Sailing 'Manumitter' - Ep 16: "Australia Day 2023"
Yes, the date in the title is correct this video is about Australia Day 2023! Even though I uploaded it more than a year later. For reasons that may become clear in the following 2 videos it has been some time since I've uploaded a sailing video as I have been sidetracked with other projects.
On this day, we set off on this day with the intention of finding a nice anchorage off one of the local jetties. When we left the sailing club and went down the Port River it was beautiful and flat, however just after we got out into the gulf it got pretty lumpy so after getting thrown around for a while we headed back and found a protected anchorage in the river.
St Mary Peak is the highest point in the Flinders Ranges and is a bucket list hike in Australia for keen hikers. Located in Wilpena Pound, It's a demanding hike but within the ability of most healthy active people as long as adequate steps are taken. You can ascend to the Tandarra Saddle via a trail on either the outside (the steeper approach) or the inside (less steep but longer approach) of the pound. From there you follow a futher rocky trail to the summit itself. To do the full loop (taking in both the outer and inner trails and the trail to the summit) is 21.5 kilometers and requires a full day. An early start is preferable particularly in summer. You should take a minimum of 4 litres of water, climb in good weather (in the wet it can be very slippery). Needless to say you should also take sunscreen and wear appropriate footwear.
On a clear dy the view from the summit itself is hard to put into words. Pictures don't do it justice, you have to go there nd do it yourself. I fully recommend anyone who is physically capable does it at lest once in their life.
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Cycling is one of those activities that you can literally do from your front door with little fluffing around. There are a number of local rides I do that don't involve having to load my bike on to my car. This is a local block in an industrial area that feels safe even when it gets dark. Thought I would take you for a lap of it.
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The Whispering Wall is actually a dam in the Barossa Reservoir, South Australia. It was completed in 1903 and was a revolutionary engineering feat for it's time. However what attracts visitors is the dam's acoustic qualities. Visitors can whisper at one side and their words can clearly be heard at the corresponding position on the opposite side.
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I used to climb quite a bit but for health reasons thought it would no longer be possible. However after 15 years being inactive I recently started again and found that it may actually be helpful in moderation for my condition (which is an inflammatory auto immune illness).
Vertical Reality is an indoor rock climbing gym in the Adelaide area which is well run, good value for money and with a lot walls (so it can accommodate quite a lot of climbers of all abilities). It's a great workout and a lot of fun.
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Mount Remarkable is locted in the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia in a national park (of the same name as the peak). It is 995 metres high and while there are a number of hikes in the area the summit hike is the most popular.
This hike can be done from the eastern side of the range starting from the War Memorial Monument. A hike to the summit and back is just over 12 kilometers.
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Some years ago I was planning to produce a freediving video of this site for a photo and video competition but we ended up going diving elsewhere that weekend. This is what I came up with a week later. It's rather a shame we didn't get to enter it because it's one of our better freediving videos and I think we would have fared rather well. The old Rapid Bay Jetty is one of the best jetty dives in South Australia, may have even suggested in the country and one that I've dived at for many years.
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Fossil Cave is an underwater cave located in Mount Gambier, South Australia. It can be accessed by those who hold CDAA (Cave Divers Association of Australia) Cave Certification or higher.
The cave gets it's name from the large number of extinct animal bones that were discovered there in the 1970's whilst it was being surveyed. It's now more known for it's crystal clear water and interesting topography but you can still see the pickets around which the survey grid was attached.
There is also another small underwater cave at the other end of the sinkhole, which has some interesting features but it's mainly the south eastern cave that is dived. Divers enter one end of a crescent shaped surface pool but as the passages below curves around following this crescent, a greenish tinged light can be seen refracting through the water from above in many parts of the dive site. It's one of the more unique caves to dive in the region.
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Lake Wabby is a well known lake on Fraser Island. It's relatively small and is getting gradually consumed by the Hammerstone Sand Blow. At 12 meters it is the deepest lake on the island and unlike most of the others is full of aquatic life, particularly large catfish. There are 2 hiking tracks, one from the beach about 4.3 km north of Eurong which is 2.4 km long and the other is a shorter one from a carpark off Cornwell's Break Road which is 2.4 km long. This is the later. It includes a lookout with spectacular views.
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