Fairy nuff. I didn't see anything to disagree with. I still might question your sanity though.

Hey Expat, it's a shame that slvoid didn't pick up on the 'hot chocolate' comment and run with it. I'm thinking of using him as my guru, coz he's got the answers for everything!

And yeah, it was good. Made with milk, not water, I think. The eggs were top notch too, not the dry old argument that falls off your toast like you usually get at other places.

Goddammit.. I think I just joined the latte set... and I dun even drink coffee!!!

How was ya long weekend fellas? I MTB'd a section of the Great South-West Walk which is in the - funnily enough - South-Western part of Victoria.

Frikken 95 off-road Kms in two days! Boy was I shagged yesterday.

I must thank my much maligned FS bike for saving my arse more times than I can remember. What a liddle BeeYOOO-Taaaay!

Weekend was ho-hum for me. Cold, wet race on Saturday for no result, missed all of the V8 action on Sunday because of a 5 hour long family lunch , and Monday was filled with all the tears and crankiness that 8 little kids can generate when they've had enuf of each other. For joy.

I did manage to catch up with Expat for a ride, but the scantily clad volleyball chicks he keeps raving about were not strutting their stuff on the beach when we went past. Maybe one day I'll see them, but I'm starting to have my doubts. The melted crayons were good tho.

95 kms, nice riding ! Full susser hey, got pics of it?

Raced B grade Sat with jock, nothing left for the sprint

MadScot and I did the XC loop and DH run at Ourimbah Sunday. Braved a nice little jump/drop off a pallet (and sad to say, no OTB).

Retaining wall building and funnel web dodging the rest of it.

And the Bunnies creamed Manly which was nice !!!

Oh yeeaahhh!!! Almost as good as the Knights beating them in the grand final

almost.

Johns back for the Blues, going to make the difference tomorrow? I bloody hope so.

Dunno. If he has the legs to go the distance he might, but they're taking a bit of a gamble.

I'm going on a mystery tour with Peleton tomorrow night, seeing as how they've cancelled sprint training at Homebush because of the SoO. Could be interesting. No doubt there will be some pain involved

It looks like a forgone conclusion now: https://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...E23218,00.html

Note how Fredericks is already talking about him in the past tense

And Jobie has let fly to the media without his brain switched on, so he hasn't done himself any favours.

He's goooooone...

You bunch of slackers.... you slag off my Newcastle team then pin all the hopes of the blues on Joey... you should be ashamed..

Oh so it's your Newcastle team now is it?

Heaven forbid anyone else from wanting to support the mighty Knights... well maybe not so mighty this year

didnt you see I was announced as footy manager?

Dajka seeks help after hospital visit

Australian former keirin world champion Jobie Dajka says he has been suffering depression and 'self-medicating' with alcohol since his expulsion from the Australian Olympic team last year. Dajka is due to face a disciplinary hearing of Australian Cycling on Thursday after allegedly assaulting track coach Martin Barras, but Dajka says his problems go deeper than a moment of lost temper.

Dajka checked into Adelaide's Lyell McEwin hospital at the weekend, using the provisions of Australia's Mental Health Act to admit himself for treatment. He told Adelaide's The Advertiser newspaper, "I've had some mental trauma. The booze has been a way out for me. I need help. I definitely need help. I can't just keep getting on the booze. I've got to straighten my life out."

Dajka's recent troubles began two weeks ago when he was involved in a fight with another member of the Australian track team after a drunken night out. A few days later Dajka allegedly attacked Barras after a counseling session dealing with his attitude and behaviour for the previous five months in which Dajka was told he would be suspended from the team for three months.

"I just snapped," Dajka told the Adelaide Sunday Mail. "I basically grabbed him by the throat and pushed him towards the white board. I went away, came back, and he said a couple of things to me and I basically pushed him over."

After an initial disciplinary hearing over that incident, Dajka told journalists that he was considering leaving cycling, and that the sport was "drug-ridden" and "corrupt."

Now Dajka and his agent Kerry Ruffels are conceding that the 23-year-old has problems that go beyond a couple of unfortunate incidents.

"It's been going on since the Olympics," Dajka told The Advertiser. Dajka was sent home from the Australian Olympic squad last year after being found to have misled the Anderson enquiry into Mark French's allegations of drug at the Australian Institute of Sport facility in Adelaide.

"I never really recovered from that," he said. "I was never offered any counseling to help me through that period. It was basically 'get out, dog'."

Dajka said he was working with a sports psychologist to deal with his alcohol problem, and that the same psychologist is treating him for depression, but denied he had a drinking addiction. He was prescribed anti-depressants and valium about three weeks ago, but denied reports he was suffering a nervous breakdown.

"I wouldn't say 'breakdown'. It's just hard to come to (terms with) the fact that I've been dreaming of these (Olympic) moments since I was five years old and now, if Thursday's outcome goes where I'm sure it's going, it's probably going to be over," he said.

Kerry Ruffels, Dajka's agent and advisor, says Dajka's career is less of a concern right now than his mental health. Ruffels told The Australian he hoped Thursday's hearing would take the state of Dajka's health into account.

"He's not well and I have to hope the sport acknowledges that, accepts it, and puts a penalty in place which takes that into account," said Ruffels.

Ruffels suggested at last week's disciplinary hearing that Dajka should be given a six-month ban with any further period to be suspended.

Dajka says he will leave the sport if he is banned for more than a year. "I've said to myself, if it's a year then I'll be back. I'll spend a year working on myself and come back as the old Jobie Dajka, he said. "But if it's any more than that, I'll hang it up for good."

I can't help but think that the Aussie track scene is one big boys club and Jobie just didn't play by the rules and is now being ostracised. Probably safe to also add he's a bloody mess and is his own worst enemy.

After the drinking and fighting, all he has to do is molest some poor woman and he'll be fit for Footy!

Pix of my FS bike can be found in the gallery (https://www.thylacinecycles.com/gallery), but I'll try and add some ride pix once my mate sends them to me.

just when I thought things couldn't get any worse!

They seem to not be at the beach at 8AM in the winter. Funny that. The crayons were quite good indeed. Not that they could come close to making up for female volleyball players, but it warms you a little anyway.

WTF is a crayon?

Drugs for the kiddies?

Well, when you were a kid, you probably used them for drawing. You may even still use them. We had some really bad hot cocoa that tasted like melted crayons. So Jock has now gone on the hunt for quality melted crayons. Got it?

Climbo, fancy some more MTB this weekend? sat or sunday morning? unless you fancy a night ride?

PS. after last weekends pallet fun and games, I'll bring along the helmet cam for a laugh!

Hey Expat, you ordered your own Thylacine shirt yet?

I hate seeing grown men drool like thaT!

possibly yep, no plans yet so fairly open to days. I'll call you later in the week.

I wouldn't call it drooling. But I'm reasonably certain that I won't see anyone else wearing one in the states.

I assume you guys have heard that it looks as though the UCI and the IOC will be getting rid of the "kilo" from the Olympics

Can't believe it

https://www.petitiononline.com/1000k/petition.html

Robbie wins, and no change to the GC in the Swiss