I finally took the time to upload the photos from my first major Outdoor Experience, only to find yesterday that Wilson's Prom had burned down. No, kids, I didn't leave a cigarette in the woods. It seems that the only slightly out of hand "controlled" fire that we drove through went a bit nuts during the hot weather. No one was hurt, but 600 people had to be evacuated from the area.



The gay French car stayed home, as Chopper's gets free petrol, and is all set up to kick it with ipod road trip playlists. I headed off to our nation's capitol, lovely Canberra (the only place in Australia where porn and fireworks are legal, go figure) to pick up my driving partner. Just outside of town, I got clocked doing 136 K. 10 minutes later and I had a ticket for $208, and lost my license for a week. I CERTAINLY learned my lesson, however, my companion got the same ticket the next weekend! Tsk Tsk!



Driving into the national park, I put all my trust in our faithful leader, as he promised that the bush fire was not a big deal.



Hmm, no big deal, huh... and the only way out is a helicopter.



I was complaining the whole first day of hiking because I wanted to see the beach. I was definitely rewarded.



It gave Chopper and I the opportunity to shoot the cover for our new trance album, Sand Sessions II



Chop's sunglasses made for a lightweight and practical lens filter.



Sleeping on the beach is more comfortable then you'd think.



Our Estonian exchange student, Jukka, was very happy she brought her traditional head scarf.



Bringing in the wine seemed like a good idea at the time, but the next day it had me seeing double. Oh wait! That's the twins!



The crew was fantastic.



Until they forgot about me and walked off.



We had a contest between the South Australia crew, and the New South Wales crew to see who made the best meal. The Puttanesca (recipe to follow next week) by the SA crew won hands down. Chops and I made Gravlox with mustard dill sauce, which somehow made me grow breasts for this picture.



My first Outdoor Experience was incredible, especially the rock hard scenery.