Tales from St George

With the no show of Lucy, and young Bob pulling the pin at the last minute, I was nervous there would be no-one to fill the shoes of these two iconic blokes and make a mess of things at this years National Gathering. With the absense of these blokes who were we going to pay out on? surely someone would stand up and put a target on their back??? LOL!!

I was only there for a few days and from what I saw the Isuzu master was doing his best to fill the big shoes of the above characters. With his head stuck well and truely deep into the engine bay of the Isuzu when I arrived things looked very ominus for poor ol Bruce and his beloved MU. I should not have been surprised by this though as on route to last years Gathering at Innaminka I was called upon to save the day for Bruce when asked to bring a turbo and some spring bushes from Brissy and meet him at Noccundra. So it seems a year had passed but all was still the same and lessons had not been learned LOL!! Out of sheer desperation it seems Bruce resorted to advertising at this years National Gathering for an engine slightly more reliable than the MU's dino donk.

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It seems that this was not the only sign to make it onto Bruce's baby. This second sign although probably accurately reflecting the lack of need to open a hood of a Nissan, was obviously squarely aimed at framing myself as the perpertrator of the sign.

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Little does one know that there were spies everywhere and a photo of a very shady looking character assessing his handywork on Bruce's baby has been forwarded to me. Make your own judgement people but I reckon this is the photo to send this guy away for a long time as far as Bruce is concerned.

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As for my trip to St George, well it was fabulous. Getting lost with just me and the family over 2 weeks and 3500km including 900 odd on dirt I couldn't have been happier. The company enjoyed whilst at the Gathering was great and the activities just as enjoyable.

SteveinOz, I think it was you (after all you won all the prizes didn't you lol!!) that left my kids a few Transformer ball sets??? Thanks very much, your generosity toward everyone is very much appreciated.

Can someone tell me who did the "Turbulence" skit about the high flying cowboy? It was simply awesome and I am sure you must have one something for it as it was the best I have seen in a long time. Well Done!!!

Thanks to all the organisers and attendees alike in helping make this gathering successful and enjoyable. And thanks again to Bruce for standing up with the target, Mexican's may have Lucy but we have Mr Isuzu hehehe.