The very last day, and last event, for Eugene at Kardinya Primary School

We are very thankful for the teachers that have helped shape Eugene over the years, and also to the school which has been such an important part for both Karla and Eugene in their formative years.

Great school! Great kids!

This is Eugene all dressed up and ready to attend the Year-6 dinner & dance at Tompkins on Swan, near the Palmyra Rugby Club.

Eugene's Graduation - Kardinya Primary 2019

Proud of you our boy, brother and grandson. Well done!

White Hill break-away (Fri & Sat) - 15 Nov 2019

Recently we've been trying to get some "short & sharp" camping trips in on Friday's, right after work. We've now been able to do this for three consecutive weekends, and with White Hill and Preston beaches close to home, it has been well worth doing. Fishing has been poor (tides & wind), but it is still great to just be out and away from the rush & noise of civilisation. More trips to come, no doubt about it.

Coordinates: -32.70632, 115.61433

5:15 am and on the beach with a calm, still ocean. Heaven.

Looking West, out to sea.

We stopped just behind the shore dunes, to stop
some of the evening breeze the night before.

Beautiful, local flora on the dunes.

Looking South toward some other anglers....

...and North towards Mandurah.

Oktoberfest 2019

Lekker, lekker naweek. Ons almal is so geseend.

Caversham Park met Toeks, Bok en Pop

Just some photo's of the day-trip to Caversham Wildlife Park, W.A.

The Holland Track - 47 Years in the making...

So, it took a while to get to grips with the truck, with all the little technical bits and need-to-know info to give us (Eugene and I) a good shot at a solo 4WD bush track.

Karin and the rest of the family very graciously let us go on this (to us) epic 3 day expedition into the WA Bush, into some real, scary and exciting isolation from the rest of the world.

We took the safe option (called "chicken tracks") most of the time, simply as it was our first solo run and the truck is still not there yet. The truck is quite low to the ground and on highway (road) tyres = very high puncture risk.

As usual, here are some photos.

We chose to start the track at the Hyden end, heading North East to Coolgardie.
Eugene and I've never been to Wave Rock, so just had to take the obligatory tourist snap.

Hippo's Yawn, also at Wave Rock.

Starting the track at about 3pm on Friday, 27 Sept. Kudos to the Landcruiser Club boys; we salute you.

...just follow these. Actually, you will need some sort of VMS/HEMA. We chose to use an App called Terra Maps.
I bought the $13 Pro version, and it worked a treat. So much so that I will not get a HEMA or VMS. It worked flawlessly.

Camp Day 1 - Somewhere near Wattle Rocks (-32.27584, 119.58129).
Eugene has a fly net on; you'll need one...until the sun sets anyway, then you're sweet.

Brekkie Day 2 - Bacon, Eggs, Cheese and some TipTop bread. What more does a man need?
(Coffee probably).

I don't like posting pics of myself, but Geno took a good shot here ;-)

End of Day 2. We decided to not camp among the crowds at Thursday Rock (what's the point of the trip?!).
Setting up camp is thirsty work. A special snap, sharing a beer. (-31.54272, 120.61993)

It is very dry out in the bush. We took great care with camp fires.
Dig a hole and keep the fire small. We only had 3-5 stick tips in the fire at a time, and smothered it with sand when done.

Camp Day 2 - About 2km West of Thursday Rock.
(Yes, there are more than 5 sticks there, but we'd just lit it with finer kindling).

4:30 am on Day 3 - Getting some warmth going while the kettle was on the gas stove.

We hit the road at about 6:45 am and arrived at the Caltex in Coolgardie around 9am. Filled up with Diesel (only used half a tank for the entire trip; bush average was 13km/h) and hit the road home. Was it good? Yep; God willing we'll be back next September it was that good! 

Nanga Brook Manne Kleingroep Kamp 2019

Ai, so goed vir die siel, en so lekker saam met ons broers. Geseend verseker.

Ja, Kenny se blower was betrokke ;-)

Ja, ja, ek laaik die trok. "Bettie" is OK in my boeke.

Tree Top Adventures. Nice!