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Well we have gone down the oaks trail from Woodford to Glenbrook, so why not ride up??? This time, Richard, Tsalina, Luke, and I decided to ride up from Glenbrook to Woodford. It was a tough ride up hill but totally worth it when we came flying back down. Finally discovered the Single track at the oaks and yeah it was worth it alright. All up it was about 20km up hill and 20 back down. Great ride.
Well finally, I got down to the snows. This year the Australian snow season has been pretty ordinary. With not much snow falling and a base that stands around 45cm. I haven’t got down to the snows much, that and a few niggling injuries have slowed me down. But finally made it out there this last weekend. Good old Shredders was very icy and patchy in places. Lots of ice and rock and it was highly advisable to stick to the groomed areas.
But we had heaps of fun anyway. The terrain parks were open with mainly boxes and rails which were fun. Except for those few who found the box and rails a bit too hard! Ouch!!
Sunday it was really windy so most areas were really slow to get access to, which sucked but that’s the story of thredders..
One highlight was on Sunday when I had to chase some strangers snowboard down through the terrain park. He let it go and it hit 2 people (then his binding came off) and then it kepted going. As was flying after it and I remember thinking, hhmm what happens if I do catch up with it what do I do?? Anyway as I rounded the corner I had to scream out cause it was flying so fast. IT eventually hit someone sitting down but luckily the board took most of the impact. Ouch. He was spewing at me for a while but after a few moments he realised I was helping out and had nothing to do with it! Then the loser came walking down and picked up his board. Stoopid foolz.. Always have a leash on if you don’t know what your doing!
Anyway the snow started falling last night so hopefully more snow and a base the next time I go in 2 weeks time. Fingers crossed..
Sunday morning rain is falling
Steal some covers share some skin
Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable
You twist to fit the mold that I am in
But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do
And I would gladly hit the road get up and go if I knew
That someday it would bring me back to you
That someday it would bring me back to you
That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on sunday morning
And I never want to leave
Fingers trace your every outline
Paint a picture with my hands
Back and forth we sway like branches in a storm
Change the weather still together when it ends
That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on sunday morning
And I never want to leave
But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do
Sunday morning rain is falling and I’m calling out to you
Singing someday it’ll bring me back to you
Find a way to bring myself home to you
And you may not know
That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow?
Well what happened in that last 30 seconds was devestating, but what was worse is that we couldn’t score against 10 men! Pretty amazed at the support that the socceroos got. Went to Star City to watch the game nice and early at 1am.
Started out there was a huge line to get to the main scream outside the food court area, and it just grew. This was at 10pm. But eventually we got into the casino and walked around. There were screens everywhere so you weren’t goin to miss the action.
Karina came late cause she went to Coldplay concert, but the lines in were huge at that time. took her about 1 hr to get in, and she just got in on time to see the kickoff.
Eventually everyone took the seats from poker machines, tables, bars any chair that was not bolted was moved infront of a big screen. It was amazing to see that when the game was on, no one was playing machines, and most of the tables were empty. Once half time came, everyone was back on the machines and tables.
Stopped a nation probably. The atmosphere was ok, but could have been better live. Lots of ooohs and ahhhs, followed by the normal, you #@&* get up, stop diving.
But in the end, i think the Socceroos weren’t good enough. We should have won that game, but it would have been hard to break the italians defence. They only let 1 real goal in the whole World Cup, the other was an own goal. Even with 10 players they defended awesome, and on the counter they were very smooth. While the socceroos toiled away and you could see the skill level as a team wasn’t as good as Italy. I guess we did miss "gout boy" but in the end not good enough.
So I think everyone who says we should have won and got robbed, well we didn’t make the most of our chances, it sucks cause after italy we would have had an awesome chance against Ukraine, but alas next time.
Don’t blame Lucas Neil, he was the best player, got lazy in 5 seconds and had to pay for it, that sucks. Neil MVP for Socceroos man.
The queens birthday weekend is a Long weekend that we always like. Few things are special around this time. One thing is its my birthday and also its our anniversary. This year we decided to head to Malaysia for a short trip. Namely to shop and relax.
We booked to stay at the Sunway Lagoon Villas in KL. Reviews said it was a good resort however a bit far out from downtown KL. But the Cab fares and challenges of getting to the CBD was no problem and super cheap.
In downtown my favourite place has got to be Sungai Wai, home of the cheap electronics and DVDS, also heaps of cheap clothing and good shopping. We did a lot of shopping during our stay, at places like Sungai Wai, Lot 10, 1utama, also in Chinatown in Petaling Street and a few other places. Heaps of good imitation stuff. We both stocked up. Be good to go back and find more bargains.
One of the best things was to bargain with the shops even tho it was a bargain to start with. One of the highlights I guess was when I bargained for a belt that was 20 Ringgit to 10 Ringgit. But the thing was I bargained for a bit and eventually he wouldn’t move. So I walked away, and I was about 3 stalls down and you just hear “OK LAH, 10!” followed by a Hand sticking out waving me in! ahhahah Crack up.
Next on the hit list was celebrating our 5 year Anniversary and what way to do it but get pampered. We went to Ritz Carlton for a couples package. Karina got a total body and pamper package with a body wrap massage, and rose bath, while I got a body scrub and a massage including sauna. We both came out so relaxed. It was amazing. That was my first massage and can’t wait to get another like that.
We did do some sightseeing here, we went up to the Sunway Lagoon theme park, Genting Highlands and the Batu Caves, but that’s about it I think. Other than that relaxed and enjoyed the time together in KL. The weather was good only rained a few times, and once really heavy. One thing you must take into account is the traffic was nuts. A few good memories was driving in packed traffic with motorbikes hooning around everywhere.
Food was awesome in KL, I missed all the stuff from a while ago. Yum, Karina loved it too and even tho we ate a lot we also walked it off. Secret was to eat little but a lot of times. Anyway can’t wait to head out on another quick break.
How many people out there own a pair of jeans. You probably would say everyone, considering they "Jeans for Genes" day. Well I never had a pair of Jeans before EVER! The word is "HAD", I finally got me a pair of Jeans thanks to my lovely Karina.
Well I guess its time to venture out and wear them hey, It will be weird especially as I love wearing shorts and if I did need long pants it would be either my Cargo’s or work pants, but casually nothing beats shorts.
I never thought about jeans because they seemed to be very tight and restrictive. I guess that hasn’t changed.
It would have been quite entertaining watching me try on these jeans, I had no idea what types or styles, but thanks to K managed to sort myself out.
So many decisions, Colour, shade, style, cut, leg length, waist, like damn, and after all that I bought my jeans, and they got holes in them. Sheesh.
One good thing is my ass size has shrunk, down to a size 33, from a size 38 i think. DAMN!!
Last day of the Easter break we decided to head over to Perisher side and have a look at Charlotte’s Pass. Never been there in winter so, why not head there in summer.
Well the weather forecast wasn’t the best, but we still attempted to hike from Friday Flats to top of Mt Kosciuszko. The mission started with Max, Massimo, Yuli, Karina and I as we attempted to reach the peak. Our estimate was it would take about 5 hrs to reach the peak. So we set off with our lunches bought from sundance and lots of energy.
For the climb up we used the Merrits Nature Trail to get to the top. There were a lot of nice views through the valley. Its weird being here when there is no snow around. It makes you appreciate nature a bit. Also it gives us a view of whats under the snow. 
I Never expected there to be that many rocks and boulders under the snow here. I was expecting grass from top to bottom with the occasional rocks.
This time of the year the weather was ever changing, near the top of the walk it got a bit steeper and the snow had accumulated already. If only there was a little more I would have brought the snowboard. We went pass the famous picnic table that people jump off in winter. Might try it this year.
After about 1hr 30 minutes of going up and passing a lot of bewildered people walking down, we reached Eagles Nest. Massimo was very tired and looking like a good hot coffee or chocolate would help his tired body. So we stopped, luckily cause the wind was houling and the temperatures had dropped. Seemed like a typical day at thredbo in winter! but this was Autumn!
As the sign read, the walk up was closed to people who didn’t bring sub artic hiking gear. So our plan of attack now was to head back down and into town to get a good meal and maybe organise our bikes for tomorrow. Our walk to the summit had been thwarted. DAMN!
Now for the decent, what way should we go, our decision, straight down the super trail! 
The thinking was it would be easier, but walking down a steep hill that is uneven really hurts. We found that out. Luckily we all made it down safely. But Max and Karina almost fell down into a wombat hole.
Have you ever just been in some strange place and just bumped into someone you know? well as we were walking down I was at the back of the pack enjoying the view, and we saw people ahead. Which was followed by the casual greetings of "how you going? is it far to go?". As I walked further ahead, it turned out to be my cousin and auntie from canberra walking up as well! Stanger place to meet up.
After casually catching up, we proceeded back down and back to Jindy. Driving back we bumped into some local wildlife. 
What a nice day, shame never reached the peak but still have a lot of time to achieve that goal.
Easter break and our plans are to head down the coast to Jindabyne via Bega and the south coast. This weekend should be full of mountain biking and outdoor adventures, or so we hope.
We headed off at 10am, thought we would either miss the traffic or get caught right up in it. That and we were both up til 2am, either packing or just relaxing. So after finally getting our stuff packed and into the car we were off down the coast.
Everything was kinda smooth sailing, petrol wasn’t extremely high for Easter. We filled up for $1.28, which sounds so expensive but is relatively cheap these days. Then continued down the coast. But once we hit Heathcote we started to see some traffic, but it was nothing compared to what we will get up ahead. The day was nice and calm with sunshine and blue skies.
Further along the road, all memories of the long lonely drives down to Shellharbour and Milton for work came back. But this time I had Karina with me. But she did spend most of the time sleeping.
Just as we hit Albion Park the traffic built up and we were in the traffic jam from hell. Crawling along from Albion Park to Shellharbour. The pace was so slow it wasn’t funny. I’m talking about so slow that old ladies were walking faster than us on the side. Eventually we peeled off onto back streets to try and skip ahead of the traffic jam. This succeeded and we ended up towards the front of the traffic jam. Eventually once pass Kiama the traffic flowed, with the new Bombo by pass finish it was smooth sailing. We stopped at SOMETHING POINT to have a look at the view and have a quick snack.
Next stop should be Batemans Bay. The drive down here was uneventful, but the scenery was nice and very relaxing. So relaxing Karina went to sleep again. Just before Berry we did however hit some traffic but after ducking down through some back streets I managed to get ahead of most of the traffic. Passing through Nowra, we decided to stop and get a map as later on we were going to do some bush bashing just to get to Jindabyne.
Finally reaching BatemansBay at about 3pm a full 2 hours after we should have, we had some seafood lunch, quick and ordinary but it wasn’t that good. We grabbed some fresh prawns for the Hiroshima Yaki.
Our plans were to stop in Bega and see what the place was to offer but it was getting late so we had to swing by Bega and head off to Nimmitabel and start our bush bashing adventure.
Bega to Nimmitabel was a good drive up the mountains with top speed being about 60km/ph. On a windy road. It was awesome drive but it started pouring rain, which made it a bit hard, but it was awesome drive. Winding my way up the top of the mountain in the dark with rain and leaves falling everywhere. Once at the top of the mountain it was a pretty straight drive to Nimmitabel.
Once we arrived here it was off onto the adventure. Then our next destination was Dalgety. But this was via 15km of dirt tracks with no lights and no real road signs. Actually there were no road signs. On the way through here I decided that 80km/ph was a safe speed so headed off at that speed around the course. The course was full gravel with ruts in the middle and wet patches all over the place. IT was almost like a rally track. Yuli did warn me about the kangaroos and other animals that were in the area. SO my eyes were kinda peeled. Managed to miss 4 rabbits, 5 sheep and probably 2 kangaroos, well I hope they were kangaroos. But what I did manage to hit was a tree stump in the middle of the road. So at this stage damage is not that bad. After reaching Dalgety it was almost at the end. Finally crossing The snowy river and over towards Jindabyne, and down to Yuli place where she had a Roast dinner and dessert waiting for us. What a day. All driving. But tomorrow should be all exercise and that should make for great adventure.
