11/10/2026
I'm on a forced break, after an operation on my eye.
I've been doing stuff, but not finishing anything.
So here is one of the first times I went out for a serious adventure when I was first retired, and took an old photo with me.
The photo wasn't old; it was from the seventies. It reminded me of my teenage motorbike outings, and wondered if it had changed much, or if my memories were at all accurate.
Would i recognise the tracks I used to ride on?
In any case I had bought a mountainbike, and although my fitness and stamina were crap compared to my competitive racing brother, I was more interested in chillng and photographing stuff anyway.
I enjoyed revisiting it, and sharing the experience on Facebook.
The next time I went out, I took older photos of places I might be able to find. And the rest is history, and the history of House Elf Adventures, hahaha.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.757665784409514&type=3g
On my way to the Larapinta Trail Lookout East of Wallaby Gap... I remembered this photo posted in the "Growing up in Alice Springs" group of the late 1970s MotoX track behind Patterson St. On impulse I took some photos and followed that track. Lots of Déjà vu as I pushed my mountainbike up steep tracks that I often rode on on my motorbike when I was only 16...
