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Dickodownunder


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Having had boats for the best part of my life, I was always lead to believe that if you changed a ships name it would bring bad luck.

What was he thinking when he named the ferry??? no biggrin

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-30/ferry-mcferryface-to-be-renamed-to-may-gibbs/9375688 



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Personal opinion what a stupid name what was he thinking what ever it was is weird...



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Modern life, don't you just love it?bored.gif  bored.gif



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Hi Geoff,

Well I have  had the same boat for 24 years now.Same name.

Just wondering, when the Lottery office might give me a bell.confuseconfuseconfuse 

Jim



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I had 2 yachts in another life. The second one I repainted the hull. I kept the same name "4C's". I wasn't going to change the name & put any superstitions to the test. Cheers Pete

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Hey Jim wrote:

Hi Geoff,

Well I have  had the same boat for 24 years now.Same name.

Just wondering, when the Lottery office might give me a bell.confuseconfuseconfuse 

Jim

 I will keep my fingers crossed for ya Jim.



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What reason did NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance give for his new 'Captain's Pick' where he denied Ian Kiernan and chose May Gibbs instead?

Ian Kiernan AO
www.cleanup.org.au/au/About/our-founders.html

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Just seen,

"Ferry McFerryface: Clean up Australia founder Ian Kiernan questions May Gibbs name change

The man who won the popular vote to have his name on a Sydney Harbour ferry only to see the vessel renamed Ferry McFerryface has hit out at the decision to rebadge the scandal-hit boat after a popular children's author.

Clean Up Australia founder Ian Kiernan was originally told his name would grace the ferry after the NSW Government ran a Name Your Ferry competition.

But the honour was withdrawn so the vessel could be called Ferry McFerryface a name praised by some Sydneysiders as a bit of fun, but slammed by others as a joke.

Now Mr Kiernan has hit out at Transport Minister Andrew Constance's decision to rename the boat after Gumnut babies author and illustrator May Gibbs, saying she has "nothing to do" with the Harbour.

"I think she's a worthy Australian but I don't know what she's got to do with Sydney Harbour," Mr Kiernan said.

According to a Freedom of Information (FOI) report, Mr Kiernan received more votes than Ferry McFerryface, which is now being labelled as the minister's choice.

Mr Kiernan said he was told last year his name would be going on the ferry.
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www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-31/clean-up-australias-ian-kiernan-not-happy-about-may-gibbs-ferry/9377672


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Its Sydney folks so what did you expect????



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I've seen a fishing boat named Masterbaiter. Could also be a good name for a tugboat.

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I have seen a speedboat named pork-hunt...



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My boat had bote on its side .

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And all those names are better than Ferry McFerryface.. biggrin biggrin



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Ferry McFerryface and Sir Prince Phillip are what you get when politicians indulge themselves with "captain's picks". (Rudd had a captain's pick of his own, but he ate it.)

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I recall seeing a rental canoe floating upside down =near Audley nsw -- it bore the simple number "96"... but when righted became "69"


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There were 100 of them and that particular one was called 69furiousfuriousfuriousfuriousbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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