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Member - John T (Tamworth NSW)
Hello all
As of 4pm EST on Friday 24th July 2015 I joined the ranks of the unemployed. I have spent the last 37 years helping to protect the fishery resources of NSW as a Fisheries Officer but time kept creeping up and my body did not recover as quickly as it once did after some days camped along riverbanks and getting small boats down and then back up steep river banks -some days we did in excess of 100 k's in the boat so the
seat used to get pretty hard too.
There is still lots to do around our
home with painting and the like to keep me busy for quite some months. Kate ( my partner for those who have not met us) gets to the magic 65 in October next year and will hopefully want to retire and smell the roses with me.
Our current camper - the mighty Trak Shak - will be on the market very soon (only one more short trip next weekend) and the following week I head to Queensland to collect the replacement - a second hand AOR Quantum. Something that is more older folk friendly that will allow us to do the tended travels with a few more creature comforts. I did not want a full size caravan as that extra width would restrict the
places we can go whereas the Quantum is very much built for off road travel.
I hope to meet many of the EO family during our travels and visit the
places I get envious reading about in other people's
blogs.
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Reply By: Bob Y. - Qld - Sunday, Jul 26, 2015 at 19:29
Sunday, Jul 26, 2015 at 19:29
Best wishes for a long, happy and most importantly, healthy retirement,
John.
Enjoy the "new" Quantum, I'm envious.
Nothing like having the wife, or a friend, saying: "What are you doing?" Says you: "Nothing!" They reply: "I thought you did that yesterday?" And you reply: "I wasn't finished........."
Don't forget to spend a few days at
Winton when you're touring. You could drop a line in the
Old Cork waterhole............and
check for nets! :-)
Good luck,
Bob
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