Update on the Nevilles

Ohhhh the two little brothers

'how did I end up in this mob'












The fabulous four Sarah, Harrison, Oscar and little Chase boy.















'Strewth my God where did all these monsters come from, it must be feeding time at the zoo'






















'HELP ME!!!! get me outta hereeeee'

Jessica Watson

Well this post doesn't have anything about the kiddies in it, but me and the little nevilles have been watching a young aussie sheilah named Jessica Watson. She's hoping to be the youngest sailer to circumnavigate the world non-stop and unassisted Strewth!













Here's her sailing boat the 'ELLA'S PINK LADY' which is a S&S 34 which is the same boat that Jesse Martin used for his history making solo circumnavigation. It's length overall is 10.23m (from bum to the pointy bit) and the Bean: 3.08m, a bit of sailing talk their!

So to give the kiddies an idea how long it would take them (if they ever feel the need) to sail around the world, we are having a gander at her web page http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/
to see what happens.... if she wins and get's all the way around, or if she becomes a shark biscuit.







You've got to give it to this sheilah hay only sixteen and not only being able to sail a boat by herself, but going out into the big blue never never.... bugger that! I love the sea but from a armchair on the beach, me i'm a old beachcomber not a seacomber.


So we are keeping a track on this sheilah from reading her blog and where keeping track of her trip in out sidebar, with a little map to tell ya where she is (all close enough) so keep a look out for her.

Sunday drive to Meckering

Well time for a nice sunday drive into the outback, and this time it was to the central wheatbelt town of Meckering. So with the commodore packed to the rafters with the kiddies, we set of for the 130 kilometers day drive.

Now why drive into the outback to this little bush town I hear you ask? well mainly because it's the home of one of Australia's biggest earthquakes. That's right I was a little tod of one when on the 14th of October 1969, a 40 second earthquake measuring 6.9 on the richter scale destroyed the town. Now when I say Destroyed the town well their was only one two story building around, and with a population of only 240 Meckertians It's not like the one that hit Newcastle.








But still it made $5 million dollars in damages and hurt 24 people, and scared the shit out of about half a million sheep! And also left a massive faultline of 37 kilometers.... strewth! but the best thing is that nobody was killed. Here are the kiddies having a feed at the park, behind them is a part of the old train track which was damaged in the quake.






Here's Oscar feeding his face, his most favorite pass time! But getting back to the quake the local publican Gordon Berryman, had the beer and the equipment moved over the road to the shell roadhouse and the establishment was known as The Quake Arms Hotel. But the local truckies were known to call it the Shake-Inn, It was open for business 24 hours after the quake selling beer that was reputed to be all 'SHOOK-UP'.






Here's the kiddies on a section of 30" steel waterpipe that was damaged during the quake, it must of been a real friggin' ripper quake hay.

















Here are the little nevilles on a steel kangaroo that is in the park, and Harrison is showing off his best little mate Autobot Bumblebee. And that was about it for our day drive to Meckering, we had a look around town then it was a nice drive back to Middleswan.