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 »]

Visited some of the travel stores in Chatswood tonight – found some nice tops in the new Paddy Pallins store that actually fit me! I didn’t buy any – but I’ll look in town on Sunday when we go in to buy some shoes. Ended up in Mountain Equipment where Leanne tried the Asolo Voyager … [Read More »]

My new camera arrived today! Yay! I bought the Canon EOS 40D 10mp Digital SLR body and a Canon 24-105 EF f/4L IS USM lens to go with it. Note that the photo on the right shows the camera bundle including the EF-S 17-85mm lens … I didn’t get this, I bought the camera body … [Read More »]