I'm off to faraway bay!

**MeMock** · 14-06-2006, 01:46 PM

Then it was time for lunch.

**mrsquirrel** · 14-06-2006, 02:13 PM

What were the other people like?

Rich hi-so tree huggers or down to earth types.

Did you wind them up by running around picking things up and saying it's free it's all free?

**MeMock** · 14-06-2006, 03:03 PM

Actually I was suprised how down to earth they were. All fairly quiet and not to rowdy. Nobody got too pissed etc etc. I mean you could tell that they were all filthy rich by the subjects they talked about but generally they were all pretty good.

One couple have offered me their house next time I am in Perth which was nice so I offered them a swag in the back yard next time they were visiting my town

**mrsquirrel** · 14-06-2006, 04:38 PM

Did they know you were there because it was your friend or did they think you were another paying customer?

**MeMock** · 14-06-2006, 04:59 PM

No they either thought I was paying customer or that I was on a junket for my newspaper. I didn't think it was a good idea to let on to the suckers paying that much that I was on a mates freebee

**friscofrankie** · 14-06-2006, 05:37 PM

Great Shots MM! looks like a peaceful (and fattening) Junket! Just a tad jealous.

**Eliminator** · 15-06-2006, 07:57 AM

Great shots MeMock, wish I could do a trip like that. Love Australia, best place I've ever lived.

**MeMock** · 15-06-2006, 11:16 AM

thanks ff and eliminator. Fattening wasn't the word. I am paying for it now!

**MeMock** · 15-06-2006, 11:19 AM

Straight after lunch the chef started getting ready for dinner. He had brought a pig up with him from perth especially for the occasion.

Here he is getting it ready.

**MeMock** · 15-06-2006, 11:21 AM

While that was going on we went out for a bit of trawling.

Well - while the missus fished I slept as all that food and wine for lunch had made me sleepy. After waking I took a few more piccies.

**MeMock** · 15-06-2006, 11:22 AM

Then it was back for a shower and to eat that beautiful pig and squaff more red wine.

**MeMock** · 15-06-2006, 11:23 AM

Off to bed early as we were both tired to be woken by another beautiful sunrise. A quick breakfast and off to the airstrip for the return journey to the real world

**Rigger** · 15-06-2006, 11:49 AM

Great pics mate
Havent been camping for years or had a camp oven feed. I will have to put that on my things to do go camping with the family next time in Oz

**Marmite the Dog** · 15-06-2006, 01:39 PM

Is 'squaff' similar to 'quaff'?

**MeMock** · 15-06-2006, 02:27 PM

Thanks Rigger for your kind words unlike Marmite who just picks picks picks all day long.

Squaff is an outback word marmers

**Marmite the Dog** · 15-06-2006, 03:53 PM

I said some nice things earlier. What more do you want?

**Airportwo** · 15-06-2006, 04:16 PM

How the other half lives! this is a camping trip I would love to do!
For sure the biggest frying pan I have ever seen!
Great Photo's
Cheers

**MeMock** · 15-06-2006, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

What more do you want?

maybe a dictionary

**Fabian** · 21-06-2006, 06:11 PM

Impressive pictures.

The limousine service is exactly what you expect at 160,000 baht.

**MeMock** · 21-06-2006, 06:57 PM

Thats right, that thing was a beauty - even had a sunroof!

Fabian - did you like the bit about the fry pan imported from germany? I never realised anything good came from there

It came in by ship. up these ways we have a shipping service - I mean these are big ships and they run from Perth to Darwin stopping off at about 10 ports along the way. The called up and said they were off the coast a few kms and had this frypan did they want to come out and pick it up.

At the time there was a german film crew staying so off they all went to pick it up - some great footage apparently lowering this frypan off the side of this huge ship into a little dinghy. Then back to the camp where they filmed the owner Bruce cutting a 44 gallon drum in half for th top half. He didnt have a handle so he took one of the door handles from the toyota and it has worked ever since.

**MeMock** · 28-12-2007, 03:47 AM

Originally Posted by MeMock

Another couple who were there was a photgrapher and journo from some outback food magazine.

well the book is finally out and I was sent one for Christmas. Yours truly got his mug in the book twice

It is called 'Tastes of the outback' and is a superb publication published by RM Williams (a man who I think I devote a thread too)

**Wayne Kerr** · 31-12-2007, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by MeMock

Yours truly got his mug in the book twice

What page mate?

**MeMock** · 31-12-2007, 01:44 PM

Oh crap - you obviously have it

I'll just go and find it.

**MeMock** · 31-12-2007, 01:48 PM

158 through to 167 shows pics of the weekend we were there including one pic of me.

318-319 has my wife and me.

**dirtydog** · 31-12-2007, 01:50 PM

The bloke who looks out of place, ie not the high flying types, but the guy wearing overals and a cowboy hat with corks in it

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