[Ryan]

Originally posted by ron
Hi Bob,
Its all about old friends and a good memory, I started in the late 1960s when this stuff was around just for the grabs, at that time I knew people like Hughes in Melbourne and the Hudson brothers also in Melb I bought bins from Hudsons for $10 each speedo cables $5 track winches $25 with handles jacks and handles @35 each the list rolls on carriers were no more than $300 and I mean straight from the army. track was every where I have seen it used in driveways to drive over even seen it welded together and used as a fence, I knew a lot of the people who for want of a better word hoarded a lot of the smaller items, its just a matter of doing some reserch to find where they all went to and making contact again most if not all have lost interest in this hobby, too old I guess, I am just to stubborn to lie down and take up bowls,
Anyway time marches on and Corawa is just around the next cornerm its a much better view out of the winscreen than the rear view mirror,

Best Regards,

Ron,

Being new to the hobby I still dream of those backyard finds. It's good to read stories like yours that gives me hope. There has still got to be stuff out there waiting to be rediscovered. Maybe not by me but those like me.