trip to melb

[Basil]

.....getting OT but Social problems are everywhere in Oz and getting worse,i live on the Northern Rivers of NSW,friends from Sydney moved to Tweed Heads a couple of years ago,gangs of Teenage louts roam streets of a night and local Police deny there's a problem.Lismore has homeless youths,some 12 & 13 years of age, in gangs roaming around of a night,a girl was gang raped last W/end,the Police deny there is a problem and the local Paper & Radio Station don't report it as its creates a bad image of the Town,thats before i start on Casino & Byron Bay's problems.
Society's thin veneer will break at some point as we see in some of the outer areas of London,we are only a few years behind.My 2c.

[Splock]

Peter Strich token numismatic VIC, im sure someone collect theses still for sale $10, don't know if that's a good price or not so I left it, I don't know anything about tokens haha, I stick to threepences)

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AC that's no token that's a Numismatic Association of Victoria Medallion from 1964 (Carlisle 1964/4) It's a double commemorative issued to commemorate both the association's Numismatic Exhibition at the Melbourne Town Hall on October 25th - 27th and the sesquicentennial of the issue of the Holey Dollar and dump. (Interesting to note that although the Holey Dollar was dated 1813 it wasn't issued until 1814)

2,037 gilt medallions were issued at 3 shillings a pop. These days they sell for around $10-$15.

As an aside I work in the same building that Peter Strich is based in and so have spent a fair number of hours trawling his stock in search of a bargain or two since the sale was announced. I must say I will miss strolling past a coin shop on the way to work.

[Australian coin]

thanks for the info

[Goldseeker]

AC
we got all day parking somewhere near an old catholic church that was on a corner in the city
i think it was only something like $9 for the day - a small multi-story building alongside of the church grounds

I am going to a conference in June and the inner city hotel is asking $28 all day per day parking - and that is 'just up the road' in a multi-story building
we are driving down so may have to cop the $$ or leave the car in the burbs at the daughter's place and train it to town

Why not park at Crown casino for the day.   Real cheap there.   Travel around Melbourne on the free bee tram, hop on hop off free.......

[robbiegal]

ok
I will look into it thanks goldie

Splock - you are lucky
peter's shop is much much better than the local coin shop here

[ausjack]

lucky ya have a coin shop, see there's heaps of thing you can show me when/if I ever make it down that way :friends:

.....getting OT but Social problems are everywhere in Oz and getting worse,i live on the Northern Rivers of NSW,friends from Sydney moved to Tweed Heads a couple of years ago,gangs of Teenage louts roam streets of a night and local Police deny there's a problem.Lismore has homeless youths,some 12 & 13 years of age, in gangs roaming around of a night,a girl was gang raped last W/end,the Police deny there is a problem and the local Paper & Radio Station don't report it as its creates a bad image of the Town,thats before i start on Casino & Byron Bay's problems.
Society's thin veneer will break at some point as we see in some of the outer areas of London,we are only a few years behind.My 2c.

See, no one cares about poor old grafton, but glad we didn't get a mention Basil but don't worry it's the same here mate. I should call in and see you next time I'm up that way if it's ok

[robbiegal]

we have a coin shop here AJ - true and yes, that is good etc etc
but Peter's shop in Melbourne is small and cramped and he has hundreds of coins in trays that he puts on the counter for you to go through
our coin shop doesn't quite cater so well for the average collector - well, the service isn't quite as personalised and because they also run the auctions, medal ribbon service, & now they have heaps of antique glassware & china  etc etc, so they have a bit of a different set up and sales focus
maybe too, you get used to it and perhaps take it a bit for granted

anyways, I like digging through the world coin bins and chatting to the staff so it always nice to go there
so it is good to have a local coin shop

[ausjack]

Gee I'll be down there for ages with all these thing we have to do, mint and memorial tours and coin shops and then we can through rocks at the pollies goin to work now wouldn't that be fun, well their place of employment

[robbiegal]

all I gotta do is pull out my 1964 albums AJ and there goes 4 days off your trip ha ha

[purplepennyhunter]

One can get lost in those albums.

[ausjack]

you tryin to convert me to being a penny boy, it could happen :winkextra:
:laugh2: sound like fun, cute smiley PP :good:

[Basil]

lucky ya have a coin shop, see there's heaps of thing you can show me when/if I ever make it down that way :friends:

.....getting OT but Social problems are everywhere in Oz and getting worse,i live on the Northern Rivers of NSW,friends from Sydney moved to Tweed Heads a couple of years ago,gangs of Teenage louts roam streets of a night and local Police deny there's a problem.Lismore has homeless youths,some 12 & 13 years of age, in gangs roaming around of a night,a girl was gang raped last W/end,the Police deny there is a problem and the local Paper & Radio Station don't report it as its creates a bad image of the Town,thats before i start on Casino & Byron Bay's problems.
Society's thin veneer will break at some point as we see in some of the outer areas of London,we are only a few years behind.My 2c.

See, no one cares about poor old grafton, but glad we didn't get a mention Basil but don't worry it's the same here mate. I should call in and see you next time I'm up that way if it's ok

Hi AJ,i'm in Sydney at the moment helping my Brother wind up his Engineering business and attend to his health concerns but we'll catch up down the track.
I have Friends living near Byron Bay and they Emailed saying the Council is trying to get approval to issue the Homeless with an identity card so charities and Police know who their dealing with,i kid you not,i know there is a large number in the Town but this is Australia 2014.!!!I'll try and find a link but the local media don't want to touch it.

Link...Lismore paper covered it,haven't read the local rags for a while.

http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/homeless-register-debate/2244994/

[robbiegal]

One can get lost in those albums.

true PP
I reckon I could make a T-shirt

- "I saw Robbie's penny albums ANd lived to tell the story!"
ha ha

[ausjack]

Nice to see your looking after your brother when he needs help Basil, I'll PM you mate :good:

So I hope you have the shirts done for when I get there RG and can I have a list put on mine please so we can cross them off once they're done, I might have to go to training with the big man and see if he can motivate me :winkextra:
I'm not really sure about the homeless here as I don't go out much any more but I know we still have blanket bob and he's been here for about 20 years and when I was on council I know the copper didn't mind bob but I know they got rid of a bloke called denis that was a bad bum and drank metho, a lot of homeless actually stay at peoples places when they can and it's sort of like they're nomadic but yeah it's pretty sad to think this is Australia in the 21st century and I would probably be there with them if it wasn't for good ole mumsie.

[robbiegal]

hey Basil that sounds like a great program but not sure if the homeless will get on board
if they can get discounts and improved safety esp. from the police etc then it might take off
although they may feel that they are in there with the dog registration !
it would stop the double/triple dippers as they just give a false name and go from agency to agency - I have in my past work, phoned other agencies to alert them to clients like that as they deprive other people of some additional well needed welfare and they as well, they are usually just handing the dough over to a drug dealer or the TAB anyways
looks like a local support agency thinks it is a good idea
bet too, that the cards become hot property as a trading/thieving  chip