Celebrated Australia Day in fine style with a Military Rifle shoot at 0900, followed by a Centrefire Sporting Rifle event at 200m. Windy as hell at the Micket Creek ranges today but by some miracle it didn't rain, which is quite surprising considering the monsoon low which has been sitting right over our heads for more than a week. The frogs were starting to hop into our living room!

Just for laughs, here's a photo of yours truly accepting the Australia Day Sports Award for Military Rifle from Johnny Ah Kit, NT Minister for Sports and Recreation, at Parliament House last year. No such luck this time round!

Have you ever seen a finer pair of athletes?!

Good PR for the shooting sports, in any case!