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Bob Head
Kayaking
Basin extremity with Matt
On a 'just enough' high tide we reached the very end of the basin near the waterfall. It was quite eerie being in such a remote spot deep in the national park.
Kayaking
Trip with Holly and Dave
Under cloud but pleasantly cool we tripped to Warnambul where I managed to get a leg stuck in soft mud while exiting the kayak, fell over and had to be rescued by Dave! Thanks Dave. No pics thank goodness. (One pic taken with water on the lens after dunking!
Scouting
Scout Leader Group Council
It's like trying to get an octopus into a string bag, finding a date to suit a sufficient number of the 20 leaders for a leader meeting - but always very worthwhile and a lot of planning done amid a lot of laughs! We had 10 plus three visitors
Kayaking
Stuart and Alison 21.02 20
Stuart and Alison were curious to try proper sea kayaks, so we went over to Mainabar on the park coast.
Scouting
Another Queen Scout Award
Tonight a Venturer Scout was presented with her Queen Scout Award at the hall. There were some very good video clips of Tayla in Kanderstag , the world scout camp site in Switzerland as well as the NZ venture expedition. Here she is shown with the traditional wolf head holding tabs
Bushwalking
Short walk with friends
A short loop walk at Kurnell with friend Carol, her daughter Holly and husband Dave. Dave has become quite an Australian naturalist and walks with him are very interesting and informative. We found a beehive in the hollow of a tree--there is yellow beeswax above the cavity--the comb
Bushwalking
Rain at last!
Finally some steady rain, so we went for short walk along Lady Carrington Drive , suitably dressed. It felt really good with no threat of fire.
Kayaking
Cub kayak night
Down at Cronulla kayak centre at dusk, I presented two new Cub leaders with their appointment certificates, made up a poem about water safety and footwear, from a real incident and supervised a water training excercise. Great fun! Some of the cubs could only kayak in a circle, which was
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Beach and the next day
We had several extremely hot and humid days --where else can you go but the rock pools? Then, next day, it poured, for quite some time this time--more useful than the flash storm we had before. We had lunch under cover on our patio, sheltered from the southerly very
Kayaking
A trip with friend Laraine
A warm but cloudy day and we managed to get to the other end of 'The Basin' in the RNP, from Water Street ramp. No evidence of fire or flood damage in the park areas but certainly evidence of wind damage--fallen and broken trees. I think we
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A trip with Stuart and Alison
Getting away from the bush fire smoke, then yesterday's massive downpour , 20mm in 10 mins, and 90kmph violent winds which cut our power for 20 hours and uprooted and de-branched massive trees on the street, we opted for a quiet paddle with friends to a quiet Maianbar