Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Aussie Roll Call

["Alexander Foreman" <alexforeman@mailworks.org>]

I will be touring up past sydney around august (hopefully).

Perhapse we could have a beer and a chin wag.

Alex Foreman

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 16:43:23 -0800 (PST), "Peter McKellar"
<mckellar@earthlink.net> said:
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>    Hi All,
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>    If  you  haven't  already  gather  as  much, I live in Australia.  I'm
>    actually  in  a  smallish  country  town  about  3.5hrs drive north of
>    sydney,  and  inland  by about 1hr.  The town is called Gloucester (in
>    NSW) and has a population of about  2,500.
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>    Australia  suffers  from  'The  Tyranny  of  Distance'.  We are in the
>    middle  of  nowhere  (Australia),  and I am remote from even a sizable
>    city :)  I probably won't ever get to a psubs convention, and if I do,
>    the  chances of bringing any sub I built would be negligible.  I can't
>    drive for a couple of hours and check the progress of a fellow psubber
>    in Seattle or Texas.
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>    Are  there  any  psubbers here that live in Australia?  I suspect that
>    like  most  places on the net, we are over-represented on a per capita
>    basis.  Maybe someone lives nearby and we could develop a SIG of local
>    enthusiasts?  Under the shared yoke of Howard's imperium we could also
>    try  to  find a way to fund our projects under the shadow of financial
>    gloom.   We  could  collect  (or  even  establish)  a  list  of  local
>    suppliers.
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>    I  do  not  see  (or  desire)  this becoming a separate body, just the
>    formation of a local and informal support net.
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>    So  -  all  aussies  -  put  your hands up please!  (comments from all
>    welcome too).
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>    peter

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