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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

SKI Wednesday

Mid week energy low. The"kids" are wanting a short day. Maybe night skiing was too much ha ha.  Chris has taken the day off.  He

Agreed to sleep in until 7:30 which was about right. 
Chris drove us to Bullocks Flat and is taking the car for a day of touring. 
I think we were on a 9:20 train. 

Jemma and Max are heading for Pretty Valley.

10:00 and Phoebe and I having coffee in the coffee shop above the ski tube at Perisher. 
Phoebe commented my face is getting thinner. 
Compare to last year in Turkey:



2026 SKI Accommodation

This year's hut at Jindabyne "discovery" caravan park below par as set by last year's offing.  

Note to self:  carefully check floor space sizing. 

It's much smaller and poor layout.

Nowhere to put anything. 


KITCHEN
Only one person at a time. 
The layout means you can't have one person at the stove and a different person at the sink. 
Even though the place sleeps 5 and we've paid for 5, only 3 bowls,  4 wine glasses.
Morgan came to the party with:
Tongs, a one person coffee plunger and 4 bowls. 
BATHROOM
Ok

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Ski Tuesday

Normal Skiing fishes
4:30 
Night skiing is 6-8:30pm

Ski tube each hour from 6:34… 
Options:
Ski until 7 or 8.

TUESDAY 
Got up a little late around 6:20.

My breaky was oats & nuts microwaved then added yoghurt.

After we arrived at Perisher, Chris went and joined James and Henry and Frank & Phoebe went upstairs at the Ski tube terminal for a coffee and chat. 

Phoebe and Frank did a run down front valley before venturing off on an expedition that included the Wentworth and then the Lawson T-Bar and the Leichart chair lift. 

Lunch in the sun sharing a table with Cas and Olive. Outside Jax looking up front valley. 

Frank then went off on search of J H C and located them at mid station. A couple of runs round to the Leichhardt chair.  Joined by Morgan and Joan. 
Back to the centre and Phoebe and I did a couple of runs before heading in. Phoebe and I had two Aperol Spritz. Jemma and Max joined us for two bowls of Nachos.
NIGHT SKI
https://youtu.be/M4zaSf92Bsg?si=W32HRzBHvG9vH_N-


Monday, July 20, 2026

Ski MONDAY

Video 
Jemma & Max dinner
Drinks on the deck at Blue Cow 
Morgan & Joan dinner. 
Spag bog. 







Sunday, July 19, 2026

SUN CBR->JINDY


HENRYS
A pretty relaxed start to the day.  Breakfast was very individual. Chris put some muslie in a bowl with water and heated it.  I had a crumpet toasted with butter followed by a second one. 

9:50
We drove out 


Need
Bags to carry boots and helmets.
$30 day entry get boots and
Lunches wraps Jindabyne 
Decide 5th day epic pass


LUNCHES
Wraps
Lettuce
Tabouleh 


Sao
Peanut butter
Smith crisps

SUN: Chris Chicken & Tarizo Carbonara.
MON J&M out
TUE
WED Henry & James.
THU
FRI On road. Need shoes.





Saturday, July 18, 2026

Burley Griffin ParkRun

Burley Griffin parkrun results for event #486. Your time was 00:37:12. Two minutes off your 17mile rocks pb but acceptable given you were coughing up phlegm.

Congratulations on completing your 78th parkrun and your 1st at Burley Griffin parkrun today. You finished in 252nd place, just after a little kid and a grandma, way behind your brothers James Von Stieglitz and Henry Thomson out of a field of 352 parkrunners. You were the 136th male and came 8th in your age category VM60-64. 

Phoebe Antonieff Mitchell took awsome photos.






Friday, July 17, 2026

Tidbinbilla

Henry drove us to Tidbinbilla.

There was a strong video presence on Artimus. It was made before the recent flight but it got me thinking I need to brush up on the current status of space flight and the various launch vehicles. 

This is a monunent to Voyager.
We went to the visitor centre.