Bulldog Bulletin

BK
Gudday M8

Gr8 Pix
Keep m cummin

Any dog books u got 2 of.... th@ u wanna swap for ones eye aint got



Looks like me got 2 of the 1st n last books
any body wanna swap

Thanx in advance

(jist thinkn out loud here
I'm sure eye got sum more @ home)
Cya
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g'day bk ,all the drivers at the kynuna pub were regulars at mum&dads place in katherine , did many a trip down to bris at christmas time and back home sadly most of the boys are no longer with us steve

Greenie, I don't think it's changed much, I was there late last year, the blurry light is the sign in the shape of a dogs head, bloody mozzies nearly carried me away.

BK, thanks for the pics mate, excellent.

Hi BK, that last lot of photo's brings tears to me eyes with all that mud, oh boy, nothing but bad memories of being stuck in $hite like that.

The good old "Blue Heeler" pub, just as I remember it, no air-con then, open the doors and windows for cooling, best tasting beer in Aust, after all that dirt just to get to it.

regards greenie [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif]

ps- keep 'em coming, that lot is pure gold, it's brilliant.

g'day bk ,all the drivers at the kynuna pub were regulars at mum&dads place in katherine , did many a trip down to bris at christmas time and back home sadly most of the boys are no longer with us steve

I knew some of those blokes too, I subbied for Swires in '72, as did Bunney and Peter Radke, Terry was carting flour up there then, Snow Olds is long gone now. Ray Mantova was VRD tpt. that many names and no idea of where they are now, Billy Cole, Jimmy Oliver, the "Michelin man" from Darwin, and a whole heap of others I'd met at the old 3 Ways.

Swish, I only have a few of the early ones mate.

g'day bk , heres few more you may remember,allan solway ,keith jamieson ,jimmy mc gregor ,col tanzer ian colpouies ,nifty neville, they were doug mc intyres boys doug was person friend of mum&dad as was the boys.ray mantova was our next door neighbour rolly oliver is still getting around steve

spoke to neville senior a few years back about his peterbilt steering days when with doug mc intyre and the poem about ''nifty and the pete'' that was in a truckin' life years ago.

the poem relates how the only thing that could pass the pete (8V71, 4X4, pulling doubles) was a cabover V8 maxidyne

i'll dig up the poem and post it up...cheers

Greenie, I don't think it's changed much, I was there late last year, the blurry light is the sign in the shape of a dogs head, bloody mozzies nearly carried me away.

Hi Cam, the old pubs been done up over the years, added air-conditioning to the joint, added windows and repainted over all the graffiti/messages hand scribbled onto the walls of the bar ( excellent reading whilst you killed an hour or two ) and they have generally tidied the place up.

It just don't have the same friendly atmosphere, that the joint had, back in the late 70's early 80's.

regards greenie [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif]

Ah well, at least they still have the mossie problem, gov regs couldn't do a an 'effin thing' to ever cure that lot.

Greenie, I'm in no doubt it ain't what it used to be, though the night I was there it was VF hot, I didn't feel any A/C and all the doors and windows were open, and I don't know quite how recent it was, but the graffitti was alive and well (was 20 odd years ago as well) though they did have a sign up saying no one was meant to add to it. Seemed like a friendly enough place, I managed to strike up a couple of conversations and get through a bit of barbed wire before stupidly thinking I'd just open the doors on the bunk when I blacked out, mind I'm not sure the dulcet tones of the "Icepack" would have been welcome. LOL. The barmaid and another bloke were still up drinking at 1 am which was lucky for me, as she quite happily rounded up a can of Aerogaurd and managed to get a fog of the stuff around me.

here's the poem nifty senior sent me a while ago now...he was living in jimboomba QLD..hope he's travelling well.

this is out of a 1982 truckin' life mag and the poem was written by J Moran......i wonder what the phantom 309 was,....and whose ?

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sorry fella's it's about the best i can do with what i have so zoom in for a better look...cheers

Top poem mate, you wouldn't have ol mates address, I'm only 15mins from Jimboomba!!
The Phantom 309 was a yank truck song, I think John Laws did a version of it too.