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Gina says she has been meaning to get some more photos but... wet weather doesn't suit & she has to meet the old bloke out there & he is nursing his elderly wife in Malanda now so it is not always easy.
She says she will try to do it this weekend.
It really is a renovator's delight now. :wink:
No worries CliffQuote:
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Now why does that wee comment fill me with dread?? :CQuote:
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Probably got a river running thru the house now :o
The timber may not be in the same class, but this one near Tamworth has a registered factory that is obviously woodwork-related. For a house with 160 acres and a very big shed, It looks like a bargain to me.
http://meersshelton.com.au/index.cfm...pertyID=359670
I hope the link works. There seems to be a problem with their picture viewer but if you persist with it and scroll through the pictures, you should see one of the inside of the shed.
I know the guy that owns that place he makes furniture and sells it at the local markets. All the timber is furniture grade Radiata.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coldamus
He must be retireing or maybe he died. I'll have to find out. I have actually been out to that place.
It has been empty for a while.Quote:
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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
About 1977 - 83 Cliff.
Bummer about the pub:(
Other favourates at the time were:
The Criterion - Clownsville
The O - Cairns
The Lions Den - somewhere out near Cooktown
The PostOffice - Chillagoe
Musgrave Station - the Cape
You had to go a long way for a good beer in those days:wink:
BT,
don't know about ther others, but the big O (The Oceanic hotel) was knocked down a few years ago, one of the last hotels in the infamous "Barbary Coast" area of Cairns. It's demise started when they finally knocked down the old "Red Oriental Fish Bar" after closing it numerous times for health breaches. 'Twas rumoured to be a drug trading house, and judging from its unsanitary condition, I'm sure no one ever went there for the cuisine. I've got photos somewhere of the Millaa Millaa pub, just after it was burnt, a bit suspicious in my mind as it was in the middle of a renovation.
Mick
Hi Mick, seems thats the way it goes with old pubs. The Critterion in Townsville used to be a wharfies/fishermans pub, then Uni students - renovations - then its a "family" hotel, don't know where its at now..probably back to wharfies pub.
Don't even go to them anymore.......pokies killed pub culture down here.
You like living on the edge BT?:wink:Quote:
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We used to have a saying back then "only poofta's don't fight on rum":)
Not that I was much of a fighter........ more of a bleeder actually.:- :D
BTW I'm not like that anymore, now I'm a wholesome, well adjusted member of society......honest:p
How did Gina get on Cliff?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
I'm originally from that neck of the woods (Cairns), and that house in Millaa Millaa would be paradise once you got it fixed up a bit. I'd love to move back up there someday, but I can't see me convincing SWMBO of the desirability of the move....
It was paradise that's for sure...but it seems there are a few undesirables that live in that region now...:D Just kidding.
Have they released the "last blocks" in the Daintree yet? That's a nice spot, but you might get sick of the tourists - unless you were exploiting them of course.:)
Sounds like a good spot for a pen-turner... :DQuote:
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