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Originally Posted by lakercapt
Was in and out of the port o Newcastle dozens of times in the era 1953/56
when on the old Ropners Ocean boat "Firby" on charter on the Auzzie coast with coal and iron ore from Whyalla. Much has changed and I am considerably older!!!
I when on Google earth recently and hardly recognised the place. Carrington where we loaded coal and the steel works no more. Nobby's baech where I used to go swimming looked very inviting especially when we got dumped on with snow and freezing rain etc this weekend. Its supposed to be spring and accumuations of 9"
GLOBAL WARMING YEH !!!!!
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Yeh!! Eh?? From the wet coast -- more rain so far in April than the monthly record, or something like that. Did see a strange yellow object in the sky for about an hour this afternoon -- everything stopped while everyone stared in awe and wonder.
