What are your other hobbies?

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

No doubt about Mini's, fun to drive and put a smile on my face every time I'm in it!

When I was only a little bub, my dad was driving around in a 1300 MkII Cooper S.
He loved it, and still talks about it to this day, but sadly he ended up rolling it which is a real shame as it would have been an awesome hand-me-down

[Ric]

While most of my time is taken up with work and the RFS, there are a few other hobbies / interests that I have.

Golf - apart frome a few outings to golf courses, we have our own course with holes set up and maintained on different farms in the area.

Permaculture - I enjoy practising the principles of Permaculture on our farm and reaping the rewards of organic fruit and veg.

Bee keeping - A fascinating pastime with obvious rewards of wonderful honey.

Motorbikes - Currently have two BMW's a K75c and a R1200c

I also enjoy photography and computer games like C&C and Starcraft.

[BlackWidow (Mardy)]

Apart from astronomy I have always played Drums and have been in many bands. Even had a jam with Jimmy Barnes and the boys years ago. I am a lover of anything that flies and have had more model planes that you would find in a model shop. Most have been crashed and smashed. From little things big things grow and I now own my own 2 seat jabiru aircraft. I started out flying micro light trikes and have now changed to 3 axis flying.

The only thing I have tried to collect and failed is the time needed to do all the things I enjoy. Work just gets in the way of a good time for me. Anyway off the the news agent to buy another lottery ticket.


Mardy

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

The only thing I have tried to collect and failed is the time needed to do all the things I enjoy. Work just gets in the way of a good time for me. Anyway off the the news agent to buy another lottery ticket.

[louie_the_fly (Stew)]

I collect "stuff". Anything that's old and/or unusual. I also like old clocks. Amongst others, I have a 1918 Westclox Sleepmeter which I believe is haunted...

We're into 4WD'ing, camping & water sports.

I've had a lifelong obsession with things that go fast - boats, cars, aircraft, LSR, etc. I've been into traditional hotrods & custom cars for years, and I love nostalgia drag racing.

We go to watch our son play football. Have only missed 1 game in 12 seasons. Very enjoyable, but not necessarily always relaxing. We also go to the occasional SANFL footy match. Not into AFL - tis rubbish.

Played club cricket up until 2 seasons ago.

We've recently got into artisan food making. Cheese, breads, etc. Nothing beats a piece of homemade Camembert on a chunk of warm crusty bread. Have been a home brewer. Soon I will try my hand at wine making.

I like music, and we enjoy catching up with friends for a meal and a beer.

And I like astronomy.

[bcmalloy (Mike)]

gaming, swimming, reading and of course chasing ladies

[roddz (Rodd)]

Surfing
Hovercrafting

[Amaranthus (Barry)]

Now that I've moved to the countryside, aside from giving wonderful dark skies for astronomy, I've once again revived my dormant hobby/sport of traditional longbow archery (target and clout). It's a fantastic way to relax and yet remain strong and supple. I also got a motard dirt bike to complement my road motorcycle - I've got 6km of fire trails on my property to hoon around on!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Strewth, I have my finger in everything.
Ham radio. Building electronic gadgets. Building radios.
RC electric planes and gliders.
IR cloud photography.
Weather watching via NOAA satellites. Built the receiver and antenna.
Cycling.
Lucid dreaming.
Coin collecting.
Collecting cats.
Hunting ghost hunters.
Microscopy. Can't forget that. I spent hours looking at things.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

My major hobby is astronomy obviously, mainly to do with astrophotography.

I also like playing around with photography on drones and with FPV etc.

I keep busy designing and building stuff, from radio antennas to catamarans, RC gear to telescopes. Computers, CNC, image editing etc, is all fun to.

Love water skiing, land yachting, and going for a burn on the motor bike with my mates.

Jo

[astronobob (Bob)]

Originally Posted by Ric

Golf - apart frome a few outings to golf courses, we have our own course with holes set up and maintained on different farms in the area.

mmm Golf - tried it a few times, but realised that vigorousely fanning a small white ball on a tiny stick with a large wooden club on a long stick got a bit boring and frustating

When i left home early age 14, maybe i was kicked out - cant remember or dosnt matter, I took up living on the streets, a challenging hobbie with little income but things improved when I learnt breaking into houses
Before then I collected ciggerettes - the ones in the ol-mans Kingswood Boot
I got good at nickin-- um -collecting stuff, mainly for survival purposes ha ha, just-a-kiddin- Yas

So, hobbies ive done, billycarts - won my primary school billy cart comp, had to build your own, mainly 2ndhand timber and rusty bent nails, but I scored a good set of pram wheels !
Did a bit of lead guitar for a dozen yrs
Have always had a motorcycle at my disposal - currently a zzr1100 sports tourer,, looking at the Ninja 1400 in a year or two have also a project bike being an 83' Boldore 900 - so another hobby is being a back yard Mech.
Bread Goldfish in the '90's, also had a few 3 & 4ft tropical aquariums nicely aquascaped and kept clean
Horticulture, organic gardening, well, as much as can on a standard suburban block.
Small tool & workshop shed, alway somethin to build/repair/weld or destruct in there ,,,
Fishing and tinnie boats were a major passtime for several yrs.
Martial arts for a few yrs aswell - Kempo - 'one punch one kill' tho I havent mastered killing anyone - - - yet
Always enjoy my own besser block built wood fuel Bbq and enjoy sitting around with a ice cold Rumbo - sometimes its good to cook on aswell
Have always kept my eye on the weather/storms.
Body surfing, camping, bush walking with the occasional standard mountain climb, not as much now with a crook back.
Drugs are a fine hobbie mainly painkillers and antacids, oh - did I mention F**ting
One which prob started as a hobbie but now more inline with a 'lifestyle' is, not taking life too seriousely - one largh you miss out on is one you dont catch up on

[speach (Simon)]

I do, Faceting, Fossicking, Photography, Travelling, camping (caravan) Bush Walking, Gardening (I'm forced into doing that by SWMBO),

[koputai (Jason)]

Hmm, astronomy is actually one of my minor hobbies.......

HiFi
Diving
Sailing

Mountain biking - The most fun you can have. Full stop.

Cheers,
Jason.

[xelasnave]

I draw stuff, been trying to master the three string cigar box guitar.
Trying to rebuild a wood boat.
Lately mostly exercise day long getting back to normal.
I do enjoy cage fighting dvds and general relativity

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Boating/sailing - being in the Navy 12 years helped that along. Had a nice 37 foot John Alden when I lived in Bermuda.

Diving - useful when my boat sank - at least I got to use it still. Bermuda was fantastic for diving.

Camping - got used to that in the Navy as well. My tent is nicer than issue ones and easier to put up. Don't have to carry it as far either.

Shooting - got real good at that My service docs have X on them (expert) - ended up as a shoot captain at the pistol club. Good survival tool - get to collect skins as well, though I don't have any at present.
Gave it up when Jack Boot Johnny decided we weren't to be trusted and wore a flack jacket under his shirt. A##hole

Bushwalking - sometimes. Though I get bored walking behind people so don't do it as often as I might.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by astronobob

mmm Golf - tried it a few times, but realised that vigorousely fanning a small white ball on a tiny stick with a large wooden club on a long stick got a bit boring and frustating

When i left home early age 14, maybe i was kicked out - cant remember or dosnt matter, I took up living on the streets, a challenging hobbie with little income but things improved when I learnt breaking into houses
Before then I collected ciggerettes - the ones in the ol-mans Kingswood Boot
I got good at nickin-- um -collecting stuff, mainly for survival purposes ha ha, just-a-kiddin- Yas

So, hobbies ive done, billycarts - won my primary school billy cart comp, had to build your own, mainly 2ndhand timber and rusty bent nails, but I scored a good set of pram wheels !
Did a bit of lead guitar for a dozen yrs
Have always had a motorcycle at my disposal - currently a zzr1100 sports tourer,, looking at the Ninja 1400 in a year or two have also a project bike being an 83' Boldore 900 - so another hobby is being a back yard Mech.
Bread Goldfish in the '90's, also had a few 3 & 4ft tropical aquariums nicely aquascaped and kept clean
Horticulture, organic gardening, well, as much as can on a standard suburban block.
Small tool & workshop shed, alway somethin to build/repair/weld or destruct in there ,,,
Fishing and tinnie boats were a major passtime for several yrs.
Martial arts for a few yrs aswell - Kempo - 'one punch one kill' tho I havent mastered killing anyone - - - yet
Always enjoy my own besser block built wood fuel Bbq and enjoy sitting around with a ice cold Rumbo - sometimes its good to cook on aswell
Have always kept my eye on the weather/storms.
Body surfing, camping, bush walking with the occasional standard mountain climb, not as much now with a crook back.
Drugs are a fine hobbie mainly painkillers and antacids, oh - did I mention F**ting
One which prob started as a hobbie but now more inline with a 'lifestyle' is, not taking life too seriousely - one largh you miss out on is one you dont catch up on

Like it Bob!!.

Needed a good laugh!

Cheers,

Justin.

[Monstar (Johnny)]

I used to box as a kid, first with Barking Boys Club and was then scouted and took to Repton. didnt really make the grade and they started using me as a punch bag for better fighters and I slowly stopped going but kept up my training. I still train nearly everyday and that's the closest I have to another hobby.

Reading back through others replies there's stuff that I'd like to do like storm chasing and I've always wanted a metal detector.

[OzStarGazer]

Photography, poetry, art, maths, classical music, nature, hiking,... I would like to go camping too, but it's a bit difficult (for many reasons).

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by OzStarGazer

classical music....

I don't see too many people admit to that! More power to you Oz.

Personally, I'm allergic to the noise that is played on most radio stations these days.

[el_draco (Rom)]

Disregarding astronomy, I am big time into outside stuff especially land rehabilitation and ecology; used to do raptor rehab but I'm not fast enough to avoid injury anymore. Love kids and showing them the universe.