Hawkins Hill
March 27th, 2012 at 4:00 pm by David FarrarA couple of weekends ago did one of my favourite walks from the wind turbine to the Hawkins Hill radar station, along with a couple of friends, a baby and a dog! It was a brilliant day weather wise, which I have to say has been pretty good the last few weeks.
A friendly Emu following us along the fence line.
Posing for a photo with said baby and dog. Was very funny as at one point a person passing by commented what a fit family we were. This caused us much merriment as we were not sure what sort of family he thought we were with two women, one man and a baby. We concluded that he probably thought the two girls were lesbian lovers and I was their “donor”.
The views of the south coast and suburbs are just stunning.
The Wellington Castle, from above. Had a brief exchange of pleasantries with the owner as he was driving out his front gate. I didn’t tell him that I wanted to purchase the castle one day as a headquarters for the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
And the radar station itself. Next o the radar station are some foundations from a destroyed building. Anyone know what it used to be?
Tags: DPF, Wellington
March 27th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
EMU, looks more like a Ostrich to me.
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
And a very fine donor you would make to be sure DPF…
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
That will hardly be big enough now it has expanded so much. There won’t be room on the gate to fit the whole name.
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Great part of Wellington. Stunning views on a good day. Can be a bit, um, windy at times. Once I stopped my ride briefly, and my bike blew away! Not overly keen on the radar station… I swear I can feel my brain being cooked with each sweep.
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Oh, as as for the castle.. did you see the Dobermans in the fenced grounds DPF? Looks to me like they’re fed raw meat. I can think of some lefties who might like to try a little breaking and entering. It would be entertaining
[DPF: Have seen them before. I think they are there to keep unhappy clients of the owner away. He owns a pawn shop or urgent credit place in Newtown]
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
I must say, you look like you’ve lost a lot of weight. Keep up the good work.
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
I am sure Whale said you have been expelled from the VRWC. You might want to check your membership status before you make any large purchases
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
what ya clocking in at now DPF? 100kg?
[DPF: Under. Dropped 2 kgs is last two weeks]
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Right Wing??? really.
I think (its a long time ago) but wasn’t there a receiving station there for radio for planes and ships.
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
The destroyed building would be the primary radar station, decommissioned in the early 90′s when the current secondary radar was installed.
(Secondary radar means they don’t depend on brute force bouncing a signal off planes. The planes now all have “transponders” which broadcast a reply back to the radar that includes a 4 digit numeric code and their altitude).
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Have been up there once when it snowed (very lightly). Is certainly a nice walk if you want to get fit!
And I’m sure many people have referred to you as that type of donor before.
Vote:March 27th, 2012 at 11:53 pm
I heard there was a lot of money to be made in pawn.
I think that round building is the headquarters of Wellington Soccer.
Good to see the weather was better than that time I went with you.
Vote:March 28th, 2012 at 12:23 am
I recognize that little doggy!
Vote:March 28th, 2012 at 9:16 am
The ‘emu’ is in fact its ratite relative, the ostrich; a male ostrich to be precise.
Vote:March 28th, 2012 at 9:19 am
Good stuff DPF. Keep at it!
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