tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post3516656900751821015..comments2023-12-12T11:39:43.504+01:00Comments on Blurb from the Burbs: MedicatedMoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-6615687846994273642014-08-23T14:13:54.875+02:002014-08-23T14:13:54.875+02:00My daughter is doing a project on the Murray River...My daughter is doing a project on the Murray River at my suggestion. I grew up in MB (1971 - 1982). I insisted that she use only the original Bunyip as I sincerely hated the mother and baby and detest the current one! I was there for the unfailing of the original bunyip and do remember the dump! I even me Prince Philip at the opening of the Rowing Club.<br />Thanks for the blog entry - great to read!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00688820996667717795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-35958207759492653642008-08-24T22:23:00.000+02:002008-08-24T22:23:00.000+02:00Oh my God . . the Bunyips are pure gold both old a...Oh my God . . the Bunyips are pure gold both old and new! No wonder we're blown away by Disneyland! Great recount Kath. Life in the country sounds so idyllic, weird smells and all. We've broken a few windows in our time with backyard cricket in fact the annual spring gutter clean always reveals a few tennis balls! Great yarn!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-73755171560084638232008-08-24T12:23:00.000+02:002008-08-24T12:23:00.000+02:00Thanks kath...really needed a good laugh tonight a...Thanks kath...really needed a good laugh tonight and as usual you did not disappoint. Cannot believe that is what the bunyip looks like now...that is just wrong!!<BR/><BR/>Lynda DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-39148910520244598622008-08-24T11:47:00.000+02:002008-08-24T11:47:00.000+02:00My sister and I used to play "French cricket" - ba...My sister and I used to play "French cricket" - basically the deal was to cover your legs with the bat while some one else bowls extremely badly at you. When they run to get the ball you run away and then stop in place when they yell "stop!" having retrieved the ball.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure who thought this up - probably a smart parent who knew that games like this would go on for hours, and hours, and hours.gigglewickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920541341649189801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-49847867283066441342008-08-24T10:43:00.000+02:002008-08-24T10:43:00.000+02:00Any backyard cricket game that doesn't have a six ...Any backyard cricket game that doesn't have a six and out rule is un-Australian (that might made me sound a bit John Howard, but it's true).<BR/><BR/>And, if you are bowling slow to an unco kid, and he gets cheeky and slogs you, you are allowed, as an adult, to bowl a bouncer. Only fair I reckon...Penguin rules.Miles McClaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335102965842725449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-6700133856625016722008-08-24T08:28:00.000+02:002008-08-24T08:28:00.000+02:00Thanks Lidian...and I'd like to say 'thanks' to yo...Thanks Lidian<BR/><BR/>...and I'd like to say 'thanks' to you too, Shea, but the photo was taken by my Dad in the 1970s and not by me.Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-1660189899625713692008-08-24T06:12:00.000+02:002008-08-24T06:12:00.000+02:00I always enjoy reading your posts...This is really...I always enjoy reading your posts...This is really fascinating as I love to learn about how other people grew up in places so different from mine. You are a terrific writer.Lidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-87970233553185912008-08-24T02:53:00.000+02:002008-08-24T02:53:00.000+02:00GREAT reminiscing, River!and yes, I do remember th...GREAT reminiscing, River!<BR/><BR/>and yes, I do remember the Baby Bunyip, unholy and ridiculous addition that it was. It looked like it had been made by a ADHD kindergarten kid.Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-130003299855581302008-08-24T01:32:00.000+02:002008-08-24T01:32:00.000+02:00I lived in Murray Bridge from 1968 to 1972, I don'...I lived in Murray Bridge from 1968 to 1972, I don't remember a tannery by the river but I do remember the original butter, cheese and milk bottling factory right next to Sturt Reserve. I had my first job there, it's where I learned to operate the bottling machine, the bottle washer, and how to wrap 40lb blocks of cheese securely enough that air didn't get in and cause mould to grow on the cheese. My very first paypacket was $70 and I thought I was RICH!!. In the summer, we'd wear our bathers under our clothes and spend lunchtime and after work in the river with a couple of the younger, cuter milk tanker drivers. one of them would always have a giant inner tube off one of the trucks and we'd fit about 8 of us in it and have great fun pushing each other off it. Then the factory was moved up to Maurice Road, so water hi-jinks were a weekends only thing. <BR/>Do you remember when the Bunyip was first upgraded with a coat of paint and a baby bunyip added? Silliest thing I ever saw.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com