Monday, February 15, 2010

The places we go and the people we meet.......

Sorry the "Winners are Grinners" photo didn't eventuate.......not sure what happened.
We have just been to Maryborough....couldn't resist seeing the name sake. It looks much the same as the Qld one really. We passed through a town called Amphitheatre............I think that would have to be one of the strangest names for a town I have seen.
We are now at Kyneton staying the night before we go on to Melbourne tomorrow to catch the Spirit of Tasmania on Thursday. We are going into the city, maybe have a look at some shops, and Keith is going to the museum at the MCG.
We were just walking through the park when we noticed a Buccaneers sticker on the back of a car with Qld number plates. The fellow was just getting to his car. Turns out the car belongs to a friend, Brendan Frawley for anyone from Hervey Bay. We don't actually know him but have heard of him. He now lives down this way and his wife is still teaching in HB. He has Japanese students for a couple of nights and they insisted we have our photos taken with them!! We could become famous in Japan.
Another person we have met is Keith's cousin, Kerrie, who he hasn't seen for about 50 years.............he actually believes he has never seen her but....... We booked into the caravan park at Halls Gap and the lady told us there was another Hinks booked in so we went and made ourselves known. None of us could believe the coincidence. She has been in other places that we have been.

I could write a poem about it........

2 comments:

  1. You keep a list of all the places you visit where you don't know anybody! It'd be a very short list I reckon.

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  2. Poetry.........that'll give you something to keep you busy on the boat. Enjoy the shops, if you want a good feed go to Stalectites for Greek, open 24 hrs and well priced, I love the chicken and their lambs great too.

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