"tanks" trip to the East from WA

[generdawg]

...We are triple the distance from Sydney than you are from Adelaide.

Wrong - more like quadruple*.

*if Newcastle is 200km from Sydney and Strathalbyn is 50km from Adelaide.

[Shirley]

Go NSW especially Newcastle, Lake Macquarie area, great place to live & to come home to after travelling this vast country of ours.

[Newcastle George]

Newcastle to Sydney 160km, Strathalbyn to Adelaide 55km.

George

[Keevo52]

G,day Tanks

It sound like you are in good company with George and his family, I was a member of the Kotara Bowling club for ten years, a great little club with good beer and food, where you are now is about 2 k from where Glennis and I used to live before we moved out to Fishing Point, we hope you and Russell enjoy the new bus and have many happy and safe trips in it, we are in the CP at Streaky Bay SA for another 2 weeks then onto Port Lincoln, Tumby bay then Dot & George,s home in time to catch the last of the Tour Down Under Bike race in late January which passes close to Dot,s Place, if we were back home we would have caught up with you no doubt.

Have a safe and Merry Christmas
Cheers
Chris

[generdawg]

Newcastle to Sydney 160.38km,...

Yeah now I remember, the 200km was Newcastle to Wollongong. But thats another 84.16 from Sydney, so Newcastle to the Gong is really more like 244.54 PLUS another 15km to Lake Illawarra for say 270km!

[Greynomad]

Sydney is Sydney Ray, brrrrrrrr I wouldn't leave my fleas there un attended

Er, Dottie... I don't have any fleas... nor do our hounds!
However, there are a few cockroaches hiding somewhere in my Playpen (workshop to 'normal' people).
Can never get the buggers to stand still while I stomp 'em!
I'd gladly leave them unattended in Sydney!

Shirley,
Gotta be about 40 years... went there to introduce my soon-to-be Blushing Bride to Father. Married nearly 39 years now.
Grew up in Warners Bay from age 5. When I lived there we had a General Store, a (brick!) PO, and a Wine Bar... that was the entire shopping centre until about 5~7 years later when Mrs Chapman opened a Pharmacy. Oh, the Bakery... forgot the bakery in the back street. Been there since Lake Macquarie was a rain puddle. The High School was still just a firm promise by govt when I left (age 17). Built in my absence before returning with Bride-to-be (I was then 28). Have not returned since then, apart from solo flying visit (48hrs) 5yrs later to sign papers & sort belongings after death of Father. No time for sightseeing then.

[Shirley]

My Brad is 42yrs I was trying to think if Kotara Fair was there when he was born, I think it was, like everywhere Newcastle & surrounding areas has grown unbelievably.
Warners Bay has a good shopping centre these days nice restaurants & the waterfront is great.

Sorry Tanks off topic again better get back onto "Tanks" trip to the East from W.A.

[Dot]

Getting all excited are you Tanks & Russell?? should have the van sort of cleared out by now. Well Those cities are tooo big and fast these days for me.

[Dot]

Tanks should be there now about to start class, hope it all goes well Today

[T1 Terry]

It's still only 8 am over here in the real world Dottie. Some may have advanced to second coffee by now but around the Newcastle area they are either just getting home from work or starting to brew the first coffee