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4-May-2013
11:53:04 AM

On 3/05/2013 Gov Junky wrote:
>6.00 pm: tonight SBS 1
>Climbing Great Buildings-: Durham Cathedral

Dear, oh dear, oh dear. If you missed it, you missed nothing. The climbing consisted of two lots of prussiking and one tyrolean. I did, however learn something about the difference between Romanesque (Norman) and Gothic architecture. The intro showed some quite modern buildings as well, so the series probably won't appeal to history buffs as a whole either.


ajfclark

4-May-2013
3:39:17 PM

On 3/05/2013 ajfclark wrote:
>At the chemist the other day I noticed a pamphlet about avoiding falls with a picture of a rock climber on the front but I didn't take one or a picture...

Today I picked one up:

martym

5-May-2013
8:56:53 AM

On 4/05/2013 ajfclark wrote:
>On 3/05/2013 ajfclark wrote:
>>At the chemist the other day I noticed a pamphlet about avoiding falls
>with a picture of a rock climber on the front but I didn't take one or
>a picture...
>
>Today I picked one up:
>

Man, what "stock images" website is selling bumshots for brochures?

Gov Junky

5-May-2013
1:04:01 PM

On 4/05/2013 BA wrote:
>On 3/05/2013 Gov Junky wrote:
>>6.00 pm: tonight SBS 1
>>Climbing Great Buildings-: Durham Cathedral
>
>Dear, oh dear, oh dear. If you missed it, you missed nothing.

Yeah, it turned out to be pretty disappointing. Still preferable to watching the 50th repeat of Grand Designs or the other alternative repeats in that timeslot. Looks like the best alternative was The Drum on ABC News 24.

Wendy

9-May-2013
3:06:10 PM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-09/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane-no-its-a-skywhale/4679676

I'm pretty sure we haven't had a random skywhale flyby, they've just photoshopped it onto Araps.


shortman

9-May-2013
3:21:12 PM

On that note....I stayed at Cam and Traceys a couple of weeks ago and when I was leaving someone was flying one of those plane/parachute things around on the Mitre side of the Mt for a while. Was cool to watch.


kuu

9-May-2013
3:26:24 PM

On 9/05/2013 Wendy wrote:
>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-09/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane-no-its-a-skywhale/4679676
>>
>
>I'm pretty sure we haven't had a random skywhale flyby, they've just photoshopped
>it onto Araps.

The YouTube video referenced in the news item would seem to suggest the balloon's maiden flight definitely occurred within sight of the Mount.

kieranl

9-May-2013
3:32:16 PM

I'm pretty sure it was in the local paper too.

james

9-May-2013
3:41:20 PM

must have happened early morning on a cold day that wendy was hiding from :)

Wendy

9-May-2013
6:18:56 PM

On 9/05/2013 james wrote:
>must have happened early morning on a cold day that wendy was hiding from
>:)

highly likely! or whilst was sick in bed. Why would they bring it over here from canberra to fly it anyway????


Cool Hand Lock

9-May-2013
7:00:04 PM

The lady who owns the baloon has relatives near the mount. Rumor has it she's from Hamilton.


JamesMc

9-May-2013
8:11:58 PM

The balloon and the view are illuminated by suns in different locations.


Duang Daunk

10-May-2013
8:24:38 AM

On 9/05/2013 JamesMc wrote:
>The balloon and the view are illuminated by suns in different locations.
>
simey walked by?


Superstu

10-May-2013
8:33:21 AM

So did anybody actually see this balloon?? Even the manager at the Nati Lake Caravan Park was talking about the balloon, but then she admitted she only saw it in the paper. Hmmmmmmm....

There was a large party camped in the paddock beneath Tiger Wall (Sudholdz's?) for about a week right when this was happening. Any connection?


Superstu

10-May-2013
8:43:54 AM

Looks like he's on one of rodw's routes..


rodw

10-May-2013
9:02:12 AM

Nah to long and rock looks to solid.


ajfclark

10-May-2013
9:05:04 AM

From reading this article I gather the balloon is supposed to be some kind of flying whale: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-09/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane-no-its-a-skywhale/4679676

When then doors it have giant, pendulous breasts on it where the wrongs should be?


DangerLaef

10-May-2013
9:21:09 AM

"When then doors it have giant, pendulous breasts on it where the wrongs should be? "

- Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?


shortman

10-May-2013
9:30:59 AM

On 10/05/2013 DangerLaef wrote:
>"When then doors it have giant, pendulous breasts on it where the wrongs
>should be? "
>
>- Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do
>look more like?

I'm havin a slow morning and this shit is doin my head in....

technogeekery

10-May-2013
9:52:15 AM

On 10/05/2013 ajfclark wrote:
>When then doors it have giant, pendulous breasts on it where the wrongs
>should be?

Cos its a wrong whale...

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