Lucky Locky To Russia With Know-How

Lucky Locky at Goolwa last weekend

Some blokes have all the luck. Take popular yachtie vice-commodore of the Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club Locky McLaren spend last Sunday motoring his yacht loaded with a bunch of female friends, including his wife, my dear friend Jayne and my neighbour, dear friend Chris, three other girlfriends and myself on the River Murray from Goolwa to Clayton Bay. As if an all-female crew of five beauties wasn’t enough of a thrill (their husbands were conveniently sailing in a second yacht) Locky left this morning – a week later – for the exotic adventure of a lifetime. To Siberia – and no, it’s not to the saltmines. His exciting adventure exposes how little we know about Russia, let alone Siberia. He flew to Dubai and then on to a Moscow, waiting for a local flight to Novosibirsk in Siberia where he has been contracted as a consultant to assist the locals with building up their beef industry.

His exciting adventure exposes how little we know about Russia, let alone Siberia. Now that’s the first lesson for us all here in hot Oz. Siberia clearly is not covered with snow all year and Locky will be arriving in springtime when one suspects the region is beginning to sprout summer grasses for cattle to graze. Watch this space for more travel bulletins from what must be close to the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere. What an exhilarating life Locky is living right now.

A bit of background info about my experienced friend. Locky was not chasing consultancy work and out of the blue he had a call from a former colleague and offered project work in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. Expo trade SA export to there and Siberia and has subcontracted “International Agriculture for Development” to develop technical advice and business plans for their Northern Hemisphere beef and dairy industries. When Locky retired he said if he accepted any consultancy work he would want it to be with developing countries because he wanted to feel that his expertise was making a difference. Two previous consultancies has been in Australia with visiting senior Iraq and Egyptian professionals.

What an exhilarating life Locky is living right now. Watch this space for more travel bulletins from what must be close to the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere.

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