Monday 26 December 2016, Boxing Day public holiday. I’m in Melbourne (VK3) for a family Christmas gathering. Today I have a leave-pass from the Boxing Day shopping chaos which my wife and my sister consider to be more entertaining than a 14 km trail hike in temperatures of 30 to 32 degrees C. Personally I…
Monday 30 November 2015. I’m in Melbourne for a family gathering held on Saturday evening. As luck would have it, my wife talked of a shopping day for Monday, which presented me with an opportunity to be as far away from Ringwood shopping center as is humanly possible. With my wife commandeering the Skoda, my…
Federation Range VK3/VN-029 1482 metres ASL, Yarra Ranges National Park VKFF-556 Melbourne, Monday 22 December 2014. I’m in Melbourne for a family gathering and today everyone is at work. Perfect weather for a day in mountains, problem is there are so many high scoring SOTA peaks in the outer east, I’m spoilt for choice. I…
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