7 amazing weeks in Cape Town, making wonderful friends through Meet Up and doing 30 hikes.
Priceless Moments
- Paddling up the Breede with Brandon and Russell and getting to navigate some rapids.
- Getting the old volleyball crowd together again and getting to show off my rampant volleyball serve on Camps Bay beach.
- Getting hooked up to Matt and Sam at Ratanga Junction and getting slung shot 100 metres into the air!
- Paragliding off Signal Hill with Russell and then watching the sun set over Lion's Head, exhilarated to still be alive!
- Hurtling down a hill on a taboggon - such a great experience to share with Sam and Matt.
- Being reunited with Mack in Sydney after 7 weeks away.
- Sue and I getting to see our faces form part of the show at The Sydney Vivid Lights Festival.
- Doing two beautiful hikes with The Hiking Gang in The Blue Mountains and a highly fun but competitive game of Foosball with Liz.
- Horse riding on a giant horse called Zorro through gorgeous scenery in The Blue Mountains.
- Getting stuck into DIY in my house and learning lots of new skills, thanks to my wonderful friend, Chris.
- The delicious smoothie at The Sappho Book Store where our hiking gang sometimes meets.
- Getting introduced to the hidden gems of The Central Coast by Chrisel, including the gorgeous Maitland Bay.
- Lots of delicious meals with Chrisel.
- Exploring the beautiful flowers and vistas at The Muogamarra Nature Reserve.
- Listening to Quanta Qualia, one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
- Seeing the breathtaking Mermaid Pools for the first time, then getting to introduce it to my hiking gang.
- Being introduced to the deliciousness of The Lindt Chocolate cafe by Chrisel and getting treated to an orgy of chocolate on The Sydney Chocolate Tour.
- Facing my fear of heights and clambering over a rickety suspension bridge in The Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, then coming face to face with a beautiful snake that swam across the rock pool that we'd been swimming in only moments before.
- The light filtering through the indescribably beautiful Blue Gum Forest in The Blue Mountains and the moon rising over the valley in the late afternoon. Also, the stunning Victoria Falls.
- Leaping as a group at Liz's 40th birthday party, she in her high heels!
- Watching Bryan Smith present his inspiring adventures at The Opera House, and David Doubilet, National Geographic photographer extraordinaire, show off his sublime underwater photographs.
- A freezing, but exhilarating swim in a forest pool in The Barrington Tops that I don't think had ever felt the sun. I screamed like a little girl when I hit the water!
- Adventurous bundu bashing and clambering down the walls of a canyon to reach a pristine river adorned in orchids for a refreshing swim at The Wingello State Forest.
- Some of the best swimming of the year at Shoalhaven Gorge.
- Hiking to the surreal flooded forest in The Kangaroo Valley.
- Hiking in the bucketing rain and feeling very alive in The Canyon at The Blue Mountains.
- Exploring the abandoned mine and glow-worm tunnel in Newnes.
- Buying a sexy i-phone 6 and falling in love with its panorama camera at the Meet Up Xmas party.
Less happy moments
New friends met this year
Purchases
Favourite movies
- Whiplash
- Vikings (TV series)
- Her
- Tracks
- Finding Vivien Maier
- Interstellar
- Gone Girl
- Fargo (TV series)
- 100 Foot Journey
- Boyhood
- True Detective (TV series)
- Edge of Tomorrow
- The Budapest Hotel
- Africa (David Attenborough)
Favourite Song
2014 Index of Links
Time in Cape Town
7 wonderful weeks in Cape Town in April & May including ...
Hiking (26 hikes)
Walks (4 walks)
Overnight trips away
Friends
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