Greetings from :Down Under"

Blinky Bill · #1 03-05-2007, 08:23 AM

G'day All,
My name is John but I answer readily to my nickname of Blinky Bill. I live in a rural area in the centre of the state of Victoria (Australia) and I 'm very pleased to be a member of this Forum, and look forward to making new friends and learning lots of new things. I have been keen on woodcarving and associated crafts since I was about 10 years old and now as a retired electrician, Woodcarving continues to be one of my most enjoyed pastimes....along with building ships in bottles, and making one of a kind walking sticks...I am a great fan of Woodcarving Illustrated and think that the step by step projects are just the "Bees' Knees"

Burnurcomputer · #2 03-05-2007, 08:34 AM

Hello and welcome! I hope you enjoy our board. People are friendly and messages are plenty! Have a great day

squbrigg · #3 03-05-2007, 08:36 AM

Welcome aboard Blinky Bill! Another ship modeller too!!!!! YEA!!! This is a grand group, wise and fun, lots to learn from. Look forward to seeing some of your work.

Bob

Tom H · #4 03-05-2007, 09:00 AM

Welcome, Blinky Bill. Glad you are here. There is always more to learn from more folks. I look forward to learning more from you. Tom H

Eddy Smiles · #5 03-05-2007, 10:36 PM

Same to you Blinky Bill! Welcome aboard!

I looked up Victoria in my atlas and see that it's in the south of Australia. What kind of wood do you find and carve in the land down under?

My step-mother just returned from playing tourist in your neck of the wood and she brought me one of those "you paint it yourself" aboriginal boomerangs. It's made out of somekind of real grainy wood. Might even be plywood! When did the aborigines switch to plywood? Ha! Ha! Anyway, I ain't tried it out yet. I'm afraid I'll hurt myself.

Hey! I just remembered. I've got a pristine mid-1960's vintage Australian dollar that I won in a bet with an Aussie at the EM Club at Sangley Point Philippines. Is it worth anything? Just kidding.

We'd love to see some of your work if you can post some pictures.

Gergie · #6 03-06-2007, 12:50 AM

Gaday Mate! Be sure to check the site over. there are a lot of helpful hints and people here. Be sure to fill us in on what your carving.

P.S. If you see Crocodile Dundee walkabout tell him Hi!.
Sorry I couldn't help the bad Australian accent typing.

wade clark · #7 03-06-2007, 01:34 AM

Bill,
I don't know a Bee's Knees from an ant's underpants but WELCOME ABOARD!
Wade

GeorgiaCarver · #8 03-06-2007, 05:06 AM

Welcome aboard! It is great to see a new member! I look forward to seeing one of those one of a kind walking sticks.

Greg

Lightningbolt · #9 03-06-2007, 08:39 AM

It's great to have some participation from the great southern hemisphere. Always wanted to see the southern cross in the sky but still haven't got there yet! Welcome aboard, mate.

Blinky Bill · #10 03-06-2007, 10:32 AM

G'day again,
Oh boy! what a friendly welcome.......I really appreciate it, thankyou.
I can see that the down side to joining the "board" will be, that keeping track of all the new ideas and friendly postings will seriously cut into "carving time" but I guess that's a cross I'll have to bear....lol Have to say that it's great to see so many ladies involved in this obssession of ours..

Burnurcomputer..appreciate the sentiment, and look forward to the friendships that I'm sure will develope through the board

Squbrigg...yeah, just love those old ladies of the sea....once spent a day at sea aboard the Alma Doepel and just looooved it, actually got to climb the mainmast ratlines, what a buzz!

Tom H. Thanks, friendship, guidance, and learning....what else could one ask from a group?

Eddy

s, most of our native woods are very hard and generally don't lend themselves to carving, the ones that do, like Brown Tulip Oak, and Huon Pine, are protected and hard to come by....in my case, I depend on discarded furniture and what I can scrounge when someone removes a fruit tree or "exotic" tree such as a birch from their garden....remind me to tell the old joke about the boomerang...<grin>

Gergie... 'owyergoinmateorright?

Wade Clark......think a bees knees are just a little higher than the ants underpants..lol

Georgia Carver Thanks for your interest and will post what snaps I have as soon as I work out how...ok?

Lightning Bolt...was in Canada in 2004 and can tell you that the night sky is vastly different down here...many more stars to see....hope you soon have the chance to camp under the Southern Cross and view the stars for yourself as you eat Damper fresh from the campfire coals, washed down with swigs of strong black Billy tea