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The Breakroom => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: John Rudd on July 23, 2016, 05:12:31 AM
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Going away for a few days from Monday.
'Er-indoors' wants to pop in and see the Neighbours.
I'll be travelling around so not sure if internet available.
Hopefully I'll be a able to keep in touch...
So until I get back, play nice.....
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Have a good time - don't forget to bring me back a stick of rock :lol:
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Have a good time - don't forget to bring me back a stick of rock :lol:
Will do, :thumbup: but not sure if rock is available in Oz..... :Doh:
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Ayers Rock will do us all just fine :thumbup:
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Hoping both of you have a great time, John....... :thumbup:
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Safe landing. :worthless:
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Are you talking Blackpool rock sticks?
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Are you talking Blackpool rock sticks?
Nope I'm going to Australia for some time.....longer than a few days.... :lol:
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Are you talking Blackpool rock sticks?
Hopefully these ones will have a Kangaroo profile through their length :lol:
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John
Hope you manage to acquire some super tools to save on postage costs, to make the trip worthwhile. :clap:
Pete
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Cheers Pete,
I'm always on the lookout for tool suppliers, sadly they are not abounding in Oz, unlike the States...
Harbor Freight is good for bargains and they have outlets in most major cities....One could really spend a small fortune.....
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Have a good one John :thumbup:
Are you meeting up with any forum lads ?
Rob
PS dont bother looking at that bridge of theirs ,its not as good looking as the Tyne bridge :)
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Hey Rob,
Leave our coat hanger alone. :palm: Still, I live in Victoria so slagging off the NSW lot is something of a hobby at times. The bridge does make for a great scaffold for the New Years Eve fireworks though. OH, and it moves umpteen thousand cars a day too I guess.
John B
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Hey Rob,
Leave our coat hanger alone. :palm: Still, I live in Victoria so slagging off the NSW lot is something of a hobby at times. The bridge does make for a great scaffold for the New Years Eve fireworks though. OH, and it moves umpteen thousand cars a day too I guess.
John B
G'Day John
Aye its a fair old structure :thumbup: definitely no light weight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorman_Long , if I ever get down that way I would be up for the bridge climb .
Rob
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That was an interesting link Rob, I found out stuff there too. At the time of building I think it was, and may still be the longest arch of its type but could be well wrong. Typical of the Australian disrespect for pomp and ceremony some wag on horseback rode up and slashed the ribbon before the official party had a chance. This is ignored in the official news reel but in the curator's note part way down it gets a mention.
"Curator’s notes
by Poppy De Souza
The notable absence in this newsreel is the ‘De Groot incident’ where an officer of the New Guard, Captain Francis De Groot, on horseback, slashed the ribbon with his sword – beating the Premier to the task. De Groot was quickly escorted away by police and the ribbon was retied for the Premier’s official cutting of the ribbon. "
http://aso.gov.au/titles/newsreels/opening-sydney-harbour-bridge/clip2/
If you look at the first few seconds of the footage you can see the knot where the ribbon was re-tied about centre screen. The news reel is interesting just to hear the voice of the commentator and the pride in it.
John B
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Very interesting John :thumbup:
Rob
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there's a really good wood work tool dealer in Sydney! Got myself a McNaughton centre saver as souveneer ( had a real challenge explaining to customs why I wanted to take a carbide tipped 2ft long tool home to UK! If interested I can find the address OI think !
Have a good trip. I cry whenever I see the piles of Burr timber being sold as firewood by the road side! :drool:
Have fun.DO the bridge climb it's brilliant! :clap:
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Just for RobW,
Photographed lying in the harbour here at Cairns....
The boat(ship) belongs the CEO of Wurth, the company that makes chemicals and stuff for industry...( I got some from you..)
Cost to build $65,000,000.....comes complete with helicopter.....
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So that's were my money goes John .good to see its well spent :lol:
How's the holiday going ? Three weeks and I am off :ddb:
Rob
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Rob,
We fly back tomorrow, (wednesday) should be back home by friday teatime...We're stopping over thursday night, just too knackered after flying for nearly 24 hours.....
Its been a great experience, snorkelling on the barrier reef yester, red as a beetroot despite the suncream n stuff..
There's been quite a spread in temperatures too, Melbourne started out as around 10 during the day, to here in Cairns it was 28.... Tomorrow is due to go as high as 30!
Not sure I'd do it again, at 58, my body isnt as resilient as it was...but as a holiday, I'd recommend anyone driving from Melbourne up the coast to Cairns....ok its a long way, we've driven 4658 km, or around 3000 miles......in about 26 days....
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Sounds great John BUT!
:worthless: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :)
Rob
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They'll be no use Rob, they'll all be upside down :lol:
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:Doh: Well that all depends whether John remembered to use the Southern Hemisphere setting on his box Brownie Andrew :med:
Rob
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More likely it depends upon how much amber nectar he's imbibed before trying to workout which end of the camera takes the photos!
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Even if the pictures ARE the right way up, you won't see anything for the swinging corks from his hat :ddb:
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Well John, you got about a quarter of the way around and you are correct it is a great drive. 1991 I was told I had to take long service leave but only went up the middle, across the top, down the west coast and back across the bottom. Thirteen thousand odd Kilometer from memory over the 10 week break.
Then because I still had too much leave left I worked a 4 day week for another 6 months. (I liked that.) Shame I had to go back full time for another 9 years.
Permanent holidays now, retired in 2000. Well, I became surplus to requirements so they gave me a package. Best move ever.
Glad you enjoyed your time here. Melbourne is about 70Km from home.
John B