Friday, 15 April 2022

An Easter Hike around our Lake

 Back in 1947 these five scouts from Speers Point walked right around out lake. That's over 170kum.

They were George Barnier, ' Bob Forster, John Wallace, Colin Adams and Dave Oughten. 

1947 'Scouts Walked Around Lake Macquarie', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 12 April, p. 3. , viewed 15 Apr 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article157767088


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