How has the shift into retirement affected your ExplorOzing ?

Submitted: Monday, Apr 07, 2014 at 10:14
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Well I'm really only semi retired but for us its been an opportunity to get the wheels dirty at least once a week instead of once a fortnight , but I have noted some friends seem to basically slide into doing nothing and wondering how others might have approached the issue.

As a longtime professional engineer life was constantly objective orientated.

Designing something then having to see it through and taking the blame if it stuffed up, and this always keeps you on your toes.

With exploring its been the same, set an objective in advance, go for it and analyze the result.

A recent objective was to come up with a new way to get to Simpson Geocentre in 24 hrs which I think we made with under 1/2 hour to spare (correct me if I'm wrong Howard).

There are also other types of objectives though like teaching the kids, and in the photo my white Patrol has its rear wheel right on the edge of an unseen 1m deep hole and my other patrol (driven by the kids) has come in to rescue dad, but has found itself in danger of slipping badly and the conclusion became quite a lessen in weight distribution and soft sand.





As one of the founding members of the "Coffee Club" I do appreciate that there is more to exploring than exploring but what is your view on the balance of retirement philosphies ?


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