What are your OTHER hobbies?

[Jen]

Very interesting read, great thread

[beren]

Have a lot of hobbies/interests that intertwine .......

Surfing-haven't had much time to do it the last few years but love it.
Photography-landscape, flora and fauna
Bush-walking/tramping/camping
4wddriving/touring
Drawing-landscape,portrait, pin-up
Snorkeling
Mountain-biking
Tinkering-wood/metalwork and electronics
Reading- History/Western philosophy/natural sciences, read a lot of personal accounts of wartime experience, exploration, travel and mountaineering.

Id love to try rock-climbing, kayaking {flat,whitewater} and trail-biking and be more proficient with a acoustic guitar

Haven't done much team sport for a while but liked cricket/ soccer and enjoyed boxing and muay Thai but to old for that stuff now

[Blue Skies (Jacquie)]

Originally Posted by astronut

There are other hobbies?

I'll join you there - astronomy is such a large part of my life, especially since I have paid work in it that the line between work/hobby gets very blurred.

My other main hobby is native plants. Western Australia has a great abundance of species and I've long been keen to have the skills to identify them easily and to grow them. I've been steadily working on both and my amateur skills in the former have helped me in my other line of work. There is so much to learn about WA natives that it will probably keep my interested for the rest of my life. I might just discover something that no one else has found, either a new species or a new propagation technique, its an incentive that keeps me going on. There's a lot of beautiful stuff out there that no one knows how to grow!

I'm also a weather buff, and spend a lot of time watching the weather and hanging out on weather forums. I'd love to go storm chasing one day (I think its more time than money that's holding me back at the moment.)

[citivolus (Ric)]

Current hobbies:

Photography (landscape)
Kites - I've got at least 7 two line sport kites, and a few 4 line, including a scary parafoil. I don't fly as often as I want to.
Unix
Torch collecting / selling
Multiplayer online games
Palms & Bamboo
Bushwalking / Geocaching
RC Aircraft / Helicopters
Electronics

Hobbies from my past I intend to pick up again in the not too distant future:
Archery
Kayaking
Model Rocketry

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

I think there might be the opportunity for some alternate activities in the daytime at IISAC !
There are certainly a lot of shared interests here !

[TrevorW]

Anyone interested this is a link one of to my online short stories

http://www.walkersandtalkers.com/Scific/StoryWT5P.htm

[DistroMan (Trevor)]

In the long long ago...
Horseriding (owned two horses)
Shooting
Darts
Ten Pin Bowling
Camping
Bush Walking
Bird Watching
Bonsai
Bike Riding
Vegie Gardening

Now...
Astronomy of course
Bit of photography
Local History
Genealogy
Computers
Websites (I do four of them)
Family (best one of the lot)

[Bobj]

lots and varied hobbies/pastimes here. Mine are fishing, mainly spotty mackerel and barramundi, fossicking, minerals for crystal structures, fossil collecting, photograph, mainly sunrise photos, tropical orchid growing and astronomy. Used to enjoy golf, but the old body can't take the rigours of the 19 hole any more.

[rider]

Mmm. busy people.

"Specialisation is for insects"

Robert A. Heinlein - "Time enough For love"

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Beyond astronomy my hobbies include

Photography (with a keen interest in the macro world)
Computer Games - flight simulation and most forms of racing simulators
Fine art - mostly landscape oil painting (though I haven't done this for a while)
I used to play a lot of golf, but just don't seem to have the time for it now

[Davros (Lauren)]

I love restoring old Landrovers, half way through an ex MOD lightweight at the moment. Also like building bikes. I have a Bianchi roady and a Giant dually sitting in the garage. Also keen on photography and palaeoanthropology.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Hmm, my interests come and go a bit, but I think I'd list primary non-astronomy hobbies as:

Photography (landscape, macro nature)

Hiking/Bushwalking (day, overnight, up to a few nights)

I have many other interests and things I enjoy doing, like cycling, gardening, weather/clouds/meteorology, geology. But I don't think I'd call them "hobbies".

Roger.

[garyp]

This is a great thread Mike. I've learnt more about other members in this thread alone then in the whole time I've been here.

[fishinglizard (Fishinglizard)]

Fishing, and Coffee, and fishing any type anywhere, especially squidging for big fat lizards (flathead for the non fishos)

[NQLD_Newby]

Sketching: Always sketched, these days find it very hard to find the time, I have several of my own artworks, framed and on walls throughout the house and the office at work.

Road trips: Love jumping on the bikes, my lovely lady has one too, and she doubles the 12 year old daughter, and I double the 14 year old son, and we take off for the weekend. Is very rewarding, the wind of the open road in your face and thunder of the bikes underneith you.

Fishing: Love reef and estuary fishing, something very calming about being out on the water, pulling in fish that want to pull you overboard. The rush is incredible.

Trail walking: Kind of goes with the road trips and the fishing. Many national parks up this way and islands to explore.

I have a few others but as mentioned time is very short, and these are the main ones that have survived for decades, along with astronomy.

[madtuna (Steve)]

I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I love to press wild flow'rs
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars


I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra
I wish I'd been a girlie
Just like my dear papa

[Ric]

Originally Posted by madtuna

I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I love to press wild flow'rs
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars


I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra
I wish I'd been a girlie
Just like my dear papa

Interesting hobbies

[TrevorW]

Originally Posted by madtuna

I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I love to press wild flow'rs
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars


I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra
I wish I'd been a girlie
Just like my dear papa

Maybe too much information

[garyp]

Originally Posted by madtuna

I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I love to press wild flow'rs
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars


I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra
I wish I'd been a girlie
Just like my dear papa

Before I saw this from steve I was going to say that in this thread there is a lot of other common topics to talk about, but maybe we should stick to astronomy. (Just to be safe)

Cheers Gary

[madtuna (Steve)]

what?? no Monty Python fans here?????