Something's Fishy...

I ran over a FISH on Saturday morning, as it was crossing the road. It looked to be maybe a bit over a foot long. I've never done that before. It was on the Nambour-Maroochydore Rd, as we heading up to Noosa.  Some parts of the Sunshine (Hah!) Coast had more than 800mm of rain in three days!! Unbelievable. Hopefully some of the runoff will make its way to the dams that feed Brisbane.

Mountain Climbing

Went driving around Mt Mee this weekend. VERY dry, and the storms and showers this week are much appreciated. Good fun driving. Tried a long, steep, dusty, shale-y hill, but didn't get as far as Geoff's Prado. Didn't really expect to, but you've gotta try, sometimes.

Also didn't manage to follow him thru a tight, twisty and well-holed climb. I have decided that the extra leaf in the rear, although it has increased the ride height and load-carrying capacity, has decreased the amount of rear axle articulation with normal loading. That is, with a bunch more kilos in the boot, the axle would have twisted as much as a standard-sprung Charlie, allowing the wheels to stay on the ground in deeper holes. This was what pulled me up short on the weekend. I wasn't touching the ground with anything but tyres, but too few tyres… A front diff-lock would have helped, as would a (working) rear LSD. Ah well. There's always Christmas…

Photos rarely show a good perspective of climbs, but the vid I took of Geoff's climb should look good, when I get my camera back from Pat.

Couple of the dudes with us were a bit cowboyish. Full throttle, arms and legs akimbo, kids standing on seats etc… I can't figure out how people can let their kids ride in the car with no seat belts. Weird. Maybe they don't like them?

Happy eKKa Day!

Day off yesterday, mid week. Feels like a while since that has happened. We went for a fundraising walk along the river, from Southbank out to Kangaroo point, over the Storey Bridge and back to Southbank via the Botanical Gardens and the Goodwill Bridge. Nicely.

I saw a truck and car crash; or rather heard the squeal and turned around and there was a truck, pushing along the car. 'Course I had to take photos then, 'cos that's what you do these days...









Then today I got the bike serviced for the first time in a loooong time... Yeah, it hurt. And gotta go back. Sounds just like a dentist. The "loaner" bike i got was a ZRX1200. First time I've ridden one of them. Pretty cool, plenty o'torque. Bit windy tho.

I think there was something else I was going to say too.... Oh well.