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April 16, 2006
Project Mirage
Those who have seen my Red Mirage know how bad the paint condition is. The bonnet is the worst, since I never have a garage, the car has been in the sun for the past 5 years that I own it. Although it's well serviced and the engine is still in a top notch condition, I hardly look after the body work (wash and wax). Without proper wax, the paint has faded away. So for my Easter Project I decided to do something about it. During a quick visit to autObarn, the helpful sales guy recommended a polish with extra cut property. This supposedly cut through the topmost layer of the paint and restore the paint to its (almost) original colouring.
Well, since I have nothing to lose I decided to buy that $14 polish and started my project. This is my car's bonnet before the polish:
You can see the colour has faded and it looks disgusting. Armed with the polish and two very old white t-shirt I attacked the bonnet first. That's the ugliest bit in my car. This is the result halfway through:
It's already looking realy good. Of course I had to do the entire car so all the panels will have reasonably the same colour and I had to do the bonnet twice. Once I've done the entire car I finish it with a car wash and shine that I bought a while back from these guys.
Four hours and a very sore arm later, this is the result:
Damn it looks good :)
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Six Foot Track
Two mates asked me to go for a 2 days bushwalking trip on the Six Foot Track during the 2006 Easter break. Looking for a justification for my new rucksack I quickly agreed.
We didn't do the entire 42km, that will take 3 days worth of walk, instead we did a section from the Megalong Valley Rd's Cemetary down to Cox's River camp site. It is a 7km walk down, and another 7km to walk back to the car at the cemetary.
It's the best section of the entire Six Foot Track as my friends claimed (they've done the full 42km), but the coolest thing is Bowtell Bridge. It is an alternative route to cross Cox's River if it's flooded, but I reckon most people will cross the bridge for the hell of it. It's a suspension bridge, hanging about 10 - 15m above Cox's River and by God it swings around when you cross it - for safety reason only 1 person is allowed at any time. Although it looks scary and it does scare you a bit when you're crossing it, it's actually quite safe. I saw a few kids jumping around the bridge on the way back.
Cox's River camping ground is quite large, unfortunately it is accessible by cars from the Jenolan Cave's side. There was a large group of families with very noisy kids and one trumpet. Whoever played that trumpet only knows a part of a song, the soundtrack of Lord of the Rings. Luckily all the kids got tired after all those screaming and running and went to sleep early, leaving the rest of us a quite night.
Nothing much happened on the way up, it's just a nice 2 days bushwalking trip. I'm glad I did it.
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