Inside of Outside
Worked on the Pantry. Architraves. Good times. Drove to Whitfield. High plains beautiful but foggy. Found out about Japan. Drove to Typo. Called Mom, Dad, Matthew. All's well, except nuclear possibility. Slept in the office. Listened to Sunwrae. Beautiful.
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Showing posts with label fun. Show all posts
22 April 2011
Aus 51
Inside of Outside
Love the pace at Mitta. Movement, but not frenetic. Might change with larger group. Woke. Porridge. Bowl frisbee. Stinky octo-plant. Hiked. Refreshing Mtn. Streams. Got to know Phil better today. Led him over a giant log. Fed him some carrots. Longest ever shopping game. 20 questions. Caroline-look-a-like. Arrived at Mittagundi. Warmth and friendship and food and community and music. Bec gave me a leaf from the love-heart tree. Bec gave everyone a leaf from the love-heart tree. Taught Jacinta some guitar.
Love the pace at Mitta. Movement, but not frenetic. Might change with larger group. Woke. Porridge. Bowl frisbee. Stinky octo-plant. Hiked. Refreshing Mtn. Streams. Got to know Phil better today. Led him over a giant log. Fed him some carrots. Longest ever shopping game. 20 questions. Caroline-look-a-like. Arrived at Mittagundi. Warmth and friendship and food and community and music. Bec gave me a leaf from the love-heart tree. Bec gave everyone a leaf from the love-heart tree. Taught Jacinta some guitar.
Aus 50
Inside of Outside
Woke early to make porridge. Received gratitude all day. Fun to be up before everyone else. Should do more. Packed and hit the road. Started hiking before noon. Met Bec and Phil (the horse) 1st. Good to see Bec. Like her. Group is awesome. Trip is like vacation, hardly like work at all. Lots of laughter. Games. Good conversations. Sweet lunch. Oh yeah. Beautiful scenery. Snowgums and misty mountain tops and spreading valley vistas. Beautiful campsite. I love drinking straight from Earth. Jokefest around campfire and couscous. Wrong tent! All 5 girls in one. Bed to the sound of the stream.
Woke early to make porridge. Received gratitude all day. Fun to be up before everyone else. Should do more. Packed and hit the road. Started hiking before noon. Met Bec and Phil (the horse) 1st. Good to see Bec. Like her. Group is awesome. Trip is like vacation, hardly like work at all. Lots of laughter. Games. Good conversations. Sweet lunch. Oh yeah. Beautiful scenery. Snowgums and misty mountain tops and spreading valley vistas. Beautiful campsite. I love drinking straight from Earth. Jokefest around campfire and couscous. Wrong tent! All 5 girls in one. Bed to the sound of the stream.
Aus 49
Inside of Outside
Woke. Filled Barrels. Picked up K. and a coffee. Rubiks Cube! Errands! Bkfast@Early Bird. Drew some pictures. Went to the rural store for feed. Horse, chicken, dog. Train station. Met the girls for the hike. River chat and delish lunch. Drove to Tawonga. Gear up. Chill. Work. Laugh. Play. Eat. Cook. Traditions. Make fires. Good times. Yutes are awesome. So chill. Completely different pace than BA. Beautiful country. Harder to keep entries short when living life less simply. Mitta is pretty simple though. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Woke. Filled Barrels. Picked up K. and a coffee. Rubiks Cube! Errands! Bkfast@Early Bird. Drew some pictures. Went to the rural store for feed. Horse, chicken, dog. Train station. Met the girls for the hike. River chat and delish lunch. Drove to Tawonga. Gear up. Chill. Work. Laugh. Play. Eat. Cook. Traditions. Make fires. Good times. Yutes are awesome. So chill. Completely different pace than BA. Beautiful country. Harder to keep entries short when living life less simply. Mitta is pretty simple though. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Aus 48
Inside of Outside
Woke early. Milked Sambo the cow with Raku. Warm fresh milk straight from the cow is better than other stuff. Baked bread with Raku. Love wood-fired ovens. Met Toby. Paperwork. Packed. Drove with Bec to Mt. Beauty. Highlands are beautiful! Can't wait to hike them. God convos and cassette tapes on the drive. Passed on a hello to Laura through an OEG crew. Fun on the CB. Errands. Toured RBs house! Amazing! Huge! Beautiful! Curry and a hot tub. Turned lots of his stuff upside down! Books, microwave, stools, spices, etc. Drove to Tawonga hut. Unload, set-up, take stock, have beers, etc.
Woke early. Milked Sambo the cow with Raku. Warm fresh milk straight from the cow is better than other stuff. Baked bread with Raku. Love wood-fired ovens. Met Toby. Paperwork. Packed. Drove with Bec to Mt. Beauty. Highlands are beautiful! Can't wait to hike them. God convos and cassette tapes on the drive. Passed on a hello to Laura through an OEG crew. Fun on the CB. Errands. Toured RBs house! Amazing! Huge! Beautiful! Curry and a hot tub. Turned lots of his stuff upside down! Books, microwave, stools, spices, etc. Drove to Tawonga hut. Unload, set-up, take stock, have beers, etc.
Aus 47
Inside of Outside
Drove to Mitta. Awesome valley-huge boulders above the river. Met Jane, Bec W, Raku, Jacinta. Re-met Bec B. Rafted the Mitta Mitta in tiny 2-person rafts. Helped Bec and Bec learn to guide. Awesome food! Fresh! From the garden! Slept in fresh air on gear shed verandah. Played guitar until too late. Met Jac.
Drove to Mitta. Awesome valley-huge boulders above the river. Met Jane, Bec W, Raku, Jacinta. Re-met Bec B. Rafted the Mitta Mitta in tiny 2-person rafts. Helped Bec and Bec learn to guide. Awesome food! Fresh! From the garden! Slept in fresh air on gear shed verandah. Played guitar until too late. Met Jac.
Aus 46
Inside of Outside
Early morning. Drove to Dinner Plain. Toured the Alpine School. Hung out with Tiwana. Dinner of Gnocchi and veggies. Watched a movie.
Early morning. Drove to Dinner Plain. Toured the Alpine School. Hung out with Tiwana. Dinner of Gnocchi and veggies. Watched a movie.
Aus 45
Inside of Outside
Went to the office. Met Paul. Chatted with Andy. Biked to Ben's. Chilled. Dinner with Nez, Rolf, and Wrae. Good times. Late night.
Went to the office. Met Paul. Chatted with Andy. Biked to Ben's. Chilled. Dinner with Nez, Rolf, and Wrae. Good times. Late night.
06 March 2011
Aus 44
Inside of Outside
Chill day. Didn't do much of anything. Vegged. Haven't done that in a while. Watched TV. Played guitar. Later, biked to Kate's with Ben and had a scrumptious birthday dinner. Ate some kumquats! right off the tree.
Chill day. Didn't do much of anything. Vegged. Haven't done that in a while. Watched TV. Played guitar. Later, biked to Kate's with Ben and had a scrumptious birthday dinner. Ate some kumquats! right off the tree.
Aus 43
Inside of Outside
Spent the whole morning playing with Yazi, Toby, Kalika, Zoe and Emilio. Cutest kids ever. I want one. Went shopping. Bought some stuff. Locked myself out of the car. Called RACV. Sat in the parking lot eating ice cream with a stick until they arrived. Got lots of strange looks. Stayed at Ben's place. Played guitar. Learning to pick.
Spent the whole morning playing with Yazi, Toby, Kalika, Zoe and Emilio. Cutest kids ever. I want one. Went shopping. Bought some stuff. Locked myself out of the car. Called RACV. Sat in the parking lot eating ice cream with a stick until they arrived. Got lots of strange looks. Stayed at Ben's place. Played guitar. Learning to pick.
Aus 42
Inside of Outside
Rafting! Some tension, but nothing major. Nearly pinned a raft! Flipped it later. Blokes throwing stones. One hit in the head. Fun day. Drove Sandy, Toby and Yazi to Melbourne. Toby and Yazi are seven and awesome. Sandy too. Stayed at Sandy's parents.
Rafting! Some tension, but nothing major. Nearly pinned a raft! Flipped it later. Blokes throwing stones. One hit in the head. Fun day. Drove Sandy, Toby and Yazi to Melbourne. Toby and Yazi are seven and awesome. Sandy too. Stayed at Sandy's parents.
Aus 41
Inside of Outside
Packed up from Gus's. Day of work. Helped a little with the gate. Worked on the frame with one of the young blokes. BBQ at the lake. Bonnie chased some kangaroos. Ran a meeting. Good idea, mediocre execution. Back to typo for Meringue and Blackberry coolie. Sang the guys to bed with Wagon Wheel and Snow is Gone. They were out by the last verse.
Packed up from Gus's. Day of work. Helped a little with the gate. Worked on the frame with one of the young blokes. BBQ at the lake. Bonnie chased some kangaroos. Ran a meeting. Good idea, mediocre execution. Back to typo for Meringue and Blackberry coolie. Sang the guys to bed with Wagon Wheel and Snow is Gone. They were out by the last verse.
Aus 40
Inside of Outside
Guys wanted to wake up early to do a workout with a personal trainer. Confused everyone. I set my alarm for 30 min before official wake time. Lots of questions about Canada. My office day. Did lots of little jobs. Started a frame, but didn't finish. Answered phone a lot. Went for a swim with the guys, then to Thomas and Gabbi's. Beautiful place with beautiful food forest. Fruits, veggies, herbs, grains, goats, pigs, etc. Have a beautiful little house, hutch, hut, thingy that made me really want to build something to live in. Pub with Claire. Faith and Cecilia showed up. Pool. Home. Watched the Green Hornet.
Guys wanted to wake up early to do a workout with a personal trainer. Confused everyone. I set my alarm for 30 min before official wake time. Lots of questions about Canada. My office day. Did lots of little jobs. Started a frame, but didn't finish. Answered phone a lot. Went for a swim with the guys, then to Thomas and Gabbi's. Beautiful place with beautiful food forest. Fruits, veggies, herbs, grains, goats, pigs, etc. Have a beautiful little house, hutch, hut, thingy that made me really want to build something to live in. Pub with Claire. Faith and Cecilia showed up. Pool. Home. Watched the Green Hornet.
Aus 39
Inside of Outside
Chill day. Second group of guys arrived. Much different. Eagerer to work. Older. Open up more. Good guys. Played Das Boot with them. Overview of the work to be done. Liked it. Gave them an idea of what they were doing. Suze is a great facilitator. Gus is awesome witih the blokes. Claire is a super organizer. Everybody loves Kate. Steve is great at details.
Chill day. Second group of guys arrived. Much different. Eagerer to work. Older. Open up more. Good guys. Played Das Boot with them. Overview of the work to be done. Liked it. Gave them an idea of what they were doing. Suze is a great facilitator. Gus is awesome witih the blokes. Claire is a super organizer. Everybody loves Kate. Steve is great at details.
Aus 37
Inside of Outside
Up and at 'em again. River meet at 1030. Borrowed Gus's yak. Frankie quite nervous. Ben, Kate, Claire all showed up too, plus bunch of people from the Valley. One six person raft and five kayakers. Took lots of photos and videos. Practiced back deck roll. Gracebrook for eats and photo swap, then to Typo to sort out some scheduling. Back to Gus's for peanut sauce pasta and stir fry.
Up and at 'em again. River meet at 1030. Borrowed Gus's yak. Frankie quite nervous. Ben, Kate, Claire all showed up too, plus bunch of people from the Valley. One six person raft and five kayakers. Took lots of photos and videos. Practiced back deck roll. Gracebrook for eats and photo swap, then to Typo to sort out some scheduling. Back to Gus's for peanut sauce pasta and stir fry.
Aus 36
Inside of Outside
Early up and meet at 845. Ben, Kate, Gus, Frankie, Me. Gather gear. Divvy gear. Load gear. Drive troopies to Lake Cobbler. Wowed by view of Dandongadale Falls. Hate driving near precipices. Bush bashed for an hour plus. Gorgeous mountain views. Got to top of waterfall. Drank all day straight from crystal clear cool mountain streams. Nothing better. Rappelled / Abseiled off several cliffs. Best one - 45 meter drop with a giant overhang, so no wall nearby, with a waterfall beside. Swore when I went over the cliff. Then rock-hopped, bush-bashed, creek-walked for a couple of hours back to troopie. Quick gear clean, and rush to Community Dinner. Had some great venison stew. Amazing event. Everything free, just so the community can come together. Wood-fired pizza. Apple pastries, mixed berry cobbler, polenta, coleslaw, potato salad. Ate too much. Drank some grown in the valley wine. Danced a lot. Combo made me sick, but not enough to stop dancing.
Early up and meet at 845. Ben, Kate, Gus, Frankie, Me. Gather gear. Divvy gear. Load gear. Drive troopies to Lake Cobbler. Wowed by view of Dandongadale Falls. Hate driving near precipices. Bush bashed for an hour plus. Gorgeous mountain views. Got to top of waterfall. Drank all day straight from crystal clear cool mountain streams. Nothing better. Rappelled / Abseiled off several cliffs. Best one - 45 meter drop with a giant overhang, so no wall nearby, with a waterfall beside. Swore when I went over the cliff. Then rock-hopped, bush-bashed, creek-walked for a couple of hours back to troopie. Quick gear clean, and rush to Community Dinner. Had some great venison stew. Amazing event. Everything free, just so the community can come together. Wood-fired pizza. Apple pastries, mixed berry cobbler, polenta, coleslaw, potato salad. Ate too much. Drank some grown in the valley wine. Danced a lot. Combo made me sick, but not enough to stop dancing.Aus 35
Inside of Outside
Rafting today! So fun. Loved it. Small water compared to Ottawa, but still fun, especially for the guys. Still some frustrations, but much better. Guys had a great time swimming, splashing, and catching lizards. Occasional arguments and disagreements. Played throw rocks at rocks. Debrief at the Whitfield Pub. Lots of feedback and suggestions. Dinner with Faith and Frankie.
Rafting today! So fun. Loved it. Small water compared to Ottawa, but still fun, especially for the guys. Still some frustrations, but much better. Guys had a great time swimming, splashing, and catching lizards. Occasional arguments and disagreements. Played throw rocks at rocks. Debrief at the Whitfield Pub. Lots of feedback and suggestions. Dinner with Faith and Frankie.
Aus Day 34
Inside of Outside
Morning routine. Breakfast. I hate porridge. Brown sugar makes it bearable. Spent all day moving, splitting wood. Great work out. Had good chats with young blokes. Frustrating when they choose to slack. Stayed back from swimming and played pool, ping-pong, guitar. Young guys think my rendition of Miss Ohio is best song ever. They even sang along. Evening meet at the fire pit the guys built.
Morning routine. Breakfast. I hate porridge. Brown sugar makes it bearable. Spent all day moving, splitting wood. Great work out. Had good chats with young blokes. Frustrating when they choose to slack. Stayed back from swimming and played pool, ping-pong, guitar. Young guys think my rendition of Miss Ohio is best song ever. They even sang along. Evening meet at the fire pit the guys built.
Aus Day 33
Inside of Outside
Today was my day to do office work. Made some certificates. Put laces in boots. Talked to Ben about Boundless systems. Went swimming with the blokes again. Decided to stay the night. Trying to be bold. Called Matthew for his birthday. Slept in the office. Cold.
Today was my day to do office work. Made some certificates. Put laces in boots. Talked to Ben about Boundless systems. Went swimming with the blokes again. Decided to stay the night. Trying to be bold. Called Matthew for his birthday. Slept in the office. Cold.
Aus Day 32
Inside of Outside
Young blokes showed up today. Nice to be on program again. Went to Jimmy's and split wood and stacked it. Pretty good fun. Then swimming by the bridge. Narrative approach is tricky. Fine for individual conversations. Haven't figured out how to apply it to group management. Beat Revenge of the Titans today.
Young blokes showed up today. Nice to be on program again. Went to Jimmy's and split wood and stacked it. Pretty good fun. Then swimming by the bridge. Narrative approach is tricky. Fine for individual conversations. Haven't figured out how to apply it to group management. Beat Revenge of the Titans today.
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