The day I took my best friend into the wilderness

Posted on August 1, 2020 by marilyn

KU-RING-GAI CHASE NATIONAL PARK – 1 August 2020
You would think I’d learn wouldn’t you.  I thought I was going to do a nice easy walk so invited along my best friend as, from what I’d seen of the walk previously, it was really nice.  Turned out not to be such a great idea. Continue reading →

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Putting my money where my mouth is!

Posted on August 1, 2020 by marilyn

At the start of the COVID-19 Lockdown, the Australian Government sent me some money. I didn’t need it, but there’s a lot of people out there in Australia who do, so I thought I’d pass it on to rural Australia where people are doing it tough, first the bushfires, then flooding and now they’re in and out of lockdown.  I spent most of my period of lockdown on-line shopping looking around for products “made in Australia” so here’s the first of my reviews …  Continue reading →

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Freeze Dried Honey – Yum!

Posted on July 27, 2020 by marilyn

GO WILD! CHATHAM ISLANDS FREEZE DRIED HONEY
Walking around Queenstown (NZ) back in February, the Legendary Louise and I popped into a liquor store (for some supplies – lol) and there was a package of freeze dried honey in a promotional display.  We raced to the counter to try and buy some, only to discover that the package in the display was all they had. Continue reading →

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Protected: IYDM Trip #4 – Monkey Ropes Creek

Posted on July 20, 2020 by marilyn

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Warning people about the exposure might have been a good idea

Posted on July 11, 2020 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS NP – 11 July 2020
I’d forgotten how exposed some of these abseil trips could be.  I was introducing some people to canyoning (a nice easy trip – Whore’s Bed) and as it’s a short day, I added on a multi pitch abseil trip that I hadn’t done yet.  I can’t remember if I’d warned anyone of the exposure (bit of an oversight on my part).  Big thanks to David for leading the (very exposed) abseil pitches for us. Continue reading →

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