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My busy weekend  

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Hello.mrgreen

As I said yesterday I'd show you my pic's.cool


This is the gear house with all of it's equipment in it.surprised





This one I forgot to tell you about, it's a crane that is a train.smile










This one is one of the museum's many steam trains.smile









This one is one of their many diesel trains.smile











This is the bullet train I was talking about yesterday.smile








Here's the train that had a room inside the driving room that had another room inside that one.surprised









Heres a lovely old Blue Harris that sadly we couldn't go on it.sad









Heres one of Pa and I marching together at the march.







Heres one of me stuck to the train while it was moving.










Heres another one of me stuck to a train while it was moving.
(only joking, they weren't moving an inch when Dad and I took theses pic's.)





More again tomorrow!

Marching with my Pa at the RSL  

Posted by Feral Beast in , , , ,

Hello.mrgreen

I'm going to talk about yesterday when I marched with Pa in the RSL Anzac March.
The different RSL branches have an Anzac March the Sunday before April 25 so people can march in their local one and in the big city marches if they want.
I do it every year and we use to be able to do the city march but Pa hasn't been able to do that for 2 years now and Pa might not be able to do it this year 'coz he's a bit unwell, with pneumonia.sad

He was in the R.A.A.F.
He wasn't a pilot but he use to fix up aeroplanes as an electrician.surprised

He has a few medals for his war service and stood up to a higher ranking person when he wouldn't listen to Pa. A lot of Aussies did that.
He also has a Presidential citation that came from President F.D Roosevelt but Prime Minister Menzies blocked Australian servicemen from getting any of them for many years and Pa didn't get his until 1990. eek

I reckon he was the best there was at his base.biggrin