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jankees wrote:QUOTE (jankees @ Nov 11 2013,11:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>funnily enough, Rottnest was derived from the Dutch 'Rattennest', meaning Rat's nest, which referred to the quokka's, little kangaroos, living on the island...
Geography and history lesson all in one plus the paints .. where else can you go for that .
Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 11 2013,7:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Looking Great JK.. 'Rottnest' , they do have just as funny names as we do in the NZ , one town over there now gone i believe , bulldozed for the Hume highway was call 'Bookum' brother pointed out there was always a traffic officer along that 2 km stretch always booking people with traffic infringements
I remember Bookham well, but they never caught me there, or anywhere else either.. Not too far away was the town of Cullerin, and as we crossed the Cullerin Range we used to tell unsuspecting passengers to look out for the book factory. They couldn't find it of course, and eventually asked what sort of books it made...at which point we delightedly told them "Colour-in books, of course..."
We made our own fun in them daysLast edited by emfrat on Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.MikeW
'Propliner' is actually short for 'Proper airliner, with big rumbly radials'
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