I decided to spend the weekend in Adelaide after being here for a few days for work. But I’m in training for the Oxfam so I decided I needed to go for a walk today.

I walked from my hotel in the north of the city grid down to Glenelg and then along the foreshore and back to catch a tram back into the city. I knew I was in danger of getting rained on, but I made the full 30 kms without a drop of rain; but I finished just in the nick of time.

By the time I got back to the city it was raining and bloody cold, about 12^oC according to the BOM site. I don’t mind being cold or wet, but I don’t like being cold and wet. Well, that’s not quite true, I don’t like being cold at all…

I spent last weekend training for the Oxfam Trailwalker. Over Saturday, Sunday, and Monday I walked all 7 sections of the trail. Excluding a few bits that aren’t open until event day, or are just backtracks, I walked 90 of the 100 kilometre trail.

It was one of the best weekends I have spent for a long time. I got to spend time in the amazing D’Aguilar National Park to Brisbane’s north and west. I also got to spend a day with Angela (my niece) and with Heather (my sister). On Saturday Angela and I walk sections 1 and 2 (about 25 kms); on Sunday I completed sections 3, 4, and 5 (about 42 kms), and on Monday, Heather and I completed the walk (sections 6 and 7 – 23 kms).

Angela and I are half of the Family Fellas team (with Angela’s husband Shannon, and her brother, my nephew, Mark) that have entered the Brisbane Oxfam Trailwalker next month.

We have to raise funds, so if you want to donate to help us achieve our goal, and to help Oxfam continue to help people in need all over the world (including survivors of the multiple Nepalese earthquakes) then follow this link to our team page.

https://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/team/home/19946

Enjoy my piccies from the beautiful forests that I get to walk in every weekend.

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A previous post of our day trip to Villers Bretonneux in August 2014 – a truly memorable day

Villers Bretonneux

Isn’t it always the way – when you buy something new, that’s a sure fire way of bring in the rain. On the Wednesday before the Easter break, Jan and I battled torrential rain to take a potential new car in for a mechanical check at Albion.

BMW E89 Z4

With a near full moon and intermittent clouds, it was a great opportunity to get some photos of the CBD at night

Brisbane CBD at night

Unusual I know –  but Victoria for once put on better weather than Queensland! The Australia day long weekend means the annual trip to Phillip Island.

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2015 Island Classic

Just off the coast of Queensland are the three largest sand islands in the world. The largest is the world heritage listed Fraser Island, about 200 km north of Brisbane. The second largest is North Stradbroke Island, off Brisbane’s southern coast. Immediately north of North Stradbroke and forming the eastern boundary of Moreton Bay is Moreton Island. Moreton Island is the third largest of these.

On New Year’s Day we visited Moreton for perhaps the fourth time.

Continue reading New Year’s Day on Moreton Island →

It’s starting to become something of a tradition for me, visiting Dave and Sheryl while they are house sitting on the Sunshine Coast. Today I spent the day at the beach.

Continue reading Peregian Beach →

A couple of weeks ago, Matthew flew down from Townsville and shouted himself an early Christmas present

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