Readers, it has been a while since my last post. The reason for this was my 3 day skiing/fishing trip to lake eildon and surrounds.
Day1:
Woke up at a very early hour I haven't seen for a long time: 7am and made my way up to Marysville for some skiing at lake mountain. Lake Mountain is a cross-country skiing resort as opposed to my usual downhill skiing locations such as buller and hotham. The last time I cross country skiied was probably 7 or 8 years ago, so my falling down and getting up skills were definitely sharpened. Perhaps this was due to my trying to "edge" the cross country skis, probably not the best idea. They didn't turn or carve (as they do on downhill skis), but instead turned the edge i put into the snow into a pivoting point and me into a projectile. My girlfriend also had exceptional trouble, and was both unable to turn and unable to slow down. Patchy snow cover didn't really help this cause much either, snow was 5cm thick and cover was probably as low as 50% in most areas. And to that end.. I believe I have had enough with cross country skiing. From now onwards I shall stick to what I know, downhill skiing.. and perhaps try some boarding. To even out our skills a bit more, next time she can ski, and I'll board, and together we'll tear up the slope, knocking over everybody in our way.
Stayed at a nice B&B in Marysville that night called Delderfield. I would highly recommend anybody who passes that way to spend a night or two there, Ian and Jacqui the hosts do a splendid job, with a nice wood fireplace, spa bath, candles, maintain a lovely european style garden and a magnificent breakfast the following morning. They were currently repainting and replanting, and trying to replace many of the items they lost in the Black Saturday fires. The most amazing thing was Ian stayed during the fires to battle it out, which is why Delderfield still remains as one of the few buildings left in Marysville. I told him he was brave to stay and battle the fire, and he replied "nope, just stupid, it was bloody scary!"
Marysville is totally different from what it used to be, it really is just "flat" now, literally! There isn't even a supermarket in town any longer, just a bakery, cafe and ski hire. The trees are all scorched and carry the history of the fires in their charcoaled trunks. Seeing this first hand was totally different to watching it on the news through a small box. The extent of the damage is phenominal, but at least the insurance companies are paying up!
Day 2:
Lake Eildon here we come, armed with fishing rods, powerbait, in addition to aluminium foil, onion, lemon and butter. Upon arrival we spent the next hour getting our bearings, and finding a good fishing spot. We chose the cemetery area of the main pondage. A few bites, but no fish. Fed up with this lack of progress and annoyed at the people smoking 5 metres upwind from us, we left for the bridge, where we spent the remainder of the afternoon into the night. Still no trout! Yep, we didn't end up using the foil, onion, lemon and butter! That night we went through our red rock deli chips, frozen dumplings and a myriad of other small foods.
Day 3:
This was the day we had to catch a fish, the last day of the trip! Woke up at 7am, ready to fish at 8am. 9am, nibble nibble nibble, caught, then got away. 9:15am same, 9:20am same again, then finally at 9:30am got one. Landed a 20cm little one, i mean at least we caught one right?! Even though it's too small to eat. That was our last nibble of the day, then it got warm and the fish stopped biting, ducks and other birds looking for a fishy meal didn't help our cause either.
At 3pm, futility dawned upon us so we went to the sorry shameful location that every fisherman goes when they must catch a fish to calm the spirit, the trout farm!! Seriously, that's desperation! We got 3 from the farm, each measuring about 40cm nice plate sized ones, but we had to pay for them which dulled the fun. Meanwhile the little sucker from 9:30am was still kicking around in my little esky (now fish tank). The best thing was, in the fish farm there was an additional pond called "Desperados".. which made me feel a bit better when I realised that at least I hadn't sunken to the lowest tier just yet. Hopefully next time we won't have to pay $14/kg for our fish! On a side note, they were very tasty and worth every cent!
TRIP OVER, now the only thing left was the PMCV match.
I woke up at 7am that morning, obviously wasn't out yet, and went back to sleep. The next time I woke up was 10am, rushing to my computer cursing it for its slow start up.
The result of your match is Eastern Health (Box Hill Hospital).
The first thought was thank god, I'm not going to Echuca or somewhere in the sticks!
Next thought was: Damn, this is great 10minutes from my house, this year is gonna be swell.
Final thought was: Who else is going there, it seems like most of my friends are at the Austin.
Trolling facebook for the next few hours I found a few more friends heading to asian central, and I think we'll have a great time! Huzzah for getting the closest large hospital to my house!
Korean BBQ to celebrate (of course, in Box Hill)
Day1:
Woke up at a very early hour I haven't seen for a long time: 7am and made my way up to Marysville for some skiing at lake mountain. Lake Mountain is a cross-country skiing resort as opposed to my usual downhill skiing locations such as buller and hotham. The last time I cross country skiied was probably 7 or 8 years ago, so my falling down and getting up skills were definitely sharpened. Perhaps this was due to my trying to "edge" the cross country skis, probably not the best idea. They didn't turn or carve (as they do on downhill skis), but instead turned the edge i put into the snow into a pivoting point and me into a projectile. My girlfriend also had exceptional trouble, and was both unable to turn and unable to slow down. Patchy snow cover didn't really help this cause much either, snow was 5cm thick and cover was probably as low as 50% in most areas. And to that end.. I believe I have had enough with cross country skiing. From now onwards I shall stick to what I know, downhill skiing.. and perhaps try some boarding. To even out our skills a bit more, next time she can ski, and I'll board, and together we'll tear up the slope, knocking over everybody in our way.
Stayed at a nice B&B in Marysville that night called Delderfield. I would highly recommend anybody who passes that way to spend a night or two there, Ian and Jacqui the hosts do a splendid job, with a nice wood fireplace, spa bath, candles, maintain a lovely european style garden and a magnificent breakfast the following morning. They were currently repainting and replanting, and trying to replace many of the items they lost in the Black Saturday fires. The most amazing thing was Ian stayed during the fires to battle it out, which is why Delderfield still remains as one of the few buildings left in Marysville. I told him he was brave to stay and battle the fire, and he replied "nope, just stupid, it was bloody scary!"
Marysville is totally different from what it used to be, it really is just "flat" now, literally! There isn't even a supermarket in town any longer, just a bakery, cafe and ski hire. The trees are all scorched and carry the history of the fires in their charcoaled trunks. Seeing this first hand was totally different to watching it on the news through a small box. The extent of the damage is phenominal, but at least the insurance companies are paying up!
Day 2:
Lake Eildon here we come, armed with fishing rods, powerbait, in addition to aluminium foil, onion, lemon and butter. Upon arrival we spent the next hour getting our bearings, and finding a good fishing spot. We chose the cemetery area of the main pondage. A few bites, but no fish. Fed up with this lack of progress and annoyed at the people smoking 5 metres upwind from us, we left for the bridge, where we spent the remainder of the afternoon into the night. Still no trout! Yep, we didn't end up using the foil, onion, lemon and butter! That night we went through our red rock deli chips, frozen dumplings and a myriad of other small foods.
Day 3:
This was the day we had to catch a fish, the last day of the trip! Woke up at 7am, ready to fish at 8am. 9am, nibble nibble nibble, caught, then got away. 9:15am same, 9:20am same again, then finally at 9:30am got one. Landed a 20cm little one, i mean at least we caught one right?! Even though it's too small to eat. That was our last nibble of the day, then it got warm and the fish stopped biting, ducks and other birds looking for a fishy meal didn't help our cause either.
At 3pm, futility dawned upon us so we went to the sorry shameful location that every fisherman goes when they must catch a fish to calm the spirit, the trout farm!! Seriously, that's desperation! We got 3 from the farm, each measuring about 40cm nice plate sized ones, but we had to pay for them which dulled the fun. Meanwhile the little sucker from 9:30am was still kicking around in my little esky (now fish tank). The best thing was, in the fish farm there was an additional pond called "Desperados".. which made me feel a bit better when I realised that at least I hadn't sunken to the lowest tier just yet. Hopefully next time we won't have to pay $14/kg for our fish! On a side note, they were very tasty and worth every cent!
TRIP OVER, now the only thing left was the PMCV match.
I woke up at 7am that morning, obviously wasn't out yet, and went back to sleep. The next time I woke up was 10am, rushing to my computer cursing it for its slow start up.
The result of your match is Eastern Health (Box Hill Hospital).
The first thought was thank god, I'm not going to Echuca or somewhere in the sticks!
Next thought was: Damn, this is great 10minutes from my house, this year is gonna be swell.
Final thought was: Who else is going there, it seems like most of my friends are at the Austin.
Trolling facebook for the next few hours I found a few more friends heading to asian central, and I think we'll have a great time! Huzzah for getting the closest large hospital to my house!
Korean BBQ to celebrate (of course, in Box Hill)
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