The first photo was taken at Indy Car on the Gold Coast in 1998. Best four days in my Army career. We were treated like movie stars. Every where we went we got free drinks and looked after. Flying between high-rises and getting flashed at by hot chicks wasn't too bad either.
Second photo was after the 1999 World Cup. A workmate organised to bring the World Cup to East Timor plus 3 Wallabies, Herbert, Crowley and Connors. The flew in to Suai in a King Air. We picked them up and and first stop was the Kiwi battalion. There was a young soldier with cam cream on who had just come off duty saw the Wallabies in the back and waited for us to shut down. When he saw the world cup his words were, "You blokes are here to take the **** Hey" in the best Kiwi accent. 'Yes we are', we all replied. Great moment. I wrapped it up in a mates dirty sleeping bag. Nearly lost the lid to a kid in Maliana. great day. Dan Crowley was concerned Connolly might find out about the place and have them train there. It was very hot and the boys had obviously had a big night in Darwin the night before.
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Years ago driving my 2A wagon in a festival parade. It was covered on all sides with scenery depicting Mount Olympus and I only had a small space to see out of the drivers screen, about A4 size. Twelve kids were sitting on the roof rack wearing togas and holding spears and swords. They were accompanied up there by a female parent goddess for (OH & S reasons) wearing a gold painted sheep fleece. I was also towing a tinnie which was transformed into a Greek Ship complete with mast and sail. It was full of more kids in togas with spears and shields. A number of other kids were in front, side and behind me dressed as mythical creatures. We were depicting Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece. All props were made at school. Parents helped with costumes, students were all male and aged around 12 years of age.
We won best float and had a picture in the local paper.
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Late 80's, and I was in my very early 20's. I used to deliver & pickup TV's, stereo's, washing machines & fridges.
Melbourne Cup time was always flat out, as many pubs & clubs would hire extra TV's for the race.
Had one job to deliver 8 x 26" TV's. Nothing out of the ordinary for that day, except they were all going to a strip club, and I had to be in & out ( ) by 11:00 am, before they opened the doors.
Installed the first 6, then asked where the last 2 were going. "Into the dressing room" I was told. The dressing room was actually downstairs, so I lumped a TV down there, only to be greeted by 20 odd, semi or totally naked women.
Due to the location, it took nearly an hour to install both of them, and get them tuned in.
Few years later, and I am doing night shift on security patrols. We had a transport depot that had 6 calls per night, due to the amount of times bad guys were caught in there.
One night, I come in the back way, across the railway lines to save opening the gate, around the corner of a row of shipping containers, to have the headlights hit 4 or 5 cars with reflective striping down the side, that said "POLICE".
I pulled up, jumped out of the car, only to be yelled at by a couple of coppers, telling me to get back into the car. The came over, and explained the dog squad were doing training, and a couple of dogs were off the leash, and would probably like to get to know me better.
Needless to say, no more calls needed at that premises that night.
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) wearing a gold painted sheep fleece. I was also towing a tinnie which was transformed into a Greek Ship complete with mast and sail. It was full of more kids in togas with spears and shields. A number of other kids were in front, side and behind me dressed as mythical creatures. We were depicting Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece. All props were made at school. Parents helped with costumes, students were all male and aged around 12 years of age.
) by 11:00 am, before they opened the doors.
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