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That’s awesome mate thank you!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
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Yeah love that picture. Was pretty hard last night to be honest, so bloody sad. .Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
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And run our generators.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
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I have had to travel back home after a quick stay in Melbourne, so I am not be able to attend. I will be thinking of everyone, especially Jane and her family.
I'll be taking a break from painting on Friday afternoon to have a beer and remember roofy.
Cheers [emoji482] mate..
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Today we celebrated the life of our very good mate Craig "Roofy" Whitehead. By the turnout today he had so many friends and there were so many forum members show up today from far and wide.
@Bob made a truly touching speech which certainly pulled everybody's heart strings.
RIP Roofy old friend, see you at the next camp fire.
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Hello Roofys boss here.
The last 2 weeks have been the hardest ever in my life. I feel sad but I also feel very happy that Craig had so many friends from this forum. He could never understand why young blokes like all of you would want to be his mate. I'm too old and grumpy he would say. He certainly had some great times with you all.
I would like to thank the members who came today. He would have loved to know you were all there. I'm looking forward to coming on a few meetups with you all soon. Thank you.xx
Did anyone grab a spare card thingy of Roofy? I forgot to grab one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
882k’s in a day but so worth it. I would not have missed this even if I was on the other side of the world.
Roofy, I, we love you mate and will miss you dearly.
Rest In Peace mate and we will all eventually see you on the other side.
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So sorry to have missed today. I’d planned on coming but I’m 4 days and counting into a 2 day job on the patrol. Sounds like a fantastic day to remember an awesome bloke... definitely thinking of him tonight.
Rest In Peace Old Mate. I'll save a place for you at every camp fire mate. Save me a spot at yours.
Coals on Top Mate.
I’ve got a spare one, mark. Msg me your address.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Will always miss the man in the hat, luv ya Jane-O. [emoji177]
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RIP Roofy my great old mate. Hope you saw today so many people who held you dear in their hearts. Even from your new camp, wherever that may be, today you taught me the virtue of patience. Worked through 40km of jammed freeway coming home and didnt give a shit. No stress whatsoever. Would have sat through 10 of them to be there today. See you again one day mate. Have the billy on.
So sorry I was unable to attend today Jane. I only met you both a year or so ago, but felt part of Roofy`s clan.A gentleman of great character and honesty. Today was a day held so very special to me as it was the anniversary of the passing of my wife 3 years ago. But while sitting and quietly sipping on a southern in remembrance of her .I also sipped a quiet drop for a very special friend Roofy. RIP Mate.
i grabbed three mate, two for the church thing im making. you can have the other one.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
I am sorry I could not be there today Jane, Roofy and you were the first people on the forum I had a good chat with at the meet up in Geelong 5 years ago.
Like everybody else I am really going to miss him, have shed a few tears reading this thread.
Look forward to seeing you at future forum events Jane.
RIP Roofy.
Bob did our forum proud today folks.
I haven’t teared up for many years and Bob broke me, well done today Bob!
What a great day though, a beautiful RSL low key, good friends and side splitting stories of our mate!
RIP ROOFY!
Dumbdi do dumbdi dum lol
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Great day today Jane, a truly fun day to celebrate our mate!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Roofy
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Dumdee dum dumdee doo! What a great story by Roofy's best mate! Could just picture it too! Haha. The deers were few and far between but old mate Roofy just loved being in the bush!Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
Yes Bob did us all proud today. Wasn't easy for you mate but we're bloody proud of you. Was a fantastic speech.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
And Jane-O, you're so loved in this circle of friends. Sorry but you're not going to escape us, you're one of us.
Was a emotional day for all I nearly kept it together but you got me too Bob. That would if been bloody hard but thank you for getting up and saying something for us all here.
I use to look forward to every camp where Roofie was coming along. He was such a easy going bloke and I could chat for hours with. Shooting guns hunting farming etc he was a man full of yarns and experiences.
Never think your not welcome Jane I really hope you can make it to future trips and we would be happy to pick you up in the way past but you may have to share the back seat with a lil girl who wont stop talking hehe.
Was blown away by how many people came today and distance driven but that's just a testament to our forever great mate
Roofie.
Rest easy old mate and look forward to catching up around a big ol bonfire again one day.
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It was a bloody hard day, emotions kept flowing for our mate.
Bob, thank you mate that was an incredibly hard thing to do and you did it beautifully.
Bring on Eater meetup for Roofy, we will see you there Jane’o
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Very saddened by the news. He was a great bloke and will be sadly missed. A greater man will be hard to find. RIP buddy. Always in our memories.
Mick and Natalie
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So nice to read all these comments supporting Jane and remembering Roofy.
There are so many names of folk who were here when the forum first started that were able to send O'l mate off in style and Bob has done an astounding job by your comments.
I've been away from here for a while and Roofy suggested I log on and have a look around which I did, not saying anything but seeing what he was talking about.
Life doesn't allow us to do everything we want and getting back to Victoria on Friday wasn't possible but I can say I was in a quiet place at the time of his service with my hat over my heart thinking of a lost mate.
He always talked of the get togethers with a lot of you and always remembers the help we all gave him and Jane. A nicer bloke would be hard to find.
Thank you to all of you.
So on the day of the funeral / wake , towards the end I held my breath & went in to see Jane , the conversation went something like this - “ hi Jane I’m not sure if you remember me “ , she said “oh yes I remember you” ( with a wry smile ) , I said “ I had the honour of giving Roofy his 1st Jagër bomb at Licola “ , she said “ yes I remember that & so did he” well that was the end of me - I cried like a baby 😭 , I only knew him for a short time but he made quite an impact . A truely genuine down to earth bloke . RIP .
Nice Sprock. I dont think there'll be another bloke on this forum like Sir Roofy. He was cut from a different cloth that's no longer made. Very organic, a little rough around the edges, absolutely no synthetics included. Some wear and tear from a life tougher than we live; from pastimes rougher than sitting in a 4by up a hill, yet he was as kind and accepting as anybody could be to a younger generation not having done the things he did. Loved that man.
Absolutely gutted, I wasn't able to make it on Friday. Just returned home from some FIFO work.
I've only ever seen and spoken to Craig two or three times at a each of the meetups.
But the very first time I met him, his first words to me was some strong advice!!
I walked up to him next to a fire, and introduced my self, I'm so and so ... And when I told him my forum name, he went "Ohhhhhh you're Hodge"
Then randomly he put his hand on my shoulder leaned toward me , his Akubra almost hitting my forehead, and said, mate you really need to stop stressing and just drive the thing!
This was during the time where I was worrying about some 3L problems, so that's where he was coming from!
Wise words Craig mate, wise words! Stress less people, lifes too short for that!
RIP my friend.
Spewing I missed the funeral.. Had gone Bush with no reception didn't get out till Saturday.
Had a few beers thinking about roofy though. All the best old mate.
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Keen as but away for Easter already. If it's either side of that I'm inQuote:
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Something Roofy was very proud of supporting was the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria or MCAV.
Not sure why I thought of this but I remember my dad used to have this sticker on his old Hilux in the 80’s so just ordered one to support them and a reminder of old mate.
Check them out here if anyone is interested
https://www.mcav.com.au
Free sticker here for a little memory of Roofy on your Patrol or shed wall.
https://mcav.us3.list-manage.com/sub...&id=53237991fe
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Done! I'm not a horseman's bootstrap but the sticker will go up somewhere! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
I've always wondered where to get those stickers. Just joined up. Now its a fight between me and my daughter for the sticker when it arrives. It would be great to go to their annual event.
I had one of them stickers i got at Mansfield in a bakery somewhere... Until my rear door got broken so, now it's gone.
Requested one now.
Also requested one. I’ve never really worked out where I want to put the stickers that have started building up as a little collection but this will be added to it!
Also I would expect there’s some good information that will come from signing up.
Have we got a Meetup memorial camp day organised for our mate roofy yet?
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@MB mate we need to lock in a date.
Just throwing it out there 2 weeks after Easter?
People can have a break from Easter, colder weather for big fire, no one coming cares that’s it’s cold...
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I'm down with that for sure
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Date sounds fine here, bonfire is already half built.
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I’ll need a def date to organise time off.
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That works good for me cos there should be no problem in getting a few days off work.Quote:
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