Author: Fraser Darcy
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What/How do you want to be?
What do you want to be when you finish school? What do you want to be when you grow up? Such a typical question. Does anyone ever get it right? Probably not, so why do we bother asking if no-one seems to be getting it right in the end. Over on Goose Island, we’ve been…
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Sailing Guiding Explained
If you’ve seen my calendar at the moment you’ll notice it has a large chunk blocked out with ‘Sailing Guiding’. I’m down on the Yorke Peninsula, specifically at Goose Island, working with high school students on a Year 10 Aquatics program. I value this work pretty highly on my schedule for a number of reasons.…
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Another String to the Bow
Pool season is finally upon us here in the Flinders. Without the luxury of a heated indoor facility the Quorn and Hawker pools both lie dormant until around about now each year. Last season, my first in the Flinders, I fell into the job as a casual pool supervisor and enjoyed the community and regular…
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The Off-Season: Bringing the Focus Back
qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm. Yep, all the keys still work. Been a couple of weeks since I’ve gotten on the blogging horse and for good reason too! After a year of flogging myself like a dead horse, entering races and squeezing in outdoor trips I gave myself an off-season. Hence, it’s been all quiet here and on the…
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I’m a fool for the Holy Grail
Driving the Triton down the Highway for the twelfth return trip to Adelaide this year ‘Holy Grail’ by the Hunters and Collectors came on in my Spotify playlist. Great song, usually gets a good workout during September with the AFL finals on but on this trip down to Adelaide for the Heysen 115km I was…
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