Archive for March, 2003

The monday after…

Monday, March 31st, 2003

…the week before.
We’ve had a really fun but tiring few days. We’ve had a variety of visitors everynight since last Wednesday, and been out (cheaply) most nights.
The best was Friday night. It was the opening of the 25th Jubilee season at the civic theatre and we (Zoe, her friend Fran from Berlin, and I) got [...]

Welcome to Townsville

Thursday, March 27th, 2003

Well, we’ve landed in Townsville. When I say ‘landed’, that should really read: we drove 2300km over 4 and a half, increasingly hot and boring, days.
And when I say ‘landed’ we didn’t exactly land on our feet. It was more of an awkward sprawl. Like when a rollerblader falls off the end of a handrail [...]

Hinchinbrook ‘05

Saturday, March 1st, 2003

Hinchinbrook is booked; from the 10th to the 15th of July 2005.
Mountain access for Mt Bowen has been approved in writing. Sweet.
The aim of this page is to serve as a web hub for the walking team.
Feel free to leave comments - particularly those relating to great acts of fitness and outdoor prowess, internet sites [...]

Federation Peak

Saturday, March 1st, 2003

I propose a summit bid to Federation Peak, a large scary mountain in SW Tassie around xmas 05. Who wants in?
Here’s some links:
John Chapman’s page
A trip account - looks like a bit of an epic bought on by inexperience. Check out the link called shear [sic] at the bottom.
The last section to the summit is [...]