SA
540 posts
well i've just reached long service withthe company i work for and have decided to take 12 weeks off heading to far north queensland for 4 or 5 weeks of that then when i get back will be doing as much sailing as i can weather permitting,, two trips to lake gillies are planned for the break, as are a couple of weekend trips down to warooka on the york penn to sail the new beach that i came across over the esater weekend,,,,hope to also have a look at several other spots around Port Agusta and have a look at Port Gremain beach as well as Locheil salt flats if they are dry enough from the rain,,,, i'll post any reports if anyones interested but if this thread turns into the **** fight that the I dream a dream too thread did i'll never put anything up here again that's for sure,, i intend to do a fair bit of traveling this year looking for places to sail and am happy to share anything i find with enyone.
bb
WA
1430 posts
I have to wait a whole year to get my 4th lot of long service so do enjoy yourself.
488 posts
You guys on that side of the ditch should work hard to preserve your right to long service, it does not exit in most other parts of the world!
Enjoy your journey, and most of all fair winds and hard packed sand.
1229 posts
Long service leave! I remember someone telling me about that once
Have a good time BB
Hiko
SA
540 posts
thanks everyone last job i had i fell just short of long service by 7 months so this is a bit of a mile stone for me anyway, it's been a bit of a big year so far this year,,, found a daughter that i'd lost contact with for 25 years,, getting married on 2nd may, long service leave reached,, told i have a serious heart condition and should take it easy( yeh right like that'll happen) so yeh been a bit of a big year so far.
bb
SA
1622 posts
Wow, apart from the last past that's a great year!! Are you getting married or is your daughter?
SA
540 posts
well i had the great honour to give her away at her wedding earlier this year, now it's my turn, am marrying my partner sharron, after being togeather 5 years..
as for the heart well i guess **** happens but i'll aout last any doctors concerns i'm determined about that, have to many things to do and to may things to try and to many places to see yet.
bb
SA
540 posts
thanks trying the knot tomorrow (sunday may 2nd) then off to far north queensland for 4 weeks.