Not much off road around here, but you can ride out to the Oxley common and out to the secret forest, not really off road, but it isn't bitumen or concrete.
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10 tips for a happy healthy childhood
Submitted by keith on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 05:26I got this on a notebook cover for Families Week in 2010, run by Families Australia, I thought it was pretty important to share.
10 tips for a happy healthy childhood
An impoverished landscape ‑ Part 2
Submitted by johnsinclair on Sat, 10/09/2010 - 11:29by John Sinclair
A land rapidly losing its wildlife — Birds
An impoverished landscape - Part 1
Submitted by johnsinclair on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 07:49This essay is the first of a series of planned reports discussing the Australian landscape and its natural environment and how it has become significantly impoverished especially in recent years.
Connor’s Lost Football
Submitted by johnsinclair on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 07:45A story from Kakadu July 2010 by John Sinclair for his grandchildren and others
When Connor lost his football in the tall dry grass while on holidays with his family in Kakadu he thought that was the end of the matter. He and his sister and cousins had searched and searched in the long grass near their camp at Gunlom but they couldn’t find the ball that Connor had had for more than half his life and which he dearly loved.
Kakadu Poem
Submitted by keith on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 07:23Kakadu Poem
An ancient place
Ancient stone and creature
Ancient people and culture
Ancient beauty and nature
A people of principle
Principles of balance and sharing
Learnt from millennia of shared memories
A place of contrast Contrast of wet and dry
Water, beast, flower, dust, rock, tree, flame, dust, mine, dust, dust, dust
A place of beauty Beauty of flora, fauna and terrain
A hard shell around chaos - Jen Voigt
Submitted by keith on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 05:58Voigt's Hotel Room and Suitcase on Bike Hugger
A great interview with Cycling Legend Jens Voigt and his view on chaos and genius.
"A hard shell around chaos" and "having things organized is only for small-minded people. Genius controls chaos."
Visiting Kakadu and the Northern Territory
Submitted by keith on Fri, 06/04/2010 - 13:15You can find lots of information about Kakadu in the Kakadu Visitor Guide, there are many photos and maps of the area as well.
