THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
MUSTER IN MARLO
LIONEL HEADS TO AN AUSTRALIAN CARAVAN CLUB MUSTER IN A PLACE OF WHICH HE HAS FOND MEMORIES …
I was approaching Sale , headed for an Australian Caravan Club muster in Marlo , Vic , when I remembered we had an ACC farm stay there . So I rang the owner and asked how much notice he needed .
“ How far away are you ?' he asked . “ About 40km ,” I answered . “ That ' ll do he said – see you soon .”
There were another two ACC couples staying as well . We had a barbecue and a nice social evening – up until about 9pm , that is ! My phone had an email that told me there had been some suspicious activity on my credit card and it had been temporarily blocked !
The next morning , I was off at 8.30 and had a pleasant run down to Marlo . Seeing the Snowy River reminded me of an incident 50 years ago . I was Apex zone president at the time and , with a fellow Apexian , had driven down to attend the local club ' s annual handover dinner in Orbost .
One of the members asked if we ' d like a trip on the river the next morning . We said “ yes , please ” and he duly picked us up from our motel the next morning and away we went .
After we ' d been cruising the Snowy River at Marlo for a bit , we saw a man in a boat stationary near the opposite bank . Our friend said “ hold tight ” and , opening the throttle to flat-out , steered straight at the other boat and swerved at the last minute ! The spray from our boat rocked the other boat violently and the poor occupant was wet through !
Our friend explained his actions as we continued cruising down the river . “ That so-and-so works for me in a hardware shop . The other day I was bending down doing something and that so-and-so shot me in the bum with a nail gun ! I ' ve been waiting my chance to get even .”
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