http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/ Luggers Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:01:50 GMT Australian Taxation Office http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/430 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/430 The Cut Off Taxes Program | Cut Off Taxes Program (COTP) has been released - Join Now The Cut Off Taxes Program The Cut Off Taxes Program (COTP) If you want, Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:53:08 GMT origma2 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/429 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/429 To all my friends in the world of pearling luggers, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope 2010 brings you joy and prosperity in equal measure. Best Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:56:21 GMT Bob http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/428 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/428 Hi all, Garry recently contacted me seeking pics and other information about pearl and trocus divers - the subject of his doco. Can anyone help. Extract of his Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:47:22 GMT origma2 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/427 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/427 Hi Jon I'm based in Sydney but I don't take much persuading to take a trip to Cairns occasionally! I think there is a balance to be struck between authenticity Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:51:07 GMT Jon Burnett http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/426 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/426 Dear Tony As we sit aboard the HB we notice that the hull is the legacy of many generations of labour/love? and we have fundamentally a new laminated glass and Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:12:37 GMT origma2 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/425 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/425 Thanks John - well spotted! It is a funny story. I assume it's the same guy -he was a little alternative but seemed nice enough wehen I met him, but that was Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:03:13 GMT jovadzig http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/424 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/424 http://byamee.com/id3.html Check out this blog for a shot of Gypsy Pearl..( funny story too) Thought you might be interested Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:29:55 GMT origma2 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/423 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/423 Hi Jon Welcome to Luggers NQ. We met a couple of years ago when you were kind enough to show me around HB, she was still a "work-in-progress at that stage. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:31:27 GMT Bob http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/422 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/422 Please welcome Jon Burnett to our group. Jon is owner of pearling lugger 'HB' and brings to our forum a wealth of knowledge about the pearling industry and Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:20:08 GMT Jon http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/421 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/421 Japanese Builder Shotaro Tachibana used no butt blocks preferring to use the paired frames as stations from which to terminate and originate planking sections Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:03:02 GMT origma2 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/420 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/420 Hi folks It's not quite luggerology, but I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate our member Kate Lance, whose latest book "Voyager of the Winds" ( a Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:06:33 GMT origma2 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/419 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/419 I've just uploaded a picture of a letter from John Dunwoodie which may be of interest to members in general and Rob Dunwoodie in particular. J. Dunwoodie Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:56:02 GMT Mori Flapan http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/418 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/418 Dear All I came across an interesting reference on the web at: http://www.archive.org/stream/newguineapolynes00moreiala/newguineapolynes00moreiala_djvu.txt A Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:32:10 GMT hurricanemahina http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/417 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/417 Hi Michael It's an interesting article but it repeats again the often repeated information from the Outridge memorial booklet of the time, and while a lot of Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:52:42 GMT bobgdll http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/416 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/luggers-nq/message/416 Falla is currently on the hardstand at The Big Boat Shed - Cairns. Some repair work has been attempted, not sure what the plan or progress is - no one there