Hi from the B@astards.....
Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:16
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Al & Mrs Al (Vic)
Hi Everyone,
We are thouroughly enjoying our Gulf Tour. We have camped in some sensational
places,
Welford National Park -
camping on the Barcoo River was simply superb.
We are enjoing the beautiful weather here in
Normanton, and last night spent the evening relaxing in the Sunset Tavern at
Karumba Point watching the sun go down over the Gulf of Carpentaria.
We have seen some interesting things, including a crocodile statue here in
Normanton that is an exact replica of one caught in 1957 that is over 8 meters long...we have just taken pics of the kids sitting in its mouth...truly hard to believe.
The driving has been GREAT, and we have only one hairy time driving up to
Normanton from the Burke and Wills Roadhouse when the rain was falling and the sides of the road were really really slippery, so slippery that when we were stopped off the side of the road to let a roadtrain go through, we were sliding down the bank.
Tomorrow we head to
Burketown for a couple of days and then on to Kingfisher
Camp and
Lawn Hill NP.
We are all
well and enjoying each others company immensily, and our three youngest travellers/
explorers are just being joys.
One of the funniest events so far has been Al falling into the Surprise
Creek -
Bladensburg National Park when he was attempting to fill a bucket of
water for a shower, it was noted that the person who did not spring to his aid was me..hahahha...
now....it is off to
the pool for me....
cheers and safe travels to everyone.
Lyn
Reply By: Two Dogs - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:23
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:23
So your on holiday and you cant go without turning a computor on?
How sad.
Go and find yourself somewhere.
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Follow Up By: Al & Mrs Al (Vic) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:31
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:31
well hello to you....
actually I'm sitting in the
Normanton library checking the weather patterns so that the next leg of our journey is a safe one......
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Follow Up By: Member - Tonester (VIC) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:45
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:45
Well, you're off to a fine start, your 2nd post I can see on the
forum and both abusive. See this and post 25305.
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Follow Up By: Member - Paul J (ACT) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:49
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:49
Isnt there a joke called Two Dogs .......
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Follow Up By: Member - Tonester (VIC) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 13:37
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 13:37
Sorry, didn't say it before. But Al & Mrs Al, sounds like your having a ball. Keep it up.
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:04
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:04
what a jerk u r two dogs...reminds of the drink !
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 21:28
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 21:28
Two Dogs,
You are giving dogs a bad name.
Clean up your act, or bleep off.
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Reply By: Member - Crazie (VIC) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:37
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:37
sorry, who is this?
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Follow Up By: Al & Mrs Al (Vic) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:41
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:41
how's work?
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:30
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:30
hahahahahaha I wasnt sure either Craze
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Reply By: Member - Crazie (VIC) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:43
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:43
Bite me...!
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 13:29
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 13:29
Watch it Adam, she will do more than bite you if you keep that up. LOL.
You still did not answer the question, Hows Work?????
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:04
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:04
really?
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Reply By: Member - Gary W (VIC) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:50
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:50
Sounds like you guys are having fun. Thanks for the quick update.
Gaz
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Reply By: Member - Paul J (ACT) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 13:00
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 13:00
Im sure spending the evening relaxing in the Sunset Tavern at
Karumba Point watching the sun go down over the Gulf of Carpentaria, would compensate sliding down a bank.
Enjoy...
Cheers Paul..
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Reply By: Member - Duncs - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 13:41
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 13:41
I don't know why I do this.
Here I am sitting at
home with no prospect of an extended trip. So I switch on the puter to find people like you gloating about the great time you are having while I sit here bored.
When you get
home I am going to go somewhere, I don't know where yet, but it will be somewhere you want to go, I hope. Then I am going to post on this and every other site just how much fun I am having while you get ready for work.
Seriously though, despite my obvious jealousy, I hope your trip gets better every day. That may be hard to achieve 'cause the first bit sounds pretty good.
Have fun
Duncs
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Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 14:16
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 14:16
G'day Lyn,
We know that area
well.....I posted an update on a PC at that same Library when we were there last October.....just to make everyone down south jealous!!! hahaha And now you're doing it to ME. Buggar!!!!
That sure is a huge croc.......we liked the way they say on the
plaque that it was "caught"..............strewth, the flamin' thing was SHOT, not caught!!! They used the "caught" word so the kiddies wouldn't get upset. BTW, it was SHOT by a woman too.
We have piccies of each our kids in it's mouth (I suppose every visitor to the town has done the same thing).
We managed to get kicked out of the Sunset Tavern when we were there, cos we had the audacity to buy fish n chips over the road and sit out on the Tavern's lawn to eat them while we drank booze from there. We moved about 10 feet to the north (closer to the car park area) and sat just outside the white barrier.
Gr8 spot!!!!!!!
Enjoy the rest of your trip you lucky bleep s...lolololol
Roachie
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 15:15
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 15:15
8astards....
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Reply By: Wombat - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 15:37
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 15:37
Is it my imagination or did your post change between me reading it the first and second times?
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Follow Up By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 21:01
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 21:01
Yes you are right womby, and rightly so too, no free advertising on this
forum!
Cheers mate
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Reply By: Big Kidz (Andrew & Jen) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 16:12
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 16:12
Hi Guys
Great to hear you are having a
well earned, relaxing holiday. Yes we are jealous as it brings back memories of our trip 4 weeks ago....oh to be on continual holiday!!!
Have fun, stay safe
Jen ( and the other Big Kidz)
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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 16:20
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 16:20
Hello B@st@rds on holidays, I hope you are having fun and I can get away again soon too. I am dissapointed to see you didn't hop into the river to aid Al, no crocs there........
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Reply By: Footloose - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 17:58
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 17:58
I'm not jealous. I know there are zillions of
grey nomads cluttering up every town and rest
spot in northern
Australia. Some of the rest spots are bigger communities than the next town ! Rekkon I'd get to
Karumba and meet my next door neighbours.
I was going to camp on the Barcoo but the sign said I had to have my own loo. Besides, the traffic noise wouldn't of suited me :))
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Reply By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:09
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:09
how did you know they were calling you an Al that? they were keeping it quiet...even from me!
Ok which one of you other guys told em what you lot were not telling me.......
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:32
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 at 18:32
And did he spring to your aid on that WA beach? I think not QED xxx cya soon
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