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Bradley at School, Skiing

Bradley’s Snow Trip – Thursday 26th

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These are my entries from Facebook for those that aren’t my “friends”:

11:51 The snow has been falling all week and the powder is deeper than me and then some. Makes it impossible to ski back to the lodge without having to swim through 2m snow

16:13 Reportedly the best snow in 8 years for falls. Fox trail is about 1 metre higher than usual and took several runs to make it even skiable through the powder.

22:00 My group was skiing past an American snowboarder when one kid cut him off. He then did a perfect John McInroe “You can not be serious!”

Geocaching, Holidays

Yorkes Geocaching – Day 3

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The final day of my Yorke Peninsula Geocaching trip and the weather was mixed with sunshine then rain, strong winds but very cold. I am not complaining though as this weather will find its way across to the snowfields of Falls Creek and drop a record amount of snow.

Starting at Point Turton, the trip took me through Warooka, Hardwicke Bay, Brentwood, Minlaton ending up at Bluff Beach for lunch. One thing I have noticed on the Peninsula is the large amount of building going on at coastal settlements. And we are not talking shacks but 3 car garage, 2 storey houses.

After being blown away at lunch, I kept moving up the coast to Port Victoria and coffee with Mollypix.

It was now time to head inland through Maitland and the dirt roads were no different to 12 months ago with all the rain and mud.

As it was approaching dark, I grabbed more caches coming out at Paskeville before hitting the road to home.

Today’s count was 68 finds with 6 DNF’s. Total for the weekend was 183 geocache finds and 19 DNF’s – a long way short of the 300 I was hoping for but I guess that leaves 150 for the next trip 🙂

GC1Y693 - Stoned
GCPP8Q - Brentwood
GCPP8W - Brentwood
GC1XR60 - Windmall
GCA01F - Mick
GC1K9CP - Bluff Beach Rocks
GC1AKBZ - Kooly Harvest
GC1PRM3 - Koolywurtie School
GCWXJ9 - Wauralwhere?
GC22CXQ - Wauraltee Salt
GC1T7NE - A Blast from the Past
GC25DTA - Cowboy Crossing
GC25DTA - Cowboy Crossing

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Geocaching

Yorkes Geocaching – Day 2

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After grabbing a few caches around Yorketown last night it was time to head across the south coast.

Starting at Edithburgh, went through wind farms and sheep farms, then visited some spectacular coastline which has caused many ship wrecks over the years including the Clan Ranald and the Ethel.

Did quite a bit of walking in sand dunes to grab some caches in Innes National Park including a FTF at Inneston. Visited 2 lighthouses while down there – one at West Cape and the other at Cape Spencer.

After leaving the Innes National Park, I headed north along the coast to Gleesons Landing and Corny Point. Another lighthouse at Corny Point then across the top of the foot to Point Turton.

It was now dark and with the Tavern at the top of the hill and the caravan park at the bottom of the hill and free WiFi at both, the decision to call it a night here was made. After a seafood meal at the tavern, back to the cabin to log some finds.

Count for today given the large amount of walking for caches was 37 with 4 DNF’s but there was one FTF.

GC25HQH - The Final Departure
GCQ9H3 - Wattles in the wind
GCQ9H3 - Wattles in the wind
GCQ9H3 - Wattles in the wind
GCQ9H3 - Wattles in the wind
GC1D3ZF - Robert
TP1546 - Troubridge Hill
TP1546 - Troubridge Hill
GA1092 - What Anchor?
GA1092 - What Anchor?
GCJN3N - Port no Moor
GC12795 - Batman
GC3609 - Clifftop Panorama
GC3609 - Clifftop Panorama
GC3609 - Clifftop Panorama
GC3609 - Clifftop Panorama
GC360A - Butlers Revenge
GC360A - Butlers Revenge
GC360A - Butlers Revenge
GC360A - Butlers Revenge

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Geocaching

Yorkes Geocaching – Day 1

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I awoke to more noise coming from the hall next door. This time it was the setting up of the Polling Booth – how convenient, I now knew where I was going to vote.

I went into vote and they said I wasn’t a local – wonder what gave it away. Placed the vote and hit the road grabbing some caches at Black Point and Port Julia.

The weather was so different from overnight with sunny skies and calm water in the Gulf. There were a few fishermen on the various jetties but other than that it was fairly deserted.

I moved inland to Curramulka which was a little geocache hot spot. From the signs here, I could see where the Rocky Glen Grommets got some of their pathtag designs.

It was time to play in the mud again and head back to the coast to Port Vincent and then down the coast to Stansbury. Found most of the caches at Vincent but had a poor find rate at Stansbury :-(.

Kept moving down the coast to Wool Bay with a few multi-cache finds before stopping for the night at the Edithburgh Caravan Park. The weather was looking to be rough again tonight and so grabbed the last cabin. The football was in town so accommodation was tight. The best thing was they had free wifi so I could log my finds for the day. (Bradley had my Vodafone dongle in the snow so free wifi was great.)

Total Finds for the day was 78 geocache finds with 9 DNF’s – not a bad days work but well short of where I wanted to be.

GC1Z2E5 - Public Property
GC2649F - To the Point
GC1Q8DG - Julia\'s Catch
GC1Q8DG - Julia\'s Catch
GC1K04T - Sheoak View
GC1K04V - Roo Crossing
GC1Z2F2 - Cranbrook School
GC1YQ94 - Farmer Ozzy
GC1YQ94 - Farmer Ozzy
GC1RTTK - Ruined
GC217QT - Windmill Corner
GC22ACT - Curry Cocky
GC1E1QZ - Curry Lights
GC1VYF7 - Farmer S. Bush
GC1ZK11 - Lake in Pink
GC1ZK11 - Lake in Pink
GC1ZK11 - Lake in Pink
GC22P2Q - Yorke Ahoy
GC1XNRK - Port Vincent
GC1XAK8 - Tanked

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Bradley at School, Skiing

Bradley’s Snow Trip – Saturday 21st

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These are my entries from Facebook for those that aren’t my “friends”:

08:00 Woke up after 7 for the first time in a week. Snowing outside too

08:35 Ceebs getting out of bed, so hungry though

12:39 Snow is incredible today, too bad i have noone to share it with 🙁

Tummy’s rumbling, lunch time!

16:34 Snow was epic today. Best runs were Last Hoot and Milky Way (run under Falls Express). First ever stack for 2010. Was at the top of Milky way and hit some powder which flipped me sideways down the hill. Landing was soft though 😛 Just before that on the previous Milky Way run I hit a huge lump at high speed, getting ma…ssive air and landing upright in a huge pile of powder and skiing off as usual

16:43 No clue what to do… GTA?

19:44 Annoying how it takes longer to prepare and clean up a meal, than it does to actually eat it

20:06 There is absolutely nothing to do here after the lifts are closed and tea is eaten