Now that's a rare one

Geez Piet, Glenroy is only a stone's throw from Essendon airport - and surely not far from Windy Hill - why aren't you a Bombers man like me?! (not that we've had the greatest of decades recently!)
 
Dad was a Bomber, I had to be different, rebel and all that...;) Besides, Geelong had Polly Farmer, Doug Wade and some other greats. Essendon star Barry Davis was actually phys-ed teacher at my high school, Oak Park. Had quite a few clashings with him in various soccer and footy matches! Was a nice guy though, despite playing for Essendon.

Neighbour kid was also a Bomber, we went to Windy Hill quite often when the Cats played lost there.:rolleyes: I don't remember ever seeing them win! Essendon was a major player at the time, Geelong languishing in the lower ranks of the VFL ladder.

I could see the planes taking off and landing at Airport West from my room. Engine testing facilities were practically on the opposite side of the Moonee Ponds Creek valley, made a hell of a racket when the wind blew our way. Learnt to ride bikes in "Happy Valley" (now Boeing Reserve,Kingsford Smith Reserve and Strathnaver Grasslands), was a good 3² miles of barren, vacant land around the trestle bridge where we could roar around to our hearts' content! We could even ride down the creek a fair way, almost to Flemington! Happy days!

piet
 
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Dellortoman said:
Ha ha! .. Gollum is a perfect name for that Sphynx cat. I can certainly see a resemblance. Does it need to wear a jumper in cold weather?
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Yep!

We found the poor bugger abandoned in a field close by, in late October 2019. Was getting quite cold at night, he probably wouldn't have survived another. Sick and neglected then, now he's King of the household!

Got a lot of stick for the name from a vetinary assistant, but when she eventually saw him, she understood!

piet
 
Your early days sound a lot like life for us, with what's now the Eastern Fwy was an adventure playground, Koonung ck (nicknamed Cub Jungle), the Yarra, wetlands, snakes, lizards, rabbits and mini bikes aplenty. Our street in North Balwyn (now a conservative heartland for the wealthy) was unmade and the dunny man used to come and collect the 'night waste'!! Used to spend Xmas nights at my step dad's sister's family place in Glenroy - bored shitless, we just wanted to go to the airport and look at planes. Once we were ten or so we used to ride over to the airport on our single speed Malvern Stars ... always a big day out!!
 
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