From December 16th through till the 24th 2000, a group of us travelled up to Geraldton for a week and a bit of windsurfing, off-roading, snorkelling, BBQs in beautiful dry river gorges and generally lazing around, carrying on the tradition from previous Geraldton trips.
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| Packing the gear at my house | Some of the gang at Tent City at Sunset Beach Holiday Park | Jez plucking the cat-gut at camp |
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| The guys checking out Point Moore | Just a bit of gear... | Unloading the Sidie at Coros (Coronation Beach, 20 minutes north of Geraldton) |
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| Rigging up ready for a hard day of sailing | The wind was so strong for the whole week, that we mostly sailed small sails around the 3.7m to 4.5m range. | Check out Mick's pink nappy |
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| Brett cruising the car park at Coros | Brett's Discovery proved how reliable British engineering is (Not!) | The guys discussing tactics at Coros - how to survive the huge waves and wind! |
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| Justin pulling off a nice carve gybe | Justin with Doug and Mick in the distance on the beach at Coros | Those damn two piece masts - they always want to become one-piece. :) |
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| Ahh, the old 500. A bike that leaves it's mark on you (burn marks on your thigh!) | Brett taking the Sidie down the beach... | and then getting it bogged of course |
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| The lads in the kitchen - The Spag Bog didn't have a chance... | Tracy mastering the beach. It's a shame the water wasn't as stable | Tracy recovering. :) |
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| Tracy and Jaquie getting a handle on this windsurfing thing | Go for it Jaquie, no-one's watching... | Wayne the conquerer |
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| There ain't no ants in my cereal | Mick putting on his intelligent look | Justin caught in the act of computer game bloodshed |
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| Wayne didn't quite make it onto the trailer - | Tracy giving Jez some helpful ballast to tie down the 500 | Wayne and Tracy proudly holding the muffler after it fell off the Sidie. Katrina and Toby on the right were two new friends from Germany who joined us for a BBQ. |
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| Tracy, Jaquie, Wayne, Katrina and Jez enjoying a good ol' Aussie Barbie | Jez and Tracy in the background with our new friends, Toby, Tina, Hannah and Simon. Simon came to our rescue welding up the broken gear lever on our Sidewinder the previous day | Brett, Justin, Wayne and Jez doing the wettie thing at the lovely secluded dry river BBQ site |
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| The latest team of super heroes on the scene - The Board Boys :) |
