19/7 Dinner at Henry's

1 Henry

2 James

3 Kay

4 Andrew

5 Lara

6 Frank

7 Phoebe

8 James

9 Sally

10 Tristan Amelia

19/7 Henrys Canberra

8:00 am Park Run
Breakfast
Dinner with family

PARK RUN
rose early at around 7am to the sound of James fluffing in the kitchen.  Made a instant decaf because that was all I could find.  at 7:20, left Phoebe warm in bed and James and I headed out to park run. I was concerned about the cold as I did not have clothes for running in the cold.  In the end two thermal tops and a beanie, a pair of tradie disposable gloves and pair of shorts.  This was a good choice as it was not too hot to run in.  Just after the start Young James powered past.  At the end, took a photo of us

James had to scrape the snow off the windscreen.
 

 

Frost on everything

 

Gungahlin parkrun results for event #572. Your time was 00:41:33.

Congratulations on completing your 47th parkrun and your 1st at Gungahlin parkrun today. You finished in 248th place out of a field of 308 parkrunners. You were the 147th male and came 6th in your age category VM60-64. Take a look at this week's full set of results on our website. Well done on your first result at Gungahlin parkrun. We have set this as your PB.

You achieved an age-graded score of 39.27%.

 

 

 

 Frank, James and James

 

18/7 FRI - Last Day

FRIDAY

Set the alarm for 5:30am - half an hour earlier than normal to allow us to pack up.  

Phoebe scrambled 3 eggs for me.  She prefers breakfast later when she is more awake.

Packing up went remarkably smoothly and by 7:20, we were heading down the driveway.  At the bottom of the driveway, stopped to put the rubbish in the wheelie bin.  On to the Old Jindabyne shops to return the keys.  Shoved them in the letter box as the real estate was closed.  No queue at the nearby coffee shop so purchased two long blacks.

Jindabyne was very foggy but the fog gave way to blue skies as we headed to Bullocks flat.    

THREE MINUTES OF PHOEBE SKIING

 

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We spent the entire day at Smiggins so that Phoebe could practice.  She's getting much better quickly.  

Sat up the top while Phoebe went off to explore and take photos.  Walking in the snow was hard as my boots would sink up to about a foot.  After trudging around, I returned to the skies.  Noted Phoebe was still trudging.  I put on my skies and picked up hers and skied them over to her.

 We left Bullocks flat and drove to Jindabyne and onto Cooma.  It was horizon to horizon traffic but it all moved along at a pretty good clip close to the speed limit.  At Cooma, we returned the ski gear and bought special fried rice and a few other dishes from a caravan at Rhythm.

Onto Canberra and arrived just after 7pm.  Quite drained.  We set up a mattress in the lounge and slept waking in the night to watch the flames flickering in Henry's fireplace.

 

 

 

2025 Ski notes

PACK LIST

Ski socks

1 sports socks

2 long sleeve thermal tops

2 long leg thermal bottoms

8 hankies (more is better)

Snow boots waterproof 

Black Asics Running shoes.

2m extension lead

1 x 6 way Power board. 

Puffer jacket.

Thin Niko pen

2 plastic pegs

4 metal pegs

1 USB battery

FORGOT

Torch

New yellow lens. 

Umbrella 

NEXT TIME

Thin vest (phoebe)

Keeps curry powder instead of paste.

Baking makes more cleaning than stove top. 

APARTMENT

Washer dryer 

Fridge, stove, oven, microwave. 

lots of useful left overs like salt and pepper and tomato sauce.

Double bed

Sofa bed. 

Dimplex heater in bedroom.

Fan heater in lounge. 

Not used verandah with chairs and BBQ.

2025 Boots

FIRST PAIR 

From Rhythm Cooma.

Way too much heel room. 

Too skinny.

SECOND PAIR

From Rhythm Smiggins.

I think Salamon brand. 

Marked

XPro90

Energyzer (note spelling)

Wide

28.5 326

Oversized

PIVOT

Last 102mm

These are better but I think half a size too one size too small.   

 

 

 

WHAT NOT TO GET

ATOMIC - These had way too much room in the heel. Both side to side and up and down. Also the sides of my feet hurt interestingly just to the heel side of the widest part of my foot. 

16/7 Wed - Spag Bog Dinner

MORNING

 Phoebe's last lesson.
Frank, James & Henry did Mount P
(Lewis and Clare drove home)
AFTERNOON
Frank, Phoebe and Jeff went to Smiggns
Spag Bog 

MORNING

As we walked across the ramp from the station to Perisher, we saw the dawn sun illuminating the Perisher centre. The sky was blue with wispy clouds. The moon was visible. 

Phoebe and I shared a coffee in Jax. I was on the optus chat trying to reactivate Jemma's Sim card. Phoebe went off to her lesson. 

James and Henry met me in Jax and luckily Optus was able to complete my request. 

The three of us were on our way. We headed for Mt Perisher.  Several runs on both the new 6 seat chair and a the Eyre T Bar.

Back and met Phoebe in Jax. She had brought a Taiwanese fellow - Jeff - from her lesson. 

we'd run out of Wraps so I had a very expensive Kabab. Phoebe had a home made sandwich. 

The three of us took the bus to Smiggns. First go on the Pomma and Phoebe fell off.  This knocked her.  I went to the top and met Jeff.

not long after Phoebe arrived up. James and Henry arrived. Phoebe was running low on energy. 

EVENING

James, Henry and Morgan came for dinner. 

Frank made spag bog.

Morgan arrived with a apple crumble along with a packet of corn flour and a bottle of wine. 

Phoebe made a salad and a egg custard using the aforementioned corn flour.

We began with schnapps followed by hot chocolate for J & H.

Main course was the spag bog, garlic bread and Phoebe's salad. 

Desert was Morgan's apple crumble, Phoebe's egg custard and ice cream. 

we chatted about all sorts of stuff:

B24, spooky men's chorale, skiing, dinner, 

 

 

15/7 TUE

 Miserable weather.
Phoebe had a group lesson and a private lesson.
No night skiing

Henry, James, Frank & Morgan in front of the new Mt P Chair.

Henry, James, Frank and Lewis

The picture of the day.  Credits to Morgan.

L to R

Henry, James, Frank, Lewis. 

14/7 Mon

 Monday
Blue Skies
Phoebe's first lesson.
Frank, Lewis & Morgan Skied to Blue cow and the Gutheca chair.
Phoebe practiced in the pen.
Frank Garotted.

 

 

 

13/7 Sunday Smiggins wind and Bacco dinner

Boot issue

Smiggins 

Met Lewis

Very very windy. Insanely. 

Dinner at Bacco. (Italian)

Up as usual at 6am

Scrambled eggs.

Loaded the gear.

Away at 7:02

At Bullock's Flat, Phoebe advised that her boots were very painful. 

We experimented with adding padding and packing but in the end decided to visit Rhythm Smiggins.

We had both observed that our boots had a lot of heel space.  Her boots were cutting into the bottom of her shin. I wonder why Snowboard boots are so comfortable and ski boots not so. 

Lots of walk and ski. I went off on the pomma to see what it was like.  Then I did a bit more exploring.  Checking in from time to time with Phoebe.

Lunch on the verandah of the Smiggins hotel.  Observed a huge queue inside which precluded the purchase of hot chocolate or chips. The wind was insane and Phoebe's yellow balaclava was carried away.  Neither of us had the energy to chase it.

Discovered Lewis had tried to contact me.  Called and established he was on his way back to Perisher. He did a U turn and came back.  

 

 

 

After lunch, Phoebe played in the playpen.  She later reported several small children blown away by the wind. 

Lewis and I took the T-bar up a few times as by then all the chairs were on wind hold.

DINNER AT BACCO

Italian and very delicious.  I had a Moreton bay bug thing with various other sea food delights.  The Mussels, I gave to Phoebe.  Lewis advised that he comes to that restaurant several times per year and always has the bugs.   

 

Phoebe, Frank, Morgan, Clare, Lewis.
 

 

12/7 Sat Perisher

It's our second day skiing and the weather is beautiful. 

Backing up to a 6am alarm, I awoke but felt a bit yuk.  Phoebe made a lovely breakfast of scrambled eggs and greens along with cucumber and tomato Turkiye style.  I then lay on the couch Frankie style. 

Arose and did some menial tasks like carrying bags of ski gear to the car while Phoebe made lunches. A cup of coffee and some water both helped get me feeling better. Also a couple of panadol. 

We drove to Bullock's flat and took the ski tube to Perisher. Walked to the pen where the beginners practice. Observed a huge queue for the magic carpet and so we trudged to the top. Phoebe did a number of runs practising snow plough and getting better each time. 

Needed a break and headed for Jax. A hot chocolate for me and hot water for Phoebe that she turned into tea.

Out for a second session. 

At one point we walked to the second snow maker and Phoebe snow ploughed down with only one fall. A second attempt started poorly with an almost immediate fall.   After a break sitting on the snow and she did a long run across the lower part of front valley. Tirdness was evident so we sat on the snow for a bit to recover. 

Phoebe trudged to the top of the pen and I went to explore the T bar. 

Several runs and we were done. 

Left the slopes early. 

The Perisher tube doughnuts are now 12 for $9. I think $8 last year. 

A huge queue of cars stopped in the other direction. We heard on the radio that all the car parks were full - Perisher, Thredbo and Bullock's flat and that cars were being turned round at various places including Bullock's flat. The lack of car parking at the end points and the fact that the ski tube does not make it to Jindabyne is an example of the ineptitude of planning. 

In the evening Phoebe cooked a beautiful lamb curry and rice. Washed down with red wine.  Followed by ice cream with nuts and schnapps.

An early bed as we are both tired.