A Weekend of Adventure

Well last weekend we embarked on a few new activities. Some of which we'll do again, and others we won't. We flew down to the Sunshine Coast with friends Mark and Vicki for a long weekend (for those of you on the other side of the Pacific the sunshine coast is an area just north of Brisbane). This is something we'll definitely do again. We did a bit of shopping. Again, definitely a repeat activity. And then...the adventure begins in the Glasshouse Mountains. On Friday, just for kicks, we decided to climb shear faces cliffs and then throw ourselves back off them. Okay, perhaps that's a little melodramatic. We went rockclimbing and abseiling. Okay, perhaps that's a bit ambitious. Some of us (uh hum, that would be me) attempted abseiling. Others, as in Mark, Vicki and Tom, successfully rockclimbed and abseiled. And Mark and Vicki even flopped themselves off a 45m cliff in the end. I think the rockclimbing will be a repeat for both of us but I have to say abseiling is not my cup of tea. Perhaps in my 20's I wouldn't have thought twice about this but at the ripe old age of 36, my judgement has finally swung to the conservative side. And although Tom completed the abseiling, I'm not entirely certain he'll be running back for another one. After all, he did skip the 45m drop.

With those activities ticked of our list of "must try in your lifetime" activities, Tom moved onto Adventure Racing on Sunday. For those of you unfamiliar with this particular form of "fun", it's a race which combines running, kayaking, swimming and mountain biking. This race was part of the "Area 51" series and Mark, Vicki and Tom finished 19th out of 35 "premier mixed" teams and completed their race in about 5 1/2 hours. It took place in State Forest land near the Glasshouse Mountains. This is definitely a repeat activity for Tom with plans already in the making for the "Hell's Bells" race in July which is a 24 hour race. Just imagine doing all of this fun in the dark! Hmmmm....personally I'll stick to my own favourite repeat activity which is shopping...

A New Blog

As I've mentioned to a few people, I really didn't feel my life was interesting enough to warrant a blog on its own. Quite frankly, working & studying don't always provide many opportunities for entertaining stories. Tom however seems to get himself into some good photo ops so I figured we'll do one for both of us. No promises on quality content or regular updates, but at least it lets everyone see what we get up to. It also forces me to take more photos. For those of you who know my sister "the photographer", I am the opposite. I long ago learned that my photography talent was limited and the memories were always much better than the photos. As they say, never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Regardless, we'll give it a go and see if we can't provide a bit of amusement for everyone.