Hellyer RallyjawaproSun 19/07/2009 06:53 PM
Sorry about the lack of posts lately – I’ll post about that sometime.
Anyway – this Saturday just gone – I was invited to head up the bush at the back of Burnie to watch the Hellyer Rally. (as Trojen would say – Hell Yeah!)
Tim Auty (my mate) was competing in his new Mitsub Evo.
Unfortunately, Tim’s Evo overheated – so he had to retire. I did see him go past on a stage once though (the only time during the day my camera lost focus!) and got to watch him on the Super Special at lunchtime.
It’s my first time watching an actual Rally in the flesh – not on the Tellie. It wasn’t bad.
^ One of the competitors facing the wrong direction (he’d spun out)
One of the others giving it a good go.
Tim and his Evo at lunchtime (it was raining).
^ A shot from the Super Special (it was a dash up an old runway around some motorkhana stlye obstacles and back).
^ Tim’s car (out of focus – doh!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAdf7hC-jk
^ Youtube of Tim on the Super Special.
So that was how I spent my weekend. Lots of fun really.
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Health WarningjawaproThu 16/07/2009 08:33 AM
In the absence of anything more interesting to post – here's a joke from Csplat-Tinman (Clancy).
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Tripod...jawaproThu 09/07/2009 11:00 PM
About a year ago, my tripod broke. Since then I've borrowed my parent's a couple of times - but decided I should finally replace my own.
So - thanks to ebay - I now own a pretty awesome tripod. It feels pretty solid which is good - and is higher than my old one or my parents - this one raises to eye-level! It also comes with a nice little carry bag to transport in.
The down side? You can't use your new tripod to take a photo of your new tripod. Guess thats what chairs are for...
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more issuesjawaproThu 09/07/2009 10:58 PM
I tried to post a post earlier tonight - but I got more errors.
My host sucks....
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Weekend ReportjawaproWed 08/07/2009 10:24 PM
Ok - so it’s taken me a long time to get around to this - but here’s how I spent my weekend.
MrTrojan (the imposter, not Mr Trojen with an E) invited me to a laser skirmish in Hobart. It’s a fair way to go - but laser skirmishes are awesome, so I agreed.
The laser skirmish was on Saturday arvo, and a heap of fun. John (MartinLeader/Gerillius) and I ended up on the Hobartian team - because most of their team dropped out. It’s rather ironic that the Launceston team was larger, and we’re 2 hours away (I was 3) and the Hobartians are only 10 minutes away and couldn’t find players.
It’s the first time I’ve played in the winter - so the mud etc was new - but it was still a heap of fun. We won one match by a large margin - but lost the other ones (largely thanks to Stu attacking his teammates).
On their way home (they went back on Saturday night - I stayed until Sun arvo) MartinLeader’s engine fell out of his car, and MrTrojan’s headlights stopped working and he was pulled over by the cops - so they were stuck at Oatlands until someone was able to rescue them - but they said they enjoyed it anyway.
I also had a secondary reason for going to Hobart. BigW were advertising the new Space Police lego. That was exciting for me (being a lego fan) because the sets weren’t due to come out for months. It was a BigW exclusive though (not sure if it’s eventually coming out elsewhere or not) and we don’t have a BigW up here, so I’d have to go to Hobart to get them.
Turns out BigW is a stupid shop. It’s not logical at all - they have things spread everywhere. They also didn’t have a very good range. I had to go to all three BigW shops in Hobart to find the sets I wanted - and even then I couldn’t find 2. Ah well - I suppose that saved me some money ?
Klutz (who was down for the laser skirmish) and I spent the night at Emma’s - which was nice. I haven’t seen much of her lately - she’s been busy with her new job and house-sitting.
On Sunday I was able to check out the new Church building in Hobart (they’ve moved) and catch up with Turkey over lunch. I was also able to pick up my new 1TB hdd that Turk had ordered for me.
All in all it was a great weekend. Just a pity I didn’t take any pictures.
MartinLeader had car trouble - his engine didn’t really fall out.
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