Chris and Tinks’s Delica Adventure

Since finishing work on the 20th me and Tinks have been busier than ever. We have officially started our holiday and already started to do some KM’s on the road. Me, Kerry and a couple of mates headed down Warrnambool way to get a wave in on our boogie boards. We had a look at placed called “Wells” near Petersborough but it was not that good and the getting out of the water looked like a bit of a challenge. The challenge being crawling though a whole in the cliff of razor sharp rocks. Had the surf been a bit better it might be worth it and we would have given ourself an opportunity to cut ourselves up. We ended up heading all the way into Warrnambool and had a surf at Logan’s Beach.

The next day the surf was rubbish so me and a mate carried on to Beach Port in SA while Tinks made her way back to Geelong with the Delica to do some diving, where she saw a “whopper” of a sting ray and a nice sized rusty catshark.
Beach port is a bit of a boys town. Most people are there to fish or 4 wheel drive. Stayed there a couple nights with the guys and they tested their 4wd’s and bikes on the beach and dunes. Beach Port is a pretty amazing place with a buggy park that looks like something out of the Sahara desert. Winds blowing over the top of the dunes made it look very atmospheric. I wish I had of taken the camera but I’m sure the sands would have done it no good.

Did a 6 hour drive on the 23rd back to Geelong and then back to Tinks in Melbourne. So a big day of driving.. I thought of it as good practice for driving across the Nullarbor. Christmas eve was at my sisters and her boyfriends new house with my parents. Had a BBQ and played some traditional sport … i.e totem tennis!

Christmas day was at Tinks’ parents place. We scored ourself a device that will stop many a domestic along the road, a GPS. Christmas Day we made our way up to Barmah up on the Murray river. About 30km outside of Echuca. Got some wake boarding in and really started to get myself in to the rhythm of relaxing, taking photos, trying to stay cool in 35+ temps and drinking beers.

Today we are on the edge of our great canoe adventure for three days and 60km down the Murray river finishing Barmah lakes. We are going to hire the canoes from Gondwana for $40 a day. Click here if you are interested in having a go yourself. Our only experience in canoeing was down the Barwon 27km in the middle of winter. It ended with half our group near hypothermic and pushing our canoes though the lake Connewarre in ankle deep water. I’m not sure if I’m evil watching my sister and her boy friend drag a canoe though the water on crutches. I’m not really sure why we are going back for three days of this. But as I have been saying to all my friends it will be nothing like the Barwon.
Thanks to all and don’t be afraid to send me a message once in a while as I will have my same mobile number.

Chris