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    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    I agree and I think he should change his name as he obviously isn't one.
    This post brought up for real quesyions for me....

    a) Is the poster known as Wayne Kerr's real name Wayne or not?

    b) Is his son's name Wayne Jnr, or not?

    I will be very upset and confused if the answer to either is no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr
    he married Theresa Green right?
    I think that went straight past Sledge

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thetyim
    I think that went straight past Sledge
    Just trying to remember if Sledge is the lad that used to drink down the pub with Frank Lee

    Anyway, back to the road ...

    A few pics from our quick Anzac Day trip to Kanchanburi:


    ^ The bag pipe man belting out a few tunes


    ^ A big pussy at the Kanchanaburi tiger farm we dropped in at


    ^ Looked a little hungry - fortunately the camera had a great zoom


    ^ A lovely hot spring we stumbled across - just a little north of Hellfire Pass


    ^ Aggressive little monkeys up there - this one chased Wayne Jnr off for throwing rocks at it


    ^ Spotted this nice little bird up there too


    ^A nice little waterhole we lucked upon a few minutes from the hotel


    ^ A view off the balcony of the room over the Kwai Noi river (Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi)
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    some nice pics there bro

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    ^ thanks mate

    Anyway, back to the road ...

    Here are a few more from the Kan trip:


    ^ The pool at the River Kwai resort is bloody great ... beer is cold too


    ^ These water jets coming out the frogs are great for th eback

    Okay, the next two are for my mum:


    ^ Wayne Jnr enjoying the great outdoors - times like these make me realise how crappy Bangkok is for kids


    ^ Wayne Jnr by the pool


    ^ A spot of land I'm interested in buying - I aint no expert but it looks a great place for a few thousand fruit trees


    ^ The war cemetery in Kanchanaburi town on the way back to Bangkok


    ^ Wayne Jnr "sitting" next to the resting place of his great grandfather's best mate during their time on the Burma railway


    ^ The resting place of one of my grandfather's mates ... last year they cut down a big mangoe tree under which he rested. I spoke to some of the grounds staff and they said it was sad to see many of the trees in there being cut down at the instruction of some Thai Government official. The Australian Government is meant to have some say in this so I really hope they pull rank on the fuckers .

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    I’m going to have to cut this story short since I’ve run out of time and am off to China tomorrow, but before I go I want to say a few words about the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum.

    Up until now this joint has been administered by the Australian Government, but in reality it has been managed by Bill Slape who has done a great job. Anyway, I’ve just heard “through the grapevine” that this may change. The place will likely end up being run as a commercial venture in the near future, i.e., touts at the entrance, crappy post cards on sale, and visitors (including family of Prisoners of War) being charged an entrance fee to go into the museum, or maybe even to go down to Konyu Cutting (Hellfire Pass). It would be very disappointing if this was to happen. It may mean the complete loss of control over a cultural/historical site by the Australian Government.

    I think that you’d all like to know that an Australian Department of Veteran Affairs official is about to sign this site over to the Thai administration – and I mean very soon. This may be about the given official having made a promise several years ago that he now cannot keep. I know for one that as a descendent of an ex-POW I would be deeply disappointed if the Australian Department of Veteran Affairs official involved allows his personal face to be put above the honour of those people who died or suffered on the Thai-Burma railway.

    Let’s see how much strength the Australian Government has in Thailand. The official involved will make the news either way – I hope I can report something positive next time. For those of us who have visited the place, especially those of us that have participated in an ANZAC Day dawn ceremony, I’m sure we will agree that the official makes the wrong decision at his personal peril.

    Lest we forget.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr
    I think that you’d all like to know that an Australian Department of Veteran Affairs official is about to sign this site over to the Thai administration – and I mean very soon.
    That would be a disaster, as the Hellfire Pass Museum is easily the most organised museum I've been to in Thailand. You know things will go to shit if those idiots got to run it.

    Is there anyone who people can contact to put pressure on this not happening?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
    Is there anyone who people can contact to put pressure on this not happening?
    I have written to:

    Major General Paul Stevens AO
    The Director
    Office of Australian War Graves
    PO Box 21
    Woden ACT 2606
    AUSTRALIA
    Fax: +61 2 6289 4861
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    Great thread Wayne and great photos too,I don't know why you apologized for them being crappy.Can't wait for your next adventure.

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    I've finally got round to uploading my Hellfire Pass pictures into the gallery. I hope you don't mind a quick hijack, Wayne.






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    Awesome pics ... great work

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    Anyone going this year?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    Anyone going this year?
    The ANZAC Riders are.

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    Thanks for the link. Just looked up accommodation at hellfire pass and seems like it is already booked out.

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    klongy, you have a spare seat in ya van for the ride up to hellfire pass if I stay in town? (Kannars)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr 06-05-2007, 10:12 PM
    Up until now this joint has been administered by the Australian Government, but in reality it has been managed by Bill Slape who has done a great job. Anyway, I’ve just heard “through the grapevine” that this may change. The place will likely end up being run as a commercial venture in the near future, i.e., touts at the entrance, crappy post cards on sale, and visitors (including family of Prisoners of War) being charged an entrance fee to go into the museum, or maybe even to go down to Konyu Cutting (Hellfire Pass). It would be very disappointing if this was to happen. It may mean the complete loss of control over a cultural/historical site by the Australian Government. I think that you’d all like to know that an Australian Department of Veteran Affairs official is about to sign this site over to the Thai administration – and I mean very soon. This may be about the given official having made a promise several years ago that he now cannot keep.
    Fortunately this has not happened and Bill Slape continues, as always, doing a great job there.
    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    Anyone going this year?
    We are doing tours there again this year and have a large contingent booked already. A nice mix of Aussies and Kiwis....PM me and I'll slip you in to our resort as part of our group Memock...

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    PM has been sent mate!

    Is there any two-up allowed?

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    If there was enough interest amongst TDers, I could put on a van especially for the TD crew and charge everything at cost. Up on Sat 24th and back on Sun 25th April.

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    I might be able to make it and would enjoy that, my family tries to go each year but my old man is crook and it looks like its up to me to carry on the ANZAC spirit and memories of me old Pop that did his time in the cutting

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    WK - are you back in Thailand or thinking of coming over?

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    Mate I'm in Fiji but have to do some travel through Manila and was thinking I should pull a week off to do ANZAC day in Kan

    Would be great to catch up and to hear how things are getting on there, especially over a game of two up or two ... sounds all is going great guns

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr
    I might be able to make it and would enjoy that,
    that would be excellent mate...Initially I'm planning to take our MU7 up as an extra run-around vehicle so there's room for three in that...if we get more TDers we'll just put on an extra van with 8-10 seats...

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    This is all looking really good, would be great to see you again WK as well. I am almost a certainty now but will not promise anything until tickets are booked hopefully tomorrow.

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    The Thailand Tigers will most certainly be going there as well.

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