NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 91 of 113 Tue 23rd Jan 2018 3:07pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:1957 Would have loved to Dreamtime yes - one day! |
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 92 of 113 Wed 24th Jan 2018 4:00am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3253 I'll hold you to that then Neil. Meanwhile - back to the mother country. ![]() |
Wearethemods Aberdeenshire All posts by this member | 93 of 113 Wed 24th Jan 2018 12:26pm Member: Joined Jun 2013 Total posts:397 On 23rd Jan 2018 1:43pm, Dreamtime said:
Pity you didn't make it to Perth, Neil, I am sure you would have liked it here. Don't know about this bloomin' heat though!! Tourists always seem to bypass the sandgroper state, I wonder why.
Hi Dreamtime. I've been to Perth, both back in the seventies and a few years ago. Had a bar lunch at the 'Moon & Sixpence' then. Our local publican/hotel proprietor and his wife are in Perth as I write. They have both become grandparents for the first time (their son and his Aussie wife) and left a fortnight ago for three weeks (him) and six weeks (her)! The locals have a card on whether they sell up to spend more time here/there! ![]() ![]() |
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 94 of 113 Wed 24th Jan 2018 12:47pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3253 Evening Wearethemods, ![]() ![]() |
Wearethemods Aberdeenshire All posts by this member | 95 of 113 Thu 25th Jan 2018 9:52am Member: Joined Jun 2013 Total posts:397 Good morning/evening Dreamtime, that's a shame that the pub is shutting down. It is situated in a busy central part if I remember, ideal for the office workers and for the evening 'town' visitors. Why is it shutting down? |
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 96 of 113 Thu 25th Jan 2018 3:58pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3253 Hi Wearethemods, redevelopement, high rise of sorts and retail underneath. They are so fond of demolishing anything that gives pleasure as always. There are a few not happy about it. ![]() |
Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 97 of 113 Thu 25th Jan 2018 4:02pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:2644 Way back in the mid-19th century a Yorkshire farmer gazed over his land for the last time, the land that his father and grandfather had tilled over for over a century. The farmer was about to embark on an epic journey to a land called Australia - few people had been there, few people knew where exactly it lay. Not only was he about to emigrate but he was taking everything that could walk on the farm with him. He also would be taking everything in the farmhouse down to the last teaspoon or thimble.
He arrived at the town of Freemantle, drove his flock and all his belongings to Perth and settled by the Swan river where he farmed until his death after his house had been washed down river a couple of times.
In 2012 I heard this story, so visited for a couple of times for three hours each time. The story so fascinated me more than any other story I heard in Oz. I believe it's still an open house to the public (was this the real ark?).
PS. In the 1950s scores of Coventry people, many of them my friends emigrated to Oz - at least two of them died from accidents out there. |
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 98 of 113 Thu 25th Jan 2018 4:10pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3253 The Moon & Sixpence in Perth.
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Wearethemods Aberdeenshire All posts by this member | 99 of 113 Fri 26th Jan 2018 9:34am Member: Joined Jun 2013 Total posts:397 Many thanks Dreamtime ![]() |
Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 100 of 113 Sun 28th Jan 2018 11:05am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:2644 Dreamtime. The farm I mentioned is now a cream teas place. Tranby, Maylands, Perth. |
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 101 of 113 Sun 28th Jan 2018 4:48pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3253 Tranby House, that's the one Kaga. Weddings and receptions held there, not far from the Swan River. The city centre has completely changed now of course, some for the good and some a bit 'iffy'. Too many continuous roadworks as everywhere else these days. |
Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 102 of 113 Wed 31st Jan 2018 11:38am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:2644 J Walker.
My long story about Australia started in 1943 - my brother landed there, his aircraft carrier pulled in for repairs, they were hosted out to families for some weeks.
In 1946 I answered a forces magazine for pen-pals - I wrote to a girl from Perth. My new CO came from Perth.
1948, I and two mates had medical for Oz, but one was taken ill and died two years later, so we pulled out, then the other one married and emigrated - some 12 years later he and his two sons died in a lorry crash.
1949, a cousin, ex-officer Royal Warwicks, begged me to go with him. I was involved and loving gambling too much (another story). He died in Brisbane 1999.
1987, my eldest son and family emigrated to Perth. We went many times, so did my other two boys.
1999, two of my boys were working on The Pier Hotel, Cairns, so we joined them, then travelled down the East Coast, taking six months.
2012, I felt I could not make the long journey. My two grandsons said if I could make it to Singapore they would look after us, so we flew out. The boys had booked the hotel, did everything. My son and his wife also turned up, then my youngest son flew in from Philippines and the other son flew in from Thailand, so the family were together for two weeks in Singapore. Of course my grandsons made us go on to Perth for a month. When we flew home they booked us in Singapore for another two weeks to break the journey. |
JohnnieWalker Bonny Hills, Australia All posts by this member | 103 of 113 Wed 31st Jan 2018 7:32pm Member: Joined Jul 2011 Total posts:265 Kaga - You must have caught a bit of the Aussie accent by now! - You almost qualify as a resident!
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 104 of 113 Thu 8th Mar 2018 12:38pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5202 |
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 105 of 113 Thu 8th Mar 2018 3:09pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3253 ![]() ![]() |