Pine "Coning'

Carmel and myself , Carmel, was an excellent hostess and we all enjoyed many a great BBQat Carmel and Adrian's home. We would always "bring a plate" and whatever we wanted to drink
The group were always looking for any excuse to have a party Adrian, is a Scot with a very heavy accent, this tends to make all the pranks and jokes even funnier.
We always had a story or two to entertain the rest of the group on our return from the forest. This was the "Hyacinth" picnic lunch which is explained further on.

Adrian and myself below, after our picnic lunch in the forest. Carmel and Adrian have long since moved back to Victoria to live. Background shows the trailer used to transport collected cones. We also wore very heavy boots as we would have to climb on top of the cones to unload them from the trailer with big rakes and big shovels, when we returned to the depot.


The "Hyacinth) name was given to me by Peter and Albert as pay back for the name I gave them,the gang was only too happy to call me Hyacinth. They were also happy to call Peter "Heckle and Jeckle"
I so named them as they very good friends who used to be great company for each other doing all those "blokey" things like , fishing trips, enjoying" Beer O'clock" as they called it , this was their regular time most days to have a beer just before dinner.
Naturally when Warren visited that scaled everything up a notch or two, there is you would have heard a rumour that Warren in "LOUD".
Peter and Albert were constantly brewing up mischievous pranks to play and the rest of us. Hence the "Heckle and Jeckle". We all always had plenty of good laughs at the trickery they cooked up, probably during "Beer O' Clock". I am supposing everyone out there knows the cartoon with the very mischievous magpies called.... Heckle and Jeckle..

This is just a very small reflection of the comradary and friendships that we enjoyed at Tin Can Bay and of course long after, until the present day for some of us . Sadly some of the friends are no longer with us physically however they will always remain with us in thought.