As a bit of Background. I was recently given a DVD with a lot of family photos.
Many of the photos are of my wife when she was a young carefree girl.
If I was to post those here I would be looking for a new place to stow my "toys", so they will remain closed.
There are some of my wifes uncle and his various exploits.
John was a very accomplished waterskier in the mid 1960 thru to that early 1970's.
He skied at the Moomba Masters and was a key part of one of the acts at Carribean Gardens her in Scoresby. He was friends with many of the Australian Barefoot Water Ski Team members of the era and skied barefoot himself.
So onto the photos and their history. John and his wife, Barbara, have had houseboats on Eildon Weir almost since it was open to recreational boating. Their first houseboat was a Franklin. Yes, the same people that built caravans. Come to think of it many of the first houseboats really looked like caravans on floats.
So a lot of these photos are taken at Eildon.
The Family Album MKII
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The Family Album MKII
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Re: The Family Album MKII
Many thanks to Greg for putting these photos up on the BB for me. I have added some captions.
If I can find out more details I will add them as new posts
Regards
Peter Sneddon
If I can find out more details I will add them as new posts
Regards
Peter Sneddon
Re: The Family Album MKII
Love it
now back to the pics,
Alan.
now back to the pics,
Alan.
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Re: The Family Album MKII
A close look at "Carioca" shows that it is an inboard/outboard as they were called at the time. Later they came to be called sterndrive. I still think that inboard/outboard sounds better for their description. Also it is a Fibreglass Boat but its still a classic just built of the wrong material!!!
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