DAY SEVEN

I can’t remember Day 7 and I’ve only just realised it’s day 8… life is a blur at the moment. The games have been a little slower than normal due to the between venue travel times. Somehow it still manages to wear you down both physically and mentally. Random images from day7 How’s that logo! …

Day FIVE

Athletics, Wheelchair Rugby and Wheelchair Basketball were my tasks today.. Athletics was great… I did discus and the athletes stand behind a net so you have to manually focus on them and shoot with a wide focal width (f6.3-11) so you can get them to stay in focus. there was also a couple of other …

Day Two

I missed a day…. Cycling is my passion and for Day1 of the 2020 Paralympics I managed to weasel my way to the Velodrome to cover our Aussie athletes. We knew we had a strong program and that it may bring a podium place. All three girls were feeling good heading into their races. No …

Day Minus 3

Today was a recce run out to the cycling velodrome and back with a chance to shoot our cyclists whilst out there. First up was a run on Zwift to loosen the legs.. Tom from the Australian Embassy drew the short straw and had to drive Drew and I out to the Izu Velodrome. Start …

Day Minus Four

Today was MPC day… Main Press Centre. The MPC opened today welcoming all the press, photographers and journalists. You basically turn up, fill out your forms and they give you a vest to wear at the events. The three amigos in the MPC Face masks are all the rage over here…just the cool kids are …

Welcome

A quick trip from Cairns to Narita That’s the one I want Patience station Cabin crew please get ready for landing Here we go… let’s do this Waiting for our results…. 3hrs to go More when I move from here… stay Covid safe

Things – 18th August

Random photos from today The long walk Leg 1 This won’t work That helped Cairns IM display at CNS Follow the blue line to no one Coastal storms… isn’t it winter? That’s it for today’s randoms 👍🏼

First time out to Olympic Park

We headed out to Olympic Park yesterday (Monday) to see what train line / bus combo was the best way for us to make it to the Main Press Centre’s door. First up, the whole system is very easy to follow with signage everywhere and people there to help you. The best way for us …

I’m here… 40hrs later

Well I’ve arrived in London checked into my accommodation and had a couple of trips back and forth to Heathrow. The weather has been great and the locals are very help full with smiles on their faces. The underground isn’t as straight forward as I had anticipated but lugging all of the bags up and down …

1/2 way there

So I'm in Singapore waiting for my connecting flight to Heathrow and so far I've been on the go for 16hrs. My good buddy Jeff Crow came up with the idea to monitor the total travel time and his was 33hrs. So I'm going to see how long it takes to go from accom to …