just haven a captan cook. the post asks to re-introduce yourself.so G'day old chums from the little fat Aussie that loves a beer Dinny. hope your still enjoyen a cool one chopper old mate.with this Bl--dy drought out here all were got left to sip on is good old toohey's old. anyway alls lookin good with the site. anyway keep the iron hot and the tinnies on ice.
Dinny

TOOHEYs OLD!!! no thanks. Victoria Bitter will do just fine

Eh Dinny, was it you with mum and dad watching the passing out parade at Puckupunyal?

Onya Dinny!
Welcome aboard!

Crikey stine the last time I passed out was at the North Bourke pub,but to Bl---y old these day's mate. know nothin bout the grog at Puckupunal throu probably that VB xxxx. I'll ask the folks if their ever been to a p up there.
catch ya stine.
Dinny
keep the iron hot and the ice onthe tinnies

G'Day Dinny,
Strewth mate , no wonders youse passed out mate , drinkin' that Tooheys stuff ...
But seein' i'm on " NO BOOZE " for 5 week's does youse wanna slip 1 in for me till i'd able ta enjoy 1 for meself ...

Dale Russell ( aka ) chopper

Speakin of the drought,dunno what it's like on your side of the island but I reckon over here in WA I won't have to light the forge in a cuppla weeks.Just park the iron outside for a while then drag her over the anvil.

Brian

Dinny I got it wrong ...it was Denny at Pucka with mum and dad

I WAS ONLY NINETEEN

Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
(1t was long march from cadets).
The sixth battalion was the next to tour and It was me who drew the card.
We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left.

Chorus I:
And Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay.
This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean.
And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens.
God help me, I was only nineteen.

From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat,
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months.
But we made our tents a home. V.B. and pinups on the lockers,
And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub.

Chorus 2:
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me, I was only nineteen.

A four week operation, when each step can mean your last one
On two legs: it was a war within yourself.
But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off,
So you closed your eyes and thought about something else.

Chorus 3:
Then someone yelled out "Contact"', and the bloke behind me swore.
We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar.
Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon.
God help me, he was going home in June.

1 can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau.
And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle.
'Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row

Chorus 4:
And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears.
And stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
I caught some pieces In my back that I didn't even feel.
God help me, I was only nineteen.

Chorus 5:
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me, I was only nineteen.



JOHN SCHUMANN
AUSSIE SINGER/SONG WRITER

I always thought that line was "Agent Orange sunset."

Apologies if'n I'm wrong.

That's a good one Joyse (ah Stine) I bet you've sat on that since I introduced myself last time. did you go to the second annual blacksmithing convention down there in vic. I hear it was going to be a pretty big deal. the two bloke's runnin it are supposed to be pretty switched on. are you mixed up in it.there seem's to be plenty of Blacksmithing going on down there in vic I haven't heard much about the Aussie demo team that went to the ABANA show in yankie land,but I bet they done us proud.Aussie Aussie Aussie you know the deal hope to read more on how they went in the Anvils Ring. notice I haven't used any Aussie Slang Stine my old mate I read the forums rules and Crickey you would'nt want to up set those little darling's would ya Blacksmiths being Blacksmiths
any way stine love to have a jar of Old with ya
catch ya
Dinny
keep the iron hot and the tinnies on ice

Dinny, wouldn't you know it, that convention was held a mere stone's throw from home. Geez I could even smell the fires. Why didn't I go? Well, long stories tend to be boring, suffice to say, those in the know understand completely. I think I had to cut my toenails that day so couldn't make it.