Monthly Archives: May 2017

Wednesday WIN (2017-May-31)

🛤 10 Awesome Outdoor Documentaries to Watch Now VALLEY UPRISING 🎞 Available on NetFlix MERU CHASING ICE 🎞 Available on NetFlix

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This weeks links (2017-05-29)

In brief: * Ghost mushroom hunters photograph glowing poisonous fungi (2017-May-31) [ABC Radio Melbourne] * The Traditional Lecture Is Dead. I Would Know—I’m a Professor (2017-May-11) [Wired] If your lecture merely covers the material in the textbook, why make students … Continue reading

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Ultra-Trail Australia 2017 UTA50

Event: Ultra-Trail Australia 2017 UTA50 Distance: 50km Date: Saturday 20th May 2017 Location: Katoomba Organised by: Ultra-Trail Australia / AROCsport Ultra Trail Australia is Australia’s premier 100km trail running event, held in the Blue Mountains National Park in New South … Continue reading

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Game of Thrones Season 7: Trailer

Game of Thrones Season 7 will air in Australia on 17-Jul-2017. The new season will only consist of seven episodes, compared to the usual 10, as Game of Thrones plots its end game. HBO had previously said the debut would … Continue reading

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#TowelDay

❝ A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan … Continue reading

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Melbourne Winter Adventures

01.) Light a campfire, toast some marshmallows, eat s’mores 🔥 It’s Winter – light a campfire and Toast marshmallows over the campfire. Even better if you are away camping and you happen to have a nice enamel cup of port … Continue reading

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Wednesday WIN (2017-May-24)

SalomonTV: Dream Trip: Nepal

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Running/Riding – what’s next? (Part 3)

Behind any total cluster f##k there is always a plan, a plan that seemed really good when written down and viewed from afar; this may just be that sort of plan! Where did I leave that monkey wrench? This plan … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tunes‬ #244 – vale Chris Cornell, 1964-2017

Vale Chris Cornell, 1964-2017 Chris Cornell was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as lead vocalist for the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He had seemingly survived the demons that had taken so many of his Seattle … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2017-05-22)

In brief: * Mount Everest’s Hillary Step has collapsed, mountaineer confirms (2017-May-22) [Guardian] A British mountaineer has confirmed that a famous rocky outcrop near the peak of Mount Everest has collapsed, potentially making the climb more dangerous. The Hillary Step, … Continue reading

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