Richard Fidler
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What did you have in mind for her 17th birthday, Mick?
So you went down to Hobart to join this vessel you'd been rostered on, the Blythe Star.
Yeah.
What kind of a ship was the Blythe Star?
What was the task, the voyage you were supposed to be going on?
So when you arrived at the wharf in Hobart, what scene greeted you there that night when you saw the Blythe Star for the first time?
The ship was in complete darkness.
You were the youngest in a crew of ten.
Yep.
How did you get on with those men?
What did you make of those men as you were introduced to them sitting around on board the ship?
The next day you were watching as the cargo was being loaded onto the deck of the Blythe Star.
Phosphate, beer, as you say.
What did you notice about the ship as the cargo was being loaded on?
Well...
Right, it mandates how high it should sit in the water.
Absolutely.
And where was the plimsoll line on this ship?
Right.
But that was just a joke.