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Saturday, June 06, 2009
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Moto' ride to the Collector Pumkpin Festival
Making the most of some fine weather, Rowan, Emma, Gavin and I rode out to Collector on Sunday afternoon. Rowan and Emma rode an 800cc Harley and Gav' and I both rode GS500s.
Our route via Gundaroo incorporated a substantial stretch of dirt road. I had the chance to stop and admire a dam that held some of our recent rainfall.
The biggest pumpkin had sufficient flesh to contribute to over 5000 scones and is about as heavy as you'd expect. Half of Canberra had the idea to join us out at Collector.
Inspired, I paid a greater-than-market price to a bloke for a butternut that has since been partially-applied to the production of scones. There was room to rope my purchase down while my other "pumpkin" was doing battle on the soccer field for ANU.
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Our route via Gundaroo incorporated a substantial stretch of dirt road. I had the chance to stop and admire a dam that held some of our recent rainfall.
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| From JBPumpkin |
The biggest pumpkin had sufficient flesh to contribute to over 5000 scones and is about as heavy as you'd expect. Half of Canberra had the idea to join us out at Collector.
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| From JBPumpkin |
Inspired, I paid a greater-than-market price to a bloke for a butternut that has since been partially-applied to the production of scones. There was room to rope my purchase down while my other "pumpkin" was doing battle on the soccer field for ANU.
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009
JB coaches Sydney Comets to victory
JB coached his Comets to victory over the Canberra Capitals at the Canberra Basketball Centre in Belconnen on Saturday evening.
We missed Roberts' half-time on-court show that would have been accompanied by 90's music (the glory days of basketball). It was in the second half that Sydney developed a lead over Canberra, a lead that they maintained steadfastly until full-time.
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| From JBPumpkin |
We missed Roberts' half-time on-court show that would have been accompanied by 90's music (the glory days of basketball). It was in the second half that Sydney developed a lead over Canberra, a lead that they maintained steadfastly until full-time.
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Vodafone Cup, Round Three
The third-grade Owls and I competed against Queanbeyan on a bright autumn Saturday at Taylor Park.
I take the ball in to contact dragging a fellow along on my boot.
Nerdal and others clean out over the ruck that subsequently formed.
Chasing a few tries, I receive a ball from our full-back on the ground. Rashly, I grab the QBN winger and consider using him as a human battering-ram.
After posting a couple of tries and valiantly contesting our line-outs, we conceded to QBN, 22-14.
After a rest this weekend, the main competition, the John I Dent Cup, will commence. We will have our first game with The Vikings.
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I take the ball in to contact dragging a fellow along on my boot.
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| From QBN1 |
Nerdal and others clean out over the ruck that subsequently formed.
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| From QBN1 |
Chasing a few tries, I receive a ball from our full-back on the ground. Rashly, I grab the QBN winger and consider using him as a human battering-ram.
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| From QBN1 |
After posting a couple of tries and valiantly contesting our line-outs, we conceded to QBN, 22-14.
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| From QBN1 |
After a rest this weekend, the main competition, the John I Dent Cup, will commence. We will have our first game with The Vikings.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Two-up day
Due to the aforementioned "Mad-hatter's Party", Jenny and I were not able to attend the dawn service. In leiu of this, we paid homage to those diggers by partaking in a few beers at All Barn Nun in O'Connor and placing a few wagers in two-up.
During our interlude from the ring, we watched Mixy playing goalie for the ANU rats in Lyneham. Mix placed his body on the line again and saved his team from yielding a couple of points.
Stuey, pictured with Amy, and Roberts were in great spirits having both attended the dawn service earlier and made a tidy pile of gold playing two-up.
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During our interlude from the ring, we watched Mixy playing goalie for the ANU rats in Lyneham. Mix placed his body on the line again and saved his team from yielding a couple of points.
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Stuey, pictured with Amy, and Roberts were in great spirits having both attended the dawn service earlier and made a tidy pile of gold playing two-up.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
Mad-hatters at Moncrieff
Scotty maintains the dynasty at Moncrieff Street and hosted a Mad Hatter's party last night.
Gattica and Annie joined us on the Autumnal Belgian-style Ale.
A blaze of an astounding proportion was stoked.
Elene could partake of the punch freely as she was wearing protection.
Beanies didn't make the grade, so Ben applies the bumble-bee and poses with Lauren and Hodgo.
Fireworks guy went all-out on this head-gear and Evan presents him with a massive gourd (not shown) in front of the lamp-post from Narnia.
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Gattica and Annie joined us on the Autumnal Belgian-style Ale.
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A blaze of an astounding proportion was stoked.
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Elene could partake of the punch freely as she was wearing protection.
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Beanies didn't make the grade, so Ben applies the bumble-bee and poses with Lauren and Hodgo.
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| From MadHat |
Fireworks guy went all-out on this head-gear and Evan presents him with a massive gourd (not shown) in front of the lamp-post from Narnia.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Jo marries Pete in Cowra
Jo Apthorpe married Peter Brown at the Cowra Catholic Church on Saturday, 21st of March. Paula poses with the newly-married couple on the steps of the church.
Shortly after the ceremony, guests were whisked to the Quarry for the reception.
Andy and Shaun join me in celebrating the happy couple before that start their honeymoon in Africa.
The bridal bouquet is captured by a surprising character.
The dancefloor knocks it up another notch.
Stuey and Ange amaze even Terry Lovitt (or not).
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Shortly after the ceremony, guests were whisked to the Quarry for the reception.
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Andy and Shaun join me in celebrating the happy couple before that start their honeymoon in Africa.
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The bridal bouquet is captured by a surprising character.
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The dancefloor knocks it up another notch.
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Stuey and Ange amaze even Terry Lovitt (or not).
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Hash House Harrier Cycle Pub-Crawl
Gattica hooked us up with the Belconnen Hash House Harrier group for a bicycle pub-crawl that covered 12 venues from Zeirholtz in Fyshwick through to O'Malley's in Civic. Here, I pull in to our third stop.
Jen and Kirsty pose at the Kingston Hotel. We hadn't seen any rain yet, but we were about to. Incidentally, women on bicycles are serious traffic hazards. A car ran up the back of another while watching girls ride by!
Our most up-market stop was at the Belgian Beer Cafe.
Our group passed close by parliament house in our approach to the Commonwealth bridge.
Our eleventh stop saw us at Mooseheads and still going kind-of strong.
Jenny obliged this hen and Phil's curiosity was piqued. I also made a donation to the hen's party collection.
In typical Mooseheads style, the dancing was... flamboyant! We took pints at our last stop and wobbled our way home. Gatt, however, kept rocking out and I haven't seen him since!*
*He did update his blog, though.
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Jen and Kirsty pose at the Kingston Hotel. We hadn't seen any rain yet, but we were about to. Incidentally, women on bicycles are serious traffic hazards. A car ran up the back of another while watching girls ride by!
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| From H3 |
Our most up-market stop was at the Belgian Beer Cafe.
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| From H3 |
Our group passed close by parliament house in our approach to the Commonwealth bridge.
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| From H3 |
Our eleventh stop saw us at Mooseheads and still going kind-of strong.
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| From H3 |
Jenny obliged this hen and Phil's curiosity was piqued. I also made a donation to the hen's party collection.
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| From H3 |
In typical Mooseheads style, the dancing was... flamboyant! We took pints at our last stop and wobbled our way home. Gatt, however, kept rocking out and I haven't seen him since!*
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| From H3 |
*He did update his blog, though.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Yass Races 2009
Marchmont racecourse held the 108th annual Yass race meeting. Jenny and I made the short trip over with a few friends for the rather warm day. Thankfully, we were situated in a shady spot just up from the finish-line. Most races started out-of-view behind a hill in the middle of the field so that it was quite a surprise to have the steeds come 'round the corner and find out how your wager was faring.
Tracey and I made our big win on the fourth race, the Ravensworth Cup, having backed a six-year-old charcoal gelding named Scutt.
Here, the girls take it easy under the dappled light at our party-site.
Amazingly, Jen captured the moment that this champagne cork rocketed from the bottle.
Rimsy, having looked to make up some lost ground, settles for watching Megoz Lass come home in forth place.
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Tracey and I made our big win on the fourth race, the Ravensworth Cup, having backed a six-year-old charcoal gelding named Scutt.
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| From Yass Races 09 |
Here, the girls take it easy under the dappled light at our party-site.
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| From Yass Races 09 |
Amazingly, Jen captured the moment that this champagne cork rocketed from the bottle.
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| From Yass Races 09 |
Rimsy, having looked to make up some lost ground, settles for watching Megoz Lass come home in forth place.
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| From Yass Races 09 |
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tarago ride
On seven bikes, that's 22 cylinders and a total displacement of 3.4L, Jen and I joined a bunch of mates for a ride out to the "Loaded Dog" hotel in Tarago on Sunday afternoon.
Steve couldn't come. Here's a video of him whipping hisdead horse Ukranian tractor.
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Steve couldn't come. Here's a video of him whipping his
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Hottest beach trip
On Friday afternoon, our party trawled Wasp Head. The heat we had experienced in Canberra prior to our departure had vanished by the time we reached South Durras.
After camping at the Honeysuckle Beach Campground in the Murramarang National Park beside a very well-built campfire, we ventured down to the beach.
We played a variation of beach football: just tackle whoever is holding the ball. Injuries were rife. Ash smacked my jaw, Glynn compressed his neck in an awkward tackle on Roberts, and we were all seriously abraded by the sand. Some body-surfing was to be had, too.
Amy takes one from on-high while Ash watches in admiration.
Following lunch at the South Durras cafe, we returned to the water in order to hunt.
Ash and Glynn joined me in launching from the eastern tip of Wasp Head. I wasn't able to convince the lads to join me on a short sprint over to Wasp Island. (Though with inflatable boats, the temptation would have been irresistible).
Jen poses at Wasp Head Beach. There's the football to the left where we played our second round of beach football. To the right a successful fisherman fillets his trevally. Subsequently, we all roared home to Canberra again in the sweltering heat.
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Focus trip
Pending the final adjustments on Steve's ZZR25o, it was necessary for us to take the Focus on our trip on the Australia Day long weekend. We camped at Honeysuckle Beach in Murramarang National Park with half of Canberra. Our first action was to take the boats into the surf. Tragically, Glynn's boat and Steve's inflatable dolphin incurred punctures. Next, we established a vigorous campfire in a vain attempt to ward of nicotine-addicted possums.
Spearfishing netted us less fish than we had hoped for and we made our way back to Braidwood for a beer at the Braidwood Hotel. Patches wasn't about this time. Here, we decided to head south to the Wyanbene Caves off the Krawarree Road near Gundillion.
Perhaps there are other entrances to the Wyanbene Caves? According to the sign at the entrance we used, you can take it most of the sites in the first 100 metres. However, the tunnels we explored petered out after a much shorter distance.
To rinse off after our brief caving expedition, we entered the Wyanbene Creek. The water was cool and clear, with only a gentle current. (Perfect for leeches, though this didn't concern us at the time).
In contrast to the packed campsite on the coast, we had Wyanbene entirely to ourselves. With it being rather cool in the mountains, I was relieved to have my swag handy. Surprisingly, one character was content to simply sleep in the open!
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| From Focus |
Spearfishing netted us less fish than we had hoped for and we made our way back to Braidwood for a beer at the Braidwood Hotel. Patches wasn't about this time. Here, we decided to head south to the Wyanbene Caves off the Krawarree Road near Gundillion.
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| From Focus |
Perhaps there are other entrances to the Wyanbene Caves? According to the sign at the entrance we used, you can take it most of the sites in the first 100 metres. However, the tunnels we explored petered out after a much shorter distance.
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| From Focus |
To rinse off after our brief caving expedition, we entered the Wyanbene Creek. The water was cool and clear, with only a gentle current. (Perfect for leeches, though this didn't concern us at the time).
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| From Focus |
In contrast to the packed campsite on the coast, we had Wyanbene entirely to ourselves. With it being rather cool in the mountains, I was relieved to have my swag handy. Surprisingly, one character was content to simply sleep in the open!
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| From Focus |
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