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Last week I headed west from Sydney to discover for myself another tiny part of this massive continent. After finally getting out of the Sydney City sprawl I was heading over the spectacular Blue Mountains. I soon passed through Lithgow and then headed straight for the Beautiful Wolgan Valley, a tiny town with a permanant population of only 4.
The original plan was to stay there for just one night then move on but after spending time with the locals and realising how much there was to do in the valley …

I would like to tell you all about an adventure, an adventure like no other.
An adventure that sent me on a journey, a journey of discovery, of journey discipline and a journey of patience. (A lot of Journeying!)
A journey that meant my living room was transformed into a land where all the lamps in the house were used balanced and angled in strange positions to get the best light situation possible, a land of focus where only the tick-tocking of a table tennis ball could be heard rebounding off rubber …

On the day before Australia Day every year Lake Cathie and the community around the beautiful little lake organise a race titled…
‘The Anything Goes Race’
A race that I can now say ANYTHING actually does go! So, always being up for some adventure I decided to enter this unique event.
To enter the race you must build, or attempt to build something that will get you around set course that is placed in Lake Cathie.
Sounds like an easy race huh, but when you add a dozen or so other floating contraptions and …