2004-2005 Australia Trip, part 9
December 26th is Boxing Day in Australia. This is a day to box up the Christmas presents you don't like, and return them for new ones. We discover that we are hit with a double whammy; it is a holiday and Sunday. This affected some of our plans as many places were closed. I go out early and find an internet cafe near the hotel. Barb and I then head there and not only check our home email, but get a calling card to phone home. It may be 9-10am where we are, but it is still Christmas Day in America. The family liked to here from us so far away. After the phone calls we go back to the hotel and make arrangements to meet with Tim Lendrum, to toss some boomerangs.
Tim arranged for us to meet at the Sydney Sports Complex in Narrabeen. Unfortunately we had some trouble with the map not matching the road and did some scrambling around to find our way there. We arrive and Tim is on the field tossing booms. First thing we notice it we have a pretty stiff breeze going. I gave Tim a couple booms and he gave me a Dave Martin "Sydney Bridge" boomerang. We do a couple of throws while Barb takes photos, the she heads off for a walk in this beautiful park, while Tim and I toss boomerangs. Tim gets out a tri-blade, which was drilled with lots of holes; then taped over to close them. Seems the "hole" idea didn't work as planned, but taped again the boomerang was fantastic in the wind. I was really enjoying tossing this boom. It was almost like throwing an MTA both in angle and release. Tim had several variations of the boomerang, including a doubler set. The outside doubler could have almost been used as an MTA. After returning home, I'll have to get Tim to make one for me. (Note: I now own a set of these doublers, made for me by Tim) When Barb returned from her walk, we went to the cars to get some throwsticks, and the huge natural elbow boomerang I had just received from Morris a few days earlier. The natural elbow rang looked like a throwstick, but performed like a returning boomerang. At 26 inches wide, I am reluctant to try and catch it. Tim also gave me some first time instruction on throwing long distance boomerangs.
From the field we headed to Tim's Aunt's house for some refreshments and then Tim pointed us to the beach. Barb and I ended up spending the rest of the afternoon on the beach at Curl Curl. Water temperature was about 68F, too cold for my tastes. After another interesting drive, we return to the hotel and finally get that supper of cooked prawns!
Photo: Dave and Tim at the Sydney Sports Complex in Narrabeen.
Tim arranged for us to meet at the Sydney Sports Complex in Narrabeen. Unfortunately we had some trouble with the map not matching the road and did some scrambling around to find our way there. We arrive and Tim is on the field tossing booms. First thing we notice it we have a pretty stiff breeze going. I gave Tim a couple booms and he gave me a Dave Martin "Sydney Bridge" boomerang. We do a couple of throws while Barb takes photos, the she heads off for a walk in this beautiful park, while Tim and I toss boomerangs. Tim gets out a tri-blade, which was drilled with lots of holes; then taped over to close them. Seems the "hole" idea didn't work as planned, but taped again the boomerang was fantastic in the wind. I was really enjoying tossing this boom. It was almost like throwing an MTA both in angle and release. Tim had several variations of the boomerang, including a doubler set. The outside doubler could have almost been used as an MTA. After returning home, I'll have to get Tim to make one for me. (Note: I now own a set of these doublers, made for me by Tim) When Barb returned from her walk, we went to the cars to get some throwsticks, and the huge natural elbow boomerang I had just received from Morris a few days earlier. The natural elbow rang looked like a throwstick, but performed like a returning boomerang. At 26 inches wide, I am reluctant to try and catch it. Tim also gave me some first time instruction on throwing long distance boomerangs.
From the field we headed to Tim's Aunt's house for some refreshments and then Tim pointed us to the beach. Barb and I ended up spending the rest of the afternoon on the beach at Curl Curl. Water temperature was about 68F, too cold for my tastes. After another interesting drive, we return to the hotel and finally get that supper of cooked prawns!
Photo: Dave and Tim at the Sydney Sports Complex in Narrabeen.
Added on August 25, 2006 by bvdrangs
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