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Happy New Year!
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Happy new year, all the best for 2018
Happy New year! I bucketed up concentrates yesterday, watched prospecting videos til midnight, and ran concentrates this morning...not a bad end and start to the old and new year! Found a nice little green sapphire too...
Hey Tathradj, I will be down in Bermagui in a couple of weeks with the family on hols. Any good spots around Tathra to hunt? I will be bringing the detector and a pan! Thanks.
Hey Tathradj, I will be down in Bermagui in a couple of weeks with the family on hols. Any good spots around Tathra to hunt? I will be bringing the detector and a pan! Thanks.
Chiron52
Dave
And to you Doug, a happy, healthy and ......... peaceful New Year. ]
Well said Doug.
Happy New Year to all!
Cheers Andy
Happy New Year to all!
Cheers Andy
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
2017 - THE YEAR THAT HAS BEEN
What a year 2017 has been
with marvellous things heard and seen.
We ventured off looking for gold
putting up with hot and cold.
We started out on the coast
on the beach we cooked a roast
and went to a wedding in Shark Bay
saw turtles, sharks and even a ray.
Soon we were out on gold-bearing ground
at first not a lot of gold was found.
There were bottles, relics, buttons and pretty stones
and there were lots and lots of dried up bones.
Standing high on a riverbed wall
I wasnt really expecting to fall
but over the weeks it happened twice
and neither time was particularly nice.
The bones in my foot cracked like an egg
there were cuts, gouges and scratches all over my leg
and a noisy, painful vertebra crack
as I landed awkwardly on my back.
Later in the day came the whopping bruise
the best response was a really loooong snooze.
The coming days Im forced to hobble
my balance is shot and I tend to wobble.
The rest of the trip there was a painful twinge
and - you guessed it - a constant whinge!!
So Phil set up the sat tv
and kept me calm with a cup of tea.
Out came Zimmer, our baby quad,
and very soon it got the nod.
Taz loved to hop on and go for a ride
hed sit up front and be our guide.
In places there was intense shimmering heat
it would come through your boots and burn your feet.
Wed still try for a reconnaissance walk
the air so dry it hurt to talk.
I was statically charged and set off sparks
like tiny zapping lightning arcs.
So we'd hop on Zimmer and go for a trek
looking for that one nugget. even a speck.
And then one day, for goodness sake
I found a nugget, in the sun it did bake.
That set us up, wed found a patch
the relentless heat was the biggest catch.
During the day we stayed out of the sun
sitting for hours was far from fun
but as it cooled down late in the day
wed grab the detectors and head off to play.
We tried dryblowing, sieving and panning
with four of us it took some planning.
Of gold I did not expect to find any
but at the end the nuggets were many.
In most places we generally found none
in others we managed to dig up some.
We finished up with the odd golden gram
and celebrated with scones, cream and jam.
We picked up a travelling mouse
that decided our bus was his new mouse house.
From odds and ends Phil made a trap
and safely caught him; it made us clap.
There were monstrous lizards all around
as Taz stood quivering on the ground.
They sauntered up just to say Hi
then curiously looked and said Bye bye.
We caught up with friends in many towns
with giggles, stories and worried frowns
as Taz launched up into the sky
on a drone he managed to fly so high.
We dug with friends in tips and dumps
and occasionally wed come up trumps.
Wed battle bugs, mossies and blue-arsed flies
and finish with brilliant sunsets - rarely sunrise.
But enough was enough and we were done
four long months and 364 grams plus was the sum.
It was certainly great to finally get home -
except for the annoying ring of the phone!!
That was our year with its ebbs and flows
a real mixed bag but thats how it goes.
So, eh you, happy new year to everyone
we wish you health, wealth and lots of fun.
by Sandra Box
Copyright 31-12-2017.
What a year 2017 has been
with marvellous things heard and seen.
We ventured off looking for gold
putting up with hot and cold.
We started out on the coast
on the beach we cooked a roast
and went to a wedding in Shark Bay
saw turtles, sharks and even a ray.
Soon we were out on gold-bearing ground
at first not a lot of gold was found.
There were bottles, relics, buttons and pretty stones
and there were lots and lots of dried up bones.
Standing high on a riverbed wall
I wasnt really expecting to fall
but over the weeks it happened twice
and neither time was particularly nice.
The bones in my foot cracked like an egg
there were cuts, gouges and scratches all over my leg
and a noisy, painful vertebra crack
as I landed awkwardly on my back.
Later in the day came the whopping bruise
the best response was a really loooong snooze.
The coming days Im forced to hobble
my balance is shot and I tend to wobble.
The rest of the trip there was a painful twinge
and - you guessed it - a constant whinge!!
So Phil set up the sat tv
and kept me calm with a cup of tea.
Out came Zimmer, our baby quad,
and very soon it got the nod.
Taz loved to hop on and go for a ride
hed sit up front and be our guide.
In places there was intense shimmering heat
it would come through your boots and burn your feet.
Wed still try for a reconnaissance walk
the air so dry it hurt to talk.
I was statically charged and set off sparks
like tiny zapping lightning arcs.
So we'd hop on Zimmer and go for a trek
looking for that one nugget. even a speck.
And then one day, for goodness sake
I found a nugget, in the sun it did bake.
That set us up, wed found a patch
the relentless heat was the biggest catch.
During the day we stayed out of the sun
sitting for hours was far from fun
but as it cooled down late in the day
wed grab the detectors and head off to play.
We tried dryblowing, sieving and panning
with four of us it took some planning.
Of gold I did not expect to find any
but at the end the nuggets were many.
In most places we generally found none
in others we managed to dig up some.
We finished up with the odd golden gram
and celebrated with scones, cream and jam.
We picked up a travelling mouse
that decided our bus was his new mouse house.
From odds and ends Phil made a trap
and safely caught him; it made us clap.
There were monstrous lizards all around
as Taz stood quivering on the ground.
They sauntered up just to say Hi
then curiously looked and said Bye bye.
We caught up with friends in many towns
with giggles, stories and worried frowns
as Taz launched up into the sky
on a drone he managed to fly so high.
We dug with friends in tips and dumps
and occasionally wed come up trumps.
Wed battle bugs, mossies and blue-arsed flies
and finish with brilliant sunsets - rarely sunrise.
But enough was enough and we were done
four long months and 364 grams plus was the sum.
It was certainly great to finally get home -
except for the annoying ring of the phone!!
That was our year with its ebbs and flows
a real mixed bag but thats how it goes.
So, eh you, happy new year to everyone
we wish you health, wealth and lots of fun.
by Sandra Box
Copyright 31-12-2017.
Very well put together. ... Love reading about your Adventures... What do you have planed for This year?... More Adventures I hope... :Y:
Taz looks a bit worried with that Lizard so close.. ]
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... Love reading about your Adventures... What do you have planed for This year?... More Adventures I hope... :Y: Taz looks a bit worried with that Lizard so close.. ]
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Thank you for a wonderful poem and fantastic photos. Happy New Year to you both Robyn
Love the adventure,loved the poetry and loved your comradeship. Fantastic finds and love the end result, home safe and sound.
Happy New Year to You All.
Mackka :Y:
Happy New Year to You All.
Mackka :Y:
Beautiful account of a truly great year for you guys.
I have watched family/friends travel all over this world, but your adventures in the Aussie outback do way more to inspire me to cut back work hours and travel Oz more.
Thanks Phil and Sandra :Y:
I have watched family/friends travel all over this world, but your adventures in the Aussie outback do way more to inspire me to cut back work hours and travel Oz more.
Thanks Phil and Sandra :Y:
Well done to you guys. Its been a pleasure to follow your escapades this year. Inspirational viewing all year brilliant photos and now videos. I look forward to 2018 and seeing what you guys get up to. All the very best for the new year. Regards rick
I must say, I too have enjoyed your exploits here and there! :Y: The whole presentation here was just excellent...and the poetic commentary was just 1st rate. well done all round I'd say. Hope 2018 is a cracker for you...and us all.
Goldchaser1
dave
awsome viewing moneybox,much appreciated :Y:
