours but its a good way to get a quick snow fix and when your mate sets you up with such an awesome deal impossible to say no.

Papa Murphs NZ Experience

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Most of the Gold Coast lads(Coach, Haynes, AlDesira and myself) as well as Coltaire, Sergay and Conradical jumped on a super cheap flight to Christchurch. We hired a car and drove to Queenstown.

To see what we got up to that first night see the relevant Jim Bobs Bit

On the way there an eagle (bogged down by the animal it had in its talons) nearly crashed through the windscreen. At the last minute Murph swerved out of the way saving Haynesie from a Fabio-like bird in the face.

The drive there was really amazing. As tired and hung over as I was (from all the duty free grog consumed the night before) I just couldn’t close my eyes for the entire drive that’s how beautiful the scenery was.

Need more detail see what Coach SeZ on the matter.

Queenstown is fantastic. Adventure all day and party all night.

Click a photo to go to rest from that set or select it from my flickr map

The focus was definitely boarding. We went to the Remarkables twice and Coronet peak once.

Dont belive me? Lets see if this will be Murph Busted!

Video of StevieD boarding on the first day.
Video of Coltaire boarding on the first day.
Will post a video of Jimmy boarding on the first day here.

On the day off we went jet boating,

And caught a gondola to the top of this peak where there was road lugeing.

Here is a video of StevieD road luger (please note the awesome camera work by yours truly)

Here is a video of the road lugeoff between Conradical and Sergay.

Here is Papa Murph's version of events.

The morning before the planned drive back to Christchurch we snuck in a paraglide off Coronet Peak.

Keep checking Murphs Show and Tell for the detailed trip report as it becomes available. Ill endeavour to link to it from here also.

I really must go back for a longer session of snowboarding and perhaps a summertime NZ campervan trip with NYE in Queenstown. Top work Coach Murphy for working out all the details and getting such an awesome deal.

Almost forgot the obligatory "Tom with chick" photo courtesy of murph's collection:

Next trip Canada, X-Stream! *

*This catchphrase is said and acted out by Extreme Cameraman Wally Symons from the cult NZ TV series Back of the Y.

Lysterfield mountain biking

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Took newbie Haynesie and veteran Petey to Lysterfield. Big thanks to dad for bailing us out when the weather turned sour. 40mm supposedely.

Great Barrier Reef

2006-07-08T08:00:00.000+10:00

Conquered my fear of scuba diving thanks to free introductory pool diving at Cairns Central Bakpackers. Big thankyou to Evan. Went on the reef magic cruise which since it goes to the marine world platform also helped with my apprehension to diving.

Young Endeavour MkII~Bumming around Cairns

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Jess, Juz, Mick, Benny, Ana and I all booked into Cairns Central Backpackers. We dump our stuff and it was straight to the croc bar for a few before Tammi had to fly out. Mick and Andrew managed to double their money at the Cairns casino before Adam and Andrew had to fly out. That night Mick, Benny and I went in search of the staffies who were rumoured to be out and about. We began our search at the Cairns Yacht Club but this was really like an RSL on the water. After Mick had a beer with a big bearded fella who couldn’t get butter during the war we headed into town to continue the search. We found Phil, Hibbo and a slightly inebriated Horto at the Woolshed then proceeded to paint the town. We sang crabs and seashells on the stage in the centre of town followed by a game soccer down the main street.

The next day Juz and Jess had to fly out early. Spent the day chillin out at the lagoon then playing pool and having a beer at Shenanigans (Mick is a shark watch out here is a video of his rail shot) before Mick had to fly out. Bought a few Smirnoff Ices to have on the balcony of our new backpackers (we were kicked out of central because it was full) before Jesse and Benny flew out. Gilligan’s is possibly the best backpackers I’ve stayed in. The rooms were more hotel-like with private bathroom facilities and balconies. Awesome kitchen facilities and a few guest cinemas as well as a waterfall in the swimming pool.

At that point it was down to just Ana and I. Again we went in search of staffies. We saw Hector at Shenanigans and then subsequently lost him. We ended up jumping on a backpacker’s pub crawl, Ana and I fully embracing the "beach party" theme. We both wore blueys, sea shell hats and lei’s. I also wore a pink floatie, and Ana a hula skirt. Some of the highlights Ana betting on cane toad racing and me passing out in Mackas.

By Saturday night I must have been the last youth crew member still in Cairns(I was in no hurry to return to Melbourne weather). I found the staffies in Shenanigans then proceeded to paint the town navy again ending up at a Karaoke bar.