Kookaburra2011
Ca. 1963: Ceremonial flags being raised, HMAS QUICKMATCH makes a suburban call in Sydney - RAN.
875. This looks like Manly - and the ship is being dressed for some occasion. Our guess is that HMAS QUICKMATCH is on duty at the Australia Day Regatta, and event stretching continuously back into the early 19th Century, the oldest continuously held sailing regatta in the world.
POSTSCRIPT: On reflection, it may be the occasion when QUICKMATCH transported the visiting Queen Mother from Manly to Sydney.
Photo: RAN Official, it appeared in Ross Gillett's book 'Australian and New Zealand Warships Since 1946' [Child and Associates, Sydney 1988] opp. p17.
Ca. 1963: Ceremonial flags being raised, HMAS QUICKMATCH makes a suburban call in Sydney - RAN.
875. This looks like Manly - and the ship is being dressed for some occasion. Our guess is that HMAS QUICKMATCH is on duty at the Australia Day Regatta, and event stretching continuously back into the early 19th Century, the oldest continuously held sailing regatta in the world.
POSTSCRIPT: On reflection, it may be the occasion when QUICKMATCH transported the visiting Queen Mother from Manly to Sydney.
Photo: RAN Official, it appeared in Ross Gillett's book 'Australian and New Zealand Warships Since 1946' [Child and Associates, Sydney 1988] opp. p17.