You made the Doc's place sound a little better than it is Adrian... You
forgot to mention the stinking beasts, Land mines in the back yard, Washing
machine that only works if you kick it, and green ginger wine that has the
taste of soy...
AND he buy's beer in a can!
Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
visit the ANGFA website at:
http://www.angfa.org
reach me at:
roy at angfa.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian R. Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 6:24 PM
Subject: [RML] ANGFA Convention (SPAM)
>While I am sitting here with nothing better to do or say I thought I might
>give you all a brief Rainbowfish Keepers guide to Brisbane and its delights
>for those of you that might be considering visiting Sunny Queensland or
>Brisbane in particular for the ANGFA Convention later this year.
>
>Now anybody contemplating staying at the "Hansen Holiday Haven" at lovely
>Lawnton (a 4 stubbies and picnic lunch drive from my place) there are a few
>things you have to know. First of all you have to give up smoking, stop
>chawing tobacco and drink plenty of CHEAP Green Ginger Wine.
>
>This establishment comes complete with Swimming Pool although you have to
>share it with the aquatic plants and fish. Incidentally, ANGFA (Qld) uses
>this pool for training new members in the art of collecting fish and
plants.
>All new Members have to get a collecting permit and to obtain it you have
to
>dive (or jump, if you cant dive) into the Swimming Pool and catch 10
>rainbowfishes and 2 gudgeons. You also have to correctly identify 5 aquatic
>plant species.
>
>For old fellows like me you can just simply sit on the side and dangle your
>hairy legs into the water while consuming a glass or two of that CHEAP
Green
>Ginger Wine. As the fishes come near to nibble at the hairs on your legs
all
>you have to do is take a big swipe at them (the fish) with a very large dip
>net as they swim by. However, if you're not very good at catching the
>required numbers you will have probably consumed too many glasses of that
>CHEAP Green Ginger Wine and just fall into the Pool (but hey, that's half
>the fun). But don't worry there is always a Doctor in the House ~ perhaps a
>little inebriated but still very capable. BTW I still haven't managed to
get
>my permit yet ;-)
>
>Other attractions to watch out for are the resident canines as they will
>certainly make you feel at home. Also be careful where you walk, as you
will
>occasionally encounter the odd red-bellied snake. Finally make sure you
take
>your own coffee. "Dr. Hansen Snake Oil" is guaranteed to cure you of any
bad
>caffeine habits you may have acquired over the years. Also make sure you
>wipe your feet before you go through the bedroom to visit the fishroom. You
>know, the Docs favourite line for visiting Widows is "You wanta see my
>fish". Overall I give the "Hansen Hilton" a 3 star rating. Now if they only
>allowed smoking I might consider giving it a 4 star rating!
>
>While in Brisbane you must visit the "Meiklejohn Mansion" it also comes
with
>a Swimming Pool and has one of those gadgets that follows you around and
>cleans the pool as you swim. The Meiklejohn Mansion is partly
>air-conditioned and contains all the high tech computer stuff you will ever
>need. I think it even has cable TV. A must see though is the Honey Pond (NO
>not that sort), a Honey Blue-eye pond where you can see the proper colours
>that Honey Blue-eyes show in the wild. Nets are prohibited and smoking is
>allowed out on the terrace. Overall, a 3 and a half star rating.
>
>Also yawl will be welcomed to visit the "Tappin Tavern" a somewhat little
>run down establishment that's seen too many kids, grand kids and fish
>committee meetings. Just enter through the broken screen door at the front
>(no, I haven't fixed it yet Roy!). Air conditioning is provided by the
>natural bay breezes that it gets occasionally, although not many this
summer
>:-(
>
>However if you enjoy the odd glass of beer or better still wish to sample
>one of Queenslands best Rums and don't mind the odd passive smoking attack
>(Roy just loves it particularly after staying at the Hansen Hilton), then
>this is the place to visit. You might even see some rainbowfishes (if you
>have time) and get some good old time ANGFA stories. No Swimming Pool is
>provided as all that healthy stuff just wastes good drinking time. You'll
>have to apply your own star rating!
>
>
>
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> Adrian R. Tappin
> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
> http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
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