Archives for 2007

Spent another wet and humid Sunday in Adventure Alley – Kent Street Sydney. I’ve not enjoyed running around trying on shoes, clothes and packs during this really humid weather we’ve had over the past few weeks. Many of the stores don’t have good air conditioning (or none at all) and are generally pretty unpleasant. When it … [Read More »]

The memory upgrade for my old T41 arrived today – an extra 1GB of RAM to take it to a total of 1.5GB. It’s a small module (less than 5cm long and only a couple of millimetres thick) … ThinkPad memory typically comes in a 10cm long cardboard box, and they had packed this in … [Read More »]

I ordered some gear from the REI in the US, including some pants, some more ExOfficio boxer shorts, a Leatherman tool, and a water filter. When I asked them how long to expect for shipping, they told me 4 – 6 weeks for delivery to Australia. It arrived in 4 days (although it took a … [Read More »]

Our order of gear from GoGoGear.com.au arrived today – including a travel sheet to test (I’m not sure if it is going to be wide enough for me or whether I need a double sheet), a daypack, water bottle, packing cubes, lightweight LED torches, and a travel towel. I won’t write detailed descriptions of them now … [Read More »]

Another Sunday spent in Adventure Alley – Kent Street Sydney. Our goal for today was to decide on the shoes we wanted and to start looking at travel packs. We didn’t start so well – we went to Paddy Pallins and I tried the Hi-Tec Multiterra Mid WP again, but decided to rule it out – … [Read More »]