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Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:37 pm

if you don't look! Just back from a remedial, therapeutic, holistic weekend up at Daylesford/Hepburn Springs. Apparently it was necessary to take the family away for a couple of days over the school hol's - something to do with getting away from the 'burb's etc. So off up to the freezing misty hills we went. Whilst I may have Initially questioned the "benefits" to me on this quest to recharge our "inner wellness", whilst up there I did check out some local bookshops and hit the mother lode! For less than $100, I came away with an armful of books including:

- Bluey Truscott by Ivan Southall - 1958.
- "Scooter" - The Douglas A4 Skyhawk Story (beautiful Crecy book)
- "The Wright Brothers"
- "The Spirit of St Louis" by Charles Lindbergh - 1953 1st Edition.
- "General Instrument Equipment For Aircraft" a very old technical book (circa 1930) on aircraft instruments. My father's first job was as a apprentice for Sperry Instruments in London, working on artificial horizons and directional gyro's built by Sperry. Somehow falling into my father's footsteps, I ended up a "Instrument guy" as well, so I love these old technical books on instrumentation.
- The Charles Kingsford Smith Story.


My "inner wellness" is now fully recharged thanks to these book purchases! :D
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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby _BlackHawk_ » Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:28 pm

I have a funny story about me joining a yoga class.
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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:00 pm

_BlackHawk_ wrote:I have a funny story about me joining a yoga class.


Do tell.....
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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby _BlackHawk_ » Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:42 pm

lol not on here, but lets just say, my reason stated for joining said class was unacceptable.
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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:53 pm

Alrighty then!
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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby Knotty » Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:56 pm

Was It the book shop in the Main Street Adam? , I've picked up some great books in there myself !!, spent hours looking around . :o
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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:11 pm

Knotty wrote:Was It the book shop in the Main Street Adam? , I've picked up some great books in there myself !!, spent hours looking around . :o


That's where I got the Bluey Truscott book - great book shop. The 5 other books were all at that small Lake bookshop - know it? Looks like I got there just in time before other A/CAM'ers sniffed out these joints! There's a cool collectables shop just down the road - lots of cool car stuff. Wife hurried me outta there before I bought anything. :cry:
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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby Knotty » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:49 pm

Yeah ,that's it Adam , I forgot about the one down by the lake .......good shop to. You don't mind going on these trips if you can score some aircraft stuff!!
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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:34 am

Hey Knotty

You probably know about this pub, but some friends advised us to check out the "Farmers Arms Pub" for a meal. It is outstanding! As you enter town, hang a right at the roundabout on the road to Castlemaine - it's just on the outskirt of town.

Cheers

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Re: Ya just never know what you may find....

Postby Knotty » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:11 am

Yeah , I've been there Adam , it is good !! .did you go to the mill Market ........I got a couple of cheap kits there a while ago . All sorts of stuff in there .
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