Arapiles, Naracoorte Caves and Glenelg River
Last week we took a short trip to western Victoria. Our departure was a little delayed because of the fire-ban/high-wind warnings for Tuesday, but we still managed a few days climbing at the Arapiles, a visit to Naracoorte Caves, a short paddle on the Lower Glenelg and a visit to Nelson. Naracoorte Caves National Park …
YouYangs
A day of climbing with Norico!
Arapiles
You Yangs
My shoulder is still injured. I can use it a little and do some exercise: yoga (but no hand balances), pilates, run, swim (with a kickboard; no freestyling) and some leg/abdominal strength stuff. But I can’t load the muscle so I can’t climb or do pull-ups. I guess it will get better eventually but for …
Grampians
A weekend climbing trip to the Grampians. But only two of us so no climbing photos. The spring flowers are coming through, though and Saturday’s weather was beautiful. Perfect for a post-climbing evening walk to see sunset colour the inspiring Taipan Wall to a bright, burned orange.
Grampians
Visitors
It must have been a good weekend because at breakfast this morning I couldn’t bring to mind ANY of my tasks or deadlines or ‘things to do’ for Monday :) Work last week was tough for both me and Ross so we deserved to switch off our computers and our minds for 48 hours. So …
Rogues Gallery and Black Mountain
Up and out early both days this weekend. Saturday to climb at Rogues gallery with Alex (rain was forecast for the afternoon although it didn’t come!) and Sunday to hike up the Horseshoe Bay to Eagle Bluffs section of the Baden Powell trail (also known as Black Mountain) with Alex and Steve. We had planned …
Joffre Lakes (Revisited)
The picture above was taken April 2004, the picture below was taken August 2005… see the effects of climate change? … heh, not really… I first did this hike with Ross Easter w/e last year. We arrived and the trailhead and carpark was under at least a metre of snow. We had a somewhat epic …