The view from my "office"

[Pushka]

I was privileged to look after one of of the 6 survivors of the Death March.He suffered one last indignity after death when his widow-married before he left for the war-was refused a gold card by the DVA.We managed to rectify that wrong.

War veterans dept were never great to deal with. My grandfather WW1 gave up on them and they were pretty rank with mum as a war widow.

 

[Boca68]

I was privileged to look after one of of the 6 survivors of the Death March.He suffered one last indignity after death when his widow-married before he left for the war-was refused a gold card by the DVA.We managed to rectify that wrong.

I had the privilege of meeting Keith Botterill when I was a young man. My father and him were childhood friends in Katoomba.

He was unassuming and a gentleman. My dad passed away not long after that meeting. It was only afterwards I learnt of his horrific story.

 

[drron]

I think the 6 may have been made of the same stuff and a factor in their survival.The one I knew opened up in his final illness.I tear up just writing this.The stories were horrendous.

 

[QF WP]

My office on Friday night (timekeeper):



Changed to Saturday morning (AFL Club Auskick co-ordinator)



The joys (as many will relate to here) or being a parent.

Still, wouldn’t trade it - although travelling the world does also have its benefits

 

[Cossie]

This is as close as I'll ever get to the top of Mount Kinabalu, Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu flight on Sunday.

 

[RooFlyer]

View from my office today. He's watching me, I'm watching him .. to make sure he doesn't decide to munch on any of my house's wooden trims. Varmit!

 

[RooFlyer]

Moving closer ... can coughatoos lick their beaks?

 

[Boca68]

Moving closer ... can coughatoos lick their beaks?

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absolutely beautiful rooflyer.

We only get the dastardly Sulphur Crested here. Wish for a black coughatoo.

As far as licking their beaks? can you lick your nose?

 

[QF WP]

absolutely beautiful rooflyer.

We only get the dastardly Sulphur Crested here. Wish for a black coughatoo.

As far as licking their beaks? can you lick your nose?

+1 one the great camera work @RooFlyer

My father-in-law, wife and daughter can all lick their noses must to my disgust (and my son). Only handy when you have ice cream, chocolate or similar there IMHO.

 

[RooFlyer]

.. I mentioned lick their beaks, as lick their lips wouldn't really work. Birds have nostrils at the top of their beaks .

Anyway, potential munchers satisfied themselves with some nut/fruit type things from those trees and have gone home to roost in the grove just up the road where they live.

 

[Rugby]

Mrs Rugby and I have this office all to ourselves for the next 14 hours

 

[QF WP]

@Rugby, are you on the EK flight from SYD that was delayed due to mechanical reasons by 3+ hours? If so, there is also another AFF'er and his wife also in First, with you and Mrs Rugby. If anything goes wrong, he's a doctor. He posted photos from First as well (on Facebook) but couldn't work out his flight number.

 

[Pushka]

absolutely beautiful rooflyer.

We only get the dastardly Sulphur Crested here. Wish for a black coughatoo.

As far as licking their beaks? can you lick your nose?

Those are wicked, aren’t they. Noisy destructive pests.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Mrs Rugby and I have this office all to ourselves for the next 14 hours

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Don't forget the Hennessy Paradis!

 

[Rugby]

@Rugby, are you on the EK flight from SYD that was delayed due to mechanical reasons by 3+ hours? If so, there is also another AFF'er and his wife also in First, with you and Mrs Rugby. If anything goes wrong, he's a doctor. He posted photos from First as well (on Facebook) but couldn't work out his flight number.

@QF WP thankfully we were the day after that one
- because we would have missed our connection. A great F flight. Just landed in MAD. Had a glass of Hennessy Paradis in the bar - very nice.

 

[Deleted member]

Very sobering view yesterday morning


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My father was in Borneo towards the end of the war, obviously not here as a pow, but he wouldn't talk about it, I regret now not asking him and seeing if he would open up a little about it.
I still have a Japanese flag that he brought back. The only thing he told us was that when the troop carrier left port in Australia, he was the first one to throw up over the side.

Mrs GPH and I visited here quite a few years back, it was a very sobering and solemn experience .
The monument was smaller back then. There is a “sister” to it in Brisbane. Near new farm park

 

[Deleted member]

I was privileged to look after one of of the 6 survivors of the Death March.He suffered one last indignity after death when his widow-married before he left for the war-was refused a gold card by the DVA.We managed to rectify that wrong.

That’s must have been a humbling experience. As an ex serviceman (no active duty) I always feel a deep and abiding respect for those who saw action and managed to survive. The Sandakan death march story is one we should never forget.

 

[OATEK]

Collingwood Beach (NSW)

 

[Rugby]

The Dom Luis I Bridge in Porto.

 

[Captain Halliday]

My office just before sunset last night - a classic Darwin afternoon, followed by one at 1030CST today with the eye of Category 2 TC Marcus about 8km away.