On 9th November 2009, the Back of the Ferry blog came into being. To celebrate still going after 3 years a number of members spent the evening doing a few of our favourite things. A fore runner to Back of …
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A mass Mexican induction
There’s nothing your botf members like more than showing off their fair city from the botf. This correspondent works for an enterprise with a corporate head office in Melbourne so it’s with pleasure that I inducted a few colleagues from …
Induction – Ella #41
Tonight the old crusties that make up the Back of the Ferry crew were joined by a very enthsiastic inductee. Ella has been longing to make the pages of BotF, and given her unseen contribution to some of our finest/questionable …
Induction – John #40
John Tonight’s induction almost didn’t happen. Sydney turned on a crazy weather day today. At one stage, it was apparently 29 degrees. Remember – this is winter. A wild win hit in the afternoon, which had that tropical, humid feel …
Induction – Linda #39
Whilst Sydney is supposedly in the grip of winter, she turned on an absolute belter of an evening last night, which was a wonderful backdrop for our latest induction. Linda is a Bostonian and there are ferries there. They have …
Induction – Fergus #38
Cap’n Fergus Daytime inductions are rare, but this correspondent took a weekend trip into big smoke to get into American food and beer at Harts Pub, and was accompanied by a frequent appearer in these pages – Fergus. Given that …
Induction – Molly #37
Tonight we see the first of the second generation to be inducted onto the BotF. Molly handled herself well discussing tidal and lunar issues with the salty old sea dogs and tonight’s witnesses – lamb0 and pommy_ch So to the …
Induction Geoff P #34
Two inductions on one night is a rare event. Our second inductee is the redoubtable Geoff P – an even longer time friend of this correspondent. An influential character in many ways, it was great to see GP on the …
Induction – Melinda #33
It’s been a long time between inductions. Tonight we had two. The first is Melinda, a wonderful longtime friend of this correspondent. It might have been wetter than the bottom of a submarine but Melinda enjoyed all that the Back …
Induction – Phil #32
For as long I can remember Phil’s been on the Back of the Ferry. His dedication to the stern is legendary, as he catches a train from Hurstville, just to get to the ferry. Phil’s been doing this trip for …
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