Deytrikh's 22nd Birthday

0000 hours, serious rainfall and by the time we had crowned Deych 22, we left the pub to find that the rain had turned the streets to rivers. No joke. At least 2 foot of gushing water was flowing down the road. We made a run for it and got the boardies on. We seem to inspire our friends from over the pond, as before long they were all out in the street. After the usual 'lets splash each other' we began the international belly flop competition. curb side. To be fair we were outclassed, by a NUTTER! who did a remarkable impression of a parachutist exiting an aircraft pulling the cord, in perfect balance. A true hero, not a flinch was seen, but a bruise a plenty the next day.

After getting to bed rather late, we awoke on the 8th Jan taking the periphery of the offshore cyclone! Determined to do something we looked at half day activities and thought that 2hours of rainforest quad biking was the order of the day! At 1pm we made our way to the pickup point only to be met by what we saw as Steve Irwins twin. He spent the whole journey scaring us 'poms' about all sorts of crazy creatures that want to do us some harm, little did we realise that we were about to take care of that ourselves.

Once equipt with our helmets and bikes we set off in the mud and rain pushing our limited skills to the limit......and beyond. Not long into the session, Baz decided to literally take a break and broke down in a small lake, Deych and Hubbsy ploughed on regardless, every man for himself isnt it? Now the race was on, surely 1 hour into a session Deych and Hubbs were capable of holding their own on the track. They hung back from the field so as to lose the boring reps ad people who supposedly couldnt do it, ie. girls. After rounding out of a particularly sharp bend it was peddle to the metal.

Clearly going to fast for our own good, teeth gritted and engines reving hubbs hit a puddle followed very closley by the only tree in the middle of the path! He later claimed to have pushed himself away from the bike, all we can sayis its the biggest crash weve ever seen. So hubbs found his large self horizontal and airborne heading for the ground. 5metres later he rounded out and landed in a similar fashion to his first solo landing at the yuas...needless to say he lay motionless face down in the mud! deytrikh actually managed to look semi serious for once and looking concerned casually drove up and assited hubbs who by now was trying to put on a brave face, shame the quad wasnt doing the same....later we all managed to gain some unwanted air time however nothing quite as spectacular. In true Wizard form we all rode back to the ranch together and headed indoors for a brew and bite to eat.

The birthday night continued in the same fashion as the quad biking with much high octane action and fuel consumed! With Gilligans being the regular watering hole, the wizards continued in a similar fashion to nights past, meeting and greeting nationalities from all over the globe.........only fair to keep up international relations. The night ended successfully with a casual visit to a professional dance establishment and some acute memory loss!!! bravo.