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What a great way to see in the new financial year…Copi Hollow will be aired on Getaway. This is invaluable advertising for the club, priceless advertising that will showcase Copi Hollow and the surrounding areas to all of Australia. The team from Getaway included the camera crew and the gorgeous Rachael Finch made their way […]

Information supplied by Gil Coulter and family. With the 2012 Annual General Meeting looming I thought it was a perfect time to read some AGM minutes from the information Gil Coulter supplied to me. These Minutes were taken in 1969, it does not say by whom..(Some of the writing is very hard to understand so […]

Photo’s supplied by Naomi Pickering Nathan Hiscock (son of BHSBC vice commodore Alison Hiscock and husband John Hiscock) married Tiani Honson (daughter of BHSBC members Rod and Sharon Honson) on the 18th of February 2012. Tiani looked stunning in a strapless white Maggie Sottero gown. Her top of the gown was heavily embroidered and beaded […]

I recently received an email from Craig Stagg asking for any information about a boat that belonged to his grandfather who has passed away. The email is below: Hello, I’m just wondering if anybody can give me info, photos etc on a boat that used to race and was a stop/start boat in the late […]

Y’s Men’s Club Weekend at Copi Hollow. Rickie Cooper sent me some photos taken at the Y’s Men’s club social weekend at Copi recently. The Y’s Men’s and Y’ser Womens (hahaha sorry couldn’t help myself) enjoyed a weekend of relaxation, games, drinks, food and a warm fire in the club house. The photo above is […]

As I said in a previous newsletter in the Story “Copi Celebrity Visit”, I recently spent a considerable amount of time with Gil Culter and his family talking about Copi.  In this conversation I found out about many things that have long been forgotten about Copi Hollow and  now these things are just taken for […]

Darryn Clifton recently celebrated his 50th birthday at Copi Hollow over Easter. Darryn was born on the 8th of April 1962 but over Easter, Darryn and his family and friends continued the celebrations for the entire 4 day Easter break…well your only 50 once right? We all know Darryn’s lovely wife Lyndy.  I asked Darryn […]

Ahhhhh… those chocolate covered smiles and sugar inspired tantrums…Easter, that time of year when the Easter bunny loads our children up with the stuff that we tell them is bad for them… We tell our kids all year that they must eat good food like fruit and veg, but along comes Easter and we let […]

Carolyn King (Broken Hill Speedboat Club Member), daughter of Barry King (Broken Hill Speedboat Club Secretary) and Cathy King (Broken Hill Speedboat Club member and secretary’s lackey) married Dale Chicken son of Lindsay & Lynne Chicken (from Mumdubberra Qld) at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Friday 30th March 2012. Carolyn looked stunning in her strapless white […]

Relaxing outside my van sipping my drink I closed my eyes and leaned back in my chair breathing in the fresh air of Copi Hollow. I sat back up and opened my eyes only to think I’d been transported to the 50’s…wait no the 60’s.  I closed my eyes, then opened them again…nothing had changed. […]