Road trip / border raid

[Euan McDonald]

I have a road trip planned for work next week form Melbourne to Towns ville and are looking for any distractions or places to visit on the way.

[aj.lec]

your welcome to drop in and see the rusty collection in Dubbo
feel free to drop off a no9 body if you like

[Jeff Gordon]

Going to the Townsville 400 hey!

There are lots of WW2 sites on the way and in Townsville.
If you are in a 4x4 you can drive onto the beach where there are still bunkers and gun emplacements all overgrown not looked after but very interesting. I don't think many locals even know they are there. Did you meet Col Fether at Corowa this year? (Blitz Ambulance). He showed them to me. About a 10 min drive from the race track.

If you get time go to the Kissing point Military Museum in Townsville.

There is some nice towns up there. I like Bowen. They filmed the movie Australia there. It was a Catalina base during WW2.


Your welcome to drop in and see me. I am about 20 min off the Bruce Highway north west of Brisbane.
Cheers
Jeff

[Keith Webb]

But only for a short while as we diverted here because the weather is crap at Temora.

The Boomerang is here too!

[Keith Webb]

It's a bit hard to do a raid in a Cessna 182 but at least I can scout out rusty old stuff on the ground.
If you want to see more pics of the Boomerang have a look http://gallery.me.com/oldcmp.net#100093&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=1

[zemsi]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

If you want to see more pics of the Boomerang have a look here

... your link doesn't work Keefy . I altered it above.

[aj.lec]

Next stop over if you like i can pick you up and take you for a look around
Terrible job you have there there Keith Having to deal with all those glorious old warbirds and the like (now where is that icon for jealous)

[Howard]

Well you are overdue to this part of the world, too!
I can show you a few trucks as long as you let me hump the gear in the transporter...
Giz a hoy if you get the chance.
HH

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by zemsi

... your link doesn't work Keefy . I altered it above.

Thanks Chris

I did it the wrong way around

Back in Temora now... heading home in the early hours tomorrow.

[Willanthry]

G'day Euan

You're welcome to drop into Hillston if you like; both John Mackie and myself are happy to show you our gear and the local sights.

[Bob McNeill]

Blue prints for a No 9 would be handy, any sign of RHS gun tractor curtains ?? could pick up from Dubbo.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

It's a bit hard to do a raid in a Cessna 182 but at least I can scout out rusty old stuff on the ground.
If you want to see more pics of the Boomerang have a look http://gallery.me.com/oldcmp.net#100093&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=1

Keith ..
Think you got it tough...
This is a tough way to sneak over to OZ for these New Zealanders that are putting the hook on your CMP's..
It may take a while but they are coming...!!


Seismologist: Massive New Zealand quake moves country closer to Australia
Bureau News
July 22nd, 2009

Massive New Zealand quake moves country west

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Southern New Zealand has moved slightly closer to the east coast of neighboring Australia as a result of a massive earthquake last week off the country’s South Island, a scientist said Wednesday.

The magnitude 7.8 quake, centered in the ocean near Resolution Island in the country’s Fiordland region, twisted South Island out of shape and moved its southern tip 12 inches (30 centimeters) closer to Australia, seismologist Ken Gledhill said.

Gledhill, director of government-owned GNS Science’s “GeoNet” national earthquake monitoring project, said the island’s geographic shift showed the immensity of the forces involved.

“Basically, it’s taken us closer to Australia,” he told National Radio. “The country is deforming all the time because of being on the plate boundary, but this has done it in a few seconds, rather than waiting hundreds of years.”

Last Wednesday’s quake was the largest in the world this year and New Zealand’s biggest in 80 years. No major damage has been found in the sparsely populated Fiordland region of South Island’s west coast.

“New Zealand has been very fortunate. This earthquake anywhere else would have caused huge damage,” Gledhill said. He said the quake’s impact will provide “invaluable information” on the underlying structure of the country.

Martin Reyners, principal scientist for GNS Science, said earlier that a shallow temblor of such magnitude would typically cause widespread damage and loss of life. Last week’s quake, however, occurred in “soft rocks” between two tectonic plates, muffling its power, he said.

Reyners said the rocks had lurched rather than snapped, causing a low-frequency rolling rather than the high-frequency waves that are known to damage buildings.