Where were you 40 years ago last weekend?

[Wizard52]

Lucky for me I was on Fraser for the 1st time. Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th April were the start of life long love affair. It is still my favorite place to go.

I had just bought a shorty cruiser for $1200 off a cattle property near Normanton when I worked up there in the old Bank of New South Wales. It had been under water during the 74 floods and the receivers of the property had put new rings and bearings in the old F series petrol motor, changed fluids wired up ignition and headlights only and a quick splash of paint. Drove back to Brigvagas with 5gallon fuel drum in the back as fuel gauge and everything else electrical did not work. Three speed box with no syncro on first, no power steering, dodgy drum brakes but incredible amount of fun.

Back then,if you saw another vehicle on the beach, you would stop and have a beer and a chat. Fuel at Happy Valley was hand pumped in to a churn to measure and then poured in the fuel tank. No maps available-just follow a track you have been told about and eventually you arrived at the other side of the Island to catch the barge back to River Heads depending on the tide.

Those were the days when there was no rubbish, fires were allowed, no rangers or police and no problems with the poor old dingos as there were brumbies for them to hunt, sand mining and timber getting. Some progress and some not so good.

[Clunk]

Somewhere in Port Hedland, don't remember much, I was only 3

[Touses]

Apprentice carpenter. Tweed Heads / Coolangatta

[4bye4]

40 years ago I was 25. I cant remember what I was doing when I turned 60 let alone what I was doing when I was 25. i would have been in Perth, working for the PMG department (whats that).

[TPC]

As I was only 11 at the time I would not know where specifically where I was on that weekend.
A typical weekend for me back then I would normally be spent catching yabbies down the creek or fishing on the Port Noarlunga jetty.
I also spent a lot of time at a disused quarry in Reynella which has lots of caves to explore and a riffle range where I would collect the slugs to melt down to make sinkers.
On one weekend a month we would go to a community movie theater at Morphett Vale and see a movie, it was always full.

[mudnut]

I woulda been 9 so might've been carrying rabbits Dad had shot, fishing or getting towed on a car tube behind the tinny at Lake Eppalock. Might also have been yabbying or
running riot in the mine tailings with the neighbourhood kids.

[taslucas]

I was happily settling into retirement

>>>tappin from tassie

[Sir Roofy]

40 years ago I was 25. I cant remember what I was doing when I turned 60 let alone what I was doing when I was 25. i would have been in Perth, working for the PMG department (whats that).

Post Master General

[mudnut]

Public Money Grabbers.

[Stropp]

yep i had just got out of the RAAF and had just started with the PMG as a lines assistant at Yankalilla in south oz