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Len

Photos shared by Phyl.
Thanks Phyl.
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These two photo was taken at East Hills 1968.
Photo subject: Presentation night, November 22 1968.

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Len · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject:

Here's some more photos from Phyl.
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Phyl · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:38 am Post subject:

Hi Len,
the two photos above are before and after houses. The original Manager's house and after the hostel was rebuilt the new Manager's house.
Of interest is the gum tree in front . It survived all the rebuilding upheaval. sun

Gum trees are just (((soo))) nice. Australia is surely a beautiful country. Smile

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Len · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject:

I wonder if the Gum tree is still there and what�s in the place of the manager�s house these days.

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Phyl · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject:

I wonder too ,Len , what happened to the tree and the house and the hostel. I had some happy times there.
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Len · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the extra photo Phyl. I�ve placed it in the first post of this thread along with the trophies photo.

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Phyl · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:59 am Post subject:

This photo is taken when the houses at the hostel were being demolished.
I am standing in my front yard.and the house next door has gone. On the right hand side in the background is Heathcote Road Hostel . It was by that time empty.

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Kent · New Member Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 3

Well, I can only say that the new house was an improvement, although it took me about 12 months to adjust to a house with straight walls. There was something comforting for me in those curved ones that became the ceiling.
When I left the hostel, there were no fences apart from the ones around the managers huts, and that had certainly changed by 1968.
There was a gum tree just inside the front fence of the old house that I used to climb and sit up in the branches for ages, so that certainly has some memories for me.
Someone has posted pics of the hostel site in 2009. I feel like going back and looking for relics

murray · New Member Joined: 11 Nov 2010 Posts: 2

Kent

The tree is still there - you can look at it by going to

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.960482,150.969837&spn=0.000535,0.001032&z=21

or

http://tinyurl.com/25ogxty

My brothers and i also spent time in that tree (whenever my mum was not around to freak out about it)

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Phyl · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:14 am Post subject:

Now I know though Murray. Laughing

Kent was your father a manager?If so what was his name?
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richardhallford

You can also see the site on Wikimapia here:- http://wikimapia.org/15175809/East-Hills-Hostel-Nissan-Hut-concrete-pads-before-1966
Wikimapia also has a "history" function. ie you can look back at older photos and see differenced. I have no connection to this site whatsoever. I just like it. Richard
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East Hills Hostel Aug 1966 to 1968. Nissen Huts 81 and 83d