A good year

[Wallace Craig]

Hank, many thanks for your thoughtful and thorough reply. I appreciate the your
kind offer and we will be working on decision about traveling there. We would
come in either April or May which I gather is shoulder season. We will be
spending Jan & Feb. on South Padre Island,.Texas in the hopes it will be warmer
than the Ft. Worth ares. Thanks again

Henry Jay Hannigan wrote: ---Wallace:
I'll make a few general comments to all about Australia;
Exchange rate..Aussie dollar $.78 today.
Macdonalds Hamburger..aus$1.50..Cheesburger aus$1.95.
Petro(gasoline)Aus$1.20 per liter..about Aus$4.00 gallon or about
$3.20 U.S. per gallon..YES gasoline is still much higher here!! My
Toyota is on LPG at aus$.39 per liter..much cheaper..probably half
of Aussie cars have been converted to LPG...just pull up to the pump
and fill up with LPG...nothing to it but it seems we in the USA are
more "afraid" of LPG. I get 30mpg on LPG on my Toyota...
In the last five years prices on everything has skyrocketed; house,
food, everything...
Every town has aelectric barbeque for free..eg..just buy a steak at
$25.00 per kilo for eye filet and take it to the park and cook it!
We live in a small town East of Melbourne..NEVER seen a HOMELESS
person since I been comming here for eight years! In fact, I can't
recall seeing a homeless person in Melbourne!
In my home in Hawaii, there are over 1200 living on the beach West
of Honolulu.
Motels in Australia cost about $60 U.S. dollars...they have fridge,
coffee and tea, toaster and kettle.
One can rent a motorhome at $110 a day..kind of dear....
Plenty of motorhomes for sale in our campervan CMCA.com.au
magazine....Australia is a beautiful country worth driving
around...same size as USA but only 20 million people....Everyone is
friendly and like YANKs except at the poker table!
We will be here until "Aussie millions" ends on 20 January.
Any Forum member (brand X forum excluded)wanting to come down can
stay at our house free for a week or so before then. We have a small
simple house East of Melbourne in a small town of about 4000 people.
Send us a private email for details etc.
To wrap up, Australia is beautiful, clean, nice, friendly people
with a couple real bakeries in each town, butchers, like the old
days, high gasoline prices and ever changing weather...we love it
here!!!
I spend about the same money here as in the USA! A bit cheaper so I
guess we buy more!!
LOL
Hank Hannigan & Naty
90SP36
80FC31







In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Wallace Craig
wrote:
>
> Hank, can I get a bit of information?? I am thinking about
comming "down under" in April or May. I know the dollar has an
exchage advantage; what I don't know is, does that translate to a
price advantage. Since you visit both places, can you give me short
opinion. Motels and meals, about same as here or + - giving credit
to the exchange advantage. Tried to do Australia once, but Faye
sprained her ankle and we abandoned the project after 7 days.
> Any help welcome and appreciated.
>
> Henry Jay Hannigan wrote:
> --- Ralph:
> Your words are always nice to read......we all will or should
> remember these great times on the Forum..(this is the only Forum I
> am allowed to belong to..the brand X other one has banned me with
NO
> procedural due process..but who knows, they may get some Christmas
> spirit and let this old "down under" poker player return)
> Either way, I am very happy to belong to this great Forum! You all
> are great people with helping spirits...Tom, Jeff, Ralph, Harv,
> Ernie, Mike(pictures), Ron and so many others..sorry I am old and
> can't remember all of you, but I am happy you all participate.
> It is 7 a.m. Sunday here in Melbourne, Australia, beautiful
morning,
> just ate two oranges off our tree in the yard and I am about to
have
> coffee. At midnight last night, I got within two players of the
> final table in a big tourney...I am imptoving!!! Two American
pro's
> blew out of the tourney BEFORE me! I am hoping for a big win in
> the "Aussie Millions" starting 6 January so I can ship
> my "creampuff" 1980FC31 over to Australia instead of selling it at
> Quartsite, AZ at the end of January...We all have a
> dream...The "struggle" is the FUN part of life!! Happiness, love
> and peace to all of you, even to BrandX forum executives!! LOL
> Hank Hannigan
> Former President of two Bird Club
> Current Vice President of Two Bird Club
> 90SP36
> 80FC31
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> In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
> wrote:
> >
> > Good morning everyone:
> >
> > Taking a moment to ponder on some things as I watch the sun rise
> in this
> > brisk invigorating morning. And there is much to be thankful
for,
> in life
> > and on this Forum.
> >
> > We have seen the population on the Wanderlodge Forum grow this
> year, and
> > the helping hands reach out with advice to those looking for a
> Bird, then
> > follow up after they have found one. The technical advances many
> have made
> > in understanding the systems and how to read the tracks on paper
> we call
> > schematics. We have seen Ft. Valley change hands on several
> occasions, but
> > it is still there.
> >
> > We have seen several who have up graded to a newer Bird and,
alas,
> some
> > that have come off the road after a final trip. We have had
> friends pass,
> > not to be forgotten, children born and reports of more and more
of
> the
> > Ladies taking the wheel, (way to go Girls!) And the Ladies have
> even opened
> > up a Women's Birder Forum to keep in contact.
> >
> > Yes, there is much to be thankful for this past year, and more
to
> come.
> > There has been spirited debates, of which, for the most part,
has
> increased
> > knowledge of all. Also a few instances of things that would not
be
> > tolerated and the Owner and Moderators have ferreted things out
to
> help
> > make this Forum a safe haven for the process of passing on
worthy
> > information. The two Bird club has changed Presidents from time
to
> time and
> > even word from poker players from the Down Under. Who knows what
> the year
> > ahead might bring. It might be nice to bring the two main
> Wanderlodge
> > Forums closer together one day, instead of having to cross post,
> but it is
> > working either way.
> >
> > Charolette and I are blessed to have so many friends from near
and
> far, and
> > we cherish dearly the talk over a campfire or just a gathering
of
> Birder's
> > and friends. We would like to take this opportunity to
say "THANK
> YOU" to
> > everyone, and especially to those whom have allowed us the honor
> and
> > privilege of performing service work on their Coaches this past
> year and
> > the year before that.
> >
> > More and more gatherings of Birds from East to West, and much
was
> pioneered
> > by the Lone Star Bird's showing the way. The Rally after RIV has
> grown from
> > the first one held, to wind down from the hustle bustle of the
> week before.
> > Yep, life is good and only getting better. As I finish this cup
of
> coffee
> > this morning, a smile comes to my lips with the thought of how
far
> we have
> > come together and thoughts of how far we will go this next year.
> >
> > May God bless and keep you safe, one and all!!!!
> >
> > Safe travels,
> >
> > Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> > 84FC35
> > Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
> >
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> Wallace Craig
> 95 WLWB 42
> Azle, Texas
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Wallace Craig
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