Cup weekend forum meet up DARGO Oct30th - 3rd Nov

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Originally Posted by Winnie

If the kids enjoy it mate who really cares?

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I dont really care. I grew up without celebrating it and my kids have grown up the same. We never even had kids door knocking in our neighborhood, back in my day. Lol.
What ever floats ya boat i suppose...


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Originally Posted by mudski

You aren't serious are you? Dont fall for this American chit!

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No it's actually an Irish Celtic festival.

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Originally Posted by Halloween History on Google

Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced “sah-win”).
The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops.

The festival would frequently involve bonfires. It is believed that the fires attracted insects to the area which attracted bats to the area. These are additional attributes of the history of Halloween.

Masks and costumes were worn in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or appease them.

Trick-or-treating, is an activity for children on or around Halloween in which they proceed from house to house in costumes, asking for treats such as confectionery with the question, “Trick or treat?” The “trick” part of “trick or treat” is a threat to play a trick on the homeowner or his property if no treat is given. Trick-or-treating is one of the main traditions of Halloween. It has become socially expected that if one lives in a neighborhood with children one should purchase treats in preparation for trick-or-treaters.

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Originally Posted by mudski

I dont really care. I grew up without celebrating it and my kids have grown up the same. We never even had kids door knocking in our neighborhood, back in my day. Lol.
What ever floats ya boat i suppose...


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You're gonna be the worst dad ever when everybody else's kids are pigging out on lollies and chocolate and your kids aren't allowed... Hahaha

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Originally Posted by mudski

I dont really care. I grew up without celebrating it and my kids have grown up the same. We never even had kids door knocking in our neighborhood, back in my day. Lol. What ever floats ya boat i suppose... Sent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk

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Nah good on you though mate, my dads the same.

I remember rocking up to towns when touring and mum would get dad to take the kids to maccas and the old man would walk 2km down the road until he found a fish and chip shop...lol

Dad was anti anything not Australian!

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Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD

No it's actually an Irish Celtic festival.

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Yes I know. My sister inlaw is Irish, grew up and lives in Dublin and even she calls it Americanized rubbish.
Anyhow.
What do you call a woman who marries your step brother? A step sister inlaw? Lol.

Soooooooooooo, the boss has changed her mind and we are coming up Saturday morning. Lucas and Jaysee. We plan on leaving home around 4am, if we are passing through the servo earlier we'll keep going. You guys will catch up anyway as we are towing the camper. If we are coming through at 5:30 ish I will call out for ya's. I keep on CH17 too...

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Originally Posted by Winnie

You're gonna be the worst dad ever when everybody else's kids are pigging out on lollies and chocolate and your kids aren't allowed... Hahaha

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Hahaha! Nah We are on holidays mate. I take the noose off... then they can go gang busters on that stuff.

Ahhhhhhhhh fark I am keen for this trip guys!

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Originally Posted by AB

I agree mate but it's just some fun for the kids, unless you don't have a tv the kids all know about it and it's a fun thing to do for them.

Don't give a ship about the meaning.

Kinda like Christmas, I'm sure Santa squeezes his fat ass down all our chimneys on the 25th.

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I don't need to dress up in scary enough already

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Upside for me is Zach is Type1 Diabetic and the whole Halloween Lolly thing would have been a real bummer in my camp guys. Have a great trip.

Ah yes so it's midnight & ive just put my Patrol back together - after asking Mudski how to check if my snorkel ( genuine Nissan ) is sealed properly ( & it wasn't ) I've had the wheel , inner guard , electric aerial etc off to get to the bolts inside to pull it off & (hopefully ) seal it properly , getting excited about this trip 👍🏼