2012 in review: the year ends, the world doesn’t

Rugby League
Rugby League

At the start of this year, as always, I set myself a set of goals, some of them in review:

  • Learn German
    • This went really well until about March and then I got busy.
  • Summit Mt Kosciusko
    • This was all but forgot about, so will be a goal for 2013
  • Spend more time on non-computer aided activities
Easter Show
Easter Show
  • Achieved!
  • I have spent more time in the evenings reading real books, and going out with mates on the weekends.

During the past year I haven’t done any hiking, and there have been fewer adventures. Having said that I have still done a fair amount of fun things around Sydney during the year:

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Photos: Warragamba Dam Wall Walk

For the first time since 1998 the Dam Wall on Warragamba Dam has been opened to the public.

I went up today with a few friends from uni to check it out. The dam itself is impressive in it’s height, the water is over 100m deep on the storage side of the wall.

After grabbing lunch we headed down to the Nattai lookout to check out the views of Lake Burragorang. A set of photos of the day are below.

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Photos: Sydney to Hobart Start from South Head

This afternoon I went out to watch the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race from South Head.

After almost missing the start of the race due to the bus getting caught in traffic I arrived with 3 minutes to spare.

Below are a selection of shots of the boats as they went through the heads, I was mostly just pointing and shooting as the shear number of people didn’t give much of an opportunity to line up perfect shots.

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