We are back from Ballarat. Ziggy really enjoyed the Palliative Care course and claims he learned a lot. Good on him. We also survived the freezing cold temperatures over there. I've been to Ballarat couple of times before and all I can remember was rain, wind and at least 3 degrees cooler than anywhere else. We were really lucky with the rain, or lack thereof, this time but we almost froze to death. The hotel room we had was huge and therefore barely heatable. A one of a kind survival experience.
We followed the recommendations and found a really nice restaurant where I tried the kangaroo steak which turned out to be just beautiful. The funny kangaroos are not only cute but also pretty tasty.
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| Sturt Street |
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| a quick walk to escape the cold |
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| Yes, it was coooold |
Zig is back at work and I'm making friends with my computer preparing two presentations. I will have a lecture in the Aero Club on Saturday talking about my World Championships experience. The audience will be mostly pure powered pilots so some introduction into glider flying cannot harm anyone.
For the second lecture we have to travel all the way to Melbourne on Tuesday evening (and back straight after that...). It's gonna be a long day...and night. The lecture will be for all interested Victorian glider pilots as a part of the Winter Gliding Workshop and I'll be talking about the preparation for badge and record flights. There are quite a few things to remember to make such a flight a valid one. The flight itself is a pure pleasure compared to what comes before and after. OK, I better get back to work :-)
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