THE FRIENDS OF THE INDEX Oscar’s Birthday page 3 P.S. OSCAR ‘W’ No ce Board page 4 President’s Report page 5 P.O. BOX 527 GOOLWA S.A. 5214 Secretary’s Report page 6 Quiz Ques on page 7 Engineering Report page 8 Quiz Answer page 8 NEWSLETTER View From The Galley Window Page 9 www.oscar-w.info Bethany’s Diary page 10 Passenger ‘s Le er of Apprecia on page 13 Please pass me onto a friend A Retrospec ve on the Mildura Trip page 14 Mildura Trip Highlights and Crew Pictures page 16 & 17 Dates for Your Diary page 18 Commi ee Members page 19
SUBSCRIPTIONS
There are s ll a number of memberships outstanding and you are reminded that annual membership subscrip ons were due for renewal on 1 July 2012. Please note that non-financial members are not en tled to par cipate in any of our ac vi es, such as Friends Days Out, nor are they eligible to nominate for posi ons on the commi ee or vote at the AGM. Also, non-financial members also will no longer receive a newsle er a er this issue.
The renewal fees as from 1st July this year are $30 family and $25 single. Payment, made out to ‘The Friends of the PS Oscar W’, should be forwarded to; Oscar cruises into the sunrise The Secretary en-route to Mildura on 28 August The Friends of the PS Oscar W PO Box 527 Goolwa SA 5214. Payment can also be made by cash or credit card at the Goolwa Riverboat Centre. October 2012 Please ensure that your payment is accompanied by the payment slip enclosed with the July newsleƩer so that your payment can be idenƟfied. Volume 24 Number 1
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Oscar’s 104th Birthday NOTICE BOARD
FRIENDS CHRISTMAS PICNIC - please note the date - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Please note that the Friends Christmas Picnic is to be held on SATURDAY 15 Don’t forget the AGM on December, leaving the Goolwa wharf at th Friday 26 October at the 10.00am sharp. Church of Christ Hall in The cost will be $10.00 per head, which Porter Street, 7:00pm for a will include morning and a ernoon tea, 7:30pm start. lunch and a pudding. Due to numbers we will be limited to financial members Please bring a plate of and partners only. If you book and are unable to come along please let us supper to share. know so that someone else can take your place. Ladies (or gentlemen) please bring a salad to share. New Sponsor For a bit of fun the theme will be Subway Goolwa is a new Pirates (op onal) and there will be a sponsor of the Oscar W. We Oscar’s 104th birthday was celebrated on the wharf on September 30th. Mayor prize for the best-dressed pirate of the welcome them on board, and day. Kym McHugh cut the cake, and warmly thanked the Friends of the Oscar W for have noted their support by their dedicated work in maintaining and running the Oscar, which he said, has Please phone Chris na on 8555 2595 or displaying a promo ons board Chris on 8555 2462 by 30 November. become “a tourist icon” for the region. on the side of the Presiden al The Mayor’s point was well illustrated by the fact that Oscar was fully booked Ahoy me hear es, looking forward to Suite. Please also support catching up. for three cruises in the bay during the day, followed by a late a ernoon Subway when you are looking charter. for a good, quick and healthy Goolwa was thronged with visitors for the “Goolwa Alive” fes val, the Paddle meal. Christina Wheelers jazz band played on the wharf, and our sausage sizzle did a great trade. Our sympathy and best wishes to John Burgar. John had to leave the Oscar at Renmark on the return trip, and was admi ed to Flinders Hospital with pneumonia, and was seriously ill. He is now recovering and we look forward to seeing him back on the wharf when he is well again. Lorraine, ChrisƟna and Lois cuƫng the cake for aƩending ‘Friends’ and visitors. 3 4 Sunday we steamed into Mildura A WORD FROM THE 2016 was men oned , in which a FROM THE to be greeted by an es mated PRESIDENT vessel , star ng at Echuca would SECRETARY— 15,000 spectators who were lining gather other heritage vessels en- October 2012 the riverfront there. Sunday was a I never cease to be route and finally arrive at Goolwa most spectacular day with several amazed at what is to be escorted across the lake by The big news from the parades of historic boats and is accomplished by our P.S.Oscar W. last three months is something that those present will volunteers, the Friends of the undoubtedly the trip to Mildura remember for a very long me. Paddle Steamer Oscar W. The Regarding the Riverboat Centre, for the PS Melbourne Centenary prepara on, wood cu ng, fi ng we have only heard that the celebra ons. A er much planning The crew enjoyed a couple of days of the new gears, repairs and intended lease holder of the and numerous mee ngs, 15 crew of well earned me off in Mildura pain ng all contributed to a “other end” does not intend to go set off from the Goolwa wharf on (interrupted by loading 10 tons of trouble free trip to Mildura and ahead, so if council agrees with Tuesday 28th August for the four wood onto the Marion, Industry return, and we were able to do it our proposal we may s ll be week return trip to Mildura. We and Oscar W) before travelling a in a vessel which did not leak, was extending our interpre ve joined the PS Marion, PS Industry li le further up river to Red Cliffs clean and fresh and was the opera ons. Meanwhile the and PB Amphibious at Renmark and Psyche Bend, taking subject of many compliments from historic crane, which we have and then met the PS Ruby and PB passengers on one-way trips. On members of the public, who restored for council, will be Coonawarra with a number of returning to Mildura there was a men oned how well maintained installed nearby and add to the other smaller boats at Lock 9 for further truck load of wood (around the Oscar looked. The friendliness interpreta on of the rich history of the trip to Wentworth. Arriving in 18 tons) to be unloaded and and demeanour of the crew was the area . Wentworth on 7th September we transferred to the three South also appreciated and commented were joined by the PS Adelaide Australian boats. With the crews on by our passengers, so a big We are s ll awai ng news of our from Echuca and it was a grand from the three boats all working thank you to all . We did enjoy grant applica on towards the sight to see all of the boats ed up together this took more than 4 ourselves as well as reinforcing our Goolwa Ship Building Industry DVD in the vicinity of the wharf. hours to complete. A er a week in place in the wonderful network for which Ash Starkeyz has Saturday we all le for Mildura Mildura and a changeover of some along the river, something which submi ed a quote. except for the PS Ruby, which crew we set off for home on needs to be fostered by future unfortunately developed Saturday 15th September. We members. Again, thank you to all members mechanical problems and was arrived back in Goolwa at 2:00pm for making the Friends of P.S. unable to con nue – a huge on Monday 24th September a er Having the heritage boats all Oscar W an efficient and effec ve disappointment for her crew. travelling over 2000km, to a together at Mildura enabled us to organisa on which we are proud welcoming crowd on the wharf. hold an AGM of the Council Of to belong to. To con nue this, we We arrived in Mildura on Saturday Inland Rivers Associa ons. This 8th September and ed up below A total of 23 volunteer crew was group represents all of the boats need a strong commi ee, and our th the lock in prepara on for our used for the trip (plus one road and gives us a united base from AGM is approaching (Oct 26 ) . entry to the Mildura riverfront crew), with an average age in the which we may address river issues Have you considered nomina ng area the following day. A dinner late 60s. The youngest was 10 year of naviga on, survey, crewing , as a commi ee member?? It is a for all of the crews and supporters old Bethany Wagner. wood, material supplies and, of rewarding experience! was held at The Homestead that course, coordinate trips such as night. the Mildura cruise. Indeed , the Roly dream of a possible river cruise in
5 6 All worked extremely well together to Noonguu and PB Miralie. jackets at any me, thus stopping a ensure the success of the trip and I Engineering Report build up of scale which was becoming don’t think we could have asked for a Our arrival back in Goolwa was not a October 2012 detrimental to our boiler. This valve be er crew. Bush moorings and camp- me for rest however, as there was the was expensive but necessary! fires, together with the entertainment regular working bee on Wednesday, a by Captain EJ, Roly, Wazza, Jim, and charter on Friday followed by Saturday The Oscar has just A er looking at the engine log and the Sco y, all contributed to making this and Sunday cruises on the long week- returned from her Mildura trip of notes made, I am very pleased that the trip a success and one not to be for- end with a charter at the end of both approx 2000 kms and I must say she efforts of the volunteers before the th go en. Thanks must go to Doug Walk- days, as well as Oscar W’s 104 birth- held up extremely well. The problems Oscar went proved their worth, and er and family at Loxton for citrus fruit day celebra on, followed by more incurred were minimal apart from the stood the boat in good stead for the they provided for the trip and for the charters over the next couple of weeks. general maintenance that is required trip . excellent BBQ they put on for us on the as part of travelling. Keep in mind that Regards return journey. It seemed that half of You can keep up with the latest news the Oscar is 104 this year and to do Dave Finnie. Loxton was there that evening. Thanks on Oscar W on our website – such a long trip trouble free is also to the support that we received www.oscar-w.info and you can also excellent. from those members who travelled to visit us on facebook. QUIZ ANSWER — P.S. Jupiter Mildura and waved the flag for Oscar There was a small problem with the W and Goolwa. It was great to see so Paul new gears, but this was addressed Captain Cremer, a well known Milang many of you there. while away and at the first working Iden ty skippered the P.S. JUPITER bee on return we re-aligned the port from Milang to Narrung and Meningie The trip also saw the renewal of old side once again. Greasers were every second day , for many years . acquaintances and the making of new QUIZ QUESTION stripped and cleaned also. We had to She also ran as an excursion steamer friendships and the camaraderie give the boiler a good clean and the Which Paddle steamer , built in Scot- under the ownership of W.P. and amongst the crews reminded us all of tubes were not that bad considering how important it is for the boats to get land and imported in pieces, was as- the amount of wood that was burnt, W.H. Dunk of Milang. Her career on together whenever possible. Well done sembled at Port Adelaide and spent a but the tube plate in the fire box was the lakes lasted for 40 years. She was everyone! long period as a mail steamer on Lake very bad but a er 4 hours of buffing & 110 . x 19 6 and is reputed to Alexandrina & Albert? cleaning all the baked on scale was have been fi ed with the engine from In all, 26 paddle vessels joined in the removed and brought back to as new the Lady Augusta. PS Melbourne Centenary Celebra ons. condi on. There is s ll a bit of baked They were – PS Oscar W , PS Marion, on scale 6 inches inside the tubes on PB Flender Himmel, PB Amphibious, the fire box end but this will be SWPB Tamara Rae, PS Industry, PS addressed shortly. I must thank Dennis James Maiden, PB Se ler, PB Coona- and Michael for ge ng extremely dirty warra, PS Ruby, PB Shiralee, PB Fergu- and working for the full day in son, PB Evangaline, SWPB Risbey, condi ons that were not good. SWPB Chalka, PS Melbourne, PB Roth- bury, PB Mundoo, PS Minimus, PB Iron The newly installed blow down valve Dry, PB Maggie May, PB Kulkyne, PS has proven to be an excellent addi on Adelaide, PB Iraak, PB Nuumpii and now the crud can be blown out PS Adelaide from Echuca—the oldest from the rear and the front water paddle boat of the river, built in 1866, PS Oscar W comes in to dock below the lock at steams under the AbboƩsford Bridge at Mildura. 7 Wentworth. 8 We have our own li le boiler that View From The needs feeding to li the pressure From our Junior Galley Window gauge to enable the days work to loaded 17 ton of wood onto a commence and feed the hungry semi-trailer that was transported Reporter throng. Meals are kept to a minimum back to the wharf where the 3 Bethany The wood has been of fuss as there can be delays in serving crews unloaded it onto the Wagner, aged 10 sourced, cut, up due to wood loading and other vessels for the return trip home. transported and stacked, the engine chores that need to be a ended to at Sadly the PS RUBY, who had has been overhauled and greased, the very short no ce. Peeling the veggies is steamed to lock 9 to meet the P.S Melbourne’s 100th Birthday menu has been set and the shopping a very communal job and all 5 peelers fleet, had to withdraw due to CelebraƟons done, the crew are on board – at last, are usually in use and the work soon mechanical gear failure – what a P.S Oscar.W would be travelling a er months of prepara on, we are off done, at least 5kg of potatoes and 1kg huge disappointment for all upstream to join in the P.S on our adventure to Mildura to help of carrots at a si ng. concerned as so much hard work Melbourne’s 100th Birthday th celebrate the 100 birthday of the PS On the first part of our journey we had been put into her restora on celebra ons. I was so excited to MELBOURNE. carried passengers on point-to-point and Survey. hear that I was able to join in with It is amazing what you can see and stages, but the higher up River we There is so much more that could Oscar W on the trip learn from the Galley Window. You can went the harder this became as there come from the Galley window but 28th of August 2012 watch the engineers feeding the boiler, is a lot of distance between the space prevents it. However, we Oscar. W le the wharf just the deckies moving the wood in the communi es. Above Renmark we were must make room for the before seven o’clock - there were hold, hear the sound of the engine and able to spend very enjoyable evenings celebra ons at Mildura, the sight five or so people that had come note its changes, take no ce of the on the River bank with a bonfire and of all those people on the River to see us off. bells from the wheelhouse to the plenty of music and singing – we had bank when we steamed in, along We have just been past Point engineers for gear changes, passengers on board a one-man band, violin with the 26 other paddle vessels, Sturt. As we were cooking while who can never just walk by without player, two guitars and a lager phone including the oldest paddle crossing the lake, water came in popping in to look at the stove and (s ck with bo le tops). steamer on the River, the PS from a cupboard and went all ADELAIDE who had steamed from wonder at the different aromas from We had two firsts for many of the over Chris na’s feet, it was funny. Echuca, plus all the other boats baking and cooking, the crew taking a crew, the first one going through the We reached the end of the lake that joined in, was awesome. s cky beak to see what is for the next naviga on pass at lock 7 due to the and now heading for Murray All in all a fantas c trip of 28 days meal, bringing in the wood to feed the high River flow, and the second going Bridge, where we will stop for the covering approx 2,000kms, great stove, the list goes on and it becomes a around the Island at Mildura as the night. We loaded wood at Murray crew and company, lots of fun central hub for everyone. weir had been taken out. The high Bridge (three bundles) a er we and hard work - doesn’t get much The whistle gives us warning of a lock River flow did not make so much had showers. Firstly Jeff would go be er than that. that we are approaching, the engine difference to our travelling upstream in and set the shower and leave it slowing down gives warning that and coming home we were averaging Christina running un l the last person had finished. something is going on ahead of us, the 13km per hour. 29th of August 2012 crew standing by at the ropes means The camaraderie between the Paddle Passengers arrived, ready to go. that we have reached our des na on, Steamer crews was fantas c and at Wazza was trying to get a line off picking up wood, passengers or going every chance stories were exchanged. into a lock, the bells lets us know of the The wood loading was shared between the pole and as he did so he next manoeuvre, so we never miss a the PS MARION, INDUSTRY and the knocked down a Welcome thing. OSCAR, and at Mildura the crews Swallow.
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We arrived in Mannum, Chris na E.J needed him, so I could go We were ready to go and look at and I went up to Foodland to get (Wazza cleans well, but takes 5th of September 2012 the old steam Kulnine pump that some groceries, mean while the sooooo long). Woke up to see the P.S Marion off was being run for us. nd boys were ge ng water. With all 2 of September as she is going ahead so she is not on board ready to leave, well at Chris na had just opened cream travelling in the dark tonight, as 7th of September 2012 least we thought we were all on when a nnie went past, the well as the Flennder Himmel. , We Made rock cakes again, Had yummy board, we cast off the lines and le . movement of the wave made the are leaving at 8:30 today, bacon vegetable soup for lunch today, Oh no, we have le Jim behind, so cream fall on to the floor. Chris na and eggs for break fast , Malcolm Arrived at Wentworth , P.S the tender was sent back to pick didn’t let me into the galley for an went up to Chris na’s cabin Adelaide also arrived all the way him up. For dinner tonight we are hour while the mess was ge ng (Chris na s ll in bed ) there are 15 from Echuca. The captains from all having chicken and rice “yummy”, mopped up. people downstairs wai ng for their rd the boats commercial and private there was some le over so I had to 3 of September 2012 bacon and eggs. Chris na hurries had a captains mee ng at get the crew to finish it off, before Something stunk near the galley, it to get dressed and finds there is no Wentworth (Frank had a plan). we served dessert, because turns out Chris na didn’t clean the one wai ng but Malcolm. Chris na and I didn’t want any mop properly. We went into lock 5 At lunch Chris na knocked over the 8th of September 2012 le over for tomorrow. and Wazza thew the rope to the jar of pickled onions (second me th Dad had to go and help the P.S 30 of August 2012 lock master but didn’t have hold of in a week) We made cookies and Ruby in the Oscar W tender, We arrived at Swan Reach, tonight the other end. We le the lock and today we are having corn beef for because it had something broken we had a li le group gathering for had the Paringa Bridge li ed. We dinner. and now it looks like the Ruby isn’t music. moored near the P.S Marion and We went through the naviga on st going to Mildura. We le 31 of August 2012 started loading wood then had pass today (The lock master missed Wentworth and saw that steam has New day, Sunshine dropped the showers. Tonight we had a music out on my rock cakes and sign taken over the P.S Adelaide vacuum filter overboard, so off night and an audience from the made from the soot of Oscar. W, wheelhouse. A helicopter has come went the tender to rescue it. We Marion, it was great. which I have been making for all th to see the fleet out of Wentworth. arrived in Morgan and loaded more 4 of September 2012 the locks we go through). The We also have passengers on board wood and then had showers. That Leaving at 8:30 today with the P.S Marion bent the port marker when so uniform is to be worn. The night there was too much pressure Marion and the P.S Industry. At first she went through the naviga on helicopter is s ll about taking film in the boiler, so they had to take the Marion was keeping up but pass. We stopped for camp just and photos there were so many logs out of the boiler and put them now she is falling behind. We before night fall. people on Abbotsford bridge and on the bank. There was lots of arrived at our camp at Queens cliff, smoke so the fire alarm went off. the Flennder Himmel was already on the bank as we went under the 6th of September 2012 We slept in Cadell. there, the P.S Marion arrived about bridge people were waving and Made rock cakes for morning tea 1st of September 2012 an hour a er us. We are having a taking photos. Tonight we arrived with mum. We went through lock 8 Yay, new month and everything is bbq tonight. A er dinner Paul, Roly, at the old Mildura homestead. My and 9 today, We stopped just a er going well today. We started Sunshine, Frank, Chris and myself sister is there, Milly has missed me lock 9 for the night , and the P.S travelling at seven o’clock. Wazza were doing a cryp c crossword, a lot. Ruby and the Coonawarra were was rostered on for cleaning the wewere having trouble then E.J there to greet us. We started toilet and saloon, I was bus ng to walks in and shot all the answers loading wood then had showers, go to the toilet so I told Wazza that out.
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9th of September 2012 This leƩer of appreciaƟon was *Editors Note:* lost. Those that remain in exist- Happy Birthday P.S Melbourne received from a passenger on the The following arƟcle is thought ence are now treasured for their We have arrived in Mildura for the Oscar, and is printed with his provoking and well argued, and is a “heritage” value, but it is o en P.S Melbourne 100th birthday permission. personal perspecƟve by the author forgo en what that heritage really celebra ons, there were crowds of Hi Paul, is. They are not, as men oned, just people packed on the banks, the I would just like to pass on my thanks A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE aesthe c pieces from the past, the Melbourne leads the parade, all to all the crew of the Oscar W, and to MILDURA TRIP. heritage lies in the funcƟon as well the other paddles follow behind, all those who were not on board, who as the form. Take the func on, contributed to such a great experience this was all very exci ng, P.S Once upon a me, many plying the waters of the system leading up to and during the recent PS Melbourne, P.S Oscar W, P.S Melbourne Centenary Event. years ago, the development of the away, and you are le with inter- Adelaide and P.S Industry were I travelled on several boats during the Australian colonies conspired with es ng museum pieces carrying packed with passengers all day. event, and enjoyed them all and met the geography of the con nent to tourists on short trips. The com- some wonderful people. produce the form and func on of mercial aspect is s ll there; as ever This was a great experience for me However, I found that the Oscar W the Murray River paddle steamer. these boats will only survive given I had fun cooking in the galley. provided the best experience of them Designed, it is o en overlooked, that they are genera ng income, Thankyou to all the crew for being all, in feeling close to and almost part for the commercial purpose of precisely as the boats that were so friendly and le ng me travel on of the acƟon on the boat, and I believe trade, these boats plied the en re lost tes fy. But if that is all that that the crew of the Oscar W are far the Oscar W, also thankyou for my river system. They were not arte- they do, run for the mo ve of gen- and away the best in terms of both sketch book, Charcoal pencils and their hospitality and experƟse. facts of aesthe c expression, they era ng income, then their true chocolate, Thank you E.J for the Other people that I met at the event were workhorses, but the com- heritage is lost. lollies. said the same thing to me. mercial purpose could only be un- Of course the “spirit” of Bethany Wagner . Please pass on my thanks and warm dertaken by plying the Murray the Murray system is quite differ- wishes to everyone. waters. So their “heritage”, to use ent from what it was in the trading *Editor’s Note:* that widely misunderstood con- days, nevertheless the modern In response to the candid revelaƟons See you on the river again someƟme, cept, is both commercial and Mur- river is only what it is because of in this diary, should we give ChrisƟna, ray wanderer. As the colonies ma- the history that includes the Mur- Wazza and Sunshine the right Kind Regards, tured towards na onhood, the ray paddle steamer plying its wa- of reply in the next ediƟon? Tony Pingiaro commercial aspect widened, to ters. So it should not be surprising PS Some passengers that I spoke to on incorporate the carriage of per- that the cultural life of the com- the other boats also told me that they sons, so the form evolved to cater munity surrounding it incorporates would really have preferred to travel for the new func on, but what the remaining boats - that the cen- on the Oscar W on the longer trips in remained true in both forms was tenary of a par cular example will
the lead-up to the event, but the plying of the Murray waters. give rise to the communal urge to unfortunately the lack of return transport prevented them from doing As the land based celebrate. This is not just a simple so. transport systems developed acknowledgement of apace, the trade prospects de- clined rapidly and most of the Riv- An esƟmated 15,000 people crowded er Murray paddle steamers were the Mildura river bank and the wharves
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age, but an expression of func on It is clear, then, that the – the plying of the Murray waters. lesson from the recent experience Of course, one could just cut a is that the boat belongs at cake, and carry a few tourists, but significant events involving the this would hardly engage the true river and its heritage cra , so the “spirit” of the Murray default posi on should always be Paddle Steamer. (ac ng in proxy for the boat) to get However it cannot be the Oscar to such events if at all A wonderful riverbank BBQ at Loxton courtesy Doug A riverbank wood delivery on the trip argued that on the weekend of the possible! Then one starts worrying Walker & family. 8th and 9th of September 2012 that about raising the crew and other the true “spirit” was not in relevant factors. Of course, it startling prominence. Paddle might s ll prove impossible, as it steamers from both ends of the did for the Ruby, to make the trip modern navigable extent of the happen. And that’s fine, but at Murray River, as well as examples least the a empt has to be made. from intervening parts, came Of course a trip of 1800 together over vast distances to kilometres is no trivial th help celebrate the 100 undertaking, but the point is that anniversary of the construc on of the boat was made to ply the the PS Melbourne. I would argue Murray and associated waters, vigorously that it would have been that is its real heritage, and to an unmi gated disaster for the have missed the recent event Oscar W not to have been present. would have been a nega on of its When the 567 accumulated years A fire on the river bank and a quiet drink a er a long day’s purpose. If the commercial aspect Don on breakfast duty cruising. of Murray River paddle steamer is s ll important (to keep the boat history lined up for the famous running), then the plying the photo opportunity, nobody was waters aspect (in this case to cheering for the tourist, or even a end a significant event in the the old trading poten al steaming history of the river system) is past, but what s rred the important too. collec ve heart was the fact that these 5 boats sƟll plied the Murray Ron Porter waters, just as they were designed to do all that me ago. And the Mildura river- universal lament among those front—crowds lined the present was the last minute “The Skipper don’t take no cheek from engineers!” wharves and Actually the black eye was caused by a haemor- absence of the Ruby! the river rhage in the sinus area, and Roly just kept on banks to Working ( he did have a medical check-up though). A meal being served in the Saloon. Over 1200 meals watch the were produced on the trip. boats.
15 16 Crew on the Mildura Trip August –Sept. 12 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
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Sunday 14.10.12 Sunday 11.11.12 Remembrance Day. Cruising 12:30 2:30 and 4:30pm Sunday 09.12.12 Saturday 15.12.12 Friend’s Christmas Picnic (See NoƟce Board) Thursday 27.12.12 Friday 28.12.12 Saturday 29.12.12 Sunday 30.12.12
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