Hinchinbrook ‘05
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 selling gear, trip info or bushwalking tips.
The current team consists of tom, timtim, lach, cath and zoe. However, it is likely that zoe won’t be able to make it, due to her bum-knee. So there’s essentially two free spaces on the trip at the moment.
February 4th, 2005 at 2:45 pm
I’ll start with this:
http://www.hikelight.com.au/
February 4th, 2005 at 4:35 pm
And another essential resource…
https://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks/iaparks/gds/IAGDS020.do?parkId=211
February 8th, 2005 at 9:50 pm
just toughen up i say!!
February 9th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
easy for you to say, you already are light weight, small man
February 10th, 2005 at 6:14 pm
all except my big that is..
February 16th, 2005 at 2:53 pm
I hear Dave has pulled out! He’ll be sorry…
February 16th, 2005 at 8:23 pm
oh no
February 22nd, 2005 at 11:30 am
yeah, there’s now a place free. i have two guys up here who have expressed interest, but nothing more solid as of yet.
i’m thinking about getting some trekking poles. there’s some on ebay for about $50/pair with suspension - they look ok.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2020&item=5166784223&rd=1
February 22nd, 2005 at 1:04 pm
My mum bought one for the South Coast Track (which they just got back from last week) but she still fell over and broke her wrist. Bugger. Lucky it was on the second last day of 7.
February 23rd, 2005 at 11:44 am
ow! obviously she should’ve bought two.
March 8th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
and suspension for her wrist
March 8th, 2005 at 9:12 pm
forgive my neglect of this page
March 9th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
We’ve got to buy tickets soon Timtim. Are you still thinking of going up on the friday night and coming back the following sunday arvo? Does that suit you Tomo/ Zo?
March 11th, 2005 at 5:35 pm
yes we do, all these specials with vigin etc are for dates before when we want to go. but any time you see something tell me or i’ll tell you. it’s just the 3 sydneysiders flying up yes?
March 14th, 2005 at 10:56 am
That’s right Timtim.
I watched Touching The Void last night: Hinchinbrook is going to be a piece of piss. That’s it, if that guy can climb down that glacier with no knee cap then I’m quitting excercise and eating crap from hear on in. We’re all soft.
March 14th, 2005 at 4:03 pm
… of course that should be ‘here’ not ‘hear’. Duh. Also, what’s with this censorship business? A good, free-thinking leftist like yourself should be sanctioning such f*$%ing bulls$&*.
March 15th, 2005 at 10:42 am
censorship? i think it must be the spam filter - otherwise we end up with adds for drugs and card games…
those times sound fine lock.
March 21st, 2005 at 6:08 pm
lach how about some training for that block ride in bogan-ville. going to canberra this sunday and monday to carve up some fully sick trails a mujura and sparrow hill. Interested?
March 22nd, 2005 at 9:16 am
I’m going to walk to work on Thursday morning. 12km. Should take about 2hours.
March 23rd, 2005 at 8:10 am
Can’t ride this weekend TimTim as Kath and I are going to Orange to ride around the countryside for a couple of days. Should be good if this damn rain stops. We’ll be cranking out the road miles.
March 29th, 2005 at 9:00 am
home to uni
dist: 12.556km
av speed: 22.5km/h
max speed: 32.2km/h
time 34 mins.
March 29th, 2005 at 11:24 am
Orange via Forrest Reefs and Millthorp to Orange
dist: 60.82km
av speed: 16.8km/h (touring pace into a henious head wind)
max speed: 57.6km/h
riding time: 3h 20mins
elapsed time: 8h (includes time to eat a beef and guiness pie with beer battered chips for lunch. mmm.)
March 29th, 2005 at 11:27 am
headwinds are gay! nice max speed -
i think i need a higher gear for the flat/downhill sections
March 30th, 2005 at 1:44 pm
Did i tell you about my max speed of 70.8km/h the other day? It was down a really steep hill in the back blocks of Hornsby. I’m sure I can get to 75, maybe 80 with my pads on…
Stay tuned, you’ll either read about it here or in the obituaries section of the paper.
March 30th, 2005 at 2:25 pm
TimTim, you’re a hero. I think there is a picture of you on page 30 of FreeWheel mag (latest issue) leading the run start to the bikes at the Mont 24h. It’s a small pic but I’m sure it’s of someone wearing a Cheaky Monkey jersey. Check it, racer boy.
March 30th, 2005 at 3:07 pm
70.8?!? you’re crazy. i don’t know how the hell you go that fast, i need some higher gears and some big hills (and maybe a better helmet!)
March 30th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
or a heart tin man
March 30th, 2005 at 10:16 pm
the pic is not me, but i was watching the start there thinking it was my team mate. what you can also see if you look really closely is a guy up the top of the hill who is already riding his bike (you are meant to walk/run with it past a mounting point) and will very shortly go right past streaking runner man ( along with a whole lot more not so tired people after a more leisurely run). also not 24hr race not won from the 800m run..
March 30th, 2005 at 10:21 pm
i can’t compete with you two i don’t have a clock on my bike
bobbin head loop 26km approx 45min? avg 33 i think
March 31st, 2005 at 9:12 am
ooooooo “or a heart tin man”…
it’s on now biatch!
March 31st, 2005 at 10:43 am
There will be no alternative but to battle it out in the innaugural TSV prologue time trial on Saturday 9th of July. This will decide the seedings for Le Tour du Hinchinbrook. The mountain stage should be an interesting one…
March 31st, 2005 at 11:14 am
here’s the jersey
March 31st, 2005 at 11:18 am
and check out this photo:
http://www.bucka-lassen.dk/flacroz/pictures/0715_3_Hinchinbrook_Island.JPG
April 1st, 2005 at 6:44 pm
you had better make sure the jersey is in my size..
April 1st, 2005 at 6:44 pm
sweet photo from the plane
April 2nd, 2005 at 4:13 pm
sorry timtim, the only size is ‘big’ and you’re a ’small’!
April 3rd, 2005 at 10:35 am
so how are you going to fit it then
April 4th, 2005 at 9:34 am
Max speed 71.9 km/h on The Hill as part of the Bobbin Head loop. I was however feeling a bit vulnerable riding in a singlet in the semi-dark (6:30ish) and threw out the anchors when I started wobbling around like a jellyfish.
I can’t match TimTim’s overall stats though:
Distance: 25km
Time: 55mins
Average: 27.3km/h
then again… I don’t ride a roadie and shave my legs, hombre!
April 6th, 2005 at 11:44 am
April 6th, 2005 at 1:56 pm
Nice team work.
Duncs - midgit
Kath - Sprinter
Lock - Overall Mac Daddy
TimTim - Mountain Man
Tomo - Junior Winner (>25yo)
April 11th, 2005 at 6:42 pm
very nice, i am sorry i have missed the banter but i have been off-line for a few days. nice legs Kath! and that is a very nice faux-hawk you have there tom.
April 15th, 2005 at 5:37 pm
Check it…
http://www.ginini.com.au/wilderness/bushwalking/hinch/
Crap scans but hey, it’s Bowen.
April 18th, 2005 at 9:57 pm
NZO Sydney 24hr race, 11 laps at 10.5km a lap in 24hrs, team total 38 laps, 10th place, better make sure the jersey comes in man size
April 19th, 2005 at 9:14 am
nice, those peaks are fat, and timtim, you’re now too fit.
April 19th, 2005 at 11:31 am
timtim, nice work, hero. At least we now have someone to carry us all up the hill.
May 2nd, 2005 at 3:06 pm
I went canyoning with Adrian yesterday. Serendipity canyon starts at Mt Wilson and finishes on the Wollongambie. 6 abseils (I’m getting better - slowly), freezing pool swims, waterfalls, very nice. After we did that we mtb’d around Mt Banks for a couple of hours. We then returned to Sydney and ate Dutch pancakes and drank beer while looking at Adrian’s photos of the NZ alps. A well rounded day really. How’d the 8h race go TimTim?
May 3rd, 2005 at 9:56 pm
sounds like a great day except for the cold bit. The race ran smoothly until lance got a flat and lost about 10 or 15 mins then i got a flat the very next lap in the smae spot and lost about 20 or 25 mins (i don’t carry spares when i race short course stuff) so we went from about 9th to 15th or 16th i think. next one in 5 weeks up near newcastle!!
May 3rd, 2005 at 9:59 pm
plus my good mate with terminal cancer (ripe old age of 32 and was a machine on the mtb) managed to get up the energy to come and watch for a few hours which i was stoked about. Jason has been my team mate in alot of these endurance races for a few years now so again i was really happy that he mustered up the courage. this was the best part of the weekend for me actually!!
May 4th, 2005 at 9:19 am
Machines all ’round. Good work on the race, next time all you need is 1 tube, tyre levers, and a CO2 cartridge and you’ll romp home. Great to hear Jason was able to go and check it out too.
May 4th, 2005 at 2:06 pm
Want to hear about machines? On the field trip we owned Walsh’s Pyramid (photos of which will follow) in a 3hr round trip to its 922m conical peak. However, we were bitch-slapped by this guy who was running up it. He does return times of 1hr 27mins, including a 4km warmup run from the nearby town. What a force!
May 5th, 2005 at 9:41 am
This is Hinchinbrook’s profile from the west.
May 5th, 2005 at 1:38 pm
Just got back from the gym, owned my legs and won’t be able to walk tommorrow. But, i will be able to walk on the 10th to 15th ahahah!!!
May 5th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
The only thing you’ll be owning, Tom, is your pathetic, crumpled body struggling to move at the foot of Bowen.
May 5th, 2005 at 4:07 pm
I’ve just been wasting the company’s resources by copying the NATMAP 1:50000 ‘Hillock Point’ (Hinchinbrook), but, I doubled the scale so that it is a more readable 1:25000. Now I have a map that is about 1m x 2m.
Just like Bowen… it’s Huuuuge.
May 5th, 2005 at 9:50 pm
perhaps i can use my company’s resources and make a scale relief map out of soil and clay then use lego men to dominate!!
May 6th, 2005 at 10:02 am
Well, I can hardly walk. It feels like my legs are stiched to my body for show rather than anything actually useful.
Maybe I can use the university’s microscopes to get a better look at you small men!
May 6th, 2005 at 10:40 am
I went for a jog last night to Turramurra Station and back, that’s around 6-7 km. On the way, I lept tall buildings in a single bound. Grrrr.
May 9th, 2005 at 7:53 pm
and for the jealous types we have a training mission to the wangs this weekend!!
May 9th, 2005 at 9:05 pm
The Wangs! Hahaha! The Castle! Hahaha! Mt Owen! Hahaha!
In 4 days time! Hahahahahahahahaha!
Ok, enough gloating.
TimTim and I are now fully booked (/ sick) and fly at 10am on Saturday the 9th getting in around 1 to TSV. We then mack it up all week and fly back at 4.40pm on Sunday the 17th arriving back into our respective sad realities around 9pm that night. It’s going to be sweet.
May 9th, 2005 at 9:06 pm
Oh and Kath will be doing the ‘pay peanuts and fly business, staff travel thing’ around the same times.
May 12th, 2005 at 2:22 pm
coolio would be proud of how cool that is.
May 16th, 2005 at 10:17 am
Well… where to start?
Should it be the virtuosic vistas, the cool canyons, the sweet scrambles or the awesome adventure? Or maybe the Castle summit, Monolith Valley, the circumnavigation of Mt Cole or the never-before climbed (by us at least) Shrouded Gods Mountain? The Wangs 05/05 was so much cooler than coolio.
All of the usual stunners were there but the last-minute scramble up the chimney to reach the summit of Shrouded Gods will not be forgotten. As you come up onto the narrow peak the vista over the Monoliths, Mt Nibelung, past the Castle to Byangee walls, Pigeon House and the ocean will make it a definite destination on any future trips.
Photos to follow soon…
May 25th, 2005 at 3:55 pm
Just bought some trekking poles, i’m so Euro.
May 31st, 2005 at 9:43 am
I’ve just been talking to Adrian about another Wangs mission over the Queen’s birthday long weekend in 2 weeks. God save the Queen.
June 1st, 2005 at 6:15 pm
hmm another adventure worthy of consideration…
June 2nd, 2005 at 10:44 pm
i think that anonymous was actually me but it didn’t show up. Ride sunday, really cool single track section of the 6 foot track? good training for le tour
June 10th, 2005 at 12:35 pm
My damn hiking poles aren’t here yet damit!
June 10th, 2005 at 2:35 pm
I’m heading to the Nth Wangs tonight with Adrian and Rob (deJong) for a 3 day mission around to Folly pt, Sluice Box falls, Sturgiss Mtn, The Hidden Valley etc, etc. The only thing is, the carpark used to be deep in the park, making all of that quite achievable in 3 days, however now they’ve put a gate at the head of the road adding and extra 2 days walking to and from the head of the track. So, we’re just going to own it and do a 5 day walk in 3. We hope. I’ll report back on Tuesday… or maybe Wednesday… but definitely by Thursday.
June 10th, 2005 at 8:58 pm
And i am going to own Canberra over the weekend. Ripping up trails in Majura, Kowen and Penrose forests!! look out i am psyched!! Oh and by the way Lach and I are booked in for a 24hr race in Canberra in October!! The 24hr race that is!! sweet.
June 14th, 2005 at 10:40 am
I’m in training.
The weekend began with an absolute dumping of rain while walking along the most Hakea-overgrown (read really fkn scratchy) track out to Folly Point. The view from the point was marred by thick cloud and the cold drops of water running down my forehead into my eyes but we did see some dramatic mist swirling around The Castle a few kilometres away. We didn’t stay in the wind and rain for long and plunged down into the valley below towards Camping Rock Creek. Here we found the sweetest camping cave ever, complete with fireplace, stash of dry wood and the bottle of Shiraz Cab I had tucked away in my pack.
Next morning we’re off into the wide green yonder, ploughing through more Banksia and Hakea and other barbed-wire plants of the Australian bush. There may have been a track through the area in 1982 when the track notes were written but there is definitely nothing now so the bashing continued throughout the day until after dark when we crashed into another cave under the Pagoda Rocks of Mt Sturgiss that was welcome respite from the torturous scrub all around. Panang Curry and another bottle of red later we were asleep on the dry bracken of caves floor.
Monday morning we awoke and decided to forget our route past Dark Brothers Cave and into the Hidden Valley and make a B-line for the only track through the area, across the other side of Styles Creek Swamp. The swamp was completely frosted over and the tussocks of grass sliced through our legs as we stepped up and down between their tops and the muddy bog two feet below. Eventually we arrived on the old loggers trail and celebrated with a late breakfast of cereal, fruit, hot tea and Danish chocolate cake.
We could have completed what we’d come for by following the track back into the Hidden Valley, but we decided that it was best to leave it out of this trip, forcing us to return in the near future once our scratched and grazed legs, arms and egos had repaired. The walk out was through pristine stands of rainforest in deep gullies, opening into tall eucalypt forest and then coastal heathland on the plateau across which the final trudge takes place back to the car.
It was up there with the toughest three days walking I’ve ever done but now I can safely say:
Bring on Bowen!
June 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
and i spent 3 days ripping about the awesome trails of Kowen Forest, the staging place for lacho’s debut 24hr in october, Sparrow Hill, only some of the very best single track riding I have EVER done, Majura pines which is like a playground for boys (and girls) with two wheeled toys and finally Penrose state forest on the way home. FANTASTIC i want to go back!!
June 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Oh and BRING ON BOWEN!!
June 15th, 2005 at 9:36 am
I took Kiki, the possible 5th member of our team up the local (and very handy) peak. Castle Hill is a measly 285m, but packs a bit of punch up the last steep section of stairs.
Kiki made some meatballs the day before we heaed up the Castle, from mince that had been out of the fridge all day, so her stomach was a bit gurgly. So, we get to the top after many stops and Kiki has a good-ol-spew. Yummo.
June 15th, 2005 at 10:00 am
lach, you up for the race this weekend? 8hours of power at killingsworth? we should enter if we are going to do it. this sunday it is, i guess about an 8am start but i am not sure.
June 16th, 2005 at 10:30 am
hiyo tom, just wondering if final registrations of interest for Team Hinchinbrook (or base camp anyway) have closed?…
June 16th, 2005 at 10:48 am
TimTim - we’re all payed-up for Sunday. 8am kick off and 6:30 - 7:20 rego. If we get there later than 7:20 we can’t register until 9 so I think it would be good to get there around 6:30 to relax before - not like your late arrival story at the Gravity in Beechworth! A 5 - 5:15 departure is the go.
We’re going to roost!
June 17th, 2005 at 2:35 pm
caroline, this is a new character. do we have a dark horse entering late in the piece?
June 17th, 2005 at 2:44 pm
caroline, i’m not sure exactly what the go is. Kiki is coming along, and has invited Ellen to join us too. however, i’m not sure if Ellen has committed yet. If not, you’d be welcome to come along. i’ll talk to ellen and find out.
guys, kiki, ellen and caroline are girls from uni who are sharking for the two spots left on the trip. do we want these additional walkers, or would you guys rather just have 4 on the trip? it is unlikely that they would be attempting the mt bowen summit, due to their fitness levels (although caroline may be pretty fit??)
June 17th, 2005 at 3:19 pm
well we can see who qualifies to come at Stage 1 of Le Tour, the criterium circuit of TSV!!
June 17th, 2005 at 3:25 pm
or the run up castle hill
June 17th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
both if it is a tight contest
June 17th, 2005 at 4:54 pm
haha, no, I’m just a very occasional character…
at a guess I would fall into the ‘moderately fit’ category (ok with castle hill and swimming and cycling to uni etc) - but the last thing I’d want to become is the whingeing walker. I suspect your trip will be much better with just the core players.
just keep me posted guys!..
June 17th, 2005 at 5:18 pm
by core i hope that you mean hard core!! and if so then you’re in.
June 20th, 2005 at 9:19 am
Tomo, don’t turn anyone away just yet because the sad fact is that Kath might not be able to come at all! As it stands, she’s been working on contract with the Department of Local Government until August and I think the vibe is that when you’re contracted for several months work there is no real hope of taking a week off, especially when it happens to be a couple of weeks from the end when her report needs to be finished. She’s going to talk to her boss again now that it’s closer to the time to see if the program of work will allow for it but she’s not sure. We’ll let you know as soon as it’s finalised.
June 20th, 2005 at 10:08 am
but don’t worry tom, lach and i will be owning bowen before you can say “i am thinking that we will be owning bowen” in kikinese
June 20th, 2005 at 10:11 am
oh and kath if this is the second time today you have checked T&Z today and not made a comment that is not very dominant. It’s not too late to gloat about The Wangs since you only just saw the photos last night..
We’re waiting for a virgin comment Kath, you can do it!!
June 20th, 2005 at 10:58 am
yeah come on kath.
i think it would be “directly climb bowen we summit” or something.
June 20th, 2005 at 11:16 am
oh the pressure….
I’m going to try to speak with my boss today (if he comes in), if not it will be sometime tomorrow.
However, after yesterday’s epic display of fitness on the bikes from my team (the boys did a solid 170km in 8 hours of power Tom), I think I’ll be camping on the beach instead of owning Bowen. But then again, pain is temporary and quitting is forever so who knows….
I’ll keep you posted.
June 20th, 2005 at 11:19 am
… and I DOMINATED the castle.
June 20th, 2005 at 4:09 pm
that’s the spirit kath!! not so hard is it
June 22nd, 2005 at 11:33 am
by the way tom what sort of gear are we going to need to bring. the tent i have but in terms of warm stuff etc what do you recommend?
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:51 pm
ok 1. are you guys having trouble loading this page, i.e. would it be worth me removing all the posts up to now. we could start on post 95 or whatever
timtim. in terms of warm stuff, i’m taking:
one t-shirt (a tech wiking one)
one pair shorts
broad brimmed hat
two pr socks
two long sleeve thermal tops
one long leg thermal bottoms
gortex shell
thermal balaclava (just in case)
it’s not going to be cold. I think i’m going to get a 3 season, 900g synthetic sleeping bag instead of my 4 season mountain equipment one
see here: http://www.kitbag.com.au/prod537.htm
check out this sweet hammock too:
http://www.kitbag.com.au/prod435.htm
i thought we could split our stove (i think we’ll only need one gas canister - unless you have an MSR or something)
take a small billy each and split our dinners. coscous etc…
and have our own breakfasts and lunches…
do you think I should get a new cartridge and bother bringing my water purifier?
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:53 pm
oh, and for tents… we can share, what sort of tent do you have?
i only have a cheapy from go-lo or somewhere…
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:54 pm
bowen is going to be a piece of piss. steep, but we’re so there!
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:55 pm
i’ve been dominating 80kg squats recently. love it - might even take an 80kg pack
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:55 pm
oh, and kath - you OWN!
June 22nd, 2005 at 2:33 pm
Only 19 more sleeps. If you’re not fit now you’re not going to be!
June 22nd, 2005 at 2:35 pm
wow, only that many?
we def. need to finalise number so i can order ferries etc….
i might need to get some cash off you guys in order to do this. the ferries are about $100 per person. i know!
i’ll see if I can get as a lift in someone’s boat or something…
June 22nd, 2005 at 5:25 pm
It looks like I’ll have to put Bowen on hold… unfortunately I can’t take the week off work as we’re going to be really busy then which is gay, but unavoidable. Sorry to let the team down boys.
I’m sure you’ll be an indefatigable force when you’re conquering Bowen - especially now that you don’t have to carry me!
That said… I’m taking a flex day on Friday the 15th and have booked a flight direct to TSV for that morning so I can at least help celebrate your dominance and admire the photos!
Looking forward to coming up to Townsville anyway – will be awesome to see you T&Z!
June 22nd, 2005 at 5:39 pm
Comment number 100! A t&z first - the three digit comment. We” done to all concerned, I’d like to thank my mum…
So, there we have it Team. Another one bites the dust. It’ll be good to have Kath up there for the weekend to party after our dominance but maybe you should give up before we get there Tomo so you don’t slow Timtim and I down.
… smooth-as-butter segue…
Timtim and I spent last Sunday dominating the third round of the Working Week Series of 8h Mountain Bike races, held in Killingworth, out of Newcastle. We both hammered out 8 laps each before Timtim shot out for a 9th just before the 8h cut off time. You can start a lap right up until 8h is up so we ended up with 17 laps or 170km total in 8h of sweet riding. Timtim was on a single speed too, the animal! I think we ended up 15th out of 52 teams in the men’s pairs which is quite dominant, considering I’ve never done a race before. You can see a few pics of us by going to http://www.pixelpics.com.au and following the link to ‘events’ on the left, then hitting ‘Working Week Series #3′ then searching for riders 151 and 152. Check it…
Back to Bowen… You do ferries tomo, just send us the bill. Adrian told me they’re expensive and there’s no options but if we can overload one of your mates tinnys then that would be sweet.
I think the average minimum temp for July is 13 and the average max is 27 or something obscene! And the average rainfall in July is only 30ml or so with 6 rain days - we should be pretty sweet. I was thinking of not taking anything warm but the saddle is at 600m above sea level and Bowen, well we all know how high bowen is, it’s damn high so it might be chilly on top, especially if the fog comes in while we’re up there and we have to sleep out on the summit overnight cuddling each other for warmth. Lets just think about that for a moment. Hmmmm. No.
More later…
June 22nd, 2005 at 9:03 pm
you snatched it lach man. the only time we are likely to get cold is at night i guess and then it is just a matter of wrapping ourselves up in a toasty sleeping bag and think warm thoughts.
next race is with gears and dual suspension for sure and majura is going to see me ripping out some QUICK laps, i can feel it already!!
June 23rd, 2005 at 9:30 am
Sounds like you hombres are already cuddling up to each other, give me a break!
June 23rd, 2005 at 9:57 am
Your jealousy can’t be concealed behind that veil of flippant aloofness.
June 23rd, 2005 at 10:00 am
it’s a ‘facade’, if you don’t mind…
June 24th, 2005 at 4:11 pm
Ok, Kiki and Ellen are in, they’re going to swap Mt Bowen for Nina Peak - which i think is a wise move.
On the main track we may all walk together, or may split up. I don’t think it’ll be a problem either way, we’ll just see how things go.
The ferry off the nthn end of the island is booked. Everyone is to take $60 cash with them on the walk to pay the guy at the end. Although, if you’re trying to save weight you may like to pay on credit card. To do so, call them on (07) 4066 8270 and pay off your share of the Rayner party ($59).
The south end is a slightly different story as shallow bars on the journey over and the crossing of Mulligan Creek on the walk itself are tide dependent. On the 10th the boat leaves Lucinda at 2pm, if we want to do that. The cost is $46/pp. I’m going to talk to Paul about him doing two trips in his tinny. We could then just chip in $10 each to cover fuel etc… It would take about 20mins each way in his boat.
I just ordered an aarn pack, which is fat!
http://aarnpacks.com/products/featherlite_freedom.html
June 24th, 2005 at 4:32 pm
Check this out:
Ref:
Lloyd and Cooke (2000). The oxygen consumption associated with unloaded walking and load carriage using two different backpack designs. European Journal of Applied Physiology 81(6):486-92. link.
and from their second paper:
Lloyd and Cooke (2000). Kinetic changes associated with load carriage using two rucksack designs. Ergonomics 43(9):1331-41. link
June 24th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
The pack looks nice but I’m sceptical about the front loading system - doesn’t it make it harder to breath? You’ll need to be sucking as much oxygen as your little lungs can take on the way up Bowen, Tomo.
June 27th, 2005 at 9:54 am
While all of you softies have ‘gone fishin’, I went in the 25km Oaks Classic MTB race yesterday. In the ‘fun men’ class I came in 7th after a crash left my elbow open and my crankset shifter bent and inoperable 2/3 into the race. I stopped for about a minute to try to bend it back into shape and managed to jamb it in top gear for the remainder of the ride, but by then I was passed by 4 riders. Out of the licenced racers category (the long sock brigade included, Timtim) there were only 10 people with faster times than me so that put me 17th overall out of 500-odd. It sounds good but I think the bottom 300 didn’t know which way round to point the bike. It’s still a sweet piece of trail and more good training for Bowen.
June 27th, 2005 at 10:02 am
Nice one lock.
I don’t think the pack will impeed your breathing too much, I mean, the science doesn’t seem to think so.
I was wondering if it might get really hot under there, esp. in the tropics - but apparently the ventilation is good.
In any case it’ll be good to have my camera up front with me - and the front packs can be removed if you don’t need them.
June 27th, 2005 at 10:26 am
what were you crashing for, don’t you know that a. hurts and b. slows you down. sounds like it would have been a frenzied dash for cash at HR 220. and i wear short socks thankyou very much!! good job though, you can race in my team in october!
June 27th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
The results are up on http://www.careflight.org.
It would have been a splash-and-dash if I had someone pacing me but I spent the majority of the race in 2nd place with the winner about 100m out front and nobody in sight behind, Then I lost the no 1 and it was just lonely me for about 15mins before my crash. The guys who came through did so in a tight bunch of 4 all with dualies - unbeatable on the 10km long downhill that leads to the finish line. Time 52mins 30 sec. Next year, Timtim, next year.
June 30th, 2005 at 3:05 pm
Bowen training has taken a setback, not by the dumping of rain, but by me getting some henious virus over the last few days. I’ll be fine in a few days but then I’ll be time to taper in preparation for the main event. Flowers can be sent to my home.
June 30th, 2005 at 3:07 pm
I’m putting a tissue in the post right now!
June 30th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
and riding sat at yarramundi?
July 1st, 2005 at 9:07 am
timtim, despite what you’ve heard, this isn’t a dating service
July 1st, 2005 at 9:38 am
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Tomorrow at yarramundi may be a goer but I’m still pretty ruined so I’ll call you tonight.
July 1st, 2005 at 5:58 pm
why am i villified and ostracised for my use of the site to arrange meetings of the extra curricular variety? hmm?
July 4th, 2005 at 8:47 am
oh by the way there seems to be some confusion as to which saturday is the day of the party, is it the 9th or the 16th?
July 4th, 2005 at 8:51 am
16th
July 4th, 2005 at 3:35 pm
Is that Tomo The Rock behind that pack? God, you’ve beefed-up pretty well since Christmas.
July 4th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
i am hoping that you will be wearing your sandals with that kit.
July 8th, 2005 at 12:21 pm
So, this is it. 1 day to go ’till take-off. Any last requests for things to bring up?
Maybe some real muscles, Tomo?
July 8th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
some puri-tabs, if you have any…
July 8th, 2005 at 12:49 pm
are you up to it now lach after your bout of pancreatitis/flu?
July 8th, 2005 at 2:10 pm
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July 8th, 2005 at 2:11 pm
Who, Musashi?
July 8th, 2005 at 2:11 pm
I’m still all conjested but feeling fine now, I think all I need is to get into the warm tropical heat and blast it all away.
July 8th, 2005 at 2:13 pm
Musashi? Did someone say Musashi?
Got ‘em packed already.
July 8th, 2005 at 2:17 pm
You better get some Musashi bars, Tomo, or you won’t even be able to lift those trekking poles.
July 8th, 2005 at 3:05 pm
ahaah “tropical heat”, you wish. It’s only 24 today!
i bought a 700g 1 season sleeping bag yesterday for $15!
I slept in it last night in our bed, it worked nicely with a chilly breeze coming through the doors. my shoulders got a bit cold though…
July 8th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
your “massive” shoulders hey!? you should have got a man size bag mate, i could probably lend you one..
July 8th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
Even that would be too small!
July 8th, 2005 at 3:59 pm
Tomo, listen here, son… after all this talk of GUNS, CANONS and BOXES OF DOOM you’d better be bloody ‘uge, because if your not, by the time Timtim and I get up there tomorrow midday you’re going to get beat down.
Well, nipple crippled maybe…
July 18th, 2005 at 3:42 pm
Well? What happened?
Full report and piccies please.
July 21st, 2005 at 7:03 pm
timtim, i bought a Tikka Plus today. It’s sweet. “Plus” I can claim it back against my research account - I bought it for field work of course
July 22nd, 2005 at 11:01 am
sweet that is a plus
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