General Chat

Arvo...:>)))...Mild day in Melbin. Was thinkin about how i miss the Footy, and wondered if Sue ( Tassie) was having withdrawl symptoms, like me....lol Barb and i hope to be going over to Tas. in the New Year, as she has cousins that live in Sandy Bay, as her fathers Family line came from Richmond.( Convicts ) and we need to do a little more research in the Tassie Archives. Was looking at an Email that Sue ( Tassie ) sent after her meet in Sydney, a few weeks ago and the Picture of how the Main Land is Tasmania's playground...lol So i wrote a little rhyming ditty for ya Sue Well, Sydley's got the Coathanger and Bot-knee Bay to View. Mel-bum's Vic.Great Ocean Road a drive that you should do. Canned-bra's got our Pollies John How-hard can it be. Had-her-laid's got Churches God bless them..... i agree. Then your up in Alice Spings, just how-high can she jump?. And way outback there is a place that they call The Black Stump. Briss-bane say, they got the beach and sunshine all year round. And Perf is in the West of Oz and sees the sun go down. Darwing!! well its way up there I'm sure we all agree, there weather never... ever gets... below, a 30c But all in all a special place, a little sarf of Vic. An Island they call Tassie, where they-housed the Convict. Its capital is Hobart, and the Convicts now are free, So It drifted off the main land..... ....now there happy as can be......:>))) lol......time for a V.B for me. Av a good un Tony Oz...:>)))

We love her really Jeffster, but she WILL pinch our numbers, just lays in wait and boom - she's got it. We've tried everything - poisoned meat, padlocks, chains, big dogs, guns, you name it - nothing seems to work (not even Lew Lews coloured pills). Trifley - I know too much you say? .. tee hee. .. If you mean what I was saying about Victoria, its just that I have travelled the length and breadth of the country, .. Just a know all. .. (If I can remember things, then that is a blessing lol) By the way I am getting Court Jeffster and Waggers mixed up! .. How can I tell you apart? .. Which one is the 6'3 blonde firie (tongue in cheek) Jood

Aaahhhh....Jeffster....you are thinking! However she is pretty cluey so we will have to have a backup. Something like putting her in a cat cage.....one with a BIG padlock! TX

Good morning Wattlers, or is it good afternoon in your part of Oz. Have the curtains faded yet. I wish we had daylight saving, I was up at 4.30 am anyway, the sun is just getting about then, the chooks are squacking, the cat is scratching so I have to rise and shine also. Much rather have the extra daylight at the end of the day. I enjoyed the quiz Tony, because i don't get on in the evening, I copy it and the answers and do the quiz over my morning cuppa, and no I don't cheat. New the cordwainer one cause I have a few of them in my family. Hope you have a good time in Montville, Trifley. Word of warning, get your tissues out before you get to Australia Zoo. Don't know why but my eyes filled up when I passed by. Did you forget the clocks Laurie and Shazz. Bet you are all still in bed sleeping off the evenings indulgences. LOL Got a busy day ahead, having made contact with one of Nevilles cousins I can now fill out my tree, I am expecting it to add at least another 200 just in the cousins and their offspring. Very large family of rabbits. Its a bit cooler today, we never got a storm yesterday and with the heat all the grass is now crunching under foot, well what little bit of grass we have left. Those watering from the washing machine, becareful of the soap powder you are using, it could kill of your plants within a few weeks. Got that warning on TV the other night, think it is to do with pospherus or something. Before I go, does anyone have any Irish Duggans in their tree. Neville's cousin's wife is searching this name without much luck. By for now, hope you all have a great day Luv SuzyQ

Forgot to say....Waggers....you must be a good bloke if you like cats....but we get pretty toey about our numbers particularly when they get pinched by that maurading, bl##dy Cat person. By the way.......nice to meet you....I'm the sane one around here and of course, the most Regal. See ya later. TX

I sure will give you a ring Wilson, I am hoping for a repeat performance (like changing tables again hehehe) - Hope the Judes and Lara can come also, and anyone else. I'll be down there from about 16th Jan to the end of the month. Jood

Morning Wattlers Yes it's the third pom. Now listen - I have a real dilemma here - the Cat is a fellow pom and yet I have been left to protect the numbers. The big gun didn't deter her, cos she's got others that are disguised. I think in retrospect that was a blessing, I'd hate to hurt her really. So, the question is - why don't we just keep them in the safe?

Morning Wattlers, I didn't get to do the quiz, B****y work, but i copied it and plan to do it later.....except i now have the answers as well lol. Promise not to look at them until i finish. I am working a late to day and an early tomorrow, so might get to it tomorrow night. Jood...make sure you give me a call when you are going to be in Bendigo, we can have a cuppa, and yak...swap a few tables...you know the way it goes he he. Lovely morning here, i have been carting the shower water out to the garden. Trying to save a bit of it, not doing too bad at the moment. And it must be building up my arm muscles...doesn't look like it though lol. I have the washing machine on the back veranda so that i can run that water on the fernery and use it for the pot plants. Hope we get some rain soon, can some of you peeps send some this way please?? Ok well, i better get going, the morning has gotten away from me, cause i didn't get up by the clock, i listened to my body and it said stay in bed, stay in bed, he he. Have a great day everyone. Take Care Wilson :-)))

Mornin' all from a windy and overcast Gold Coast. Anna....does Katherine need a dead body? I'm sure Yvette would be able to rustle up one for her...heee heee If they are going to be filming next week-end I could play the deadun. Tony....how's the Vixen today? Joodles.....your knowledge seems boundless...heee heee 22 hours and we are off on our little holiday to Montville.....yaayyyy Off to get some coffee.....be back Hugz Trifley X

Thanks - I got it Tony - My dd and I will be very interested in reading it all. .. Thanks again. .. They look like excellent sites. Jood

Jood. Have emailed you mate. Tony Oz...:>))

Yes, I hate geno stuff like you Tony (not) lol .. That particular part of Victoria absolutely fascinates me. I wish one day that someone would find the remnants of that old Mahogany ship. Can you email me any more stories/pics on it - I am very interested. Hi Fanny - hows the study going? Jood

Morning all.. Lovely day here today..OH not to good today so he had a rest in bed. The results from his visit to the Specialist ,,is to see another specialist Neuro Surgion to see what he thinks. Had a look at his MRI and it is easy to see the spine is not what it used to be so we will wait and see what the next step is..just hope its not surgery.. Wilson Lovely to see ya and bugger, we could have had a mini meet while I was at Dunnolly..Just didnt think.I hope you get some rain soon.. Tony I am so glad you hate Geno stuff so much. You do it so well to,,,LOL Fanny. How goes it girl,,any nibbles with the job front yet, Anna Are you in the film or are you just the catering corp...L think its great so encourage it .What is the fake blood made of, Hope it washes off easily. Do we now have 3 poms as Wattlers, That is good as they can talk to each other while we are asleep..We will soon have a day shift and a night shift..Then try and catch up with the waffle..lol Gwenda A bit on the chilly side isnt it..Often wander what the Qlnd,ers get up to so now I know,, Off to get some lunch so back later Love Mary xxxxx

Mills and Ogle are his Ancestors, and the Mrs.Ogle in this article is his G,G,Grandma and the neice of Captain Mills. My daughter Melanie (the one who is due in 4 weeks )will add decendants to this family.He is Lance Ogle, and his family tree dates back to Northumberland Ogle's and Ogle Castle. ps. Hoping to get a 'FREE' holiday ..at the castle....LOL pps: Its the only way i can beat.....Bar-code Barb..:>)) Warrnambool Standard....re:Mahogany Ship June 14 1890 She was over 8 miles from the spot where I notice the Age search was made by a party of Warrnambool gentlemen for the wreck which, in my opinion, no one but the late Captain J. B. Mills saw. What makes me incline to this view is the fact that my father, the late Peter Mills, who came to Port Fairy in the year 1838, never saw the wreck, although I have repeatedly heard him relate how his uncle, the late Captain Mills, once stood on her deck, that he tried to cut a piece of her timber off with his knife, that the timber was that hard that he could not cut it, and that it was somewhere near Warrnambool. Koroit Residents Recollections Of late, as a result of the attempts to obtain particulars concerning the old story of a wreck of a 17th century Dutch or Spanish ship near Warrnambool, public interest has been aroused in this interesting piece of early Australian history. Mrs Ogle, of Koroit, an old resident, 78 years of age, widow of the late Mr J. Ogle, has supplied some facts which may help the investigation. Mrs Ogle has resided in the vicinity of Tower Hill for the past 66 years. She was a niece of the late Capt. Mills, a whaler of the early days, who resided at Port Fairy. When she was twelve years of age she remembers that Capt. Mills went to the wreck of the Mahogany Ship and he marked the exact position of it in his log book. Tony Oz...who hates Geno stuff......lol update: Thanks Jood, but he has al the Pickles ,mate handed down through the genearations....but thanks for the offer x

morning all :-) love from Yvette x

Do you want any pics from the cemetery (if its still there) - I'm going to Bendigo in January, and we usually go down to THill for the weekend. Jood

lol....Jood. Thought you might av had a Koroit up your way too. Yes, i know Tower Hill...very Historic. I have the oldTower Hill Cemetery Index, as my SIL great, great,greats are buried there. It was his G,G,Greats who was a Whaler in the Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Portland area.They had farming at land at Woolsthorpe in the 1850s. Tony Oz..:>))

Morning I'm grumpy cos I didn't get to do the quiz last night - visitors. Hi Waggy- yes we're all Wattlers but that cat is a pommy Wattler and sneaks in and grabs our numbers while we are asleep - not terribly sporting of her, Wot? On the other side, someone thought that wattles were those dangly things around turkey's necks and that we were just a gaggle of old turkeys with wrinkly necks!!!!!!!!! The nerve of them!!!!Don't worry - we put them straight in no uncertain terms! No Lotto - but the numbers were a bit shonky - 3 in a row!!!! 34, 35, and 36.... you'd have to be tinny to get those. Girls are here filming and making fake blood and turning the garage into some sort of crime scene - there is a sign on the door - 'Out of bounds' so I'm a little concerned as to what is going on in there! Katherine had fake blood all overe her face and she appears to have been allergic to one of the ingredients as her face is now scarlet! Oh the pain one goes through for one's art! Catch you all later XXx Anna

It was your Koroit I was talking about Tony lol .. My dd & s-i-l have a property on the rim of an extinct volcano down there at Tower Hill, and Koroit is nearby. .. It is soooo historical down there, gives you an eerie feeling, especially hearing about the Mahogany ship missing in the sand somewhere between Pt. Fairy and Warrnambool. .. Have walked along the beach there, hoping the ship would pop up lol. Of course the Great Ocean Road is filled with history and is a must-see for everyone. Tony I'll start learning all my towns in readiness for the quiz lol Jood

We gotta Koroit too Jood . and an Ascot, but ours is Acot Vale. Along the Vic Coast line is Anglesea, Torquay,Hastings,Portsea,Sorrento,Portland.....lol Dont know why i even bother Holidaying in England....its here in Melbum. Tony Oz..:>)) *Nite Julie* Might make a good Quiz. See how many British town names in Oz.....hee hee