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Just back from four weeks with the family in Bega NSW. Had a whale of a time. https://i.imgur.com/mdAdChs.jpg?2 Not particularly good quality but it captures the moment. This is whale watching season along the south coast as the pods travel back from the warmer seas bringing the family back towards ...

Very appropriate Sherri. I don't know if you have a copy of Patsy Adam-Smith's book "The Anzacs" - some really heartbreaking stories and of course the story of J Simpson Kirkpatrick..the Man with the Donkey. Your mention of Gloucestershire also brought back this memory and is related to my friend Ro...

Champion, you're on the short list for the Tower!

I would like to add my good wishes to those already expressed and look forward to another year of good fellowship on these boards.

Arnold Smith - Originally signed on in South Shields , San Quirino (tanker) 1938 Eagle Oil & Shipping. Sold to the Argies in 1939.

Common Brothers Never in the MN but Pilot's note about Common Bros struck a chord in the old memory box. Father in Law (Arnold Smith) WW2 on the Hindustan (general cargo) from Immingham January 1940 to October 1940, across the Atlantic and up the west coast of America and return. Previously Athelpr...

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend,Common Sense,who had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were lost long ago in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as "when to come in out of ...

I came to Uni education as a mature student, having followed a Building Trade apprenticeship and then qualified the "hard way" (evening classes and Correspondence Courses) as a Building Surveyor. The opportunity of some formal management training came when my employer sent me (aged 46) on a Manageme...

Poor loser. Referee vindicated.

this is a Poteroo

Thanks Ralph. Potteroo Palace is an animal sanctuary just off the A1 Princes Highway between Merimbula and Bega, NSW. Ideal for children to see the animals not in cages (the Dingoes were fenced in). Kangaroos to feed, Wombats to cuddle (well almost - they are quite chunky and solid) and seemingly hu...

His brother!

Dingo at Potteroo Palace near Merimbula NSW
https://imgur.com/a/v1aFeIT

Lovely photos Ralph.
I've recently started using Imgur.
Took a little getting used to but it seems to do what it says on the tin!

Spotted this one on our journey from Bega down to Melbourne last year. Stopped for a coffee at Cann River and there was this lady with her dressed up pooch. Poor thing, it must have bveen uncomfortable - it was a very hot day!

This is what the best dressed dogs will be wearing at Windsor on Saturday!

Still trying. But I believe that there were two daughters before they left England, Maureen and Margaret.
Any help appreciated please.

Just heard the news. Raging fires near Bega and Tathra
Family safe but not sure about their house.
Andrew out there with the Volunteer Fire crews

Inventions
The man who invented cat's eyes got the idea when he saw a cat facing him in the road. If the cat had been facing the other way, he'd have invented a pencil sharpener.. Ken Dodd