When I used to go thru immigration, they'd ask if I had a criminal record, to which I'd reply "no, but is it still ok for me to come in?". These days, they'd probably charge you under some anti-terrorist legislation if you said it.
For Sydney meeting points, some of the best and atmospheric pubs are in the historic Rocks area near Circular Quay. Including the Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel, the Fortune of War, the Observer Hotel, The Orient, the Australian Hotel & the Glenmore Hotel. Alternatively there are modern bars and restaurants at King Street Wharf Darling Harbour (opposite the ANMM). Happy to assist with further research if required!
I came to recommend the Lord Nelson. Better then the (dis)Orient. These are near where Kattabul was sunk. (As Drach I'm sure knows, a recovered midget sub is in the War Memorial, Canberra).
Hi Drach. As a meet-up in Sydney, I strongly second both the Lord Nelson and The Hero. The food at the Lord Nelson used to be pretty good, but I haven't been there for a couple of years, so maybe anothe Sydney local can provide an update. I hope to see you when you're here.
Hi Drach, just a heads up that its going to be raining for most of the coming week in Perth and Albany, if you haven't already, make sure you guys pack or buy umbrellas and raincoats. Hope you have a great flight, wish I could make it down to meet you all.
Other good Meetup spots would be one of the oldest pubs in Sydney (there's a few that lay claim to it) The Lord Nelson, The Fortune of War or my favourite the Hero of Waterloo. Lovely old pubs.
Hope you have a good flight in to Perth Drach, Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to go the the Bathers Beach house but I hope you enjoy your time Down Under.
Make sure you get some greasy history by dropping by 'Harry's Cafe de Wheels', an American-style hotdog place which was originally created for Carrier-loads of homesick US sailors pulling in at the Woolloomooloo wharfs, right next to the main Garden Island naval base / HMAS Kuttabul. Doesn't have wheels anymore, though.
Can confirm, lot of stuff to see at the Australian maritime museum. Hms Onslow, vampire, endeavour, james craig, a couple of fast attack craft, a vertical triple expansion engine and a lot of model ships!
A free-standing vertical triple expansion engine, NOT MOUNTED IN A SHIP, is something to see. It really makes you wonder how they get them through all those narrow passageways.
G'day Drach. Will send you an email but it'd be great to have a chance to say hi while you're over here and help out with any local recommendations or hosting if I can. All the best mate
Public holiday in Melbourne and I'm travelling away when you're coming here! Would have been great to meet you. Next time I guess! Enjoy our beautiful country.
Drachinifel, glad that you are visiting the Queensland Maritime Museum. I will definitely be attending. Be warned. They do have a Mark XIV torpedo in the drydock pump house.
Hope you have a great time in Aussie, and I look forward to seeing your videos, especially from the Fremantle museum as I only had time to visit the RAAF Museum in Bull Creek (to spend the day crawling around inside their Avro Lancaster) have a great trip!
@Drachinifel ...it was awesome to catch-up with you mate at Bathers Beach House in Fremantle during the Perth leg of your Australian tour. Enjoy the RAN patches + 10th Light Horse badge & morale patch. I figured they would be easy to transport friendly (small & light). Cheers
As a proud South Australian I would love to have you do a history of HMCS Protector which I believe served in China during the Boxer rebellion and ended life as a transport lighter in the 2nd war. I do not know what class of vessel it was but I believe that it was armed with a 6 inch gun making it the heaviest armed colonial ship in service in Australia.
As a proud New South Welshman who also just really loves the Protector I second this. (Also she was of the Armstrong type F1 class of flat-iron gunboats, primarily armed with 1 x BL 8-inch and 5 x BL 6-inch guns.)
Damn, did even know you where planning to come down. Be interesting to see if i could meet ya in person. Maybe when you are down near HMAS Albatross...hopefully. (Fleet air arm museum is right next door and is close by to not only where the base and where i live.) Be nice.
One good place to meet up in Sydney would be one of the cafes/bars on Cockatoo island. Lots of naval logistics and replenishment stuff there to wander around and look at and it's got a fantastic view of the harbour
The restaurant "Plonk!" at the base of the spit bridge is a great place for lunch with your trouser legs rolled up, you can watch the Yachts cue up for the opening of the bridge..
Can’t wait for you to come Australia, I had went to the Fleet Air Arm Museum last week but it said “Closed due to staff shortage”, but luckily got in after closing hours due to ADF career session
Enjoy your visit! I'm from the Canberra region myself. If you do get there make sure you visit the Australian War Memorial, it's well worth the visit and I think it's still free entry.
AWM is under renovation for the foreseeable future. Among the items in the AWM’s amazing collection that are currently NOT on display are, Me163 Me262 Lancaster bomber Bf109 Flak 88 Japanese midget submarine All of you! Please stop telling Drach to visit a museum where half the exhibits are in storage.
This will be the biggest visit from England since 1964 Beatlemania. I'm predicting hoards of screaming, crying naval nerds at every airport. One helluva schedule though. Best of British mate.
the wa maritime museum has 2 sections, the main one and another smaller one on the esplanade, be sure to take a short walk over to the bon scott statue then little creatures brewery for a pint and a bite to eat ...
Probably late , but while in Melbourne the Shrine of Remembrance is a must see. A short walk or tram from Flinders Street station not sure if they still have the ships bell from the Emden
Hope you have an enjoyable time here in Oz. In a subsequent video you might like to mention the HMQS Gayundah and in particular its captain, one Henry Wright who among other activities enjoyed a drink or two or three or more drawing said refreshments from Naval Stores without making payment. Words were exchanged between Captain Wright and the Colonial Government, when these discussions met with Captain Wright's displeasure he ordered that the ship be sailed up the Brisbane River and its 6 inch gun pointed at Government House in a menacing manner. Ultimately Captain Wright was dismissed from Colonial Service, he returned to Britain and to his nominal position in the Royal Navy. Although no charges were ever laid he never again commanded a ship.
Wright was the commanding officer who sailed her from England to Brisbane via the Suez, taking 4 months to do so. Turning her aft 6" gun to point at the Parliament buildings didn't require any movement of the ship as she had a clear view from her mooring at Kangaroo Point. The range was short enough that her muzzle flash would likely have cleared most obstructions, if any, between her and the target.
@@TheCaptainbeefylog You are of course correct Captain Wright's plan was to bombard Government House from Kangaroo Point, thank you for the correction. The HMAS Gayundah went onto provide sterling service providing coastal defence during WW1. Later in its life it hauled sand and gravel on the Brisbane River before being used as a breakwater off Woody Point.
@@barryhamm3414 Mate, could you please refrain from using "the" before HMAS (or HMS). HMAS stands for His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship, one does not say "the" His Majesty's Australian Ship.
Hopefully I can catch you when you are down in Melbourne, just wanted to let you know that the 12th June is a public holiday for the Queen/King's Birthday. Just so you are aware that certain things may be closed or have different opening times. Looking forward to seeing you!
Yay, Canberra! Have fun here Drach. The war memorial is amazing. Don't forget to look outside, I belive there are some naval guns out there, however they are currently constrcting an expansion to the memorial, so I'm not sure of its still out there. Wish you could come to the war memorial annex open day, they have a ww1 tank, a v1 and a bunch of other stuff but it's only one weekend in October I belive. Watch out for the drop bears. Also, thank you for taking the time to say canberra properly, so many miss pronounce it, cheers!
Drach, you said "ALL"bany ... The Sandgropers are going to be most upset with you! It's AL(as in the abbreviated for of Alan)bany. Be interested to see your opinion of the Fleet Air Arm Museum. As a young Able Seaman in the RAN FAA in the 1980's I had the opportunity to work at the museum when it was little more than a couple of transportable huts & a strip of hard standing with about half-a-dozen aircraft along it (luckily for me they included a Sea Fury, Firefly, Gannet, C-47 (aka DC-3), Sea Venom & S-2G Tracker (the aircraft I was qualified on). I've seen photo's - it's changed a bit. I intend to get there one day, hopefully in the not too distant future.
Make sure you go through HMAS Ovens (complete but dry and next to the WA Maritime Museum, and allow yourself plenty of time to go thoroughly through WA Shipwrecks museum as plenty of age-of-sail stuff there as well as the remains of VOC Batavia with her ballast the original entrance gate to Jakarta that never made it to the destination! When in Albany (said with a hard A), make sure that you get to the National ANZAC Centre, plenty of naval stuff in there & beautifully presented. Once in Brisbane, try to get up to the Redcliffe Peninsula, just north, and get to the wreck of the Gayndah, still easily visible and originally of the Queensland Navy, then transferred to the Australian Navy once federation occurred. Hope this helps and your trip is fabulous, from a Redcliffe lad who now lives in Perth.
I might be able to get to see you in Sydney if I'm lucky. If you come back for a second tour, another site you might consider could be Fort Scratchley in Newcastle (North of Sydney). The fort was constructed in the late 20th Century, and fired upon a Japanese sub in 1942 when it shelled Newcastle. Interestingly, two of its 68 pounder guns (once made obsolete) were towed by bullock team to become a monument on Silo Hill in Stroud- so called because there is an old colonial brick silo built into the hill to store grain, I think. One is from 1855, the other 1856.
@@Drachinifel The training station has a museum that is open mornings Monday thru Thursday that may be of interest to you too (but it is a bit of a drive from Melbourne).
Coincidentally, The 5th of June is Western Australia Day or simply WA Day[1] (formerly known as Foundation Day)[2][3] is a public holiday in Western Australia (WA), celebrated on the first Monday in June each year to commemorate the founding of the Swan River Colony in 1829. Because of the date of Western Australia Day, WA does not have the King's Official Birthday public holiday in June, as do the other Australian states; it is held in September or October instead.[4]
I cant see ya fly to perth, in a totaly diffrent time zone then next day jump in car drive 400km to Albany down two way road, next day then do 400km back.. big task
just remember not to say 'ALL-bany'(thats in another state) its just plain old 'AL-bany' mate.. like 'Alan' fyi Perth actually gets more rain than london but it all comes at once like right now..
When in Brisbane. Don't forget the wreck of the Queensland colonial navy gunboat Gayndah. Its located at Woody Point. Not far from an excellent steakhouse.
So Drach has finally got caught and sentenced to transportation. It was good while it lasted.
When I used to go thru immigration, they'd ask if I had a criminal record, to which I'd reply "no, but is it still ok for me to come in?". These days, they'd probably charge you under some anti-terrorist legislation if you said it.
I wonder if it was for embueing naval stores or impersonating an Egyptian..
For Sydney meeting points, some of the best and atmospheric pubs are in the historic Rocks area near Circular Quay. Including the Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel, the Fortune of War, the Observer Hotel, The Orient, the Australian Hotel & the Glenmore Hotel. Alternatively there are modern bars and restaurants at King Street Wharf Darling Harbour (opposite the ANMM). Happy to assist with further research if required!
Yeah the Lord Nelson would be very appropriate
I came to recommend the Lord Nelson. Better then the (dis)Orient. These are near where Kattabul was sunk. (As Drach I'm sure knows, a recovered midget sub is in the War Memorial, Canberra).
Hi Drach. As a meet-up in Sydney, I strongly second both the Lord Nelson and The Hero. The food at the Lord Nelson used to be pretty good, but I haven't been there for a couple of years, so maybe anothe Sydney local can provide an update.
I hope to see you when you're here.
Hi Drach, just a heads up that its going to be raining for most of the coming week in Perth and Albany, if you haven't already, make sure you guys pack or buy umbrellas and raincoats. Hope you have a great flight, wish I could make it down to meet you all.
yeah today was wild ay
he made it rain when he came to America too
Other good Meetup spots would be one of the oldest pubs in Sydney (there's a few that lay claim to it) The Lord Nelson, The Fortune of War or my favourite the Hero of Waterloo. Lovely old pubs.
Wonderful recommendations!
Hope you have a good flight in to Perth Drach, Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to go the the Bathers Beach house but I hope you enjoy your time Down Under.
Make sure you get some greasy history by dropping by 'Harry's Cafe de Wheels', an American-style hotdog place which was originally created for Carrier-loads of homesick US sailors pulling in at the Woolloomooloo wharfs, right next to the main Garden Island naval base / HMAS Kuttabul. Doesn't have wheels anymore, though.
Try not to get bitten by any spiders drach we need at least another 400 drydocks out of you
Overstated. I have never been killed by a spider, therefore it does not happen. /s 🤨🤪
Drop Bears
Killer emus
@@Julius_Hardware
Ninja koalas.
Everything there wants to kill you
Including the cute critters
I will see if i can catch up with you in Sydney. Garden Island Museum has the Japanese mini subs. Definitely recommended.
Can confirm, lot of stuff to see at the Australian maritime museum. Hms Onslow, vampire, endeavour, james craig, a couple of fast attack craft, a vertical triple expansion engine and a lot of model ships!
A free-standing vertical triple expansion engine, NOT MOUNTED IN A SHIP, is something to see.
It really makes you wonder how they get them through all those narrow passageways.
@@Kevin_Kennelly isn’t that what portholes were for?
And a lot of Seagulls saying “mine” “mine” !
Don't forget Vegemite behind the ears will save you from the drop Bears 😂
I keep the bears behind my ears to protect me from Vegemite
Sydney evening meet up should be at The Lord Nelson in the Rocks, it's the oldest continuing pub in Australia!
I hope Drach doesn't miss out on enjoying himself by pushing himself too hard. Hope you are enjoying yourself Drach!
Have a safe, informative and enjoyable trip, Drach et al.
G'day Drach.
Will send you an email but it'd be great to have a chance to say hi while you're over here and help out with any local recommendations or hosting if I can.
All the best mate
Will keep an eye out! :)
Just the W. Australian part sounds exhausting but I hope you enjoyed the trip and thank you for taking the time 👍
Wishing you fair winds and folowing seas. ⚓
Sounds like a VERY busy month.
Public holiday in Melbourne and I'm travelling away when you're coming here! Would have been great to meet you. Next time I guess! Enjoy our beautiful country.
No drydock today? Hope you have a fantastic trip. Thankyou for all that you do
Godspeed! I wish you a wonderfully fun, productive and relaxing trip! 🍻🍻
@Drach...I hope to catch-up at Bathers Beach House in Fre'o. Have a good flight. 👍
Oh so disappointed I missed you! I was literally just on the Castlemaine, how ridiculous.
Next time!
@@Drachinifel I'll be heading to the UK next year, would love to catch up and talk ships :) Bon voyage mate!
@@OceanlinerDesigns definitely, I can show you around some of my favourites!
@@Drachinifel Legend!
Drachinifel, glad that you are visiting the Queensland Maritime Museum. I will definitely be attending.
Be warned. They do have a Mark XIV torpedo in the drydock pump house.
Good luck, have fun, hope all goes as well as possible.
Hope you have a great time in Aussie, and I look forward to seeing your videos, especially from the Fremantle museum as I only had time to visit the RAAF Museum in Bull Creek (to spend the day crawling around inside their Avro Lancaster) have a great trip!
@Drachinifel ...it was awesome to catch-up with you mate at Bathers Beach House in Fremantle during the Perth leg of your Australian tour.
Enjoy the RAN patches + 10th Light Horse badge & morale patch. I figured they would be easy to transport friendly (small & light). Cheers
Hope you enjoy the trip!
As a proud South Australian I would love to have you do a history of HMCS Protector which I believe served in China during the Boxer rebellion and ended life as a transport lighter in the 2nd war. I do not know what class of vessel it was but I believe that it was armed with a 6 inch gun making it the heaviest armed colonial ship in service in Australia.
As a proud New South Welshman who also just really loves the Protector I second this.
(Also she was of the Armstrong type F1 class of flat-iron gunboats, primarily armed with 1 x BL 8-inch and 5 x BL 6-inch guns.)
For those interested, here's a link to the RAN's write-up on Protector (also a South Australian 👍): www.navy.gov.au/hmas-protector-i
Pity you can't get to Geraldton to see the memorial to HMAS Sydney. It's really impressive.
Hope you get to Rotto, it’s fantastic if it’s a sunny day.
Damn, did even know you where planning to come down. Be interesting to see if i could meet ya in person. Maybe when you are down near HMAS Albatross...hopefully.
(Fleet air arm museum is right next door and is close by to not only where the base and where i live.)
Be nice.
One good place to meet up in Sydney would be one of the cafes/bars on Cockatoo island. Lots of naval logistics and replenishment stuff there to wander around and look at and it's got a fantastic view of the harbour
I'd bet there will be lager to be had...
@@williamswenson5315 Well Lagers are our beer of choice so I am sure we could some to spare
Bathers Beach on Thursday sounds like a happening thing!
You were here… at HMAS Castlemaine… damn how did I miss this…
The restaurant "Plonk!" at the base of the spit bridge is a great place for lunch with your trouser legs rolled up, you can watch the Yachts cue up for the opening of the bridge..
Brisbane and HMAS Diamantina welcomes you Mr Drach!
Can’t wait for you to come Australia, I had went to the Fleet Air Arm Museum last week but it said “Closed due to staff shortage”, but luckily got in after closing hours due to ADF career session
I'm still waiting for the Gibraltar trip videos... I was pretty hyped when that was announced, and now it's been years 🥲
This looks like the trip of a lifetime and can't wait to see the fruits. Best wishes 🙏
Pity you can’t make it down to South Gippsland (vic) and stop by the tank shed but oh well time schedules to keep and all that.
Sorry to hear of your "Punishment by Transportation". Godspeed.
It's cold and wet in Sydney right now, so maybe you might need to be prepared? Although over in the west it tends to be warmer. Have a good trip.
Enjoy your visit! I'm from the Canberra region myself. If you do get there make sure you visit the Australian War Memorial, it's well worth the visit and I think it's still free entry.
Second this, the Australian War Memorial is a world class museum
Yes it's free and amazing
It is free but you do need to book on line. There is a maximum nuber limit due to fire regs.
Worth it just to see a house-trained Lancaster.
AWM is under renovation for the foreseeable future.
Among the items in the AWM’s amazing collection that are currently NOT on display are,
Me163
Me262
Lancaster bomber
Bf109
Flak 88
Japanese midget submarine
All of you! Please stop telling Drach to visit a museum where half the exhibits are in storage.
A great place to meet up would be the Prymont Bay Hotel it's just across the road from the National Maritime Museum.
How often do you have the chance to meet drachinifel in person? Wow
Spewing! I will be away for king's birthday long weekend whilst you are in Melbourne. Baba Hawker is not far from my place.
Hopefully you can make it down to Canberra.
This will be the biggest visit from England since 1964 Beatlemania. I'm predicting hoards of screaming, crying naval nerds at every airport. One helluva schedule though. Best of British mate.
G'day mate. I hope you have a great time on your short visit to our country.
Stay safe😂
Something that may be of intrest in Melbourne - a sunken ww1 brittish sub at Sandringham Yacht Club used as a breakwater. Its pretty cool
Are you guys planning on going to the voyager memorial in Huskisson when visting the FAAM?
can't wait to see you guys ill come to castlemaine
Has there been an app time listed yet?
the wa maritime museum has 2 sections,
the main one and another smaller one on the esplanade,
be sure to take a short walk over to the bon scott statue then little creatures brewery for a pint and a bite to eat ...
Have fun on your trip! Are we getting a Drydock today?
Hey could you do an in depth video about naval smokescreens they always get brought up but never talked about in detail
Probably late , but while in Melbourne the Shrine of Remembrance is a must see. A short walk or tram from Flinders Street station not sure if they still have the ships bell from the Emden
A gun from the Emden is sitting in Hyde Park, Sydney. Corner of College and Liverpool Streets.
Would you consider going back to bout 500AD where little norwegian and dutch fellas floated to the arctic in awful half-sphere shaped boats?
Hope you have an enjoyable time here in Oz. In a subsequent video you might like to mention the HMQS Gayundah and in particular its captain, one Henry Wright who among other activities enjoyed a drink or two or three or more drawing said refreshments from Naval Stores without making payment. Words were exchanged between Captain Wright and the Colonial Government, when these discussions met with Captain Wright's displeasure he ordered that the ship be sailed up the Brisbane River and its 6 inch gun pointed at Government House in a menacing manner. Ultimately Captain Wright was dismissed from Colonial Service, he returned to Britain and to his nominal position in the Royal Navy. Although no charges were ever laid he never again commanded a ship.
Wright was the commanding officer who sailed her from England to Brisbane via the Suez, taking 4 months to do so.
Turning her aft 6" gun to point at the Parliament buildings didn't require any movement of the ship as she had a clear view from her mooring at Kangaroo Point. The range was short enough that her muzzle flash would likely have cleared most obstructions, if any, between her and the target.
@@TheCaptainbeefylog You are of course correct Captain Wright's plan was to bombard Government House from Kangaroo Point, thank you for the correction. The HMAS Gayundah went onto provide sterling service providing coastal defence during WW1. Later in its life it hauled sand and gravel on the Brisbane River before being used as a breakwater off Woody Point.
@@barryhamm3414 Mate, could you please refrain from using "the" before HMAS (or HMS). HMAS stands for His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship, one does not say "the" His Majesty's Australian Ship.
I just read that story about the captain of Gayundah recently, it’s hilarious 😂 he led an interesting life !
Work-depending I'll try to come along to either the lectures or the Ship Inn dinner.
You could look at Staves brewery in Sydney for a meet-up
Are you going the museum At garden island Sydney and cheers bar is always fun
Will you be updating us on the time you will be at HMAS Castlemaine
Hopefully I can catch you when you are down in Melbourne, just wanted to let you know that the 12th June is a public holiday for the Queen/King's Birthday. Just so you are aware that certain things may be closed or have different opening times. Looking forward to seeing you!
Should come to Adelaide and see if sub corp will give you a tour of the place 😂
Happy trails
One more question Drach. How long are you and Dr Clarke going to be in Brisbane maritime museum on the 13th? As I have a decent drive up.
Enjoy a Red back beer for me while you're in perth. Sounds like you will see some interesting ships, but there's one i wouldn't give a xxxx for 😂
Yay, Canberra! Have fun here Drach. The war memorial is amazing. Don't forget to look outside, I belive there are some naval guns out there, however they are currently constrcting an expansion to the memorial, so I'm not sure of its still out there. Wish you could come to the war memorial annex open day, they have a ww1 tank, a v1 and a bunch of other stuff but it's only one weekend in October I belive. Watch out for the drop bears.
Also, thank you for taking the time to say canberra properly, so many miss pronounce it, cheers!
here's hoping they now start telling the full story about afghanistan and BRS
There are still plenty of spots available for the James Craig cruise on the 17th.
Drach, you said "ALL"bany ... The Sandgropers are going to be most upset with you! It's AL(as in the abbreviated for of Alan)bany.
Be interested to see your opinion of the Fleet Air Arm Museum. As a young Able Seaman in the RAN FAA in the 1980's I had the opportunity to work at the museum when it was little more than a couple of transportable huts & a strip of hard standing with about half-a-dozen aircraft along it (luckily for me they included a Sea Fury, Firefly, Gannet, C-47 (aka DC-3), Sea Venom & S-2G Tracker (the aircraft I was qualified on). I've seen photo's - it's changed a bit. I intend to get there one day, hopefully in the not too distant future.
Can we get a video on any naval actions of the Great Emu War of 1933?
Make sure you go through HMAS Ovens (complete but dry and next to the WA Maritime Museum, and allow yourself plenty of time to go thoroughly through WA Shipwrecks museum as plenty of age-of-sail stuff there as well as the remains of VOC Batavia with her ballast the original entrance gate to Jakarta that never made it to the destination! When in Albany (said with a hard A), make sure that you get to the National ANZAC Centre, plenty of naval stuff in there & beautifully presented.
Once in Brisbane, try to get up to the Redcliffe Peninsula, just north, and get to the wreck of the Gayndah, still easily visible and originally of the Queensland Navy, then transferred to the Australian Navy once federation occurred.
Hope this helps and your trip is fabulous, from a Redcliffe lad who now lives in Perth.
Ovens is closed ATM
looking forward to meeting you in fremantle on the 7th
Australia??? Whoo hoo. Welcome 😁
Have a great trip! Stop by Hawai’i on your way home. 😆
You said CANBERRA…so now the kids want to meet you! And yes they know your voice better than mine Lol
Welcome to Perth mate, we turned the weather on for you lol
I can make the dinner in Brisbane, but am working the days either side unfortunately
I'd love to finally meet you Drach but my duties make that impossible.
No visit in Cairns - Armor & Artillery Museum...?
I might be able to get to see you in Sydney if I'm lucky. If you come back for a second tour, another site you might consider could be Fort Scratchley in Newcastle (North of Sydney). The fort was constructed in the late 20th Century, and fired upon a Japanese sub in 1942 when it shelled Newcastle. Interestingly, two of its 68 pounder guns (once made obsolete) were towed by bullock team to become a monument on Silo Hill in Stroud- so called because there is an old colonial brick silo built into the hill to store grain, I think. One is from 1855, the other 1856.
Fair thee well.
You probably won’t get there, but the Australian Air Force Museum in Perth is very good! Met a lot of nice people in Australia!
Which HMAS Cerberus? There are two in Victoria - the wreck of HMVS later HMAS Cerberus and the Australian Navy shore training station HMAS Cerberus.
The wreck
@@Drachinifel The training station has a museum that is open mornings Monday thru Thursday that may be of interest to you too (but it is a bit of a drive from Melbourne).
What! no South Australia😥😥 Still I hope you enjoy your trip mate.
How late will the evening meetup go till? I have a meeting that night so I wouldn't be able to make it until around 2200 :(
Coincidentally, The 5th of June is Western Australia Day or simply WA Day[1] (formerly known as Foundation Day)[2][3] is a public holiday in Western Australia (WA), celebrated on the first Monday in June each year to commemorate the founding of the Swan River Colony in 1829. Because of the date of Western Australia Day, WA does not have the King's Official Birthday public holiday in June, as do the other Australian states; it is held in September or October instead.[4]
Alex is already hunting for Irn Bru.
coles has it ....
@@alt7488
I’ll let him know on his channel.
I cant see ya fly to perth, in a totaly diffrent time zone then next day jump in car drive 400km to Albany down two way road, next day then do 400km back.. big task
Mate you're going to be so puffed out by the end XD
Cant wait for Drachs personal assesments on Emu fleet strength.
Well the Emus did win the Emu war
just remember not to say 'ALL-bany'(thats in another state)
its just plain old 'AL-bany' mate.. like 'Alan'
fyi Perth actually gets more rain than london but it all comes at once like right now..
I didn't realize that Drach was travelling to Australia via warship the entire time
Impressive Carbon Footprint!!! You should add it up!
It won't be a patch on the average politician. No private jet, either.
Sydney: The Lord Nelson, one of the oldest pubs in Aust & appropriately maritime.
Pyrmont Bridge Hotel - next to AMM !
No drydock today?
😏A Dingo ate my TH-camr...
When in Brisbane. Don't forget the wreck of the Queensland colonial navy gunboat Gayndah. Its located at Woody Point. Not far from an excellent steakhouse.