http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Corryong/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Victoria , Corryong en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:54:04 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:54:04 +0000 ltspangtWe woke up to clear blue skies in Canberra and drove of towards the Snowy Mountains.ltspangt Because we had not managed to get snow chains and the weather report forecasted possible snow we took the safe option to travel north around the snow area.ltspangt We stopped for some coffee and fruit at the DogontheTuckerBox roadhouse. ltspangt Just after that we turned of the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Corryong/blog-731339.html On Friday 28th October we prepared to hit the road again after a very pleasant few days staying in Yass. Unusually we couldnt agree on where our next destination would be. I wanted to head for the town of Tumut from where I thought we could access the Kosciuszko National Park. Graham had studied the map a little more closely and felt that Tumut was in the wrong general direction. A better http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Corryong/blog-662277.html EnglishI had promised to give you an update on Thursday's results. So here they are Steven Crosby won the day followed by Shane Duncan and Rohan Holtkamp. In the Floater class Alan Bond won the day followed by Rob Larkin and Brad Elliot. I came ninth that day.On Friday we flew the same task as on Thursday. Open class to Greg Greg Cudgewa and Corryong airstrip Floater class to Towong and Co http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Corryong/blog-361881.html I'll just give you a short update on day 5. We don't have results yet. Yesterday's Floater task went to Towong and then to Corryong airstrip about 18 kilometres altogether. The Open class went to Greg Greg Cudgewa and goal was at Corryong airstrip as well about 40 kilometres. Launch conditions were a lot better than the days before but the air was still very rough. It took me a while to get http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Corryong/blog-361588.html EnglishFor Wednesday pretty strong winds were predicted already. Some pilots didnt even show up on launch. The early birds still got off alright then the wind started picking up. Launch was closed then it was decided to stop the task. It was a good decision that everybody was happy with. Pilots in the air reported windspeeds around 50 kmh and very rough air. The wind was so strong tha http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Corryong/blog-361242.html I had already written that we had pretty strong conditions on Monday. The wind was very strong and takeoffs were challenging. But everybody did very well. In the early afternoon launch even had to be closed for one hour.The task for the Open class was a 71.8 km flight from Mount Elliot to Tooma Cudgewa North and Colac Colac. Goal was in Corryong. As conditions were really difficult only four p http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Corryong/blog-360810.html