Archive for August, 2015
I was only 19… and all I wanted was a Corvette!
by steamtug on Aug.11, 2015, under General
We used to travel to Murwillumbah, Northern NSW for our Christmas holidays when I was in those impressionable teenage years, to stay at my Uncle’s caravan park. My cousin Steve had his car license and used to take me to the drag races at Surfer’s Paradise International Raceway and got me hooked on fast cars and booze. My dream was a Chevy Corvette and a bottle of Southern Comfort, and all these years later I can tick it off my bucket list! (continue reading…)
Borne on a Bayou
by steamtug on Aug.06, 2015, under General
On the weekend, I got out and toured around the local area and bayous. No I know what John Foggerty was singing about all those years ago… I drove down to the coast and saw the oil rigs dotted along the skyline in the Gulf of Mexico, had lunch with Forrest Gumps brother, visited the oldest wooden bridge in Louisiana, saw Loggerhead turtles in the swamp and ran away from an alligator! (continue reading…)
