FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

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There's an empty space in our driveway

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The wagon was dropped off at CEVA ready for its lazy trip across the Nullabor.

Our next Nats adventure has begun

 8)  8)  8)  & Cathy

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Leaving home. The house sitter has moved in to feed the dogs and goldfish and water the plants

Another adventure begins
 ;D

 8)  8)  8)

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Good luck . Any problem in S.E. Qld let us know . Haydn

Gee that was quick 😮
Only 4 hours instead of 4 (or more) days to cross the Nullabor 😊

(Insert picture of qantas plane here)

Thanks Jordo for picking us up at the airport and taking us to pick up the wagon. Then getting us through Sydney traffic to our hotel
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We are here

Hope you still had time to cross  painting  off your list

John & Bette , did you see us waving to you as we went past ?

End of day 1.
😎😎😎& Cathy



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Day 2
Got to  sleep in and catch up on some zzzz's 😴 after getting up EARLY 😩 😩 yesterday.
Left Perth, 100°C😈
Arrived in Sydney, 100% humidity😭
Wake up today to 100mm of RAIN 💧

Left Sydney about 10.30am and joined the gridlock of traffic that reminds us why we love Perth.

Cruised to Muswellbrook (or is that Mussellbrook ?... these Eastern staters have a funny language 😉) Had  nice snack at a little place from 1955 tucked away off the main street
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Got to add a new line to my map
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 :D

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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Get the wide angle lens out and show us all your lines!  ;D

Day 3.

Woke up to rain again, but it cleared up for a good day of cruising.

Can you guess which town we stopped at for morning tea ?
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We thought we might watch Elvis in his latest movie release at the local flicks.
Apparently it will NOT be in 3D with surround sound 😔
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Seeing cool art deco buildings in this condition is like looking at old Holdens rusting away in paddocks. You just hope somebody rescues it before it's too late 😭

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Did our FIRST 😊 bit of collectables shopping along the New England Hwy before we stopped for lunch

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Cathy wouldn't let me do any busking 😭
(Anybody who has heard me singing " I've been everywhere man" would know why 😉).

Another day and another new line on my map 😆
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And another new badge for my hat 😆
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Apparently it's St. Paddys Day tomorrow,  so if there is no diary it's because I've drunk too many Guinessessess

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy


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You should have stopped in i am 40 min from "mussell brook" we are just out of singleton.

Have a great trip Graham & Cathy.

Cheers from Graham & Kathy

Day ... ? Its     st paddys day

So the honorary members of the Irish FE-FC Club went out to celebrate 😊

And ive add a few guinessesses
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With my stake and giuniss pye

Butt im NOT two brunk to do my dairy

I hope i think ive drawn my map write ?
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We did sum more driving again today and went here ( I cant remember the town name .. just hopeing u can guess it)
Cathy waiting for a saddle
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we had lunch and I did sum singin with my mate Pete
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(Thats when I was sober 😊)

We was hoping to see that new Elvis movie at the movie pictures in Deepwater ( thats the town name not the depth of the creek)
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But this thaerter was closed too 😔

The collectabls shop was open 😃. So I spent $2 (thats $3 below my budjet 😆)
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and a vaguely remember driving a long and winding road (hey tthat sounds like a good title for a song).  It WAS after lunch........ maybe it wasn't very winddy. And crossed the Clarence river at the BIG, long span, single lane, bumppity bummpitty wooden bridge. Before they close it and let it rott away
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Off to Surfers Paradise 2morrow. We cross the border and the wagon drives in2     QUEENSLAND 😊 😃 😆      for the first time.


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Heading East over the bridge at Tabulam,( you should have seen it before they did the recent repairs) you must be going through Casino, should've called in mate.   Dave

G'day fcrb26
I was hoping to catch up with a couple of forum users on the way through. We are in Casino tonight but i can't remember which forum user said to say g'day on the way through. my list of names is on the kitchen table back in Perth. And my ability to use tapatalk on my mobile phone restricts what I can do.
( I'm not even sure how these posts turn out on a computer screen. It all looks different on a samsung phone screen ?!)

Surferboy

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G'day snuff69
You must type faster than me

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Unlike the sandgropers who pronounce Norseman "Norzmen", Derby "Durrby", Albany "Owlbunny" and so on... :P

We speek real rite proper ingelish in the west 😊

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Day Five

Woke up nice and early feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed 👀
( note to self... drink less coffee 😩... drink more beer 😊 )

Planned to leave Casino and grab fuel in Lismore before cruising through Bangalow to Byron Bay.
WHOOPS !. We forgot to turn left and forgot to get fuel because we were busy discussing how clever the koalas must be
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They can read road signs and know where to cross the roads.

Found our first BIG thing on the trip
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So we cruised north along the beach to Byron Bay. I would have stopped and gone surfin' if I had my longboard. ( stop laughing Lorene )

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Cathy and I visited the most eastern point of Aust.

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The wagon has now visited the most eastern point also 😊😃😆

Then back on the Highway, heading North to Surfers.
THEN.. we remembered that we DIDN'T get fuel in Lismore ! So another drive along the beach through Pottsville & Hastings Point.
Then back on the Highway heading North to Surfers.

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And THEN we had to stop.



To take THIS photo
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😆 the wagon has reached Queensland.
( now I only have the Northern Territory to do.   Do we have any forum members in Darwin ?)

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Time for bed now. Up early to pick up the Grandkids from the airport.
Just time for hat badges & lines on the  map 😊

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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Good to be following your adventures again. Welcome to sunny Queensland. See you both in a few days. Give or take a few.

Welcome to sunny Queensland.  See you in Toowoomba.

Keith

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DAY 6
Up EARLY to pick up kids & Grandkids from airport at 6.30am 😩💤.  I wish somebody had told us that NSW & Qld were on different time zones ! Then back to the apartment where Cathy cooked bacon & eggs for everyone ( there's 9 😮 of us now )
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Had a reasonably lazy day walking around Surfers ( everybody was likely to fall asleep if they stopped ). The grandkids LOVED 😃 Ripleys believe it or not.
I chose the restaurant for dinner.
Hard Rock Cafe was already fully booked, so we will have to go there another night ( any excuse to add another hat badge to the collection 😊)
So I chose... Longboards Laidback Eatery 😊 😎.
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Now it's 😴💤💤💤💤💤 time

Goodnight everybody

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy & the kids & the grandkids

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End of the first week... Day seven.

Only afew more days before we catch up with everyone in Ttoowwoommbbaa.
Gee the time has flown !

Cruised through Surfers to Seaworld for our first day of Theme parks 😊.

Cathy and I went for bit of a swim
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(Those that know me other than "surferboy" will understand this pic 😉)

I have loads of pics of Grandkids, but none of me or Cathy 😟 to post
( O.K. you can stop cheering now )

Just got back from dinner
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Where I learnt a few new tricks for our next BBQ 😆
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Like how to REALLY burn the snags 😲

And I learnt how not to use chopsticks
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Unless you are on diet or have all night to eat your meal.
( a fork was so much easier 😏)

Goodnight.    It' getting late and we're up early for Movie World tomorrow

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy.

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While you're in Queensland, are you also going to the northern most point of the Australian Mainland?
It's "just up the road"!

G'day gp
We did think about it but we didn't have enough time on this trip.
Might have to organize that trip for another time.
(And stop for a coffee break in Townsville on the way 😆)

surferboy & Cathy

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Day 8

Another day on The Gold Coast. 😊
Another day at Theme Parks 😃

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Here we are making our way to Movie World

Did the Roller Coasters 😆 😆 😆
(We think this is us ?)
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It feels a lot like drivng the FC at speed through the hills on the Tassie trip 😲😲😲

Reminiscing about the 70's. When I cruised around in a van like this 😚
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(except mine was a different colour and didn't have a dog hanging out the roof)

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Just had dinner at La Rustica. A tiny Italian place just around the corner. It was a really nice meal with great service. I'm starting to feel sorry for the poor waiters when the nine of us start ordering.😦

Good night.

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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surferboy got the chance to relax and put his feet up and have a grandpa nap this morning while the kids go souvenir shopping. He will take the grandkids to the beach for surfing lessons when they get back.

Cathy

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Sounds like you are having fun.  Make sure you guys do come stay when you visit Queensland next time.  We even have a spare room.

See you in a couple of days.

Candy and Fred

G'day Candy & Fred
North QLD is definitely on the agenda for "lines on maps". Just need to do Northern Territory first. I think it might be a " grey nomad " trip.
Are you adding more pictures to your map ?

surferboy & Cathy

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Zzzzzz.....
Day nine

Slept in (obviously 😉)
We don't have a parking space at our appartment. So I have to keep driving it around the block every 30 minutes and putting it back in my favourite parking spot
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Managed to catch up and do some surfing (stop laughing Lorene) with the locals
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(thats me on the right off the pic)
Before joining them in a parade along the beach
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(thats me right off the pic again 😉😆)

The kids bought me a pressie for inviting them along. They new I would like this one 😊
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Thanks kids 😊😃😆

Rest day is nearly over. Need to get a goods night sleep before we hit the parks again tomorrow

So it's good night from him & and it's good night from her
😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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Catching up

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One of those 'must do' photos while at Surfers.😉
Got to go on the NEW ride at the theme park
The " FC Holden drives Tasmanian roads" Rollercoaster 😎
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Went to the beach. Everyone was suprised how fine the sand is ! ....    And how hard it is to get off. Still brushing and washing the little uns hours later.

Took another of those Surfers Paradise  'must do' photos
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The grandkids built sand sculptures
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And I helped to knock them down
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Managed to go surfing and I gave the Grandkids surfing lessons. (Stop laughing Lorene 😉). now they can ride a surfboard as good as I can... here's the proof
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Saw a couple of the guys heading to Ttoowwoommbbaa in the carpark
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Doesn't appear that we will get a 'rest' day 😪😆


😎 😎 😎 & Cathy


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Day 10
Unless I slept on the sofa and this is day 11 😞😩😴😪 ( I am all confused )

Went somewhere I could pick up another hat badge
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Can you guess who we caught up with ?
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He's found his way out of Mt Gambier 😉😆  and is trying to find his way around Wet & Wild. 😆😆😆

Kids did some bodyboarding
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I was going to do some surfing and take a photo for proof.
But the swell dropped 😔😢
Maybe I'll find time tomorrow morning before we leave

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WHOOPS how did that get ther 😆😆😆


😎 😎 😎 & Cathy


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Day 11

Kids flew home.
We're on our way to the Nats ☺

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We're here

Managed to dodge all the toll roads 😆
I was hoping the petrol would be 1/2 the  price if you pay extra just to drive along the road. (But it wasn't 😟)
Didn't realize we would be on a multi laned highway for the whole trip 🚓🚕🚗🚒🚓🚚🚕🚌🚗🚕🚚🚚🚓🚑🚚🚌🚚🚙🚕🚗🚓🚓🚕🚓🚙🚚🚒🚗🚕🚙

Did the usual thing on arriving in a new town..... visit a new Coles store. and restock the pantry.
Caught up with some of the WA crew for dinner before
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Adding lines to my map 😊

Looking forward to catching up with everyone tomorrow😊

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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Day twelve

The 2016 FE & FC Nats begin 😆😆😆

Been doing more talking than photo taking. But heres a couple...
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WHOOPS how did that get there ?

Signing in
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Lunch
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With coffee

Dinner was really good
And posh. We had knives and forks
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The spoon was for the fruit & ice cream dessert 😊

Was good to catch up with Hotlips and Greg, but I hardly recognized them with their new hair styles 😉😆
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Got to go now......   the wagon needs washing and polishing before the Show & Shine tommorow

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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It's day 13
Show & Shine day

Got the wagon all nice and shiny 😊
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And parked it on the paddock with the other 90+ cars
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Nice park right on the edge of the town centre.

Walked ( & walked & walked) across  town to meet Cathy & the club members for lunch. ( thats where the Myer store was ). (Then walked & walked & walked all the way back 😥)
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RET was nice enough to let crippled Cathy 😉😚borrow his chair

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The rain held off until we we're just leaving the park

Then a short break (not enough time for Caty to have her nanna nap 😪😪😪)
Then it's Rock & Roll night

(pics to follow)
 It's getting late... my eyes keep closing... & the screens going blurry.   So I'm off to bed

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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A lovely steak & chips dinner

Before we hit the dance floor
Elvis is alive and well (just abit less flexible than was 💃💃💃)
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I didn't recognize the couple who came as Punk rock & rollers
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Then we started decorating the table cloth
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Elvis has now left the building.
Thank you... Thank you very much 😎

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It's day fourteen (ALREADY😮!?)

 We got Easter eggs 😊😃😆
As we left Nats HQ to cruise to Pittsworth for sports day
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It looked a bit like this for a short time. But it cleared up and it became the classic cruise
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And the classic sports carpark
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And we had the classic Nats Food Queue for lunch
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(to be honest this was the only pic of a line that i got )I must congratulate the Queenslanders with the food service all weekend👌👍
Bumped into these two in the line
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HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY


a funfilled relaxing afternoon of sports
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Before topping up the fuel & making a phone call home
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I  wonder if Cathy is still waiting for that train ?

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Arrived early to Trophy Night

Another lovely meal  ( this isn't Facebook.... so I am NOT posting another food picture 😉) before some VERY entertaining Bush Poetry
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Then the Trophys (I'm sure somebody will have lots of pics to post on forums & facebook pages)
The buses  have arrived.. time to leave and off to bed

Just enough time to add one more small line to the map
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Goodnight everybody

😎 😎 😎 & CATHY



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Whoops... how did that get there ? 😉😆

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Great pics, thanks for the updates.

Day 15

Managed to add a small line to the map 😆😆😆
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Relaxing day in town with some of the West Aussie crew.
Didn't see these VERY happy South Aussies 😆😆
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Congratulations on winning the Sports Trophy S.A. 👍 (& Happy 50th b.day Steve)
Hi Hotlips & Greg.    I found something else i can do 😆😉. I only posted that pic because Cathy said I wasn't allowed to post this one
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WARNING.....For those still in town who are visiting the Cobb & Co museum
DO NO TRY THIS...
"Just pedal the bike until ALL the boxes light up" they said !
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Cathy thinks this is a lot like being a passenger in the FC (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160329/f0acb6796cadd58c7df35ef125205249.jpg)

We learnt what a furphy was
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and this is NOT one 😉
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Here we are having a relaxing lunch at the Sports Club
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It's a worry that these girls are allowed to watch the men in the toilets
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This one was watching me 😉
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The Nats made into the News on 7 & 9
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Bugger.. the wagon was on 7 and I watched 9 😔

Off to Brisbane in the morning before the wagon takes the lazy way home and we jump on plane ( unless the airport strike stops us 😯😭)

THANK YOU
to the Queenslanders for another great Nats weekend


😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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Day 16

Heading home starts today. (Heading to Brisbane at least)
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One last stop for collectables on our road trip. 😊 (a bit too pricey for my $5.oo budget 😞)

Found our accomodation
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We're in here somewhere

Time to relax with a coffee while Cathy unpacks
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The birth is due any day soon 😆. I must remember to suck it in when anybody points a camera in my direction.😀
It's a nice evening for a walk along the river and a cheap meal from the local takeaway place
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😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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17 ?

Time to wind down today. Doing the touristy thing in Brisbane and getting those last minute souvenirs. The wagon stays in the car park ( I don't do any driving today 😭)

Thought about buying some Aussie tea towels
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Did all the usual tourist selfies
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(Note to self... SMILE 😊...or ... DO NOT do any more selfies)
And photos of a bridge
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(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160331/a32472a2b2ff496110690747e4b17e94.jpg)and more pics of our apartment. Just from another angle 👀

Got back to our room just before the Thunderstorm hit !
It WAS going to be an EARLY, QUIET night.
Until they started pumping out the flooded building site across the road. AND THEN... some bright spark decided to dig up the concrete driveway on the other building site next door with a bloody big hydraulic jack hammer ! And continued to do so until 12.30AM !!!😠😠😠

A very tired 😎 😎 😎 & Cathy




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Day 18

The wagon goes on the truck for its lazy trip home and we jump on a big old jet airliner for the 5 1/2 hour flight back to Perth.

We had just enough time to squeeze in one more "collectables" stop
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Before we got lost in Paddington


Couldn't resist picking up the bargains of the century 😮    I couldn't believe they had 2 at this price 😃
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I'm going to put them on Ebay as soon as I get home and make myself rich 😆😆😆

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Just one last selfie (sorry) at the airport before we take off

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy

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Day (night ?) 19

It's midnight but  We are home safe & sound
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It looks just like it did when we left

Most of the garden is still alive. The dog is wagging his tail
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and the goldfish were happy to see us too and they look WELL fed 😊

Just putting final lines on the map 😆 and badges on my hat 😆 and a couple of snowdomes on the shelf 😆


THANK YOU 😊
to everybody who made our Ttoowwoommbbaa Nats adventure another great holiday.
We are looking forward to catching up with everybody again in Canberra

😎 😎 😎 & Cathy


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WHOOPS (again 😉😆)

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Thanks for posting your Nats diary 8) 8) 8) & Cathy.
Youre photos & comments are great for those of us who were unable to make it.
(please bring the METERMAIDS.COM samples you collected to the Canberra Nats)

😆😆😆
She's HOME

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😎 😎 😎

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Great Diary Thanks for the pictures and the time you put in to it. Glad you made it back in one piece, and that goes to you too surfer boy and Cathy  ;D

Did she travel home well & with no problems.
Cheers
John

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Cool thread