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Reply #10 - Oct 21^st, 2013 at 9:00pm

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We are home at last Sad

Unpacking is completed and Jock has all his bits back (seats etc).
Tent dried, cleaned thoroughly and packed away again until next camp.
Photos are being sorted and labelled - some are already up on facebook if you want to take a peek.

In the end we covered 3,000kms. Chief says about 600 of those were him going backwards each time I spotted something at the side of the track I wanted a photo of Roll Eyes

Saw a lot of things which will stay in our memories forever, had a darn good time despite a few 'wrinkles' along the way and have come home refreshed and ready to take on the world Grin

Confession time: I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry! I only got ONE photo of a camp oven in use!
Normally by the time we returned to camp my memory cards were full and/or the camera battery was flat. While dinner was cooking I was either charging the camera back up or transferring photos from memory cards to laptop ready for use again the next day.

We had some bloomin ripper feeds though - thanks to many of the recipes from COCIA I took with me Grin

Catch up again in a day or so when 'real life' settles back into a routine

Love yas!

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Reply #11 - Oct 21^st, 2013 at 10:08pm

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Glad to hear you had a great time LG. I look forward to seeing your photos.

In relation to your photos; since you deleted them from your cards each day I hope you backed them up onto a portable hard drive as well as the laptop.

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Reply #12 - Oct 21^st, 2013 at 10:38pm

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Welcome home and welcome back to COCIA.

Facebook is being a pain tonight so not getting to see the pics too well

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Reply #13 - Oct 22^nd, 2013 at 5:24pm

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Chally wrote on Oct 21^st, 2013 at 10:08pm:

I hope you backed them up onto a portable hard drive as well as the laptop

Yep Chally... got them on Chief's laptop, my desktop and a 2TB back up drive now.
They won't be getting lost for a while I reckon Grin

Had one heck of a scare when I couldn't find certain photos on the laptop to transfer them to the desktop/2TB when we got home - one of the memory cards had slipped down the bottom of the pouch and I hadn't actually put those images on the laptop at all.

Usually I delete from the camera at time of transfer by 'format card' so I know I have a completely empty card to begin with. Luckily when I put it in the camera I got the 'memory full' message so I knew it had images on it. (phew!)

Derek... A few people have mentioned Facebook has been playing up - I had no trouble uploading though so it must have started after I did that. For those who want to take a look at some of the locations we visited this link will let you do so even if you don't have a facebook account

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152008070623128&type=1&l=a0351e5d07

I am busily going through reference books trying to identify some of the flora seen along the way
(yep Rufz, wildflowers LOL)

There is one flower I took photos of near Lake Grace that nobody at the visitors centre could identify even though we went through their many local flower books. At present they are thinking maybe plant A got norti with plant B and a new hybrid has emerged Shocked

(Or we weren't looking in the right books and it really is as common as a white chook in the backyard Smiley

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One of the people they know is a qualified botanist so the photo will be sent to her for identification purposes

Not sure what to do with the videos. They are way too big (file size) for posting anywhere. Got some shots of whales at Point Ann in Fitzgerald River NP.

Quality is very ordinary taken at a distance using my $50 happy snaps camera but the memories of such a great time make them worth keeping - and isn't that what it is all about after all

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Reply #14 - Oct 22^nd, 2013 at 5:55pm

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LG wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2013 at 5:24pm:

Usually I delete from the camera at time of transfer by 'format card' so I know I have a completely empty card to begin with. Luckily when I put it in the camera I got the 'memory full' message so I knew it had images on it. (phew!)

I NEVER delete any images unless I have a minimum of two copies. I carry a portable hard drive and transfer from cards to laptop and portable hard drive before reformatting my cards.

I will have a look at that link to view the photos. Thanks.

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Reply #15 - Oct 22^nd, 2013 at 9:22pm

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Sounds and looks like you had a ripper of a trip LG.

With your videos, you can edit them easily with moviemaker, which is probably on your computer.

And the question on everyone's lips ..........

Did you wear poor Chief out Cheesy

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Reply #16 - Oct 23^rd, 2013 at 2:04pm

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Rufz... a picture speaks a thousand words Smiley

He did pretty well considering I had him traipsing all over the countryside chasing wildflowers.
Derek's hiking sticks helped out heaps, especially on some of the steeper tracks.

Each time we went into the 'self sufficient' areas I made sure I had enough tucker and water to last a week even if we only planned to stay a couple of days - just in case. We only had to spend 1 day extra at one place... and that was to settle minor twinges not 'oh shite' mode

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Reply #17 - Oct 26^th, 2013 at 4:00pm

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LG wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2013 at 2:04pm:

Derek's hiking sticks helped out heaps, especially on some of the steeper tracks.

Was wondering how you went with them. Great they helped

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Reply #18 - Oct 27^th, 2013 at 4:03pm

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Rufzgutz wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2013 at 9:22pm:

With your videos, you can edit them easily with moviemaker

Thanks Rufz!
I didn't have it on the computer, but it is now - and I have been having a ball turning photos into slide shows with music, stitching little clips together, trimming boring bits from larger clips. You have created a monster!

Derek wrote on Oct 26^th, 2013 at 4:00pm:

Great they helped

They sure did Derek - quite a few times I would have been struggling with the normal walking stick on slippery surfaces, and they made it possible for Chief to tag along in a lot of places he would not have attempted otherwise. I'd hug you if I could

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Reply #19 - Oct 27^th, 2013 at 7:01pm

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Got to admit Chief did look buggered in a few of the pics.

When is the next big trip????

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