Credits
Credits
2001
Many thanks to the following...
Equipment suppliers; Dennis and Janine for the farewell hosting; the party goers; 4VL for the radio interview; Ang, Coby and my car; Nick @ Snowys; Margaret, Linda (BNT), Paul, Kim and John @ Healsville; Info lady and the police @Marysville; the Melbourne uni students seeing waterfalls in the rain; Malcom for the cold 1km hitch; store and caravan park @ Licola; Alistair and Peter the BNT riders; motorbike bloke; Steve(?) and Jannet; John and Jo for unreal advice and ideas; The Pinnacles fire spotter; 4WD nuts on Billy Goats Tk for the offer; Sandy @ Happy Valley; the folk @ the Dargo Hotel; Marcia and Dargo PS; Ed and Maria for trail advice; Brian and Coleen visiting @ Oriental Claims; Omeo shire office for photo upload; Omeo Caravan Park; Thredbo YHA; Steve, bar bloke, Perth couple @ YHA, down Mt K lady and coucil workers @ Thredbo; Frank, Tony, Sue and Marie @ Tom Groggin Camp, Shorty, Steve, Shaz, Sue and the kids @ Geehi; the fly fishing couple at Geehi Walls, Tina and the Alpine Inn, Shell servo and KLCR @ Khancoban; Ian, Heidi and the Boys @ Clover Flat; Common Sense; Bob and Luke (cycle tourists at last!) @ Happy Jacks Plain; Sven and Sandy at Providence Portal; Lars and the caravan park and BP and Ampol servo mechanics @ Adaminaby; 58y.o. Swiss touring man near Shannans Flat; Ray, Pat, Carly, Angela, Nick, Simon and Tarin @ Cuppacumalong; John at the model plain airfield; Michael the bike rider out of Tharwa; ACT Forest guy and the Alaskan couple @ Woods Reserve; rugged up security guy @ Parliament House; Canberra Motor Lodge; Just Cuts; LJHooker ladies for directing me; Canberra RSL & Co. for a great ANZAC dawn service; the two photogenic marines; everyone I encountered on Thursday 26th of April; Lee @ PH P.O.; Doug, Zilca and Wendy, Wayne and Helen, Colin and the store girls @ Gundaroo; Shauno & Jase for the km-burning-ride-chat; Joyce at the info centre, the staff of the Linder Sock Factory, the NRMA chick for the free map and Paul's Cafe @Crookwell; Argyle Inn @ Taralga; Mick and Craig and Craig @ Wombat Ridge; Frank, the kind cooks Marie and Marianna, and the two Booyal Cave chicks @ Wombeyan Caves; Steven for the familiar face!; youse all for the emails; Austrian roadhouse dude and the Halfway House bar staff @ Hampton; Neil, Chris (a guitar at last!) and Tek staying@ Katoomba Caravan Park; surprised Maccas drive through chick; Nigel @ the NPWS info centre; Molly the Magnificent for everything, Frank and Kath, and Brian the 'goer' @ Sefton; Robyn and Michael for hipness and generousity @ Darling Harbour; the city of Sydney; Ron and Sharan and the giraffes and oddities @ Taronga Zoo; Jasmine the spunk @ the Excelsior Hotel; the parked car in Lorando St; Dennis @ Wallerawang (Well-air-a-wang - I've finally got it right); Father Time and Brother Erosion(?) for the amazing gorges; 'The Crown' managers, Ray, Mark, 'Box Ridges' owners and Bill for access through their properties; Steve and Terry, Cathy, Jenny, Nick, Donna and Ted @ Dunns Swamp; Michael of 'Grassy' for the local advice; Bill again for the yarn and an unreal hut on 'Myrtle Grove'; James Estate Winery; Jenny @ Sandy Hollow S.S.; Rosemount Estate Winery lady; Natasha and Angelique for the sofa, dogs, company, meals and youthful laughs; P.O. for holding my maps, grocery lady for the advice and Segenhoe Inn lady @ Aberdeen; Lee and Anne @ Glenbroke Dam; Eric and Jackie at the Scone Highway Caravan Park; Scott and the shop lady @ Gundy; The Old Timer out at Timor; Randy and Jody, NPWS bloke and info bloke @ Walcha; Garry, Neil, Andrew, David and Catherine @ Kookaburra; Bellbrook Publican; the three council fellas and David @ the Styx Forestry Hut; the many NPWS rangers @ Wollomombi Falls; Mark Bullen, the info ladies, and the people of Armidale; Garry and Neil (again) and Christopher, Russell and Wendy @ St Helena Station; Sandy, Callum, Franz, Annette, Stewart and Lisa @Cathedral Rock; Peter the traveller @ Dalmorton; Stuart and Suzanne @ Mann River Nature Reserve; the cattle musterers @ Morven fire trail; Bruce for the phone chat; Dianne, campervan dude, The Commercial Hotel, The Rock and Roll Cafe and Franks Furniture @ Tenterfield; Madonna, Steven and The Courer-Mail, @ Boonoo Boonoo Falls N.P.; ye travelling Vic couple, Ross, Jeff, Hamish and Dijon (rangers) @ Bald Rock; Terry, Rose, Michael, the Bowls Club, and a few others (+ Sasha for the head to pat) @ Killarney for the QLD welcome!; the lovers who missed Brown's Waterfall; Jan and Ross, Graham and Ann, Graeme for the upload and the caravan park @ Queen Mary Falls; Steve and Jorby for the visit and camp; Shop Lady @ Rathdowney for remembering me!; Anthony for the cruisy ride from Running Creek; Dad @ Beaudesert; The Courier-Mail and ABC radio for the publicity; Cathy for the party organisation and hosting; the party goers and show-ers!; all those folk on the mailing lists; the ghost viewers from here there and everywhere; those who email from time to time showing an interest and asking for advice, or sharing a story about the trail.
Credits
July 7, 2001
There are many who contributed to the success of getting from A to B alive and sane, and many who just made the whole trip a lot more interesting by stopping for a chat, or by some chance encounter.
Most of those are listed on this page.
Thank you!