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• Wilcannia Wedding (print post)

  By Peter Shacklock on 07 October 2006Comments (7)

  Last weekend we travelled 800km due north from Melbourne to attend the wedding of Yonki and Patrick in Wilcannia. What a trip!

  For now I’ll just post some pictures, hoping to add more words later. It was a wonderful weekend and a terrific occasion, and adventure in itself just getting there and back.

  Travelling to places we would not have otherwise rushed off to see but returning home richer in life’s experiences for it, as well as having spent a weekend together with so many Buykxs!

  On the way up we were in convoy - Bubble 1, Bubble 2 and Terry’s “new” Peugeot. Hay is halfway between Melbourne and Wilcannia - an even 400km and on the banks of the mighty Murrumbidgee River. A lovely spot to stop, hardly a ute to be seen (they were all in Deniliquin, 125km back up the road for the annual Ute Muster) and the cheapest drinks this side of the Black Stump! With each round you can elect to “Toss the Boss” and toss a coin with the proprieter - if you win the toss the drinks are free! Heads came up for us so Terry’s generosity at the bar cost him very little indeed!

       

  Off to the reception, in the grounds of the school:

  
  Taking in some of the sights of the town:

  

  Heading home again, we stopped in Ivanhoe to shake the dust out of the Bubbles and have a leg stretch (Bubble 1 and Bubble 2 here. The Peugeot went home the long way, via Broken Hill and Mildura):
  

  And in a few weeks we do it all again! Anthony and Millie to tie the knot in Canberra on November 25th 2006!!

  

• Memory jogging (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 04 March 2006No Comments Yet

  I have been tripping down memory lane with Buykx memorabilia. I would like to share these with you and hopefully jog some memories.

  1995 - Holly in Australia

  Back in 1995, Holly came to Australia for a year. I have found a postcard from her a few days after she arrived, telling of a get together at the Shacklocks house.

  Can anyone else tell tales of that get together? What was it like meeting Holly for the first time? Do you have any photos to share? Perhaps we can persuade Holly to write about what she experienced in Australia.

  1984 - Frank in Australia

  Going further back my father visited Australia in April 1984. He was there a few weeks and visited with several families.

  My treasured memory of that time is the lengthy letter he brought back for me written by a multitude of cousins. Given the contents of the letter I thought this a good candidate for the family password!

  This letter was written at a very big family bash in Muckatah. Anyone want to dish the stories?

  1978 - EBs in Netherlands

  Going back even further, I discovered a diary from 1978. In August we EBs visited the DBs. I think I remember some of this, there may even be some photos lurking somewhere which I have to seek out. I wonder if any of my siblings, or any of the DBs can tell stories of that visit?

• Later that same day…. (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 02 July 2002No Comments Yet

  Buykx goodbyes go on for a while. Especially when a pub is discovered with an outside-in-the-sun terrace.

  So Anthony got some beers in..
  

  And we enjoyed them

  

  And then Lucy got some beers in…

  

  And we enjoyed them..

  Then Anthony got some more…

  

  And all the boys took their clothes off and enjoyed the sun

  And we had to drink some more..

  And then we gradually had to leave and catch trains and buses and planes…or not as the case may be ;-p

• The day after….. (print post)

  By buykx-blog-admin on 02 July 2002No Comments Yet

  The day after Joanna and Stefs wedding there were a few hangovers. As we gathered our belongings and checked out of the hostel the sun was out and it was set for a record Buykx-goodbye.

• Later that same evening… (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 01 July 2002No Comments Yet

  A few more cups of tea, cigarettes and talking into the night.

• Family in Upton (print post)

  By buykx-blog-admin on 30 May 2002No Comments Yet

  A short UK visit from Holly. We all walked down the dyke and took some photos. (more…)

• Holly’s arrival in Australia (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 21 May 1995No Comments Yet

  As told to me on a postcard…

  Holly said she arrived on the Sunday morning and by the evening the house was full of ABs. The postcard was dated 26 May, from which I derive she arrived on 21 May.

  
  

  Does anyone else have stories of that night? Or photos?
  Holly, what do you remember from your first few days in Melbourne?