kjp

Well that's a "bold sweeping statement"... and wrong. Sort of:

This morning's orienteering was at Bunyaville State Forest (close by: less than 10 km northwest). It was pretty good fun. The forest was a bit wet, and there was a bit of rain. I had my control description in my pockets. I didn't use it (had marked the control card with the information), and at the end of the event it was a pulp. (All my clothes were sopping). Great. So I'm (probably) going to get one of those control description holders that wraps around your wrist. Should make life a bit easier, and means that I don't rely on my scrawl on the control card to get control description information.

The more major problem I have with orienteering at the moment is my lack of forest fitness. Back down in Canberra there were usually about 2 events in bushland each week. Up here it's one every few weeks, with a few street / park events dispersed between. As a result I think that I've lost some of my forest running "ability" (getting my legs higher off the ground, "sixth sense" of the forest around me, etc), and have slowed down as a result. The fact that Queensland bush is a lot thicker & lusher doesn't help.

On another note I was doing some gardening late this afternoon - putting in some shrubs / ground covers in the little garden box in the middle of the front lawn. The plants were all freebies: from a nature and environment thing put on by the city council last weekend. Hope they survive...