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195706 [2016/05/01 17:45] – [Seven Weeks in New Zealand Part 1V] kennettj | 195706 [2016/05/05 19:18] (current) – [The Fed. Reune and Epilogue] kennettj | ||
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Always for me, at Euroka, the highlight is the early Sunday walk down the creek to the big water; and with a chosen few it was done a lovely sight was the big waters a water colour fantasy delicately rippled. The look down rock at the track' | Always for me, at Euroka, the highlight is the early Sunday walk down the creek to the big water; and with a chosen few it was done a lovely sight was the big waters a water colour fantasy delicately rippled. The look down rock at the track' | ||
- | So back to camp went we bushwalkers, | + | So back to camp went we bushwalkers, |
- | There seems a tremendous amount of day to spare in wandering from camp to camp so with the Ashdowns we ambled back and found we had 2 hours to kill for the next train. Frank and Jean made straight for the highway to deliberately hitch. I followed in the hope of getting a bus for I can think of nothing more humiliating than standing by the roadside pleading for a lift. | + | |
And then something happened: A sizeable utility going west slowed down, turned and stopped | And then something happened: A sizeable utility going west slowed down, turned and stopped | ||
alongside us. Frank seemed to think it did this for us (brave Frankie) and bold as brass piled on. I shyly asked if it included me - "of course" | alongside us. Frank seemed to think it did this for us (brave Frankie) and bold as brass piled on. I shyly asked if it included me - "of course" | ||
- | We still don't know where the magic came in - it could not have been any glamour act by Jean - her 74 inches of brake material would see to that: They dropped | + | We still don't know where the magic came in - it could not have been any glamour act by Jean - her 74 inches of brake material would see to that: They dropped |
- | AND | + | AND they were New Aussies: Old Aussies have a lot to learn when it comes to catering for hitchers. |
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- | they were New Aussies: Old Aussies have a lot to learn when it comes to catering for hitchers. | + | |
(As one of the 180 odd Reuners, I echo your sentiments entirely, Taro. It was a friendly and easy Fed, Reune, no doubt about it. The story of your hitching episode runs something like Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother - any chance of a loan of the magic wand sometime? - Ed.) | (As one of the 180 odd Reuners, I echo your sentiments entirely, Taro. It was a friendly and easy Fed, Reune, no doubt about it. The story of your hitching episode runs something like Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother - any chance of a loan of the magic wand sometime? - Ed.) |
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