South Coast Luncheon 2008
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180 viewsThe get together, in the form of a BBQ lunch was held at $472 Station Turvey Park.
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180 views“C†Platoon were on Duty and under the care and attention of S/O Sally Foote and her crew
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169 views12 Retired Firefighters and several partners were entertained and fed a slap up meal.
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179 viewsJim Nolan, Gordon Poll, Geoff Buxton, Alan Ray, Angus Alford, John Scriber and Bob Paterson attended from Wagga Wagga.
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182 viewsDennis Ratcliff came up from Corowa, Howie Horselman from Albury and Michael Hurley, Roger Bucholtz and Roger Dobson came down from Sydney.
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175 viewsA number of off duty Firies both Permanent and Retained dropped in, as well as the Zone Inspector Paul Johnstone and the Zone Admin. Officer Toni Gaffney.
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182 viewsMany of those attending had not seen each other for many years and a great “catch up†was had.
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168 viewsA photographer from the “Daily Advertiser in Wagga Wagga attended and spoke to a number of those attending.
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182 viewsA rather fetching photo of your reporter and Jim Nolan subsequently appeared in the “Advertiserâ€.
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156 viewsAfter lunch a number of those attending repaired to a local watering hole (The Club Hotel) to continue catching up and swapping thoughts on such subjects as, the benefits of retirement against the opportunity of getting up at 0300 and going to a code call. I believe that the former won out.
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173 viewsAll attending seemed to express the thought that a great time was had and that it should be repeated in 2009
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152 viewsAn invitation had been extended to the Association from the Aviation Museum at Temora, for anyone going to the reunion, to attend that facility on the Thursday (18th)
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138 viewsThree attendees and their partners took up the offer.
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148 viewsTo say that it was a wonderful day would be an understatement and space dictates that that report on that attendance should be left to another article.
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147 viewsSo until next year, maybe in Albury this time, we (those who attended) bade a fond farewell to Wonderful Wagga Wagga.
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