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Capt Mulch's Going Troppo Sale 1 |
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22-Jan-2010 11:32:19 AM
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That is a very good beer drinking spot - I've tested it a couple of times. No need to buy a boat, just hire one, or I'll get my bro-in-law to bring the family boat over. Plenty of room at my place to crash too. It's fishing heaven there Davo - Snapper, Trevally, Kingfish, Tuna, Wahoo, even Marlin if you're into killing big animals for the sake of it. I don't scuba dive, but I love snorkling - there's so many fricken fish you've got to push them out of the way to see anything.
And check out the deep water soloing spot a couple of islands north:
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22-Jan-2010 11:39:54 AM
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>In fact when I led with his rack recently, one of my main concerns was
>the possibility of scratching his newish shiny stuff and detracting from
>its value!
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M9 is such a gentleman to climb with. He'll do big runouts on lead just so he doesn't wear out your gear!!
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22-Jan-2010 11:50:39 AM
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That's the best looking piece of rock in the pacific i've ever seen.
Any pukpuks lurking down in there?
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22-Jan-2010 12:08:17 PM
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On 22/01/2010 superstu wrote:
>Any pukpuks lurking down in there?
only fashionable ones...
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22-Jan-2010 12:14:06 PM
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I need the boat to row there, its a bit far to walk.
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22-Jan-2010 12:25:50 PM
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Can just see the look on the missus face when I say "I'm going fishing with bungs mate nick" and a very antarctic "I may be some time"
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22-Jan-2010 12:39:55 PM
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On 22/01/2010 widewetandslippery wrote:
>Can just see the look on the missus face when I say "I'm going fishing
>with bungs mate nick" and a very antarctic "I may be some time"
No worries, I'll just fix you up with a new missus. Now, I have a couple of sister in laws...
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22-Jan-2010 12:47:37 PM
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On 22/01/2010 superstu wrote:
>That's the best looking piece of rock in the pacific i've ever seen.
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>Any pukpuks lurking down in there?
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OK, I'll let you in on the crag, it's in Buka (northern end of Bougainville). Not quite the Solomons, but only a few hours by boat. I'm hoping to find something of equal quality a bit closer.
And don't start me on crocs!! They are mean, nasty bloody things that really do see you as a meal and are worthy of a bullet (Saltys, exactly the same as the Aussie ones). Nasty incident a few weeks ago in the Solomons where a seven y.o. boy got taken by one - swimming with his mates off a wharf and one turned up - they were all scrambling madly to get out of the water and SNAP! one less pikinnini. I'm seriously considering buying a very big knife (as in 'that's not a knife' type knife).
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22-Jan-2010 12:52:18 PM
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On 22/01/2010 widewetandslippery wrote:
>I need the boat to row there, its a bit far to walk.
Airfares can be cheap - I picked up PacificBlue (Virgin) special - Brisbane/Honiara return for $540. Few hours cheap boat ride to my place. Hitch from Sydney to Brisbane.
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22-Jan-2010 12:54:56 PM
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one for you m9..
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7dn89_hands-up-your-betel-nut-or-your-lif_shortfilms
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22-Jan-2010 1:02:44 PM
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Did you manage to do that traverse over Christmas? Let me know if you have a chance to do it before you go.
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22-Jan-2010 1:32:51 PM
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On 22/01/2010 superstu wrote:
>one for you m9..
>http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7dn89_hands-up-your-betel-nut-or-your-lif_shortfilms
Excellent.
Thanks for that superstu.
I found it interesting how much POM-neomelanesian has changed over the years. It seems more 'english-afied' now!
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22-Jan-2010 1:43:10 PM
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On 22/01/2010 Duncan wrote:
>Did you manage to do that traverse over Christmas? Let me know if you
>have a chance to do it before you go.
Nah, rained the whole time, and I'm not that much into emulating a real English sea side traverse. Won't be in Syds before I go, but I'll be back - my folks still live near there and I'll be back for visits.
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8-Feb-2010 12:30:43 PM
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Last of the gear!!!
For sale is:
BD Alpine Harnesses with carry bags - brand new - 2 adult (fully adjustable) $40 each
La Sportiva Trango Evo mountaineering boots - brand new in the box - Oz size 12 - $280
Overboots - Forty Below - good condition size 11/12 - $60
Quickdraws - Petzl Spirit - excellent condition - set of 10 - $150
Mad Rock Flash climbing shoes - tortured my feet with these twice for five minutes - supposedly size 47 / Ozi 12 but would suit a size 11 - $30
Shipping by Oz Post has been good - they have usually been delivering by the next day - though the nice Indian lady behind the counter laughs at me every time I go to the local P.O. because I'm shipping such wierd shite.
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8-Feb-2010 2:20:29 PM
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Sent pm re mad rocks...
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8-Feb-2010 4:14:54 PM
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hey nick whats the euro size on the sportiva's
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12-Apr-2010 4:58:02 PM
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On 20/01/2010 Capt_Mulch wrote:
>Hi all, I'm off to the Solomon Islands to live. I'm sick of this Canberra
>drudgery and need to up the anti on the lifestyle excitement.
Hmm.
They had a 7+ magnitude earthquake over there this morning.
~> so that should up the excitement anti somewhat...
I hope he and his family/rels are all OK.
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