LATEST NEWS FROM IONE PLACE........

• HELLO EVERYONE....BEEN A QUIET WEEKEND....WE HAD LEANNE AND ROCCO CALL IN....ALSO BOB AND SUE ARE DOWN FROM WONGAN,SO WE GOT TO SEE THEM....AND BEST OF ALL..THEY BROUGHT THE LOVELY ALISHA,TO VISIT US.WE ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE ALISHA.....

I'VE GOT THIS OLD PHOTO...IT WAS PROBABLY TAKEN,OVER 70 YEARS AGO.MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE FITZPATRICKS.THE CHAP WITH THE WAISTCOAT AND WHITE SHIRT,IS MY GRANDFATHER...BILL FITZ...THE LADY ON HISLEFT IS MY GRANDMOTHER JANE.THAT BUILDING BEHIND THEM,WAS THEIR HOUSE.WHEN YOU WALKED THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR,YOU WERE IN A FAIRLY LARGE ROOM...AT LEAST IT WAS LARGE,IN THOSE DAYS..NEXT ROOM WAS LIKE A BEDROOM AND THEN A KITCHEN.......OUTSIDE WAS A PRETTY ROUGH LAUNDRY,WITH A COPPER...WHICH WAS FOR BOILING THE CLOTHES AND TO SUPPLY HOT WATER,FOR WASHING THE BODIES.THIS HOUSE WAS OVER A MILE FROM ALBANY,ITSELF....YOU WALKED TO TOWN...YOU WALKED TO THE SHPS...YOU WALKED TO SCHOOL...SHANKSES PONY...THAT WAS OUR LEGS...NO RUNNING WATER..NO ELECTRICITY...THINK ABOUT IT.....I TELL YOU WHAT..THEY WERE A GREAT FAMILY.THOSE WERE THE DAYS.....

NEXT PIC IS OF OUR FAMIL...I'M REALLY PROUD OF THESE PEOPLEL...TO R...CAROLPAUL..TONY..RON..BOB...ROS/LIAM AND OF COURSE MARGARET AND MYSELF.......WE HAVE DONE WELL..DON'T YOU THINK?

THIS LOVELY LADY IS SELINA O'NIEL...MARGARETS' GRANDMOTHER.SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON....SHE LOVED HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THEY ALL LOVED HER. I USED TO GO TO SEE MARGARET,DURING THE WEEK AND GRANMA WOULD SAY...ARE YOU GOING OUT TONIGHT...AND I WOULD SAY..NO BROKE UNTIL FRIDAY...SHE WOULD PUT HER HAND,INTO THE POCKET OF HER PINNY AND GIVE ME TEN BOB...SHE WOULD SAY..GO OUT AND ENJOY YOURSELF.SHE WOULD WALK FROM RIVERVALE,TO VIC PARK,TO SEE EACH PART OF THE FAMILY AND THE KIDS WOULD WALK,HALF TO TAKE HER,OR HALF WAY TO PICK HER UP.......A TRULY GREAT LADY.

WELL,I THINK,THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TODAY...I WANT TO GET ON TO ALBANY,SO I CAN TELL SOME LIES...MAYBE NEXT TIME ONE MORE PIC...THIS CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY ONE OF MY FAMILY..LONG TIME AGO...HE WAS VERY LUCKY....SO BE CAREFUL...TELL YOUR KIDS TO BE CAREFUL...WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO...BYE FOR NOW..LOVE TO ALL FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT PIC........L..TO..R..CAROL,TONY,PAUL,ROS...IN FRONT BOB AND RON.THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ABOUT SEVENTEEN YEARS EARLIER

WHAT A DIFFERENCE,A DAY MAKES...GOD I LOVE THIS.

I SEE BLOGGER,HAS CHANGED THINGS AROUND ON ME,BUT YOU'LL WORK IT OUT

A FEW MORE FAMILY PHOTOS.........

A NICE PHOTO OF SOME OF THE FAMILY...NOT SURE,IF I GET THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER...BLOGGER CHANGES THEM AROUND SOMETIMES

ANYWAY,I CAN SEEMARG,PETER,ROSS SHELLY,SUE BOB AND KRISTY...THIS WAS WHEN WE HAD MONEY...ONE CRUISE EVERY YEAR...I THINK KRISTY MET IAN,ON THIS CRUISE...SO SOMETHING GOOD CAME OUT OF IT.
• THE ONE OF THE KIDS ON THE BUNK,WAS OF BOB AND SUE ON THE LEFT...THEN THERE WAS PETER LEANNE,SHELLY AND SARA...I CAN'T SEE,WHO THE OTHER PERSON WAS...I NEED GLASSES......
• NEXT ...KAY,PAT,MUM O'HEHIR SHIRLEY,MARGARET AND BETTY..LEO'S WIFE...THEY ALL CLASSED BETTY AS A SISTER...VERY CLOSE FAMILY.
• NEXT IS THE P38,THAT I WILL BE FLYING AROUND THE SWAN RIVER,NEXT WEEKEND...THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN,WHEN WE HAD A TRIAL FLIGHT OVER NEW YORK,BEFORE WE FLEW THE PLANE TO PERTH.
• NEXT ONE IS CHADDY BOY AND IAN..KRISTYS' HUSBAND........I THINK THEY WERE HAVING A CHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER...MAYBE CHAD WAS GOING FISHING...ANYWAY,THEY WERE ENJOYING A DRINK AND EACH OTHERS COMPANY...NICE BOYS.
• LAST,BUT NOT LEAST IS ALICE ON THE BACK OF PAULS HARLEY....I DON'T THINK,THEY REALLY WENT FOR A RIDE...THEY WERE JUST JOKING...BUT PAUL DOES GET OUT ON THE BIKE,WHEN HE HAS TIME.
• WELL..IVE JUST REALISED,THAT THE PHOTOS ARE COMPLETELY BACK THE FRONT,TO THE WAY,THAT I'VE TITLED THEM....BUT NEVER MIND...I'M GETTING OLD...CAN'T HELP MAKING MISTAKES.
• MARG'S OUT AND ABOUT,WITH HER FRIEND SCOTTY,FROM NEW ZEALAND....SHE GOES BACK,TOMORROW,SO LAST OPPORTUNITY,TO GET TOGETHER. SCOTTY IS 92 AND GOING STRONG....GOOD ON YOU SCOTTY...AND GOOD ON MARG,FOR LOOKING AFTER SCOTTY...THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR.
• NO OTHER NEWS TODAY...BUT LOOK OUT,TOMORROW...I'LL PUT SOME OLD PICS ON,AND THEN I CAN TELL A FEW LIES,NO ONE LEFT TO CHECK ON ME
• SO YOU KNOW THE DEAL....LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER...STICK WITH THE FAMILY....HELP IF YOU CAN AND IF YOU CAN'T......JUST THINK ABOUT,WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO...IF YOU COULD.......BYE..LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

NO MONEY...NO FUNNY...CAN'T PICK WINNERS

• WELL...I LET THE TEAM DOWN AGAIN...DIDN'T PICK THE CUP WINNER,BUT I'VE KEPT UP MY AVERAGE...I DON'T THINK I EVER PICKED ONE..NEVER MIND,WE CAN TRY AGAIN,NEXT NOVEMBER




• WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT NORM AND BRIAN AND ALAN...JUST AS I FORECAST...WE ONLY HAVE TO GET RID OF ONE MORE AND POOR ALAN,MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANG ON,UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION,WHEN HE WILL SURELY GET CHUCKED OUT.




• IN SIMILAR VEIN..ARE YOU KEEPING UP,WITH ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL AND WHAT GOING ON.....40 DOCTORS ARE SAYING EVERYTHING IS WRONG,BUT MCGINTY AND FONG ARE SAYING,THEY DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING ON..ONLY MC.AND NIEL DO...




• JUST SAW MISS FINLAND WIN THE OAKS...WISH I OWNED A HORSE LIKE THAT....WHEN WE HAD HORSES,I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY,TO WIN A RACE AT PINGRUP.WE NEVER EVEN MANAGED THAT...BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
• PHOTOS ARE OF..MY GRANDMOTHER FITZ...SHE WAS A GREAT LADY OF THE OLD DAYS...THEY LIVED IN ALBANY...A LARGE FAMILY,WHO ALWAYS PULLED TOGETHER...HELPING ONE ANOTHER,ALWAYS....WE ATE PLENTY OF FISH AND KANGAROO ,BECAUSE BOTH WERE FREE...JUST CATCH AND EAT....I'LL PUT SOME PICS OF THEM LATER.
• THE PHOTO OF THE DUNNY,I GOT FROM SOMEWHERE,BUT IT WAS EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE,WE HAD IN CORNWALL ST....HOW THOSE GUYS...WE USED TO CALL THEM THE NIGHTMAN....LIFTED THOSE PANS,ONTO THEIR SHOULDER AND THEN ONTO THE CART....DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GOT PAID...THEY SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN A MEDAL.
• LAST BUT NOT LEAST,ARE OUR TWO YOUNGEST GREAT GRANDCHILDREN...JORDAN...KELLEES' BOY,ON THE LEFT AND LIAM...ROSLYNS' YOUNGEST.....THE PHOTO IS ABOUT 12 MONTHS OLD,BUT I LIKE IT. SO LIAM IS JORDANS' UNCLE,AND EVERYWHERE THEY GO,THEY WILL TELL EVERYONE,THAT I AM THE UNCLE...OR I AM THE NEPHEW...GREAT LITTLE KIDS,BUT A REAL PAIR OF DEVLS,WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER...BE INTERESTING,WHEN THEY GROW UP
• FOR MY OVERSEA FRIENDS,WHO DON'T KNOW,WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CUP.....FIRST WAS DELTA BLUES,FROM JAPAN....RIDDEN BY A JAPANESE JOCKEY....SECOND WAS POPROCK,FROM JAPAN...RIDDEN BY OUR DAMIEN OLIVER...THIRD WAS MAYBE BETTER FROM AUSTRALIA...THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE OF MY 4 PICKS TO RUN A PLACE.........
• WELL...I HAVE TO GO....HARRY SENT ME,THE BOOK OF LIFE.......I'M TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND IT...NOT MUCH OF IT SEEMS TO BE THE WAY THINGS PANNED OUT FOR ME...BUT STILL A BIT TO GO.
• SO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER...LOOK AFTER YOUR KIDS...HELP THEM IN EVERY WAY THAT YOU CAN...LOVE FROM MARG AND ROSS.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN HAPPY AS CAN BE...

• HELLO TO EVERYONE...BEEN OFF THE AIR...BUT BACK ON FOR THE CUP


• I KNOW YOU WOULD ALL BE WAITING,FOR MY SELECTIONS,FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP...........MIND YOU...I'M NOT SURE,WHEN I EVER BACKED A WINNER,OF THE RACE..BUT WE HAVE TO TRY.....


• I SPOKE TO A GOOD OLD FRIEND OF MINE,FROM DOWN SOUTH,TODAY....SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY HEALTH...SO I WILL JUST PUT THIS ON,MY POST...MY PROBLEM WON'T GO AWAY....BUT I AM TRAVELLING,NOT TOO BAD.LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE MUCH WORSE OFF,THAN I AM...PLUS,I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF KNOWING,THAT WHEN I LEAVE HERE...I AM A CERTAINTY FOR A PLACE CALLED ...I FORGET THE NAME,BUT IT'S IN THE PICTURE CALLED BIG FISH.....THAT MOVIE IS ALL ABOUT ME...SO THERE YOU ARE.


• CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW THE GUTLESS POLLIES,IN THE UPPER HOUSE VOTE,RE DAYLIGHT SAVING..LIKE I SAID,I DON'T CARE...I JUST GET WILD THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN STAND UP AND SAY,THEY HAVE A MANDATE...WHAT ABOUT WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEM,IN THERE,THINK...ANYWAY......
• PICTURE IS RON,AGAIN...I RECKON,HE WILL PAY ME,FOR PUTTING,THESE ON,BUT HE DOES LOVE HIS FISHING...AND GETS WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM ROBYN...I SEE TONY SHOWING RON A NEW ROD AND REEL,LAST NIGHT...ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS....I JUST FEEL THAT ROBYN,WILL BUY ONE FOR RON...GREAT GIRL...LOVELY WIFE.
• NOW TO THE CUP....IT WILL BE A GREAT RACE...CAN'T WAIT....MARG WANTED ME TO GO OVER,FOR IT,BUT I SAID,IT WILL COST FIVE GRAND,WITHOUT HAVING A BET OR A DRINK...BUT YOU KNOW ME....WASTE NOT...WANT NOT.....SO I'LL WATCH ON TELLY.
• MY SELECTIONS...FOUR HOURSE TRIFECTA...COST TWELVE DOLLARS......
• NUMBER 4 TAWQEET...NUMBER 11 ON A JUENE NUMBER 18 ART SUCCESS AND NUMBER 23 .MAYBE BETTER....THAT'S MY BET...4 WAY TRIFECTA....GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE,IF YOU ARE HAVING A BET
• BEEN A BIG DAY...LOVE TO EVERYONE...PATRICK AND CAROL ARRIVED BACK,IN PHNOM PENH,AT 3PM TODAY....SO TAKE CARE...DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER......HELP THE KIDS....BYE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.