I have a bit of a backlog of posts about recent walks which I am working through. Last week I found myself in Ainslie for an appointment which ended at lunch time, so I figured I’d go for a walk. There is a series of geocaches near Campbell Park West (a set of office buildings…
Category: Diary
Lunchtime geocaching
So, I didn’t get to sleep last night until 4:30am because of a combination of work meetings and small children, so today was a pretty weird day for me. I was having a lot of trouble concentrating at lunch time, so I decided a walk was the least worst thing I could do with my…
Garran green strip
When I was a teenager my best mate lived in a house which backs onto this smallish reserve and we used to walk his dog here heaps. I had a few spare moments yesterday, so I was keen to do a quick explore and see what its like now. The short answer is that its…
Wandering around Curtin
I decided to go on a little walk on the way home from a work lunch and I don’t regret it. This is a nice area, which I was exploring for geocaches. I probably wouldn’t have come here at all, but it was the second part of the “Trees of Curtin” walk from Best Bush,…
Second trail run
I went for my second trail run last night. This one was on much rockier terrain, and I ended up tweaking my right knee. I think that was related to the knee having to stabilize as I ran over uneven rocks. I’ll experiment by finding a different less awkward trail to run and seeing what…
Old Joe and Goorooyarroo
Steve, Mel, Michael and I went for a walk to Old Joe trig yesterday. I hadn’t been to Goorooyarroo at all before, and was quite impressed. The terrain is nice, with some steep bits as you get close to the border (its clear that the border follows the water catchment from a walk around here)….
First trail run
So, now I trail run apparently. This was a test run for a hydration vest (thanks Steven Hanley for the loaner!). It was fun, but running up hills is evil.
Camp Cottermouth
I spent the weekend at a Scout camp at Camp Cottermouth. The light on the hills here in the mornings is magic.
Exploring for a navex
I feel like I need more detailed maps of Mount Stranger than I currently have in order to layout a possible navex. I there spent a little time this afternoon wandering down the fire trail to mark all the gates in the fence. I need to do a little more of this before its ready…
On running
I’ve been running for a little while now, but I don’t mention it here much. I think I mostly don’t mention it because I normally just post photos here, and I don’t tend to stop and take happy snaps on my runs. The runs started off pretty modest — initially I struggled with shin splints…