... fodder silo and ramp

... just playing around with filters

Imagine, Australia, NSW, 60 years ago, shortly after the war...

... hardly any water left. When I was first here in August 2005, the dam was nearly full. And now...

... an Aussie homeboy

snow man
 

looks like the abominable snowman has made it downunder .

My grade 6 teacher was a highly neurotic , frustrated old nun , she used that word about three hundred times a day . "your behaviour is abominable ".

Mike

Yes Chris, you look quite at home down under.

Have fun!

Hanno

P.S.: you must have made a mistake so I took the liberty to edit your picture

Just used some enhacing software
 

And this is the result.

The filter used was called 'Kermit'

Dubai
 

Good Day

It's 0610 here in Dubai, I arrived just a few min ago. Had a very bumpy flight from Sydney, got airsick 7 h before landing. I left Max & Kathy yesterday.

Corowa was a really international event. Was great to see some old friends and new MLUers.

I would like to thank especially Max & Kathy for their fantastic Aussie hospitality, for me and those international visitors!

I will post some more Videos and pics after arrival back home.

Greetings From Dubai
Chris

Hey Chris ... sorry to hear about the rough ride and the airsickness. I expected to be doing that on the flights and planned to keep the barfbag real close range. I hope your aim for the bag was true! I hope the rest of your flights were okay for you ...

Looking forward to what you add to this thread when you're home again.

:cheers:

Karmen

Just got back home 2 hours ago. The 6 h flight from Dubai to Zurich was much more smoother. Watched "The Departed" and another comedy.

Guess what awaited me back home???

4 degrees and snow! It started snowing 2 days ago. That how it looks around my parents house.

Write later...

... my parents home

HEY ... That looks like a Chocolate Easter Bunny on their roof!!! :D

(Welcome Home Chris ... and what a shocker after hot Australia I'll bet?)

Karmen

Home
 

"Toto - I don't think we're in Yass anymore"

It's actually about 9C here at 6AM

22C here in Gympie at 0610 in the morning and this is how I look and feel now :coffee

Cheers
Cliff :)

Me too :coffee :coffee :coffee

Here it's 2:24 p.m. Saturday, +7 celcius, completely overcast, light rain, 100% humidity ... damp/cold

Ma Yappy

Welcome
 

Glad to hear you made it home safely, at 8.3 daylight saving time it is only 9 c with a very cold wind, the rain we expected was only 3.5mm. The snow looks very pretty. Have fun at work tomorrow.

Kathy

... old Ute standing at Morgan's Lookout on my lonely way back to Yass

... submarine in the Heart of Aussie (Holbrook)

... Max having some fun with a river crossing

... chasing an Emu

Nice picture
 

But don't show Jif, it may give him ideas about what he can do with the carrier... ;)

That's an awesome looking vehicle ... fun to drive I'll bet? :)

That's also an amazing HUGE hunk of rock sitting behind all by it's lonesome. Did it fall from the heavens??? Amazing photo all round, Chris!

I'm hugely disappointed to not be over there taking photographs of everyone and everything so sitting here in my four walls armchair life it's quite wonderful to vicariously experience some of this via the good old internet and what all of you people are posting. I enjoy my 24/7 net connection from home while I still can for now ;)

:cheers:

Karmen

Hey Chris,

I enjoyed listening to a radio (?) interview of you. Nice to hear your voice ... it reminded me of my old boss Andreas with the Swiss accents :)

:cheers:

Karmen

radio interview
 

Hi Karmen

Yep, I'm famous now ;-) At least in Down Under. Me and some others were interviewed by a local radio station. Wasn't too bad speeking in a foreign language...

cu
Chris

... here's the whole interviewed group.

Chris's next Aussie CMP ought to be an 8th Div one:

sub
 

There is a story relating to that sub in Holbrook .

Our illustrious navy , the RAN, had red faces when thay had to salvage some parts from that very Sub at Holbrook .

One of their old Oberon ? class subs, still in service , needed some bits to keep it going . The sailors raided the Holbrook sub for the bits .......

I won't mention who bought a certain Swedish submarine design , without an example ever being built and sea trialled . Turns out it has nasty propeller noise and a myriad of computer glitches . It's only cost endless millions of dollars .... for a lemon that had design flaws from the beginning . It was so unreliable , the navy has had to spend squillions on the darn things .

Mike

here's one of chris shutting the gate

Hi Max,

Great photos :)

But .... What are those red things :confused: (and I don't mean Chris's shirt :D )

Karmen

Hi Chris,

I recognize you and Jan, but who are the others?

I really did enjoy listening to that interview, by the way!

Karmen

Henry at work in the bush

the red things are tubs to feed the cattle
Max

Thanks for explaining the "red things" :D ... I guess the old wooden troughs are a thing of the past.

Karmen

@Karmen

The young girl is from the radio station, the other lady Maureen, I think she organised Back to the Tracks in 1995. I can't remember the other blokes name.

Chris

Karmen,

To help Chris out here, it is Maureen Bell and the gentleman on the right is David Mottram. Dave is responsible for getting me interested in taking part in Back To The Track, when I met him in UK, in 1994. From then on I have been to Aus seven times in all times, including Corowa four times.