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Subject:So this is Monday
Time:09:48 am
Honey, I shrunk the post! )




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Subject:A very late entry, well deserving
Time:12:53 pm
Someone got around to entering my last competition, and it's a very worthy entry, go have a read!
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Subject:Look at that rain!
Time:10:18 am
In which leece writes poetry, plays games and has a hair cut as well as feels like she is living in a kitchen catalogue at times. )
 
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Subject:The Aftermath
Time:08:50 pm
Rob and I have just spent a good proportion of the day captioning and choosing the photo diary of this trip.

You can view it here. There's maps and everything, and captions.
 
There's a fair few there, but compared to the amount of photos we actually took, the net is getting off lightly. You're getting about 1 in 5.



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Subject:And we're home!
Time:06:26 pm
Tired but happy, and home. )
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Subject:Tuesday in the Estuary
Time:05:06 pm
Travels in a big finned plastic yellow boat )
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Subject:Success!
Time:10:43 am
We made it! )
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Subject:Sunday on The Murray
Time:05:12 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] happy
Sunday on the Grand Jatte, er Murray. )
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Subject:Saturday - Ravenswood to Tatham's
Time:02:45 pm
Today's run has been pretty straightfoward, definitely not as long as yesterday. We had buckwheat pancakes and spek with maple syrup for breakfast with apple and coffee, and then checked out. Kitted up, and paddled on out and down the twisting Murray. The vegetation is starting to change a little bit toward the more estuarine along this stretch.

I saw a Brown Goshawk flying off with some prey quite close, and a couple of the dolphins decided to show us how to fiish, they were herding fish against the rocky banks and making some tremendous waves doing so. Saw some nesting Spponbills, nesting Grey Teal and nesting galahs and 28's, plus the obligatory nesting Darters.

No ill effects from the long paddle yesterday, which surprises me somewhat, still I was glad that today was only 7km. We stopped at Pelican's for an icecream and a coffee, and then in was only about 1/2 a kilometre to the campsite at Tatham's. It was then that the weather said, "Oh! Let's suddenly let fly with gusty winds and torrents of rain and get the kayakers all wet and cold."

The rain vanished as we reached the campsite, and we quickly set up the tents, had nice hot showers, and had lunch. Now we're feeling lazy, so we're lounging about in the tent, enjoying the view of the river and looking at the weather forecast. Tomorrow might be a bit of an explore day about the islands and delta, and we'll stay here again tomorrow night.

It's still doubtful as to whether we will be able to do the great crossing of the estuary on Monday.  The wind looks like it is going to be rather unaccommodating. Still, we have Plan B, which involves us paddling to the Serpentine and being picked up there and driven across to the hotel on the other side of the estuary.

More lazing about is in order, I think. Ta ta for now.
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Current Location:Ravenswood
Subject:Pinjarra to Mandurah - Day One
Time:10:14 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] tired
there is simply nothing half so much worth doing as simply mucking about in boats )

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Subject:Hey ho we wear it well
Time:04:25 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] bouncy
The weekend and the early week )

Rob 'n' Leece are dots on a map! )
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Subject:As promised, photos fromt the Canning River
Time:04:35 pm
Current Mood:bouyant
I hope you can have a browse through!  There are four pages. This is a pictorial diary of our trip up the Canning 3 or so weeks ago.

They've all been captioned, (with edifying comments I hope) and I think there's only one typo. :-)

If you click on one, it will give a full screen view, just click back on your browser to return to the smaller view.

If you don't have the time, oh well, here's my favourite photo of the lot, which Rob took as we were coming back to land on Deepwater Point.

Leece loses her hat, but fortunately it blows into the boat. A grey sky, with leecetheartist on her Hobie kayak, with blue and yellow sail up.

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Subject:A Sudden not-a-drabble competition. Number V!
Time:02:11 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] devious
200 Words this time, as we've hit 5! )


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Subject:Recent readings
Time:11:47 am
Fang you for the Rec! )
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Subject:Yes, well let's see.
Time:11:32 am
Current Mood:[mood icon] cheerful
Wiii! )
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Subject:Who's been to a Baby Shower? In Australia, in Perth, if that helps?
Time:07:24 pm
What happens there?

Is there food and drink? Alcohol?

What are you meant to bring?

Is there any kind of structure?

I've been invited to one, and while it's normally the sort of thing I'd avoid I'm trying to be supportive here.
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Subject:Apropros of nothing
Time:10:08 am
Speaking of snow leopards.... http://theweaselking.livejournal.com/3459273.html
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Subject:GrrrrrrrrrrrrrUMBLEgrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Time:08:53 am
Current Mood:[mood icon] drained
MutterMUTTERMuttter )

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Subject:Saturday was a good day.
Time:12:35 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] lethargic
Friday and Saturday )
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Subject:Dam the long weekend.
Time:05:38 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] accomplished
Come over here and look at my photos and read about my weekend, if you would. It's a bit too complicated to try and repost it here, because there's a lot of photos and faffing around.
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