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John, brilliant once again!
1 year agoWell done mate.
Great to see Cora with you for a few days.
I've got a lovely day loaf baking at the moment after rescuing over a tonne of food today for those (multitude) less fortunate than us.
Looking forward to you getting into SE Asia.
So you can do your fuel calculations ?
1 year agoThe quip in 74 was "The bloody government ! They've halved the size of my farm and doubled the distance to town !"
1 year agoMind boggling !
1 year agoCraig
I find it hard to express how taken aback I was with the Knights' welcome. It seems that everyone is thanking me for dropping in! What, for food, drink, accommodation, first rate company? I cannot have landed in a better place. Brad has my details should any of you be passing Canberra. It would be a pleasure to reciprocate. Ian
It was fantastic to meet you Ian.
Love your posts and will keep reading your blog as you travel up to Singapore. What an adventure. Some of us think about but just don't take that extra step to do.
Take care of yourself, rubber side down and keep riding!! Craig (2nd from left).
Congratulations Ian on arriving in Darwin in such a quick time. Well ridden.
‘Hi’ to Cora.
Great place is Tamworth. You’ll be able to ride through there, via Barraba, on your return ride.
Small world. The Golden Guitar is modelled on my school mate’s Dad’s guitar. Gentleman Geoff Brown and his showband toured all over outback
Harry Frost, who designed / built the big guitar, has a son David Frost who lived and worked for years in the NT. Retired to Cairns now.
I recall a story from an ex-serviceman, Harry, who I worked with in Tamworth at the ag research station in the early 1970s. Harry was in Darwin during the bombing raids.
He said some local government workers had been told to ‘retreat’ certain vital equipment as far as Adelaide River. One very enthusiastic worker drove a grader as far as Alice Springs… just to be on the safe side.
Graham
That might be so but these are relatively young trees. I'm tempted to give it a go some place - Mt Ainslie perhaps.
John, yes, I haven't seen it often; spotted gums, Corymbia maculata most often. But I don't recall anything this good.
1 year agoJohn, yes, just like that general change in eastern Australia with stringybarks on the ridges and smooth-barked eucalypts in gullies.
1 year agoJackie - simply unbelievable!
1 year ago
Graham
1 year agoThe guy was probably being paid by the mile.