Landline is a good show..
Quote60 years ago, two men took on the challenge of riding motorcycles around the continent as a reliability trial called Transmatilda. It was a time when only 10 per cent of Australia's country roads were sealed. And now that epic journey is being re-enacted. Mike Sexton reports.
http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2013/s3762379.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2013/s3762379.htm)
Great story, thanks for sharing :cheers:
My Auntie did it twice solo in the '50's
on a BSA 2 and quarter
Great story thanks for sharing.
Great stuff!
Thankyou!
Another great read/watch
http://alturl.com/3iskr (http://alturl.com/3iskr) :cup:
Great story on the original post too Bird ... And yes #@*& cancer
They don't make em like that anymore.... The kinda old bloke you could sit back with a beer and listen to tell stories for hours.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/at-age-90-expilot-discovered-that-cars-just-dont-fly-very-well-20151105-gks0gb.html (http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/at-age-90-expilot-discovered-that-cars-just-dont-fly-very-well-20151105-gks0gb.html)
A few more rivetting bloke reads I recall-
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1053319.Iron_Coffins (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1053319.Iron_Coffins)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/889249.The_Man_Who_Invented_the_Twentieth_Century (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/889249.The_Man_Who_Invented_the_Twentieth_Century)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1133057.The_Coast_Watchers (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1133057.The_Coast_Watchers)
Quote from: Bird on November 06, 2015, 10:18:36 AM
They don't make em like that anymore.... The kinda old bloke you could sit back with a beer and listen to tell stories for hours.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/at-age-90-expilot-discovered-that-cars-just-dont-fly-very-well-20151105-gks0gb.html (http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/at-age-90-expilot-discovered-that-cars-just-dont-fly-very-well-20151105-gks0gb.html)
Just imagine the amount of fantastic stories that have gone untold by these sorts of blokes ..I'm thankfull for the years I was able to sit and talk with my dad about his life .. Just wish I had taped the bloody lot it though ..
Quote from: Bird on November 06, 2015, 10:18:36 AM
They don't make em like that anymore.... The kinda old bloke you could sit back with a beer and listen to tell stories for hours.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/at-age-90-expilot-discovered-that-cars-just-dont-fly-very-well-20151105-gks0gb.html (http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/at-age-90-expilot-discovered-that-cars-just-dont-fly-very-well-20151105-gks0gb.html)
Great story. I loved these parts.
QuoteMurray Adams cheated death for 96 years. The collateral damage of three wrecked planes, four cars and two tractors was just the beginning. There was the near-death pneumonia episode following a ski trip to Mount Buller that took six months and a fulltime nurse to recover from
QuoteMurray took a role as manager and secretary of the National Safety Council of Australia (Queensland chapter), a role his family often likened to "putting the fox in charge of the henhouse".
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/at-age-90-expilot-discovered-that-cars-just-dont-fly-very-well-20151105-gks0gb.html#ixzz3qg6IjWJ0 (http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/at-age-90-expilot-discovered-that-cars-just-dont-fly-very-well-20151105-gks0gb.html#ixzz3qg6IjWJ0)
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A Fortunate Life by A.B.Facey reminded me of my dad so I asked him to write about his life for me, it came back ok, all 1 and a half foolscap pages, just didn't occur to him that his life was anything worth writing about or was of any interest to any one else :'( :'( :'( :'(