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Neilster -> RE: They tried and failed ... Calling IR! (6/29/2007 3:54:31 AM)
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For those not in the know, the ship is the bulk coal carrier Pasha Bulker that ran aground during a storm on Nobby's Beach, Newcastle, Australia earlier this month. They tried to refloat it last night but 2 of the cables to the tugs broke and it barely moved. It's beginning to look like a fairly permanent fixture.
Newcastle is about 200km north of Sydney. It's a great joint with killer beaches, excellent weather and plenty of scantily clad lovelies [:'(]. I lived there for 5 years when I was at 76SQN, Australia's biggest Air Force base (RAAF Williamtown) being just up the road.
I used to do the "Novacastrian Crawl" past Nobby's fairly regularly, posing outrageously for the birds on my sportsbike: along with every other bastard in the city it seemed. Surf culture is very big in Oz. A bulk carrier breaking up on Newcastle's main surf beach will be interesting (in a bad way). Luckily there are about 200km of awesome beaches North and South of the city for the surfers. One positive is the Pasha Bulker has generated a Winter tourist boom.
Cheers, Neilster
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