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7/16/15 - A celebration 60 years in the making, the Disneyland Diamond Celebration! (Photo: @j.manahan)
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10/11/15 "It's impossible to look at a sunset and not dream ..... about Disney"
Happy #sunsetsunday! The sunsets over Paradise Bay are unbeatable! Thank you @charaerae for using the #dailydisneyland365 hashtag! This sunset capture is simply beautiful! Wonderful shot!Tag #dailydisneyland365 in your photos for a chance to be featured! #dailydisneyland365 #DD365 #disneyland60 #diamondcelebration #60 #60thanniversary #60years #disney #disneyland #disneylandresort #disneyside #picoftheday #ABC7Eyewitness #fd101look #featuresofdisney #disneyland1901 #disneylanddave #disneylandhd #disneylandphotography #mydisneycentral #disneylandhalloween #disneyshalloweentime #thisishalloween #halloween #halloweentime #mnsshp #mickeyshalloweenparty #paradisepier #sunset
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Zoute Concours d'Elegance
Royal Zoute Golf Club
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Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2021
We're going to see a lot more of this during the next couple of weeks everywhere we look!
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8/31/15 "An exciting high speed white/water raft adventure"
Our Team was honored to be tagged with the #disneylandtag but it'll be a little difficult to choose one favorite since we're a team so we'll do our best! If you aren't tagged but want to join the fun, feel free to mention us tagging you in your post. Who else has the same favorites as us?
1. Favorite Character(s) to meet: Castmembers / Mickey Mouse🐭
2. Favorite Ride(s): Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain / Tower of Terror
3. Favorite Parade(s): Paint the Night / A Christmas Fantasy🎄
4. Favorite Firework / Night time show(s): Believe in Holiday Magic, Remember ... Dreams Come True, Fantasmic!
5. Favorite Area(s): Main Street U.S.A., Sleeping Beauty Castle🏰
6. Favorite Movie(s): Beauty & the Beast, Tangled, Mary Poppins, Cars, Tarzan, Hercules
7. Favorite Disneyland Song(s): Zip A Dee Doo Dah, Magical Fireworks, Fantasmic!🔥
8. Must do at Disneyland: watch Fantasmic!✨
9. Favorite Restaurant / Food(s): Cafe Orléans / Monte Cristo
10. Something we've never done: Gone on Tom Sawyers Island
The DD365 Team would like to tag @disneyldp @disneyland_times @disney_landia @sadness_at_disneyland @princepogiatdisney @mousy.co @thedisneydudek2 @disneylanddave @disneylandhd @addicted2disneyland to join in the fun if you accept. We apologize for the really long post, but at least it's not longer than this line!
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My old Beetle, near where I camped with Mary and other speleos on Easter trips and Xmas trips with WASG and SUSS in the 60's..
Diane travelled with Don Yates in the Mini, it had a bit more trouble driving across country than the Vee-Dub... The base plate under the VW got highly polished from the saltbush, which produced a pleasant toasted smell from passing the hot exhaust.
We collected some saltbush on our way home one year from near Iron Knob. It grew for a few years in the front yard. I think the cold got to it.
During 2010, the Native Plants people had a weed swap for natives as you chucked your weeds and prunnings out at the local tip.
I came home with a few Saltbushes, Atriplex nummularia, and planted them in the front yard.; but they didn't survive the end of the drought and Jill's watering regime!
" Old Man Saltbush, dense medium shrub...suitable for hot sites, with alkaline conditions. Drought tolerant. Fire retardant species".
Check slide and diary.
1-01-22 diary says we met Dick and Rick in Madura, all pleased to see ea other again. Had beers , the Bus headed off and we left and dash to Kestrel Cave passing the truck and bus on the way. We must have continued to N37 and made camp amongst the trees with Rick and John(Dunkley)? This shot shows Don's mini, #DEV426 but not mentioned in diary. The Pete is Peter Cook from WASG..
We sat around the fire and talked and talked trips, Nullarbor and drinks.. we moved to the group fire and had New Year Celebrations with singing and more drinks... "Not all very merry"... carried on till 1am or so.. dancing and singing! To bed and woke at 8am on Saturday morning..
About 10:30 we went down the Southern Doline and caved a "hard" with Dick.. we forced cave awhile then made our way out chatting for half an hour as we made our way back to Mary.. Dick and I climbed cliff face a few times and then to camp. 1:30. .... we drove into Madura with Pete, R and My.. and had a shower.. then to 66 diary... for more of the trip.. camped and sherpaed gear into the Mullammullang Base Camp with Mary and many others...
B1R14-110MullaVW slide
See the diary notes.. www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/49722900007/in/album-7215771...
A selection of buses on display at the Transport Museum Running Day during the Jubilee Holiday, 5th June 2012.
Birmingham, UK
The moon rises over the Wrekin during the lighting of Diamond Jubilee Beacon. Just one of the 4,000 beacons across the UK and beyond, who were holding a similar event to celebrate the Queens Reign of 60 years. I love the queen a very special lady.
A compilation of images to create the glorious spectacle we saw last night - looking towards Bicester over the fields (from my study window). The night sky lit up with the celebration firework display.
(I overlaid various shots of the fireworks in the sky to get this effect and added a little touch of magic.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M&ob=av2n
For the Music Monday Group.
Doing wheelies on a salt lake out of Norseman, on the way N to Coolgardie and W to Perth for ASF Conference.
50 years ago last December !!! I was only 20 years old….
A very early… #roundaustraliawithspelio
I would never do this now, after what we have seen and a change to more Greenie Conservation attitudes..
"Made in der Black Forest by der Little Elves"
See a Wikipedia lost of WA Lakes...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Australia#Wester...
stolen and used here.. jalopnik.com/the-ten-cars-with-the-most-nicknames-5840926 There is a link back at te end of the story..
A web site for users to suggest nicknames for various old cars....
We give vehicles nicknames in order to recognize special traits, unique history, or just to impugn the driver. Some vehicles are so spectacular they encourage numerous aliases, but which car has the most nicknames?
Since it's the obvious answer we're going to knock out the Ford Model T, which has been variously called the "Tin Lizzie," "Jalopy," "Gas-Buggy," "Lizzie," and "Flivver." Ford itself says there are dozens. Can you do better? What car has the most nicknames? Can you name all the nicknames?
Here are the names suggested for the Beetle!
Suggested By:YankBoffin
Nicknames: According to Jalopnik readers and Wikipedia: "Käfer ("beetle") in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Pichirilo in Ecuador; Pulga ("flea"), or "Escarabajo" ("beetle") in Colombia; ගෙම්බා ("frog") in Sri Lanka; Coccinelle (ladybug) in Algeria; Kever in Belgium; Vocho, Vochito or Volcho in Mexico, Costa Rica and Colombia (mostly a shortening of "Volkswagen"; Vochito is affective diminutive); Fusca in Brazil and Paraguay; Escarabajo (meaning "Beetle") in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Venezuela; Peta ("turtle") in Bolivia; Folcika, or Buba (Bug) in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sedan, then Fusca (popularly, Fusquinha that means Little Fusca) in Brazil; Косτенурка (Kostenurka) (meaning turtle) or Бръмбар (Brambar) (meaning beetle) in Bulgaria; Bug, Beetle, Choupette (Herbie's name in the French version of the movies) or Coccinelle (ladybug) in Canada; Escarabat (means "beetle") in Catalan; Poncho in Chile; Jiǎ Ké Chóng (甲壳虫) (means "beetle") in China; Buba in Croatia; Brouk in Czech Republic; Boblen (the bubble), Bobbelfolkevogn (a distortion of 'the bubble' and a translation of 'Volkswagen', the people's car), gravid rulleskøjte (pregnant rollerskate) or Hitlerslæden (The Hitler-sled) in Denmark; Cepillo ("Brush") in Dominican Republic; خنفسة - Pronounced khon-fesa (Beetle in Arabic) in Egypt; Fakrouna ("Tortoise") in Libya; Põrnikas ("beetle") in Estonia; Volkkari' (short from "Volkswagen"), Kuplavolkkari or just Kupla ("bubble") in Finland. Also names Jääkaappi (refrigerator) and Aatun kosto (Adolph's Revenge) are known; Coccinelle ("ladybug") in France, Quebec and Haiti; Буба (means "beetle") in the Republic of Macedonia; Jin-guei che (金龜車) in Taiwan; Σκαθάρι (Scathari meaning beetle), Σκαραβαίος (Scaraveos meaning Scarab), or Χελώνα (Chelona meaning Turtle) in Greece; Cucaracha or Cucarachita (Cockroach or little cockroach) in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras; Bogár ("bug") in Hungary; Bjalla ("bell") in Iceland; Beetle in India; Kodok (frog) in Indonesia; Ghoorbaghei (قورباغه ای) ("frog") in Iran; Agroga عكروكة (froggy)or Rag-gah ركـّة (small turtle)in Iraq; חיפושית ("Hipushit," beetle) or Bimba in Israel; Maggiolino (may bug, cockhafer) or the unofficial name of Maggiolone (can indicate Super Beetle) in Italy; Kabuto-mushi (カブトムシ） (means "drone beetle") in Japan; Kifuu in Kenya; Vabole in Latvia; Vabalas in Lithuania; Kura (turtle) or Kodok (frog) in Malaysia; Sedán, Pulguita (little flea), Vocho or Vochito (sometimes spelled "bocho/bochito") in Mexico; Kashima in Namibia; Bhyagute Car in Nepal literally: "Frog Car"; Kever in the Netherlands; Boble (bubble) in Norway; Foxi or Foxy in Pakistan; "Pendong", kotseng kuba (literally, 'hunchback car'), "pagong" (turtle),"Ba-o", (turtle in Cebuano dialect), or "Boks" in the Philippines; Garbus (literally, 'Hunchback') in Poland; Carocha in Portugal; Volky in Puerto Rico; Broasca / Broscuţă (little frog/froggy) or Buburuza (ladybird) in Romania; Фольксваген-жук (Folksvagen-zhuk) in Ukraine; Жук (Zhuk) (Bug) also in Russia; Буба or Buba in Serbia; Volla, Kewer, Volksie - Pronounced Folla in South Africa; Chrobák in Slovakia; Hrošč in Slovenia; Volks / Beetle/ Ibba (turtle) in Sri Lanka; Mgongo wa Chura" (Frog Back) or Mwendo wa Kobe" (Tortoise Speed) in Swahili; Folka (short for Volkswagen), Bagge (short for skalbagge, beetle) or Bubbla (bubble) in Sweden an; Swedish-speaking Finland; Kobe in Tanzania; รถเต่า - Pronounced Rod Tao (turtle car) / โฟล์คเต่า (Volk Tao) in Thai; Kaplumbağa or tosbağa (meaning turtle) or "vosvos" in Turkey; Con Bọ in Vietnam; Bhamba datya in Shona - Datya is frog in the vernacular from Zimbabwe; Tortuga in Panama; Escarabajo, Bocho o Rana in Perú; Kupla (Bubble) in Finland; Цох in Mongolia; Escarabajo (Beetle) and popularly Fusca or Fusquita in Uruguay"
Why it's so nicknamed: VW Beetles were long the most populous cars in the world, and if there's a stretch of road, a Volkswagen has probably driven on it. Wikipedia lists no less than one hundred and twelve local names for these omnipresent cars and we're sure there are more to be heard. It's not hard to find pictures of VWs living everyday lives in the most exotic places, but this being Jalopnik, let's remember the iconic bug with some salt flats oversteer, pictured here in southwestern Australia circa 1965.
Class IX : 60 Years Jaguar E-Type
Zoute Concours d'Elegance
Royal Zoute Golf Club
Zoute Grand Prix 2021
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2021
Zeiss T*85/1.2 Planar 60 years. Well, it was dark here. And still quite wintery, but 1.2 does grant additional access to low light situations. To be honest, this was just a test shot in my back yard, but I kind of liked the result. You can see the pale dusky light on the dried leaves of this Liatris husk.
12/2/15 "But the prettiest sight to see, is the holly that will be, on your own, front, door"🎶
It's #wreathwednesday! This holiday wreath truly is a pretty sight to see on the front of our dazing castle!
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Phil Playford watches as Dave descends into a small Nullarbor blowhole.
Blowholes were a novelty to start with. Later I estimated that there were 10,000 -100,000 in W.A. As far as I know no one believes the number, but no one has produced a better number.
This would be on our tour around checking the whole Eucla Basin before the field season trip of just Dave and me.
From Dave's Narration notes..
In 1965 I suggested that WAGS would eventually want a Bulletin on the Eucla Basin in WA and that since the only sections to measure were coastal cliffs and cave walls, if Joe Lord wanted a good bulletin the author would have to be keen on cave exploration. Since I was keen to do it, Joe Lord agreed to take the opportunity while I was around.
I found Bill Crowle for a field hand. He was an experienced cave explorer from NSW and was keen to explore Nullarbor caves and get away for a bit from his career as draftsman.
So around June 1965 we started work with a reconnaissance accompanied by supervisor Phil Playford.
All the DL TIF files from the CD of Dave's Nullarbor Caves & Geol 1962-68 filed in the CD drawer.
Several were edited and loaded years ago..
We shared film during the GSWA mapping expedition during 1965.
PEP DL blowhole June 65
Very old slide taken by a friend (Glenn), taken on our trip to WA for the ACF conference end 1964. Near Southern Cross.
Donald Campbell wandering around somewhere.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bluebird_K7_in_1960_at_Goodwoo...
Where he was heading to... www.flickr.com/photos/22295180@N06/3978006299/in/photostr...
this is some where on the Great Eastern Highway...
See Lake Bonney where he raced earlier..
www.flickr.com/photos/tctopend/6658222047/in/photostream/
National Geographic Mag story 50 years later.
www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2014/07...
see www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/12744810625/ in the comments below...
see Wikipedia entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Campbell
see removal of dust and dirt tips here...
www.flickr.com/groups/vintagescans/discuss/72157612720905...
and
www.flickr.com/groups/uncle-jerry/
The figure on far right looks like Mad Dog….
the Zoomed in satellite image now shows a track along the back of the dunes towards the cliff....
One of My Fav photos, used as a Screen background on my HP Laptop!
This was not at Twilight Cove, just found the slide. #UPR236
We had our first Christmas together here 50 years ago..
The story refers to Xmas Dec 1965.. Later in Jan. 1966 we headed East
The frozen chicken was cooked in the pressure cooker!
There is a shot here somewhere of Mary sitting in the sand amongst the flies having Xmas dinner..
On the ABC Local radio ..
ABC Radio are running a program on getting your life back?
Moments in your life that were relaxing moments out of the rat race where you were " In the moment" rather than rushing and absorbed in a career or running a family, dashing to work, taking the kids to sport or filling up the car.
I thought of all the 1/125th sec moments at f5.6 that I have in my photo collection
I could select some of my 43,000 images for an album of "Moments in Life" then realised that 95% or so would be suitable.
At least all in my "Faves by others" would be suitable,
My screen saver background on my PC 13-11-20
B2R37-33 Mary cut
This is the Christmas trip in 1967 with Ted Rogers and the Muirs...
see story link below.. also took photos here on 6th Jan 1966 Reading diary 01-01-22
We chucked rocks into the clear water below her!
This is under the Roe Plain, below the main Nullarbor Plain and the escarpment past Madura Pub. all WRONG...
Mary was recently, 2022, reading about the McCombs, who lived next door in Claremont.
Mary babysat the boys while all the parents played bridge with a window open so Mary would bang on a kero tin to attract their attention if she needed help!
www.surgeons.org/member-services/in-memoriam/harold-mccomb/
Just a note!
Nullabor plain
janhawkinsau.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/the-oondiri-travell...
The Nullabor, the name has always irritated me because it is such an enigma to what you actually find. The vast ancient region was named in August 1865, while an explorer was travelling from the east across the Hampton Tablelands, along the most arid of sections. E. A. Delisser in his journal named both the Nullabor and Eucla. This was how the largest limestone karst in the world received its European name. Its meaning is found in the Latin Nullus Arbor (It seems Delisser spelt it Aus’ style) the meaning is however ‘No trees/plants’. This is simple a misconception as the vast region is most certainly not treeless.
To the tribal aboriginal people, the vast plain was known as the Oondiri, meaning a waterless plain, as surface water is not easily found across the ancient karst of limestone. This limestone karst is the largest in the world. It was formed 40 million years ago when the Australian continent broke away from Antarctica and it is also very unstable.
South of Caiguna B2R24-26cliff cut
See ExplorOz track notes, May 2009
www.exploroz.com/TrekNotes/SouthCoast/Nuytsland_Nature_Re...
Dave and I traversed all this country a number of times in '65, and I have some fond memories of all of the Nullarbor, just search my stream for Nullarbor...
noted 34mths after the comment below! 29/5/09
See also wasg.iinet.net.au/nulla.html for a bit about the Nullarbor limestone.
"In 2005, The Wilderness Society nominated the Nullarbor Plain for protection under South Australia’s Wilderness Protection Act. The nomination recognised the cultural significance of the region to its traditional owners.
Widely acclaimed for outstanding natural and cultural heritage values, the Nullarbor is the largest semi-arid karst cave system in the world."
Bunda cliffs now protected as a result of Wilderness Society and other's pressure...
www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/outback-australia/histori...
See old exploration map here..
www.explorationswa.com.au/people/
See an informative blog here about Eyre's crossing here...
www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/edwardJohnEyre.html
Nullabor plain
janhawkinsau.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/the-oondiri-travell...
The Nullabor, the name has always irritated me because it is such an enigma to what you actually find. The vast ancient region was named in August 1865, while an explorer was travelling from the east across the Hampton Tablelands, along the most arid of sections. E. A. Delisser in his journal named both the Nullabor and Eucla. This was how the largest limestone karst in the world received its European name. Its meaning is found in the Latin Nullus Arbor (It seems Delisser spelt it Aus’ style) the meaning is however ‘No trees/plants’. This is simple a misconception as the vast region is most certainly not treeless.
To the tribal aboriginal people, the vast plain was known as the Oondiri, meaning a waterless plain, as surface water is not easily found across the ancient karst of limestone. This limestone karst is the largest in the world. It was formed 40 million years ago when the Australian continent broke away from Antarctica and it is also very unstable.
Baxter Cliffs..
Replaced the above image with new scan from John's original, 19/08/25 4000dpi
Found the receipts for the purchase from Eden Park Service Station, "The House of David" in North Ryde, Sydney! the other day. 30thNov 1964 $565
Perhaps I should have towed one of these for cushy camping.
m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=862360753778473&i...
Reference about its construction and history..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Highway
Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia via the Nullarbor Plain. Signed as National Highways 1 and A1, it forms part of Highway 1 and the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide. It was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who was the first to cross the Nullarbor by land in 1840–1841. Eyre Highway runs from Norseman in Western Australia, past Eucla, to the state border. Continuing to the South Australian town of Ceduna, it then crosses the top of the Eyre Peninsula before reaching the city of Port Augusta in South Australia.
The construction of the East–West Telegraph line in the 1870s, along Eyre's route, resulted in a hazardous trail that could be followed for interstate travel. A national highway was called for, but the federal government did not see the route as important enough until 1941, when a war in the Pacific seemed imminent. The highway was constructed between July 1941 and June 1942, but was trafficable by January 1942. Though originally named Forrest Highway, after John Forrest, by the war cabinet, it was officially named and gazetted Eyre Highway, a name agreed upon by the states' nomenclature committees.
The finished road, while an improvement over the previous route, still was not much more than a track, and remained such throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Efforts to seal the highway began in Norseman in 1960, with the Western Australian section completed in 1969 and the South Australian section finished in 1976. Further improvement works have been undertaken since the 1980s, including widening and reconstructing portions of the road.
Before the trip, I drove to Leichart or Annadale to Jax Tyres and bought two new tyres. Maybe they were tye winter tread Suburnites. Which did well on the Nullarbor.
Just here online in Jax Tyres, Mitchell, in the ACT getting two new ones for the Focus. 02-07-19
The manager said an Italian started the business in 1964, named it after himself, Jacks Tyres, but he miss-spelt it!
We left Dick at Madura to hitch back to Sydney, and John and I continued on to Perth.
The clutch cable broke near Norseman, so I got to become proficient at clutch-less gear changes, a hundred gear changes later, and a few hills, a thousand km, and learning to judge the approach speed at the traffic lights to avoid a stop, as we came into the outskirts of Perth. To stay at the Doc's place, see below.
Great old Nullarbor crossing videos copied from Super8mm
See this bit of history ANOTHER WA CLAIM TO FAME - AUSTRALIA'S FIRST MOTEL
In 1951 a modern motel rose out of the dust of Madura but far from being lonely, life at the first motel in Australia was hectic.
Suffocated by sand hills and 850 miles from Perth, Madura only existed because it was a petrol supply point on the Eyre Highway for east-west motorists. Up to 30 motorcars passing a day in early 1950.
Those travelling from the west would come upon the town quite suddenly after 194 desolate miles from windswept Balladonia. Riding through the scenic Madura Pass, motorists had the joy of riding on 400 yards of bitumen.
The change from rocky, scrubby landscape to the coastal plain was breathtaking. Tall gum trees flanking the pass and framed the Madura Motel sitting prettily on the side of a hill - like an oasis in the desert. Next to the motel was the old Madura station homestead, well known for its hot mineral baths.
Australia's first motel was full of surprises, according to its tall and easy-going licensee 32-year-old Eric Poat.
Most surprises come in the shape of the people who stayed at the motel. They came from all walks of life discovering companionship and sharing stories in the motel's tiny bar. Including hitch-hiking students, cabinet ministers, hobos, honeymooners, and businessmen.
Others were more difficult to classify - like the bespectacled little man who drove up in a van containing two black cockatoos, a kookaburra, a cage of budgerigars, and a 7ft. carpet snake curled up on the seat.
Eric was never happier than when he was working in the quaint bar of the motel. Serving everything from effervescent salts to Scotch, from toothpaste to tinned pineapple. Around the walls were murals drawn by a traveller using charcoal, depicting, in a humorous vein, some of the people who had drunk there.
Occasionally car thieves were intercepted at Madura when they had to call in for petrol or supplies.
There was also the matter of a dead body found buried only 30 yards from the motel, thought by police to be a prospector who died of thirst when making for the Goldfields in the 1890s.
Visitors to Madura would make all sorts of demands. Those for accommodation, meals, petrol, stores, or a double Scotch were easily met. But Eric was often woken in the early hours of the morning for nothing more than a billy of water or a pint of oil.
Caravanners and hitchhikers also created problems by frequently using the motel's facilities for no fee. Once a caravanner asked to use the refrigerator so that he could keep his butter fresh overnight. The next morning the butter and caravanner were gone, plus two dozen eggs and a side of ham!
When Eric was not in the motel bar or attending to the more mundane needs of guests, he was usually with his "wife" a rugged utility truck, huntin', shootin' and fishin' or exploring the Nullarbor caves.
There's a peace about the outback that you don't find in cities, Eric told Western Mail journalist Athol Thomas, before reluctantly returning to Perth in 1952.
My Beetle, and me, in Madura South Cave on the way back from the ASF Conference in WA in 1965. VW Australia said they had enough images for ads like this!!
The Beetle crossed the unsealed Nullarbor 5 times from Dec 1964 to Dec 1965...
From a C41 scan.
See also neg scan www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/303224373/
and some more shots of this trip..
www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/2174392966/
See old exploration map here.
www.explorationswa.com.au/people/
B1R15-130 "Don't need no steeenking four wheeel drive" lol.
see below!
And see Nullarbor Karst in www.australiangeographic.com.au/travel/travel-destination...
Read the disturbing proposal for near Eucla...
60years i don`t make the checkup walk and now so a bullshit!
;-))
Broken shaft in an abandoned iron ore mine
Thanksgiving at Our House ~ Coral Springs, Florida U.S.A.
(left to right) My Mother Mary (81) - My Father Joe (84)
Laura's Mother Vivian (83) - Laura's Father Dino (84)
- Both couples are married to each other 60+ years -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Springs,_Florida
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