Monthly Archives: October 2019

Gökotta (Swedish, n.)

Gökotta (Swedish, n.) /yo-kOt-ah/ Waking up early to hear the first birds sing lit. early cuckoo morning #PositiveLexicography 📷 Bass Strait

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Wednesday Win (2019-OCT-30)

National Parks Adventure Adam Hugill – Cycling the World: Is this the end? [Ep 70] Remote and wild Yukon. Bears in British Columbia. Extracts from Al Humphreys, Thunder and Sunshine and a music festival with the Haida Nation. There’s a … Continue reading

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Ned Kelly Chase 2019

Event: Ned Kelly Chase 2019 Distance: 10km/21km/42km/50km/100km Date: Sunday the 27th October 2019 Location: Wangaratta Organised by: Ned Kelly Chase When you enter the Ned Kelly Chase you journey back to the late 1800’s, a time of great adversity, of … Continue reading

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The Walk to Rivendell : The Argonath / Nen Hithoel

368/588.8 4 The Argonath. Boats are swept through the narrow gap between. Reached: 2019-Sep-27 369/590.4 1 Chasm of the Gates bends slightly to the west. 370/592 1 Pass out of the chasm into the lake: Nen Hithoel. (ca. 2 p.m.). … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2019-10-28)

In brief: * Australian bird of the year 2019 (2019-Oct-28) [The Guardian] ❝ Vote for your favourite Australian bird of 2019 from our list of 50 birds – if your favourite is not included, you can nominate it below. At … Continue reading

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Wednesday Win (2019-OCT-23)

Lhotse | The North Face It’s not always what we achieve that defines us, rather it is why we achieve such things that creates clarity in our existence. In 2018, Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison completed the first ski descent … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tunes‬ #296 – Big Dog

What is the Big Dog Backyard Ultra? ❝ It’s a simple conceit – a slightly more than four-mile loop that you run once an hour until all your competitors have dropped out. All very straightforward, until you hear how far … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2019-10-21)

In brief: * ATC CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN (2019-Oct) [Mountain Sports Collective] ❝ Recent set ups of the ATC Demo at the Victorian Back Country Festival and Guthega have shown that people are loving the AYTC experience yet it also helped them … Continue reading

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#adventure

❝ Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures. ❞ – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland ❝ You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong. ❞ – Sue Fitzmaurice ❝ … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2019-10-14)

In brief: * Parliamentarians deserve our wrath for 30 years of inaction, not climate protesters (2019-Oct-12) [Guardian] ❝Our media discourse this week was flooded with comments by 40- and 50-year-olds wondering who the Extinction Rebellion are trying to convince: “I’m … Continue reading

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