Nat’s diary 2025

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We have been so lucky with the weather so far
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Then off to Foster on our way to Stratford
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Found an awesome old pub at Fish Creek , wanted to go inside for elevenses but they didn’t open to 12
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Then we went to Craig Allardyce’s palace for a catch up and borrowed his hoist to drop the running in oil and did a brake adjustment
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This was in Foster - pretty cool
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Got a tour of his other shed with his vintage timber speedboats and grey motor performance development laboratory Image
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Nice pics Blacky. A good size shed Craig has there 👍
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Quiet day today, did a bit on the ute - think we have sorted the rattle in the ute , the bolt holding the tacho down was just touching the speaker, so we moved it back 10 mm , will find out tomorrow if it was a success
Found this cool old place while touring around Sale
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Then out to Maffra but both the museum and the brewery was shut today bugger it
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So we went a bit further and found a pub out in the sticks and had a couple
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Yard art
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Old swing bridge in Sale has been restored to working order
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Nice bridge. Wot no photo of the urinal?

Looks like you folk are having a right old time.


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We certainly are ……

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Found a second hand shop of course
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And the Four n Twenty factory Image
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And off again and found this uber cool old bridge
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Then into Orbost
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And Cann River for a glass of lunch near the fire Image
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Parked up in Eden for the night Image gearbox jumped out of top gear on the way here while the cruise control was on and overrevved the engine - nearly pooped myself Image
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