Christmas in oz

[happy daze john in oz]

Geelong lights up its million-dollar Christmas tree - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


Now for something different, how a local council spent 1 million $

[Ivan Cloherty]

Geelong has certainly changed since the 1960's when I was there last, must be thriving well to spend all that money ?????????????

[Captain Kong]

What a change. it was just a one horse town in 1957. last time I was in there.
Cheers
Brian.

[John Arton]

good thing it was not up in Brisbane, where they have just experienced the worst storm in years with many houses destroyed, trees uprooted and hailstones.
Here in the U.K. we are experiencing a mega storm {of shoppers} on "Black Friday". On line shopping sites crashing due to overload, one of youngest daughters friends was number 330,000 in the queue at Tesco online store and that was just after midnight last night.
Our local Walmart/Asda has queues all around it of people wanting white goods and electronics. Most of them will be disappointed as the store will only have a number of widescreen television's and guess the colour of those emerging with the goods, yep that's right, Brians favourite people.
rgds
JA

[Ivan Cloherty]

Just got back from driving from the town outskirts (necessary voyage) the queques of traffic waiting to get into supermarket and other shopping areas is horrendous and causing long tailbacks, reminds me of lemmings jumping over a cliff

[Captain Kong]

I could not afford to buy anything today except for basic foods, I am not on Benefits. No one seems to be working, all out shopping traffic jams everywhere. At the tills Hundreds of pounds cash being passed over the tills, no credit cards, so obviously no money in the bank just in biscuit tins in the wardrobe. So no check ups.
Brian

[happy daze john in oz]

What a change. it was just a one horse town in 1957. last time I was in there.
Cheers
Brian.

That horse has since died Brian, but the mayor may be related to some bird or other.
He has his hair done up like the feathers on the head of a Cockatoo and painted all manner of colours.