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Re: Perth is Full
Originally Posted by kiwichild
Pub near takapuna beach: the mon desir hotel (pulled down now I hear)
Kitty obrians? no not heard of it ( i did spend soem time travelling/living in sth island and uk) Where in tassie did u holiday? Manurewa to Takapuna is a hell of a drive to go to a pub! |
Re: Perth is Full
Originally Posted by kiwichild
Pub near takapuna beach: the mon desir hotel (pulled down now I hear)
Kitty obrians? no not heard of it ( i did spend soem time travelling/living in sth island and uk) Where in tassie did u holiday? Manurewa to Takapuna is a hell of a drive to go to a pub! Have to ask wife about where in Tassie - think they went on school trips from Melbourne. Its funny but generations ago my family moved there from Cornwall during the Ballarat mining boom. Well better go and do some more packing Cheerio :) |
Re: Perth is Full
[QUOTE=thebears] Do you remember the toll booths?
[QUOTE] Certainly do and i recall one nye(early 70s) when I was just a youngster and we didn't have the 10c toll fee and the driver had to sign a form with the motorway patrol so we could get back to the shore lol |
Re: Perth is Full
[QUOTE=kiwichild][QUOTE=thebears] Do you remember the toll booths?
Certainly do and i recall one nye(early 70s) when I was just a youngster and we didn't have the 10c toll fee and the driver had to sign a form with the motorway patrol so we could get back to the shore lol |
Re: Perth is Full
Originally Posted by renth
It's unbelievable right now, Perth is quite literally "full" so unless you want to live in a pig sty you'd better have a good plan B.
http://www.thewest.com.au/20060316/n...sto133694.html |
Re: Perth is Full
My landlord hasn't put the rent up in 3 years. If your'e good tenants, they won't.
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Re: Perth is Full
Originally Posted by thebears
Are yes that was it the Mon Desir. The drive wasnt too bad - we used to drive all over Auckland with different circle of friends. Also a mate used to fancy one of the girls behind the bar. (what you do for mates). This was also back in the days when doing 140KH on the motorway was both capable due to lack of traffic and the police were not as stringent on speed. Do you remember the toll booths?
Have to ask wife about where in Tassie - think they went on school trips from Melbourne. Its funny but generations ago my family moved there from Cornwall during the Ballarat mining boom. Well better go and do some more packing Cheerio :) Haha you never know... you may be related ! How funny :beer: |
Re: Perth is Full
Originally Posted by kiwichild
From what I have heard Melbourne has heaps going for it, entertainment, restaurants from very cheap to top of the range, work opportunities, pubs n clubs, shopping to rival sydney etc etc
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Re: Perth is Full
Originally Posted by vandiemen
Sorry but couldn't help but notice you saying your family generations ago moved from Cornwall during the Ballarat gold mining boom. My partners fanily did exactly that, started off in Ballarat and then moved over to Tasmania shortly after.
Haha you never know... you may be related ! How funny :beer: |
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