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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Aussie Roll Call
Hello Peter..
I am Australian..though overseas at present. I will be moving back to
sydney probably at the beginning of 2005 (hopefully, I will be able to
start bashing something together then!).
The 'shared yoke of howards imperium' I love it!.
I am not sure what kind of machine you are building. I aim to use
fibreglass, resin,aluminum, steel and acrylic. These things are all
available from local suppliers at cheap-ish prices. However, I do have
one tip: if you are looking for large amounts of fibreglass matting and
resin, go straight to a custom-surfboard manufacturer. The little guys
who work out of a shed, and they can sell you mounds of the stuff at
about 25% of hardware-shop prices. Having said that, I dont imagine that
there are many surfboard manufacurers in Gloucester! The beauty of resin
is that it is incompressable.. make sure you get all the bubbles out.
EM.
Peter McKellar wrote:
Hi All,
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.
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.
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.
I do not see (or desire) this becoming a separate body, just the
formation of a local and informal support net.
So - all aussies - put your hands up please! (comments from all
welcome too).
peter