Ah, yes. Australia day! When we get together, burn meat, be bogans - or poke fun at bogans and have a merry old time... This year was no different! At least the neanderthals down south didn't play up this year. We awoke to a very eerie (and rare) summer sea fog! Quite odd indeed! Despite the foggy weather, it was already warm so Maria & I went for a swim at the beach. Whilst the crowds were building, it wasn't quite total madness by then but still strange as Manly had a clear blue sky, but fog was still about and we couldn't even see the end of the beach or Queenscliff! It was good to see the boys in blue trying to keep us all in order, but marching up the crowded beach on horses?! That won my prize as the dumbest aussie day antics by a mile!
The skys cleared and a few of my fans gathered on our balconey, the BBQ sizzled and the beer flowed freely with everyone contributing to a great meal & a great afternoon!
I've also managed to get up to the Blue Mountains a few times in the last few weeks, enjoying a great few climbs in the summer sun at Mt Piddington. Most of the pics below are off Nick B's camera.
At the top of Hope (14) After climbing the corner to the right, Charity (10).
On the arete of SSCC1 (14), nice climbing!
yep, I'm an idiot!
Now this is a fun one, Cafe Racer (16). A few undercut caves, the a big swing out onto the face below!
I went right for some reason, had to down climb then head up the route proper, doh!
Alex taking a big swing on top rope on Cafe Racer
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