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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2016, 08:24:19 PM »
Great picture of Paul relaxing on a Yarrow Ck trip.  :)
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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2016, 09:02:43 PM »
A great supporter of this forum, I never had the opertunity to meet Paul but I think he will be remembered for all the good positive things he done for the lapidary fossicing community.

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2016, 11:42:17 PM »
One of natures gentlemen. Will miss him fossicking and on the forum.
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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2017, 08:23:02 AM »
A great supporter of this forum,

Paul was one of the core members who helped us get this forum up and running - along with Jerry, Ted and Calx. When the MSN Group we used to hang out on closed down, they were the guys who encouraged us to create ALF and have continued to support it in the 8 years it has been going.

Just a really nice bloke who was always willing to help others in the hobby.  Will be very sadly missed.

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2017, 09:56:28 AM »
Very sad news, I never meet woofa but always enjoyed his posts and some of the beautiful pics of Agate Creek agates he posted on this forum.
This one is my favorite.
« Last Edit: January 01, 2017, 09:59:53 AM by MakkyBrown »

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2017, 12:54:58 PM »
One from the collection, Paul chilling in the bush near Inverell in 2011


« Last Edit: January 01, 2017, 12:57:18 PM by calxoddity »

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2017, 02:46:11 PM »
So sad to hear of Woofa's passing, I never met him but enjoyed his comments and posts.
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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2017, 11:00:58 PM »
Hi everyone, I am Sharyn, Paul's wife. I just want to say thank you for all the wonderful messages. Our family always knew how kind, loyal and knowledgable (about everything) he was but it is really humbling to here it from others.


He loved his fossicking and sharing his knowledge with others. He use to spend many hours putting together items such as the guessing competitions etc for this forum. He enjoyed hearing of other peoples finds, loved going to Minerama or just going local for a dig.


Paul was supposed to sit his final exam for the gemmology course he was doing via correspondence in Nov but wasn't well enough. He would have blitzed it and passed with flying colours. His plan then was to learn how to learn polish and cut rocks and do valuations, he even set up a little workshop with all the equipment.


Thank you Jerry for being a good friend to Paul.


Thank you once again.
Sharyn

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2017, 11:25:45 PM »
Im so sorry for your Loss, Sharyn.. Paul put in so much dedication towards this Forum and his knowledge was incredible.... He will be Sorely missed on here... Perhaps you could apply for a Posthumous Award from His Course Directors for his efforts?...

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #24 on: January 01, 2017, 11:29:30 PM »
One from the collection, Paul chilling in the bush near Inverell in 2011

Yes, I remember that trip it was a Good day like all on the shovel with good company. He will be missed. Told the wife and she remembers dinners with Paul at the RSL.

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2017, 07:35:13 AM »
Hi Sharyn. Thank you for your kind words about the forum. :)

All of us that knew Paul and interacted with him will miss him greatly.
Will miss his enthusiasm.  Sorry that he did not have longer to fulfill his plans and dreams. Again sorry for your loss.

Jerry Reed
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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #26 on: January 03, 2017, 08:17:53 AM »
Vale woofa. Always brought life and interest to the forum. Will be missed greatly.

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #27 on: January 03, 2017, 10:22:13 PM »
I never had the pleasure of meeting Woofa but I read with interest his knowledgeable comments and input on this forum. To Sharyn, family and friends my sincere condolences. RIP Woofa.
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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #28 on: January 05, 2017, 11:07:49 AM »
Very sad!  I'm sorry I didn't get to meet him as he was a great contributor with his knowledge here.

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Re: Vale Woofa
« Reply #29 on: January 05, 2017, 04:00:05 PM »
Sharyn, my condolences on Paul's passing.  I enjoyed reading his pearls of wisdom.  I never met him so haven't posted until I saw some of the photo's posted by Paul (aka Wwoofa) on the gallery in today's random pick.

Leah's post above that he was one of the small group that helped start the ALF started me thinking about this post.

It is people like Wwoofa that keep the spirit of altruism and comerardarie that makes ALF so worthwhile.  It's a tribute to all the founding members, including Wwoofa.

Ma his memory live on. 

One day I hope to get up to Glenn Innes and do some fossicking for myself.  In the meantime I have ALF.

Kind regards
Gordon
Yours Sincerely
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