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sorry john the name didnt show .....but the old man stated his job was out there good weather or bad weather.......to stand by the rigs ......i think perhaps the weather had taken him many miles off his station........happy days lol.....regards cappy
My sister and her family live in houses near the Perth golf course in the bush. Her biggest worry, fire and snakes.
#12... Louis the two go together like a knife and fork, the fire brings them all out, all the lifestock that is. I wouldn't like to get in the way of a Dugite or Brown snake escaping from a burning nest in the bush. I don't think it would be stopping to ask one to get out of the way. Which Perth Golf course there are dozens in the Perth area. Cheers JS
Hi John they live in an area named The Vines, don't know if this will help.
#14 That's a posh area Louis, do you come from an old monied family. No is indeed a nice area with its own golf course and hotel, have been up there a few times, mostly all double storey houses with plenty of land around them. Ideal for a young family. Believe there are some good schools not too far away as well. Cheers JS
Dropping Anchor..............Home is where the heart is
When I lived in Karachi and had to travel away, I couldn't wait to get back there because that is where my family, and hence my heart was. The same applied to Dubai, where-as in reality both places were assholes in the era I lived in them.
As a younger man Australia nearly claimed me, but the ship was in ballast and the deck a long way up from the quay and I couldn't jump that far!, the only country I would have jumped ship in; but quite happy the way my life panned out with all its ups and downs. Torquay is fine but built on seven hills which seem to get steeper each passing year!
Visited Aus. a number of times, actually had a cousin who lived in Perth, she was matron at one of the big hospitals there. Stayed with her once when I paid off in Kwinana. Sorry but was not too impressed with the place (Aus.) especially after a bouncer in a club in Sydney tried to break my kneecap when he refused us entry. The only place I visited and regretted not taking up the offer of a job there was British Columbia. Prince Rupert, Vancouver Island and Vancouver itself are to me some of the finest places in the world. Scenery and people are great. Would have gone there in a shot if both our sets of parents were not old and needed looking after in their latter years.
As Frank Sinatra sang, "regrets I've had a few" one of which was not been able to take the opportunity to emigrate to B.C.
rgds
JA
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Australia has been very good for my family, my sister and her husband emigrated with very little but were given the chances to make a success. As John Arton said about regrets, sometimes I look back and think maybe I should have gone too but at the time I was enjoying myself at sea.
For John S. Did you know the prison built by convicts in Freemantle is now a youth hostel ? I went for a tour around the prison many years ago and the guide was an ex con who had been locked up there. Good that someone had also given him a chance to go straight.
##eveyone deserves one chance .......but not 2 in my book .....i will shake hands once or give anyone a chance but not twice ......it is not a good thing to do......once i think is enough but that is my view.......regards cappy
Ivan, I think that you are in a nice place. I remember sailing close along the South Coast when Gothic left Cammell Lairds on shake down in December 1951. The coastline was very pretty and bathed in sunshine. I also recall seeing palm trees.
You may care to see an old mate of mine's spotlight on Karachi. Brian Self was Qld Ins Manager for India Pakistan and Burma back in the '60s and his wife Denise got amoebic dysentery. Sadly Brian passed away last year with melanoma cancer. I was lucky with good postings and the worst we ever got was dengue fever in Singapore in the first few months we were there. Going around the S.E. Asian traps I always had a packet of Lomotil handy for the inevitable Sukarno's Revenge. Here's the link to the Karachi article (then scroll down) My web 'skills' are purely self taught but I have just found a free on line tutorial to tizzy them up. spotlight
Richard