The Weekend Aussie BBQ , Vino, Fishing and Driving Thread...

Great photo Pap! Lucky to have captured that moment in time

 

I hear you Pap.
My parents were the same, came to Australia in the 50’s from Greece and worked hard to help build the country and provide for the family.
Dad worked for the railways in Victoria laying railway tracks through the bush.
Brings tears to my eyes looking through the old photos and seeing how hard it would have been.

Dad is the one squatting.

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Brilliant. And these are the stories that made this country so great.

I fear that at least some of the more recent arrivals don’t have the same level of desire to contribute and improve this place like your (and my) ancestors did.

Why they seem determined to turn our country into the schitt hole they left is anyone’s guess.

 

Cheers man, I love it.

 

Thanks for sharing man, maybe your Dad and my Dad were on the same boat? lol

My Dad came to Australia in 1953. He wanted to come straight to Mount Isa, but they missed the coast of QLD because they got blown out to sea and just by chance Dad said the weather changed and it pushed them back to the "mainland" and they ended up in Victoria. If the weather didn't change they would have floated off and died out at sea for sure he said.

Dad hitchhiked his way up to QLD and started working underground the next day he arrived here in Mount Isa.

Interesting they both laid railway tracks. One in rural Victoria out in the bush and one in rural Queensland in an underground mine lol

Amazing where their life journey took them and where they ended up.

 

Who knows, maybe
is your dad one of these guys?

‘My dad is the one with the cigarette hanging out of his mouth and what looks like a handkerchief on his head.

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Great pic man! Unfortunately my Dad isn't there by the looks.

His boat didn't look that flash either from what I understand lol

An old wooden sailboat with no engine he said. My Dad was lucky to make it, a few of his fellow migrants didn't.

Two got delirious from starvation and dehydration and jumped overboard to swim to land they saw and two got tossed out of the boat during wild weather. All 4x men never to be seen again.

 

Lunch at Bowen Mountain

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Mmm nice Greg, I’ll give you a wave [emoji112]


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My old address Redgum cres Bowen Mountain

Did you notice the hill on the way up which rolls uphill due to optical illusion ?

My girls use to laugh watching my car roll uphill

 

Thanks for the invite malaka.

 

No, didn’t notice that

 

Kanimbla for a few days, lovely place

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Nice front on photo of the Porker

Yellow lights make it

 

Rear three quarter shot reeks of CAR magazine

 

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Anyone?

 

Like the fireplace. I love rock feature walls, ever since Stately Wayne Manor

 

Eeeeww! Those are chicken testicles! (Turkey testicles are OK)

 

Crumbed, deep fried with some chips, a pineapple fritter and served in a box.

Mmmmm…

 

I'll keep this info for the grandkids next time they ask for chicken nuggets. I have always wonder what part of the chook they were. Thanks to Fchat I now know.

 

Excellent! That's positively Machiavellian!

 

Bloody little ute went like a train John.
Picked up my gear from Marc's filled with gas and fuel left Cabooluture and got to Nebo at 6pm.
and did a thousand yesterday.
Off at 6.45 this morn,home at 3.45. 800klm.
No gas north of Cab going my route,pity it does 320lm on a tank.

Thanx for the PPPI and pickup mate.!!

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Glad to help out

Never been in that part of the world at peak hours

And then there was the truck accident at yatala

Glad you got home ok

 

Yeah ,got to my lodgings at 7.30 FFS.....just enuff time to grab a 6 pack and a KFC.

There's a reason I didn't touch the crap for the last 15 years and I remembered why a couple of nights ago!

 

FFS stick to Red Rooster. [emoji215]

Steve recommends the Tropical Pack.