BuxtonBullerW/End

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

pub train the sequel

bryn substituted for sav

nth melb

rules were bent a bit skipped footscray but lingered in town

Harn's Forrest

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

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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

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

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.

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pier to pub 2011

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

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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

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

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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The finish marker has an elevation profile and some speed statistics.

NZ Nth

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

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

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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