TheBanyanTree: rowing

[Sally Larwood]

Many years ago now, we had on the ABC here in Melbourne, an announcer called Peter Evans,who took over the Breakfast Show after Russ Tyson retired. 
He was a brilliant,grumpy, funny man and was greatly loved. One of the best times of the programme was when he'd chat to Terry Lane, another brilliant and very witty man, who, in retrospect, reminds me of our Peter. 

Peter died unexpectedly in his fifties and had a State Funeral which was broadcast on 3LO.  I didn't hear all of it, but I remember Terry Lane starting the eulogy with, "there is nothing--absolute nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats...". His favourite quotation and something we knew he loved to do. 

Sal 

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On 08/09/2012, at 9:37, Peter Macinnis <petermacinnis at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> On 8/09/2012 04:48, Mike Pingleton wrote:
>> Love it, Jules.  Crane, obviously, actually spent time in an open boat.
> 
> "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing--absolute nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats..."
> 
> peter
> 
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