Jondaryan Historic Earthmoving Field Days 2008

euclid · May 19, 2008

bear said:
Not specifically the Reef for me though I do love being on the water. Honestly I don't know where I would go but anywhere would annoy the wife. Honestly for me Down under is the only place I've ever considered worth visiting for more than a week. Nothing against anyone else just the way I am.

Well IMO if you want to visit Oz, I'd recommend Kakadu National park. You get a 21 day stamp to stay inside the park which is roughly the size of New Jersey. There are all kinds of stuff to see and do with regards to nature. Go during the April-May time frame because it is after rainy season and it is hot, yet the water falls and stuff are great and you can swim and just hang out. And most Oz people are really nice and they want you visit to be a memory for a life time. I haven't been there since 1995 but I can tell you I'd go back again because it was tops! You can pack pack or camp or get a room if you so decide.
Nuff Australia stories.
Cheers

Squizzy246B · May 19, 2008

euclid said:
Well IMO if you want to visit Oz, I'd recommend Kakadu National park. You get a 21 day stamp to stay inside the park which is roughly the size of New Jersey. There are all kinds of stuff to see and do with regards to nature. Go during the April-May time frame because it is after rainy season and it is hot, yet the water falls and stuff are great and you can swim and just hang out. And most Oz people are really nice and they want you visit to be a memory for a life time. I haven't been there since 1995 but I can tell you I'd go back again because it was tops! You can pack pack or camp or get a room if you so decide.
Nuff Australia stories.
Cheers

You do need to be a bit careful where you swim in the top end.....the odd smiling log floating about

stretch · May 19, 2008

Squizzy246B said:
You do need to be a bit careful where you swim in the top end.....the odd smiling log floating about

Squizzy's pet

Oh yeah, nice pics Deas. Always thought those elevators were neat machines.

Ray Welsh · May 19, 2008

stretch said:
Squizzy's pet

Oh yeah, nice pics Deas. Always thought those elevators were neat machines.

Great pics from you all. Does anyone remember a tractor started with a 12gage shotgun cartridge? I think the pellets were removed!!!!!!!

Our neighbour had one when I was a kid but I can't remember if it was a Lanz Bulldog, a Field Marshall or a Fowler. You had to position the flywheel to a certain position by hand, insert the cartridge and fire to start the engine.

It was an improvement on the steam powered Burrel traction engine they owned (and still do, I believe) In Southland, New Zealand.........C ya........Ray

Deas Plant · May 20, 2008

Cartridge start.

Hi, Ray.
Yep, Field Marshall and the single cylinder Fowler crawlers had that starting system in addition to hand cranking. Both ways required that a lighted cartridge paper be placed in a torch that screwed into the cylinder head before attempting to start. And you're right - no pellets, just gunpowder or whatever the 'go-bang' was.

Cartridge start was used on some aircraft engines too, amongst other applications. I think the original Lancaster bomber engines were cartridge start but I'm open to correction on this. I'm pretty sure that the Rolls Royce Merlins that were fited to some later Lancasters were electric start though.

Some more shots of the little JD 'gobbly thing'.

Deas Plant · May 20, 2008

Still more JD 'gobbly thing'.

And a few more.

Deas Plant · May 20, 2008

Tired yet?

But wait. There's more.

Deas Plant · May 20, 2008

Are you still here?

Th- Th- That's all the JD, Folks.

bear · May 20, 2008

Bundaberg rum

That's pretty good rum if I remember correctly (that's always to question from those days

) Looks like the guy's movin some dirt with the little deere and looks like he needs tires too :cool2

euclid · May 20, 2008

Squizzy246B said:
You do need to be a bit careful where you swim in the top end.....the odd smiling log floating about

I know the difference between salties and freshies.....

bear · May 21, 2008

Gator makes a good steak how do those "smiling logs"grill up?

Deas Plant · May 21, 2008

Croc steaks

Hi, Euclid.
As a general rule, you need to be pretty lucky and pretty quiet to get to see a 'freshie'. They're very shy and usually head for the water at the first hint of a human.

'Salties' on the other hand, tend to head for the water at the first hint of anything that might mean food, NOT 'cos they're shy, more like very sneaky and they can sneak up on you best from water.

Bear, I'm told they're not bad eating. The DownUnder aboriginals used to eat both the 'real thing' and crocs-in-the-making, if they could get to the nest without momma croc catching them in the act. I looked at croc steaks on a restaurant menu back in 1978. They were $28.00 then. when you could by a good slab of bull done the way you liked it, with all the trimmings, for about $6.00. I love a good slab of bull.

bear · May 21, 2008

A good slab of warm beef is my favorite as well. alas, goin back to school and spending much of my time farming as well as the odd job with the old D6 are giving me a case of armchair bloat. gotta lay off the good stuff for awhile (sigh) the wife has put me on vegatables and beans (talk about exhaust leaks, whew!), evidently I'm doin well enough she wants to keep me a few more years

euclid · May 21, 2008

Deas Plant said:
Hi, Euclid.
As a general rule, you need to be pretty lucky and pretty quiet to get to see a 'freshie'. They're very shy and usually head for the water at the first hint of a human.

'Salties' on the other hand, tend to head for the water at the first hint of anything that might mean food, NOT 'cos they're shy, more like very sneaky and they can sneak up on you best from water.

Bear, I'm told they're not bad eating. The DownUnder aboriginals used to eat both the 'real thing' and crocs-in-the-making, if they could get to the nest without momma croc catching them in the act. I looked at croc steaks on a restaurant menu back in 1978. They were $28.00 then. when you could by a good slab of bull done the way you liked it, with all the trimmings, for about $6.00. I love a good slab of bull.

reckon the life span of a bull catcher and a salty catcher is a big difference. I know we swam with freshies, but like you said they are timid creatures. They have those tours you can go on and they feed salties from boats. What a bunch of tards!

http://crocfarm.com.au/

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