Visit to Jenolan Caves

We've had Aunty Mary out from the Philippines for the past few days. Unfortunately its been cold and rainy for those days. So we went out to the Jenolan Caves for the day. Lucas Cave was pretty good, they even have musical concerts in there twice a month.

Here's the rest of the photos.

Our New Years Eve

Sunshine and I went canoeing for new year's eve. F@%k it was hot! Somewhere in the 40's I reckon!

We drove down from the mountains (dum move actually - as it just got hotter), through the Wollemi National Park, down to the Colo River.

It was very crowded and all campsites were booked out. We ended up finding an unlocked gate and set up camp on someone's land. Turned out the landowner lives in Tasmania, so we had a good 2kms of river front all to ourselves.

We put the canoe in at around 7pm for some on dusk, glassy water paddling. It was very peaceful.

After dinner, we watched a DVD on the laptop, had a few drinks and went to bed. Unfortunately we didn't get much sleep on account of some furious mozzie action, even with a net over us, and some extreme heat. Man! summer can be rotten. Bringing the fan was a very good idea!!

The next day, it was just too hot and windy (even at 7 am in the morning) to think about more paddling. We drove back up the mountians and put the canoe in at Dam Cliffs. Much nicer, less crowded, cooler water.

Life in the mountains is so much nicer. That'll be the last time we take a holiday anywhere other than the mountains!

You can see all our photos here.

Christmas with the Connellys

Another great Chrissy motor boating with the Connellys.

Chris got a motorbike.

Sunshine and I had a mini epic trying to find a climbing crag at Nelson Bay.

Richard and his daughters came boating with us. Richard and I did an epic tubing leg across the bay

More photos here.

Replaced Inverter

Went to see Battery World at Warners Bay to have my inverter checked as it wasn't powering some appliances, namely the laptop. They checked it, and while it did power up their drill on inspection, they did notice the red fault light flashing on briefly when the inverter was switched on and off. They took the inverter away for warranty checking.

1 week later, they sent me a new inverter - but sadly it is not powering the laptop! Perhaps there is something wrong with my laptop's powerpack. I have no trouble using it on 240 V, but it seems to not get enough from the inverter's 240 from 12.

Gee I love Tasmania

Sunshine and I just arrived home from Tasmania. We spent 10 days walking, shopping, climbing, moblogging and talking at TasLearnscope05.

If you haven't already, you can get the picture at my flickr account, and our moblog.

Highlights for me where climbing in Freycinet, walking up the Acropolis, shopping in Hobart, and a delayed flight home that had to circle 5 times right over the Blue Mountains on sunset!

I can't rave long enough about Tasmania. It has such intense history, amazing wilderness (getting logged faster than you can say World Heritage), fantastic people (even the ones in utes with bumper stickers reading "fertilise the bush, doze in a greeny" are... thought provoking).




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