Peppers Delgany Portsea

My first olympic length triathlon started with me working a night shift at the Lion. I worked until 5am and then biked the 18km down to Sandringham to participate! The 1.5k swim leg was done in the sea in a broadly diamond shaped course, starting from one point on the beach and then coming into shore just nearby. There was then a 1k run uphill to get to the transition area (which was brutal). This was followed by a 40km bike leg which was made up of 2 x 20km laps of the beach road ...

... and go where we want, which hasn't been decided as yet. There are so many contenders including Prague, Turkey, Germany and France..



Updates to come as we book accomodation..Egypt accomodation needs to be confirmed and another night in London..passports need to be obtained. Travel insurance is paid, proper gear is yet to be bought including the wash and wear type things and a swisho bag for both of us.

... in a bit of dilemma as to whether to move to another flat. Friday 24 th October ARB although expensive had told us about a 4wd show at the Melbourne exhibition centre where we might get some show bargains so we headed off intending to spend a couple of hours there. 5 hours later we emerged with: 12v tyre inflator and repair kit for tubeless tyres, fishing rod and reel, a persona EPIRB (Emergency ...

Did we mention it was hot yet? Before we could get to the coast we had a bit of a drive. We thought it would be nice to picnic along the way in some green park besides a lake lounging in the shade somwhere between here and there. We were delighted to find a Royal Botanical Garden along the way that looked very promising. The only problem was that it was HOT and the botanical garden was a rather desert landscape (e.g. very few trees and a cactus/rock garden). Beautiful nonetheless, but it ...

Just a quickie. We're knackered. I had a fat annoying tosspot sat behind me snoring all night on the ferry back and I haven't slept. Got to Geelong on autopilot and got a cabin at a caravan park so I could get some sleep. In the evening, once recovered, we took a short walk along the front at Geelong. Nice place but didn't see much of it. We're beginning our journey towards Adelaide tomorrow. Night night.

Well I have just over 3 hours left of work and I am officially on holidays!! Next Tuesday I board that plane and say goodbye to Australia for 6 and a half weeks. It still hasn't set in that I am actually doing this so i'm not sure what I'm feeling at the moment. A lot of stress comes to ...

... really late. Apparently I was too tired to respond coherently when Avi asked if I wanted to get the car with him and I had barely woken up by the time he got back. We bummed around during the day and went to get some delicious pizza that evening. The next day, we went down to see some more of Avi's family friends in Dandenong (and ate more delicious Sri Lankan food) and drove around the Mornington ...

G'Day!! As we started our coastal journey so late on Monday (3/5), we decided to make our way out of Sydney and find a caravan park to stay the night. Our rental car was a late model Ford Falcon station wagon and the camping equipment included in the price was: a tent, 2 chairs, a table, a one-burner stove, a cooler, water jug, as well as pots, pans, utensils, plates/cups, etc! We were very well provided for. Fortunately, we ...

... although we're not entirely sure who's living there in the show at the moment - Alasair could only recognise Paul Robinson in a recent episode - sans Allessi Twins unfortunately). There's a bored looking security guard sitting in a car on the street to stop people from making off with Mrs. Mangle's front door or Jim Robinson's shrubbery, but we don't think he has much to do other than look at slightly embarrassed people posing in ...

Went to the hotel at 9:30 am and then drove to the airport to meet the rest of the group. Afterwards we went to St. Kilda (a part of Melbourne)looked around and ate lunch at one of the various cafes located on the main street. The took off for the remainder of our trip to Portsea ...