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My hands were a little black from the grease and other associated fluids from pulling out a radiator from a Datsun 200B for Karen (Gordon’s daughter). It was only 10am and already the sun was pounding down some awful heat on us. Gordon popped out his head from under the car and asked, “Are you a little dirty there, John? I bet you arts students never get your hands dirty!” “This is what retirement is all about” After finding a radiator that we wanted, a side steel fitting of the radiator just didn’t want to hold on so we had to [View Full Entry]

johnnybones - John Bones | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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After lights out (this morning-I spent a bit longer than the standard ten minutes packing!), I looked out onto Victoria St and more tears had poured from the sky. I was also carrying an extra bag today with my technology and all. Totally hand luggage, as my Rip Curl bag was big enough to be checked in! Even though it had some important things in there, it made moving around a lot more easier. The bus to Adelaide is late and I’m listening to talkback radio at the moment. One of the topics is Hydroponic VS Field Tomatoes. It reminded [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 12th 2004 | 25 Views | [diary=170085]

Pinnaroo, SA
The Mighty Murray River!

Day One - November 30, 2002: Adelaide - Sydney - Bangkok I stayed up until 2:30am, packing my bags, on the Friday night before we left and only got four hours sleep. But I was so nervous about my first overseas trip that I wouldn’t have been able to sleep anyway. On the way to the airport it seemed I was not the only nervous one as Dad was driving through red lights on the way there and didn’t realise until we said something. Mum, Dad and Tammie saw me off at the airport, although our first hitch came quickly with [View Full Entry]

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By Trousers
February 3rd 1996
Goin' bush Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide
Adelaide to Darwin over 2 weeks [View Full Entry]

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