Thursday, 26 February 2009

Barra, Cars and wake boards.

The great Aussie Barramundi are really easy to catch every cast lands a fish -forget oceans and rivers it's a lot more fun if you fish on a fish farm!
What happens if you a child's ride on Action Man electric car with a top speed of 4km an hour and squeeze in a nice big Honda engine in? You crash at speeds up to 60km an hour, cool !


This is perhaps the most insane mode of transport I have ever tried to ride. First off Dan did a demonstration hurtling along the pond banks bouncing in the air with a trail of dust and stones before a slight miss calculation caused him to end up on two wheels around a corner and come flying off. Well I had been threw all the safely brief - "she's pretty wild mate,don't come off!"

The clutch in on a switch so it is on or off, forget gently letting the clutch out! I turned up the revs switch the clutch on an before I new It I was flying along on the pond bank on two wheels with the front wheels in the air. Flicking the clutch off brought the front wheels down so I hit the switch again and was once again looking at the clouds. I made it about thirty meters on the back wheels leaning forward trying to get the front onto the ground before a corner. Then due to a slight bout of extreme terror my clenched hands were left holding a little plastic steering wheel which was no longer attached to the car. At that point I came flying off the back skidding along the gravel. Dan came running over to me as I lay wide eyed, white knuckled and still clenching the steering wheel - "That was awesome, Mate"
Post crash reconstruction - don't try this at home kids!



At the cable ski park waiting to be pulled violently from the edge. If you survive the start you then fly across the water around a lake being pulled by an overhead cable until you hit a ramp fly into the air smash into the water face first. By some complete fluke and of course a lot of skill I even landed a jump and kept on going, much to the disappointment of the onlookers who really enjoyed my "stack it" technique! I am limping about today like a cripple and everything aches but it was fantastic fun.

Monday, 23 February 2009

Sun, sea and sand

Sailing in a lagoon with the cousins whilst staying on the sunshine coast.
Beach bum!

Monday, 16 February 2009

Down Under.

Greetings from Aus, life here is awesome its great catching up with old friends. I arrived the day before I turned thirty - just in time for cake!




Uni friend Tim and his boat. As we left the marina the radio chirped up " this is the Queensland Coast Guard with a sever weather warning" it was a little windy but lots of fun can't wait to get back out.



Cricket may have been rained off just as it was getting good, at least the bar stayed open.

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Big cats!


Big barbel in the drains around the ponds make for a good fight. When you have spent a busy day fishing what better way to unwind but by going fishing!