The rest of the week

Saturday, 8 October 2022

During our orienteering week in Daylesford we also did a lot of fun stuff. We played frisbee golf on a proper course in Ballarat with Andy, Alexa, Lyra and some other friends:

 

We also did an escape room in Ballarat with the Simpson-Troedson family but we got out so fast I really don't know how we solved most of the clues!

We also visited hanging rock (which has changed a lot since last time I visited and it was just a dirt car park with unmarked trails up into the rocks):

 

 

In fact you even had to pay for entry. But that was ok because the facilities were good and we managed to leave with everyone.

I also went for a nearby walk on the day off which involved a bare-foot freezing river crossing as there had been so much rain:

 

 

We also had dinner with friends on many nights - this one was mexican with Susannah who had come up for the weekend.

 

and excitingly on the last evening in our house, we finally found the microwave!

Unfortunately we never found a washing machine but that made for lots of social/practical visits to friends in other houses! 

And I had some orienteering successes. I had modest hopes of making the top 3 once or twice including during my favourite event, the sprint - as I figured I was fitter and faster at the last championships in 2019 but rarely even made podium, and our class had only got more competitive since then (due to the large age groupings).  This year I amazingly got middle distance and long distance championship wins. I really was shocked about both of these, as the middle distance event was highly technical - not my normal strength, but knowing that I took all the safe options which paid off in spades.  And the long distance was quite long and hilly, again, not my strength but a clean enough and fast enough race was good enough to come out on top.  I wasn't fast enough or clean enough in the Sprint but happy with 2nd there anyway.  Overall I was stoked with how I went.  I did have midweek shocker in a fun sprint event when I forgot my glasses and as soon as I started I knew things were going to be difficult. In the end I managed to DSQ myself 3 ways (surely a record for the one event!) by a) running through out of bounds b) missing a control and c) punching a wrong control.  Quite the turnaround from my Middle Champs victory the day before!

Our state relay was third on a day where probably all three of us would say we could have done a little better - in my own case I blame the missing north lines on the map which threw me completely and had me leaving the start control in two incorrect directions before finally getting on my way!  No matter - it was still a good ending to a really fun week in all sorts of terrain and surrounded by so many of our friends. What a treat.

 

 

 

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NZ Day 10 & 11 - finishing up Wednesday, 21 December 2022
NZ Day 9 - Routeburn Track Monday, 19 December 2022
NZ Day 8 - Milford Sound Road Sunday, 18 December 2022
NZ Day 7 - Doubtful Sound Sunday, 18 December 2022
NZ Day 6 - Restish Day Friday, 16 December 2022
NZ Day 5 - Kepler Day 3 Thursday, 15 December 2022
NZ Day 4 - Kepler Day 2 Thursday, 15 December 2022
NZ Day 3 - Kepler Day 1 Thursday, 15 December 2022
NZ Day 1 & 2 Monday, 12 December 2022
Exploring St Helens Point Sunday, 4 December 2022
Exhausted Saturday, 3 December 2022
Launch Weekend Saturday, 3 December 2022
The to do list never ends Monday, 7 November 2022
Getting out and about - day 6 Monday, 7 November 2022
To Do List Continues Monday, 7 November 2022
Getting out and about - day 5 Friday, 4 November 2022
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To do list Thursday, 3 November 2022
Getting out and about - day 4 Thursday, 3 November 2022
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My to do list Tuesday, 1 November 2022
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Artworks Monday, 31 October 2022
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Family Dinner Saturday, 29 October 2022
Useless skills Saturday, 29 October 2022
Project week Saturday, 29 October 2022
Conningham Saturday, 29 October 2022
Melbourne Week Saturday, 8 October 2022
The rest of the week Saturday, 8 October 2022
Carnival Success Thursday, 29 September 2022
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Exercise Break Sunday, 18 September 2022
Inching closer... Thursday, 8 September 2022
Split Rock and Shower Falls Monday, 5 September 2022
St Helens Monday, 5 September 2022
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Car and other Wrecks Sunday, 4 September 2022
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Super Sunday Sunday, 6 March 2022
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Before & still not quite yet After #51 : Dad's Garage Saturday, 26 February 2022
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