I’m from the 60’s. I took my wife one day to show her the old Haunts.
The BMX track complete with a Tunnel and floating bridge over the small creek which we kids made, even stole a length of storm water pipe from the council depot up the hill which took us a few weeks to get it in place, this was the tunnel.
Then there was the old wharf on the river, we’d ride our bikes down the hill flat out and jump of the wharf into the river hoping your string was long enough and attached to the bike.
That game stopped when a horse was taken by a shark just down the river one day.
I could go on, the cave on the cliff face, on and on.
Looking at it all many years later I can’t believe what we did, my parents had no idea. I want my kids to have fun, but I think I’ll keep them away from what I did.
As an apprentice, I’d ride my bike home from work on Thursdays via the pub, with my pay packet in my pocket and tare it open at the bar.
Now how many tore their money???
ME, I did a few times.
Thanks for the memories folk, especially perkins paste.
