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Hi all

Just an idea - I called The Forum Aquatic Centre (http://www.theforum.org.au/page3233/The-Forum-University.aspx) today. Apparently it's quite OK for a group of us to hire time in the H E A T E D pool if we want to do our own rolling practice. It is $24 for one hour - half a lane length (ie we have 25m of a 50m long lane). This could be a regular one night a week for a few weeks I guess if we wanted to.

There is a group who do this already - they are a school training for a Duke of Edinb… Continue

This is a straw pole.

What Tents do you have?

I have decided to replace the hiking tent given to me 30 years ago - and it has no poles - you find two sticks! Last time I used it was in 2003 when I hiked from Hawks Nest to Seal Rocks and stayed over at Mungo Brush. After seeing Owen's picture and reading John's comments about staying dry I think it's time for an upgrade!

Thanks

David

Owen said "David G, There's got to be a story about that new profile photo of you; you look all arse and elbows. Satisfy my curiosity."

I can't offer any rational explanation!

In an irrational flash of enthusiasm my cousin and I decided to use a old surf something or other given to me at a BBQ to conquer the surf at Forster one Christmas. You get what you pay for - the previous owner said he had fixed all the leaks - but we could hardly carry the "craft" out of the water (from all the water th… Continue

How do you store your kayak(s)?

For example does anyone drive in to the garage and just hoist the kayak straight up to the roof ready to be lowered directly on to the rook racks for the next paddle?

Are they a pain and in the way?

At present I sometimes laboriously hoist my shorter (17 ft) plastic Kayak to the garage roof - but not ready to come down on the car. However often this kayak does not get hoisted because it so fiddly!. The other one (19ft Mirage) goes a bit diagonally on the garage… Continue