Another walk to Chatswood for some more gear shopping. This time some tops for Leanne. We’re still looking for a waterproof jacket and a fleece for her, plus some t-shirts and shirts. We found shirts and t-shirts in Paddy Pallin which suited her, but she wasn’t convinced about any of the waterproof jackets or the fleeces. We … [Read More »]
Third jab and more gear
Oops – forgot my doctors appointment at 9am this morning – suffered complete brain fade and didn’t remember until we were nearly ready to head in to town to do some more gear shopping. I’ve been on an accelerated course of Hepatitis-B immunisations in preparation for our trip. Normally you have one injection up front, … [Read More »]
Gear Shopping: Thursday night in Chatswood
Walked over to Chatswood this evening to look at some more gear – my goal was to get a waterproof jacket and Polartec fleece. I had previously found a jacket that fit me in Columbia (and a variation on that jacket at Mountain Design), but I found a better fitting Mountain Hard Wear jacket with better … [Read More »]
Sim’ is back online
I just had a Telstra technician (a real Telstra guy – not a contractor) come and fix my phone line. What seems to have happened is that the technicians who originally came out to fix our neighbour’s problems got confused with the network layout. The cabling that runs up the street is very old (60+ years the Telstra … [Read More »]
Traffic and trekking
We had planned to go to the zoo today – spend the day trialing our gear (boots, pants and day packs), while also practicing with our new cameras (the DSLR and the new digital compact which arrived on Friday). We even packed some of the left-over meat and salad from Christmas lunch so we could … [Read More »]
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