The Internet can be a dangerous place, if you venture into some dodgy sites on purpose, or by accident, and you can get tied up in litigation or worse. Not so on ExplorOz!
I have been associated with this site since early in 2002 and in that time, through this
Forum, have made many friends and some enemies, but I won’t dwell on the latter.
The social aspect of this
Forum is a great asset to all who are involved with the exchange of ideas and knowledge oftravel throughout this continent.
There has been a great swell of interaction through our common interest via this site and many new friends and acquaintances have called in for a cuppa or have been invited to stay over at our place at the edge of the South Australian Outback and we have called in or stayed over on our travels with a number of you in your neck of the woods. This mutual friendship has evolved through this
Forum and our association in the common interest.
What has struck me though, are the Random Acts of Kindness by some of you. I am very humbled by your kindness. I will not name names, but you know who you are. Just this morning I have a received an out of print book through the mail from a kind person in Queensland whom I have never met in person. A few weeks back I found an expensive bottle of Scotch left on my doorstep by an ExplorOz Member whom I have corresponded with, but have not met in person either. These random acts were enacted all because those persons have enjoyed the entertainment and knowledge value, through the various discourses via this
Forum.
My association with 3 ExplorOz National Gatherings has cemented a camaraderie that exists between a whole range of people and has built on this friendship from those instances.
I do hope that the friendships cemented through this medium will continue and I thank all of you, past and present, who have made my association with you via this site, a memorable one.
Cheers