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Goodbye, Winter
Posted Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 8:32pm by ScottTagged: everyday, sailing, water
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October long weekend is just about over, and the weather was absolutely wonderful - particularly for sailing. Saturday and Sunday held the usual LBYC Opening Regatta - a small selection of photos is available. Both days provided plenty of wind for the sailors, with several people going swimming and quite a number of 'almost' stories being traded on the Sunday afternoon. Also considering that the weekend was one of sailing, I didn't break trend and managed to gain a light pink tinge to my upper arms and nose - fortunately a long way off the bright red glow I've obtained on previous occasions.
Quite incredibly, the water level has also been raised - the current photo used for my header graphic is well and truly out of date.
Not too far off the old pool level at all. Even better news is that with all the recent rain further upstream in the last few weeks, water levels are expected to rise even further which will be great to see.
Obviously, being a long weekend, I was expecting traffic to be fairly hectic. I believe I was ahead of it on the Friday evening (not too many cars to worry about the length of the trip home), however the return leg earlier this-afternoon was a bit busier. One of the ferry crossings was the busiest I've seen it for quite some time, while I've heard that the highway from home to Adelaide got worse, the close to Adelaide you got.
As much as the rain of the past 6 months has been nice, I'm certainly looking forward to the warmer weather of the next month or two - bring on October!
Friday Photos
Posted Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:37pm by ScottTagged: everyday, sailing
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It's been quite a while since the last post - 3 months it would seem - so here's a small snapshot of photos of the past few months.
Firstly, I discovered it's possible to get sunburned while surfing the net. Sounds odd, but certainly possible with combination of laptop and mobile internet. While waiting for my sister at an aquatics course back in January, I set up the laptop and was browsing the net in what I thought was the shade of the car - turns out part of my left arm and leg were showing. The view from the car was rather pleasant though.
The SA Mozzie state titles followed a few weeks later, being held this year at Point Turton. Racing on day one was rather pleasant for those involved. For us on the beach, things were slightly warm, but not enough to make it overly unpleasant.
Although Sunday morning provided a lovely opportunity for a photo, there was no wind at all, so the three races were held in conditions pretty similar to what can occur back on the lake.
Finally, my parents bought themselves a coffee machine for Christmas. After a bit of practice (ie, a few weeks over January, and then nearly a month straight in March), I got my first piece of latte art that I've been happy with.
And that just about wraps up the interesting happenings of the last few months. Hopefully I get the opportunity to post a bit more often (and have some news worthy of posting).
Easter 2009
Posted Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:46pm by ScottTagged: sailing
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Not much to report this year - I went home to see family and to spend the weekend down the yacht club. The drive on Friday morning was a lot better than the one on Easter Thursday last year, however there was still enough slow vehicles around. The worst ones were those who stuck close together so there wasn't enough room between them to pull in while overtaking while not wanting to overtake themselves. Unfortunately, the weather was wind-less yet again (seems to be a common theme these days) so the sailing was a little slow. So much so that I took a canoe out to keep the sailors company on the water during one of the races.
The sun-set just before the club dinner on Sunday night was worth it though :)
According to Plan
Posted Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:38am by ScottTagged: everyday, games, sailing
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Isn't it nice when things go according to plan? Considering this was meant to be posted 2 weeks ago, I'm not doing a bad job :P
Not much ended up happening through December other than starting my summer work and Christmas. Fortunately my summer job lasted longer than expected so although I didn't have much spare time off after starting, it was nice to re-fill the bank balance slightly. The arrival of January marked the start of the year, and also (oddly enough) the start of a rather annoying 3-week stretch of hot weather (ignoring 15th-18th of Jan).
This hot weather also coincided with the Mosquito National Titles (held in Wallaroo this year) - somehow the two always seem to start in the exact same week as each-other, regardless of when in the month they actually occur. I didn't end up going but I heard the sand blown by the wind was extremely irritating for the spectators.
January continued without much of interest before turning into February and bringing the second half of the Mozzie State Titles (as continuation from Pt Vincent in late last year). A rather enjoyable weekend was had from our perspective, and I managed to get sunburned yet again (backs of legs and a little bit on the arms this time). Facilities were about the only complaint to be had (the blue tent was the clubhouse):
Uni started early this year due to one topic running from Feb till April rather than in Semester 1, so I moved back down to Adelaide on the 12th instead of 22nd so I had a fairly quiet week or so from then until O Week started. O Week Tuesday afternoon (and Wednesday morning) were taken up by a LAN organised within our engineering year level which provided a nice way to relax before the beginning of a new year.
On a different note, T7G is supported in the new 0.13.0 release of ScummVM :)
Summer Sun - Part 2
Posted Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:22pm by ScottTagged: sailing
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Apparently I don't learn very quickly - at least for sunburn. Last weekend was the first half of the 2008-09 Mozzie state titles and I managed to do a mild repeat of Victor Harbour. Fortunately I was wearing a long-sleeved t-shirt so only pinked the backs of my hands, neck and a my face slightly. At least this time I had a hat on :p The weather wasn't too great for the trip across on Friday (rain, wind, cold) and Saturday wasn't too much better (wind, cold) and was abandoned due to too much wind. Sunday was good in comparison and after a light breeze for the morning race, those involved were happy with race 2.
Oh, and just over a week until Uni is finished for the year, and I get to go home :)
Entire ferry for two bikes - good use of resources...