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Hi, James. how about that for a coincidence ,the wife and i will be holidaying in Marlo in Feb , we had talked about seeing
Tassie while we were down there, it will depend on when friends from Melbourne can get holidays if we can make the boat
show .......

Old Aussie......Peter.....

Look what i found a Hamond built in 1959 about to be restored.....

Old Aussie....Peter....

Nice where did you pick her up?

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Not mine Dave ,but i did think about it two many projects on the go now, it would be awesome to drive, it looks to be about
the size of a zip with a 350 chev in it . there must be lots of these old boats around just a matter of finding them , this one was by pure chance......

Old Aussie ...Peter...

Ozzieboat we made it to Bribie island ,look for a scruffy little dog, a old bloke with a loud shirt and a blue cap and a old girl
on crutches, hope you can make it..............

Old Aussie....Peter.......

What a week , four beautiful boats, { a 1959 Hamond ,Trackhappys,Gentry, Ozzieboats Monaco, and a Hankinson design

from Kingaroy Qld} ..my feet are not back down on the ground yet..........



Old Aussie Peter............

It was nice to meet you both. Unfortunately I had to get Tracey home earlier than I would have liked. It was great to catch up and swap stories and ideas. Does 3 of us constitute a mini Gathering???
Shame we weren't offerred a ride in the Hankinson...

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Congrats on a first down under mini Gathering!

Beautiful boat there BTW

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Good to see you guys catch up....
But sorry to burst your bubble... I recken that in order to be classed even as a mini gathering that it needs to include at least 2 boats???? .

Jamie

We are trying our best... Old Aussie saw 4 boats, surely that counts for something.....

We did decide that we need to find somewhere with pontoons or docks for our "proper"gathering as the sand and wave action seemed to be a little hard on the wooden boats present.

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A prestart gathering perhaps...........


Old ..Aussie....Peter......

Old Aussie
I'd keep a good hold on the "loud shirt" if Dave Lott were to see that he'd want one too. I do like his classic wooden boat shirt.
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Hi Guys,
My name is Al Anderson and I live in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. My son and I are just about to start on the journey of building a 20' 6" Chinook in aluminium. We are probably looking at planning and material gathering taking us to the end of this year (2012) the about an 18 month to 2year build time. I would be more than interested in getting involved in a "Downunder" gathering even if our craft is not ready to take part!!!
Just a thought, does it need to be a Lake? I could think of nothing better than showcasing our crafts in Sydney harbour with the opera house and the harbour bridge as a back drop.

What are we talking about here!!!!!

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Hi Al, Yep it is a good thought but some boats may not be set up for salt water....also hoping to get somewhere central? which I think will be hard to do...

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