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 DubbyFan
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| posted on October 21st, 2012 at 07:42 PM |
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Unloading the first VW
Found a great pic of the first VW an early Split window to run around my island home.
In those days the ship would stand off, you can just see her at the RH end of the island
in the back ground, small lighters where used to bring freight ashore. These days the ship
is shallow drafted and parks next to the jetty.
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| posted on October 21st, 2012 at 08:10 PM |
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Hey there DubbyFan, sailing the Clarence river last week saw a ship called the "Lord Howe Trader" (at least thats what I think it was called, we
were on the other side of the river) is that the one that services LH now? great pic BTW.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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DubbyFan
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| posted on October 21st, 2012 at 08:55 PM |
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Yep that's us Don, here is a couple of pics of her coming through the north passage on a rough day. This is how my garage will come some day.
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| posted on October 21st, 2012 at 09:29 PM |
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cool dubby ! bet youll use plenty of tectyl and a carcoon!
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waltermitty
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| posted on October 21st, 2012 at 10:03 PM |
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So Dub fan do you work on the trader?
Curious as I live in Port Macquarie,
Mitchell
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DubbyFan
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| posted on October 22nd, 2012 at 05:15 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by waltermitty
So Dub fan do you work on the trader?
Curious as I live in Port Macquarie,
Mitchell
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No mate have worked unloading her the past and the ship we had before her the Sitka. Did the voyage once when she came out of Yamba. I have good sea
legs been there done that! She is flat bottomed so she can get across the lagoon and sit on the bottom for unloading.
They used to advertise return trips on her, most people who sailed over flew home!!!
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| posted on October 22nd, 2012 at 06:02 AM |
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Is the split still there????
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DubbyFan
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| posted on October 22nd, 2012 at 05:15 PM |
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posted by whathaveidone
Is the split still there????
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I wish, if she was she'd be mine, can anyone date the beast is it a 50's model? Looks like a small back window and the early roof closer to the top
of the windscreen than the later splits.
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| posted on December 7th, 2012 at 07:55 PM |
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Found another pic of same car, first tour bus on the island.
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