CoolumSharkie

[carcharias]

ah yes we have a winner. He is a gentleman . The last time I was up there he was running the Kawana waters hotel.

 

[coolumsharkie]

he's not in the pub game at all (anymore) I dont think.... Are you a friend of his? I could find out his whereabouts if you want to catch up.

 

[carcharias]

When Im up there we catch up. I met him a few years back in NZ on a organised surfing trip.
I have his address , but thanks all the same. I was just curious if you guys from up that way know him.
Ah Moloolabah before I went there for the first time a mate who'd been said to me " mate if you can't pull a root up there ....well your a twinkie" .
Don't ask.

 

[coolumsharkie]

When Im up there we catch up. I met him a few years back in NZ on a organised surfing trip.
I have his address , but thanks all the same. I was just curious if you guys from up that way know him.
Ah Moloolabah before I went there for the first time a mate who'd been said to me " mate if you can't pull a root up there ....well your a twinkie" .
Don't ask.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Lower your standards!!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[carcharias]

ah the beauty of hindsight.,
There was one girl buying me beer but it was too wierd for me , as her best friend had just been found murdered. True . She was drunk and very confused emotionally so I thought I'd do the right thing by doing the bolt the minute she went to the toilet.

 

[Shark]

Aries, there are plenty of areas at Coffs Harbour that USED to be swamps.

The Airport
The Racecourse
Park Beach
The Bonville International Golf Club
The Coffs Harbour Golf Club

At least the golf club is a haven for native birds and is a HUGE geographical area that will NEVER be built out. For your information (as you seem to have NEVER visited the Coffs course), the 'swamp' as it is affectionally known is actually a large network of linked lakes, that have been landscaped very sympathetically with the local area.

And since you seem hell bent on labelling my 90 year old grandfather as an Eco-Terrorist', I'll inform you of something else...

He was also one of the people who established the Coffs Harbour Botanical Gardens in the late 1980s. Up until late last year he also volunteered to helped staff the kiosk several times a week. Now an internationally-recognised environmental project, can you tell me what the gardens (which front Coffs Creek) used to be?

No, I didn't think so.

It was a rubbish dump. An industrial rubbish dump, to be exact.

How much of an eco-terrorist does that make him? Or do you want to blame him for the dump being there too?

Not everything HUMAN BEINGS have done in the past has been real eco-friendly, I grant you that. But a tirade like the one you launched is akin to blaming one Catholic alter boy for the entire Stolen Generation.

Go get a grip, mate.

 

[Sheros los Deros]

He was also one of the people who established the Coffs Harbour Botanical Gardens in the late 1980s.

One of my favourite spots in Coffs. You can go walking along Coffs Creek.

 

[Bastard Squad]

my favourite spots in Coffs. You can go walking along Coffs Creek.

Is that the creek that runs under the railway and past the Porpose Pool thingy ? Great boardwalk ! I do wonder a bit though if they extend the road from the airport up to that roundabout, looks like it will slash right through the wetlands there.

 

[SirShire]

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[Aries]

Aries, there are plenty of areas at Coffs Harbour that USED to be swamps.


The Airport
The Racecourse
Park Beach
The Bonville International Golf Club
The Coffs Harbour Golf Club

At least the golf club is a haven for native birds and is a HUGE geographical area that will NEVER be built out. For your information (as you seem to have NEVER visited the Coffs course), the 'swamp' as it is affectionally known is actually a large network of linked lakes, that have been landscaped very sympathetically with the local area.

And since you seem hell bent on labelling my 90 year old grandfather as an Eco-Terrorist', I'll inform you of something else...

He was also one of the people who established the Coffs Harbour Botanical Gardens in the late 1980s. Up until late last year he also volunteered to helped staff the kiosk several times a week. Now an internationally-recognised environmental project, can you tell me what the gardens (which front Coffs Creek) used to be?

No, I didn't think so.

It was a rubbish dump. An industrial rubbish dump, to be exact.

How much of an eco-terrorist does that make him? Or do you want to blame him for the dump being there too?

Not everything HUMAN BEINGS have done in the past has been real eco-friendly, I grant you that. But a tirade like the one you launched is akin to blaming one Catholic alter boy for the entire Stolen Generation.

Go get a grip, mate.

Unfortunately, everyone missed my sarcasm mate ;-)

I guess no one knows how to take what I say anymore..

I was just playing with SS and cheese, cause I can...

Like I mentioned, OUR CLUB did their fair share of "eco-vandalism" building the club and surrounding grounds, but don't remind the "Greenies"

 

[King of the Hill]

I was just playing with SS and cheese, cause I can...

Right, I missed it, I went to bed, cause I can...

 

[Shark]

Yeah, guess I missed it too Aries...Sorry, I think!

Sheros, the boardwalk is great, I agree. Also, the newer sections of the gardens, right over the back, they are going to look sensational in a few years too.

Bastard Squad, from what I have seen of the 'Master Plan' for the road network up there, the Airport road and roundabout won't be extended straight across the creek as the creek flats are very wide there, it would be an engineering nightmare. But it may mean a new bridge is built closer to the existing one, adjacent to the railway line. It's not a perfect solution, but the area nearer to the mouth of the creek is already developed and industrialised, so it's better to build roads there than in the middle of a beautifully reclaimed wetland!

And, how nice is it along the creek near The Old Butter Factory? It's great now with the icecream shop and stuff there. BS, if you haven't walked the full length of the boardwalk, make sure you do one day. It takes you from the Ocean (at Park Beach) right up through the gardens, which are almost back at the Coffs CBD. For the most part it follows the creek, sometimes it's out over the creek and the mangrove flats, it also lets you stop at places like the butter factory for a snack. In the gardens themselves, the walk is just awesome.

Coffs Tourism can pay me later!

 

[Sheros los Deros]

Yeah, Shark the Coffs Creek area including the Bot Gardens are great. I like to walk from Brodie Circuit for about 3 or 4k's along the creek, and back, right on dusk. There's some great old Blackbutt trees, and a Paperbark Swamp along the trail. It'd be a shame for the road to cut through the bush through there.

 

[coolumsharkie]

Hey you lot get outta my thread....LOL

 

[Shark]

Ahh Sheros...Stop, you'll make me jealous.

You're very lucky to be living up there. I made a quick visit there a fortnight or so back, went out to the Plantation Bar. Great venue for the bands. And how GOOD is Lee Simpson, the girl who plays there in a variety of line ups? I saw her play in an accoustic set, then again a few nights later in full 'Saturday Night' mode. Just sensational. She makes all the other band members look very ordinary, yet they are pretty damn fine musos. She's got a huge future I reckon. Only very young still.