Paint Ball (Skirmish)
As we move into our 30’s, (some more progressively than others), we are always looking to do something different to celebrate our birthdays, and one of the best things to hope for, I think, is to have a surprise, where a group of friends all get together and plan something really cool for the birthday event.
On Saturday, following weeks of planning by Clarkey, we (Timotei and I) abducted Ads for a trip up the highway to Ballan for an action packed afternoon of paintball (skirmish). Of all of Clarkey’s crazy ideas, I think this one is the best by far, and the great part about it was that Ads had no idea of where he was going until a sign on the tree about 100m before the entrance. What a fantastic day and birthday gift, especially for 3 hot-blooded males such as us, allowing us to run around in the bush with semi-automatic paintball guns shooting at each other.
When we got there, we were immediately teamed up with not 1, but 2 teams of bucks’ parties ready to commence celebrations before one of their mates walks down the matrimonial aisle of life. We split into two groups, received the safety talk, were issued overalls, face mask, ammo belt and our weapon and were escorted to the first battle ground.
The first game started a bit slow with a few people (including me) a little unsure of the strategy and a few other things, but sitting out for the rest of the game after being shot early, ensured that we did things differently in the next battle.
The second game began, we moved forward with stealth and lightning speed, our flanks drawing fire, allowing us to move up the middle and hold position, it was too much for the other team and they succumbed to our vicious onslaught. Just writing about it, has got my adrenaline pumping again. The rest of the afternoon, saw another 4 games and a bruise for every game or should i say battle scar!
The afternoon of paintball was a great idea, so if you want to head somewhere with a group of mates and run around the bush, get dirty and shoot some stuff then this is the place to go. The place we went to was very professional and the facilitators did a good job of controlling the testosterone of 30 males. If you ever are stumped for bucks night/day event, then the answer is paintball.