Luke Frisken

Tue 9 January 2018

13 minute read

Skiing in Japan

Slipping slippy!! I look up from my phone to see we are facing sideways, no time to brace as we collide with the snow after performing a complete turn. Nii-san and I look at each other, and I raise…

Mon 1 January 2018

3 minute read

in Code

NZ Ortho4XP Scenery Creation

This article outlines the process I've developed for creating highly detailed mesh scenery of New Zealand's Southern Alps for the X-Plane Flight Simulator, using t…

Mon 28 August 2017

10 minute read

in Adventures

Bogong in August

Mitch and I decided to head up to Bogong for the weekend together. Walking up Eskdale on Saturday morning we hit the snow surprisingly early, and after about an hour and a half of walking, reached …

Thu 3 August 2017

37 minute read

in Adventures

Backcountry Skiing in New Zealand

The aim was simple: do an avalanche course, and practice what we learned. This was to be my first trip to New Zealand in winter, and as such I didn't really know what to expect in terms of weather …

Thu 4 May 2017

6 minute read

in Adventures

Blue Mountains Canyoning

This Easter, I made the long car drive journey up to New South Whales to join in the annual pilgrimage to go canyoning in the Blue Mountains. With four drivers in the car, driving for 10 hours wasn…

Mon 27 February 2017

3 minute read

in Adventures

Mountaineering Round 2

A follow up mountaineering trip to New Zealand, given the success of the previous season, was always going to be on the cards. Five of us flew over near the new year for 2016, for a couple of weeks…

Sat 28 January 2017

11 minute read

in Code

Sphinx For Documenting Java Projects

Last year I had the pleasure of using Sphinx for documenting my final year software project at university. The project was primarily jav…

Tue 17 January 2017

4 minute read

in Adventures

Frenchman's Cap

With the Christmas/New Year period shutdown at work, there was a scramble to find something interesting to do. Luckily some good friends were already off to Tasmania to go hiking, and had a spare s…

Thu 22 December 2016

3 minute read

in Adventures

Little River Gorge

Returning to Little River Gorge was an exciting prospect. Aparently Little River Gorge is Victoria's deepest gorge. A fair way North-East of Buchan, it is one of the more remote areas of Victoria. …

Thu 8 December 2016

20 minute read

in Adventures

Mountaineering Course

Absolutely no regrets choosing to do a mountaineering course before heading into the hills independently. The course run in 2014 by Stuart Hollaway for MUMC members was a once in a lifetime, unforg…