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Commencing on the 1st April Awayadays Open top Sightseeing tours of Norwich Volvo B7TL Plaxton President 100 BGO comes past the Railway Station
Having commenced in late March 2016, the Leeds to York CityZap has been a success. Before the first year of this service, there were over 250,000 passengers, who used the service.
The service used five former 36 twindeck Volvo B7TLs with Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini bodywork, 3608-12. These buses although being over fourteen years old still provided a sterling service. However during the late stages of 2018 and in the early stages of 2019, two demonstrator vehicles were tried. The first an integral Wrightbus Daimler engine Streetdeck, used during December 2018. Following the festive season another demonstrator arrived, a ADL E40DMMC, vehicle with a better performance powerpack, for use on an interurban service. The ADL demonstrator was better appointed then the Wrightsbus Streetdeck. Then during the closing stages of 2019, two coaches were sampled on the CityZap, with some interesting views from passengers.
After much deliberation, an order was placed at Wrightsbus for five Streetdecks, each were to be supplied with a 6-clyinder engine coupled to the ZF 6speed Ecolife gearbox, however the unexpected collapse of Wrightsbus in 2019, saw the order withdrawn. As 2020 dawned, the year would see some much change to every industry with in the UK and the world. As the Coronavirus has turned into a worldwide pandemic, overnight from March 23rd the country was paused until June 2020. As the country slowly returned to a Covid-19 normal, businesses also saw an increase with orders. ADL would benefit with and order for 19 high spec E40DMMCs with many enhancements for passengers. The results were launched in early December, with entry into revenue earning service on December 13th.
Here 2015 SK70BWM is seen racing along the A64 passing the Hazelwood Castle, Coastliner bus stop. Heading into Leeds, on the first morning in service as the 11:45 from York, Clifford Street.
Last year in 2007, I began my magic artistic creation trip at Flickr commenced at the series of "Memory of Autumn", and had received so much warm encouragement & support from friends here. And the inspiration of the series of "Memory of Autumn 2007 " came from my travel to Europe, US & Asia from '04- '06, I recreated somewhere sometime about "Memory of Autumn".
This year in 2008, I would like to share the images I took locally at different cities & suburban area in Taiwan, and further utlize all the elements that can make people referring to the "Memory of Autumn". Here comes the first bunch " The bicycle & leaves ", I would like to express the stilling moment of sometime somewhere in your memory about Autumn, which brought you different kinds of emotions, could be sweet, bitter, sadness, happiness etc, and respective moods like forgotten, pain, missing etc.
Maria Callas - Printemps qui commence
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66116 seen at Settle Junction with the fine array of semaphore signals, has a gypsum train in tow as it heads up the long drag on the Settle and Carlisle line comprising almost 22 miles of continual climb to reach the summit at Ais Gill. This is the 6M97 Tees Dock New Biggin British Gypsum.
Middleham Castle is a ruined castle in Middleham in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. It was built by Robert Fitzrandolph, 3rd Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, commencing in 1190.
In 1270 the castle came into the hands of the Neville family, the most notable member of which was Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, known to history as the "Kingmaker", a leading figure in the Wars of the Roses. Following the death of Richard, Duke of York, at Wakefield in December 1460, his younger son, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came into Warwick's care, and lived at Middleham with Warwick's family. His brother King Edward IV was imprisoned at Middleham for a short time, having been captured by Warwick in 1469. Following Warwick's death at Barnet in 1471 and Edward's restoration to the throne, his brother Richard married Anne Neville, Warwick's younger daughter, and made Middleham his main home. Their son Edward (known as Edward of Middleham), was also born at the castle around 1473 or 1476 and later also died there in 1484.
The castle was the childhood home of King Richard III, although he spent very little of his reign there. The castle was built to defend the road from Richmond to Skipton, though some have suggested the original site of the castle was far better to achieve this than the later location. After the death of King Richard III the castle remained in royal hands until it was allowed to go to ruin in the 17th century. Many of the stones from the castle were used in other buildings in the village of Middleham.
Leisure carrier, SunExpress has been expanding in recent years and have become an increasing common fixture into the UK since commencing flights to the nation back in 2022, operating a number of flights to Turkish leisure destinations not typically operated by Türkiye's own flag-carrier. Despite this, SunExpress is 50/50% owned each between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa Group.
SunExpress has had a presence in Manchester since the start of the S21 schedule, initially with a twice weekly flights to and from their main operating base at Antalya which later increased to 4-times weekly. Since then, SunExpress's presence at Manchester has significantly expanded as well as their overall UK presence capitalising on the Turkish leisure market.
Since the S25 schedule at Manchester, SunExpress operates thrice daily to and from Antalya, İzmir sees thrice weekly operations, and twice daily flight to and from Dalaman which is summer seasonal only. For the current W25 schedule, Antalya's and İzmir's frequencies remain the same whilst Dalaman is suspended until the following summer schedule.
Next year, SunExpress will continue their further expansion into Manchester; the leisure carrier will introduce another route this time from Bodrum due to commence from 4th May 2026 which will operate twice weekly. Not only this, SunExpress also plans to launch their first direct flights into East Midlands for the start of the S26 schedule, further showcasing SunExpress's expansion plans.
Currently, SunExpress operates 80 Boeing 737s, which includes 58 Boeing 737-800s and 22 Boeing 737 MAX 8s. SunExpress have 53 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 17 Boeing 737 MAX 10s on-order.
Sierra Papa Juliet is one of 58 Boeing 737-800s operated by SunExpress, delivered new to Turkish low-cost carrier, Pegasus on lease from Deucalion Aviation as TC-ADP on 24th January 2011 before being withdrawn from service on 31st December 2021, later leased to SunExpress as TC-SPJ on 3rd July 2022 and she is powered by 2 CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines.
Boeing 737-82R(WL) TC-SPJ on short finals into Runway 23R at Manchester (MAN) on XQ834 from İzmir-Adnan Menderes (ADB).
Qatar Airways Commence A380 Services To Sydney
Tonight saw the inaugural A380 service from Doha to Sydney by Qatar Airways. This service had been a B77W, but QR have upgraded the service to the A380, and rescheduled it to a slightly later time. It was always going to be difficult shooting at 7.15pm!!
Here is A7-APE landing 16R Sydney Airport, and then entering 'International 2' at Sydney Airport.
For more information please head to 'Points From The Pacific' blog for the full story - pointsfromthepacific.com.au/2016/09/16/qatar-airways-comm...
The move to provide for a Literary and Debating Society commenced in 1896 and slowly grew with the name changing to Mechanics Institute around 1900. Land was acquired and a small building constructed on the site. The committee in response to the increasing need and patronage prepared plans for a new and larger building in 1902, could not afford the tender cost, made adjustments and finally commenced in 1903 building the original hall for £407. The building was opened by TR Smith the local MP. The building was constructed under the supervision of Mr A Stephens.
It is reported that the original hall was constructed from the bricks from the first Lawson railway station, which was located nearby and purchased and moved to the site by the Institute, and that the additions to the front and side were from bricks in the old railway station from Mt Victoria.
The building provided a reading room with a circulating library and a hall seating around 300. It was the only hall in the district until the 1930s and had a wide use including as a picture show. In 1911 the name was changed to Literary Institute and more recently to Lawson Community Centre.
The building was the major social centre for the district until the 1960 period.
As part of Great Western Highway Upgrade works, the front portico was demolished in April 2009. The Highway upgrades altered the grounds of the community hall significantly exposing the structure to the road in an awkward manner.
Source: New South Wales Heritage Register.
wow it was lovely to see the sunshine this weekend!
spent about an hour sat with these guys as the sun shone on the water, making it ridiculously contrasty but provided a fab bokeh background for these graceful creatures
on the main lake a few looked like they had paired up already, and a number of the males were puffed up and looking quite splendid!
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Looking from Lincoln Castle towards the Grade I Listed Lincoln Cathedral, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549) before the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt.
Remigius de Fécamp, the first bishop of Lincoln, moved the Episcopal seat there between 1072 and 1092. Up until then St. Mary's Church in Stow was the "mother church" of Lincolnshire (although it was not a cathedral, because the seat of the diocese was at Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire).
Bishop Remigius built the first Lincoln Cathedral on the present site, finishing it in 1092 and then dying on 9 May of that year, two days before it was consecrated. In 1141, the timber roofing was destroyed in a fire. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral, but it was mostly destroyed by an earthquake about forty years later, in 1185.
The earthquake was one of the largest felt in the UK. The damage to the cathedral is thought to have been very extensive: The Cathedral is described as having "split from top to bottom"; in the current building, only the lower part of the west end and of its two attached towers remain of the pre-earthquake cathedral.
After the earthquake, a new bishop was appointed. He was Hugh de Burgundy of Avalon, France, who became known as St Hugh of Lincoln. He began a massive rebuilding and expansion programme. Rebuilding began with the choir and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic style. Until 1549 the spire was reputedly the tallest medieval tower in Europe, though the exact height has been a matter of debate.
The two large stained glass rose windows, the matching Dean's Eye and Bishop's Eye, were added to the cathedral during the late Middle Ages. The former, the Dean's Eye in the north transept dates from the 1192 rebuild begun by St Hugh, finally being completed in 1235.
After the additions of the Dean's eye and other major Gothic additions it is believed some mistakes in the support of the tower occurred, for in 1237 the main tower collapsed. A new tower was soon started and in 1255 the Cathedral petitioned Henry III to allow them to take down part of the town wall to enlarge and expand the Cathedral.
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile died and King Edward I of England decided to honour her, his Queen Consort, with an elegant funeral procession. After her body had been embalmed, which in the 13th century involved evisceration, Eleanor's viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral, and Edward placed a duplicate of the Westminster tomb there.
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Commencing on Sunday 30th June, Lothian Country will launch its new Green Arrow Express services.
The new routes will be as follows:
EX1: Bathgate Town Centre, Boghall, DIRECT VIA M8, Maybury, Haymarket and The Exchange every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday and hourly on a Sunday
EX2: Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow Town Centre, Springfield, DIRECT VIA M9, RBS Gogarburn, Maybury, Haymarket, and The Exchange every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday and hourly on a Sunday.
Green Arrow will have a bespoke and dedicated team of drivers. The operation will run with a fleet of eight coaches which have been custom built in the UK by Plaxton, part of Alexander Dennis Limited, to exceed customer expectations.
The coaches have an innovative new forward facing wheelchair bay and have been fitted with full coach seating, Wi-Fi, USB charging, mood lighting and audio-visual stop announcements, offering a fantastic customer experience.
Lothian Country Green Arrow 9206 seen here at SVBM during the Open Day on the 19th May 2019.
Lithgow's association with its iron and steel works was another of this city's big manufacturing eras. Its Iron and Steel works commenced in October 1875 when the first iron smelting took place. Ore had been discovered on Eskbank land which was then owned by Enoch Hughes. The foundry was erected nearby after Hughes convinced James Rutherford of Cobb & Co., fame from Bathurst. Ironically the other principal shareholders were the NSW Minister for Public Woriks, the Hon. John Sutherland and Dan WIlliams, an engineer from Canada who worked on the Zig Zag railway prooject. The Eskbank Ironworks then consisted of a blast furnace, foundry and two bar rolling mills with the necessary fitting and smiths' shops. About 20,000 tons of pig iron was made initially from local ores, which was converted into rails and bars. Work was carried on intermittently, until it was decided to pull down the blast furnace and convert the castings into merchant iron.
In May 1880 in the 'Lithgow Report' it stated that the Eskbank Ironworks were working at the rate of four miles of rails per week. The new rails stood the test of forty tons, the required standard being thirty tons. The blast furnace was in full swing and 100 tons per week of rion was anticipated.
The Lithgow Blast Furnace was erected by William Sandford in 1906-1907, a short distance from the Eskbank Colliery which he had purchased outright in 1892. The construction of this later furnace over 1 km away from the Colliery was widely criticised, but its proximity to the railway and its size, providing scope for expansion, made it an understandable choice. It was constructed for the sole purpose of smelting iron from ore. It is a popular misconception that the site was also an ironworks. Indeed the Eskbank Colliery furnace, which had been operating since 1875, is often confused with Sandford's later furnace.
After a layoff the mills at the Eskbank Ironworks were restarted on Monday 30 July 1894. The old system had been discarded and the mills had now commenced on a partially co-operative principle, which it was expected would cheapen production and give better results generally. During the cessation of work the plant was added to and imporoved, in this way the sheet mill now starts equipped to produce nearly double its former product. An order for 100 tons of spike iron, to be supplied at the rate of 10 tons weekly, had been obtained from the Railway Commissioners. The company soon found themselves with an overdraft of about 60,000 pounds and had decided on closing the works when Sandford took them on lease in 1885. He added mill after mill, with powerful shears, furnaces, boilers and rollers, so that now the mills were fully equipped for the work they had to do. Outpot for all classes of finished iron and steel for the three years ending 31/12/1901 averaged over 7000 tons per annum. It did not cover more than a small percentage of what was imported into Sydney.
The works and sidings occupied a space of about 12 acres, situated between the Main Western Railway Line and Farmer's Creek, being connected with the main line at Eskbank Station, with sidings all round the works. Sand for the works was obtained from Farmer's Creek, close by, and loam for the foundry from a paddock adjoining the works. Within the ironworks' fence is a colliery adit, where the coal was drawn out by an engine, and the same skips drawn around the works, so that coal was only handled once, into the skips; and the same skips were tipped into the furnace bins in the ironworks. Coal was thus used fresh from the colliery, and bore comparison in heating qualities with most of the English coals. On the siding to the works was situated the steam sawmills, where timber of any ordinary size coud be cut and delivered to the works.
To heat the iron for the mill, four large furnaces were used, each capable of heating from 5-6 tons of iron per shift. Attached were large horizontal boilers for raising steam by the waste-head from the furnaces. There was a great deal of equipment on site including immense Cornish boilers, weighing 22 tons for raising steam by the waste heat from the furnaces. There was a 1.5 ton steam hammer, massive shears for cutting up rails into lengths, a large gantry, 36" horizontal condensing 175 horse power engine and giant fly-wheels with 30' diameters, weighing 40 tons.
The No. 2 Sheet Mill had a 35 ton flywheel. In the fitting shops were lathes, screwing, drilling and punching machines, nut and bolt machines, and a complete spike-making machine, where spikes for the Railway Construction Department had been made the previous 3 years. The foundry department had two large travelling cranes, a large and small cupola and an air furnace. There was also a large Siemens melting furnace, for dealing with scrap, scrap and pig iron. IT was complete with a steam travelling crane capable of lifting 7 ton cast iron moulds and large wrought iron ladles. Cement used in the works was mostly made at the Cullen Bullen Company's lime and cement works, about 10 miles from Lithgow.
There was another mill principally for rolling sheets for galvanising and corrugating sheets up to 12' long and 27 gauge.
On 24 April 1901 Sandford organised a gala dinner to announce that he and his sone Esk had successfully tapped the first viable quantities of steel produced in Australia at the Eskbank Ironworks. He had been working Eskbank since the 1880s, and although tapping steel was a triumph, he was nearly exhausted by it. Sandford felt iron and steel were basic commodities and needed to be boosted, and tried every which way to protect and support his vennture. While Lithgow's coal miners were free traders, iron workers and their bosses were protectionists, so, to advance his cause, Sandford ran as a protectionist against Joseph Cook in the 1901 federal parliamentary election. He then tried to convicen the NSW government to take over the works.
Finally, when a tender for steel and iron supply became available he bribed three parliamentarians, including WIlliam Holman, to win the contract. Part of that deal included the construction of a blast furnace, to enable production of pig iron for steel. Sandford complied.
The Blast Furnace was 'blown in' on 13 May 1907. It was Sandford's proudest moment and won him the title of the father of the Australian steel industry. His relations with workers were relatively harmonious and beneficient and the Eskbank estate was, to him, a satisfyingly noisy and smoky place. However behind the scenes, Sandford was financially and mentally strained. He could not raise capital but was unwilling to cede his management to external investors such as John Lysagth Ltd., and although Charles Hoskins and his brother George looked at the plant, they pulled out when they saw the state of the books.
The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, which had underwritten the operation, foreclosed on the ironworks on 9 December 1907, although it kept the Blast Furnace running. With 700 out of work, the Premier invited the Hoskins brothers to take over the Lithgow iron and steelworks. Althought he complicated deal ensured Sandford's debts were paid and he received enough money to guarantee his financial security, he was devastated and felt deceived by Charles Hoskins. His parting with the Lithgow community was sad for him, his wife Caroline, the workers and their community.
The furnace was officially opened by the premier of New South Wales on May 13, 1907. William Sandford Ltd. soon ran into financial trouble and could not fulfil its contract to supply the government with pig-iron, so in 1908 the company was purchased by Hoskins Bros, owners of the premier manufacturer of iron pipes in Australia. They made few initial alterations to the Blast Furnace, although the ironworks underwent substantial changes. The Hoskins also succeeded in having Sandford's government contract transferred to themselves and extended until the end of 1916. Their success prompted them to build 80 coke ovens and a second blast furnace at the eastern end of the site in 1913. The second furnace was a near replica of Sandford's original construction. Fifteen coke ovens were added shortly afterwards to cope with the extra fuel requirements.
The Hoskins were highly active in the development of the ironworking industry and staunchly opposed the growth of unionism. The Hoskins were clear-sighted about the technological problems of the steel and ironworks, and the labour issues, and had considerable business acumen, but Charles Hoskins was impatient and imperious and provoked industrial unrest as soon as he set foot in Lithgow in 1908. He was also a protectionist, and although his negotiations with government over tariffs were never entirely successful, he did manage to get the Eskbank enterprise onto a solid footing before the surge in production caused by World War II.
The outbreak of WWI saw considerable expansion in operations, although Lithgow's monopoly on iron smelting was about to be seriously challenged by BHP, who opened their Newcastle plant in 1915. However, the opening of a Small Arms factory in Lithgow ensured that the Hoskins' works flourished. A great deal of their profit was ploughed back into the expansion of capacity at the steelworks. In 1923 a fifth blowing engine was added to the original furnace. At 400 tons, it was the largest in Australia.
In the mid 1920s, the decision was taken to move operations to Port Kembla, where the natural resource and transport network were more attractive. The Lithgow site was abandoned in 1928, although the last employees were dismissed in 1932.
The site was bought by the Lithgow City Council and was opened to the public as the The Lithgow Blast Furnace Park in 1988.
Source: Heritage Council of New South Wales.
White Bus of Winkfield commenced operation of a number of new Surrey services today (Sat 1st September 2018) using a fleet of 5 brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC / ADL B30F buses.
New routes that began today are:
437 Woking-West Byfleet;
462 Woking-Guildford via Burpham;
463 Woking-Guildford via Clandon;
500 Staines-Frimley Park Hospital.
The new buses are:
57 YX68ULT (was YX68UHL);
58 YX68ULU (was YX68UHM);
59 YX68ULV (was YX68UHN);
60 YX68ULW (was YX68UHO);
61 YX68ULY (was YX68UHP).
Commencée en 1324 à l'initiative de Sanche, roi de Majorque en style gothique méridional, le chantier est presque abandonné à la fin du royaume en 1344.
La collégiale devient cathédrale en 1602 en supplantant l'ancien siège épiscopal d'Elne.
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...en concert au Tanzmatten à Sélestat le 05-12-2019
Une légende du Rock :
Chris Slade, le batteur britannique d’AC/DC, a un CV énorme : il commence sa carrière pro avec Tom Jones en 1963, puis collectionne les disques d’or avec Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Uriah Heep, Gary Numan, The Firm avec Jimmy Page, Gary Moore, et tourne également avec David Gilmour.Chris Slade rejoint AC/DC sur le mythique album The Razors Edge. Sa puissance, sa mise en place diaboliquement métronomique et ses deux grosses caisses latérales marquent l’histoire du rock : le AC/DC Live At Donington en est un témoignage brûlant. De retour dans AC/DC depuis 2015 après un break de plusieurs années, il propose, en parallèle, avec les cinq musiciens de son groupe Chris Slade Timeline, un set retraçant le côté rock/hard rock de sa carrière.Chris Slade, c'est plus de 50 ans de carrière derrière les fûts, plus de 50 ans à marteler les rythmes des morceaux de nombreux artistes prestigieux !Il jouera les titres légendaires du groupe AC/DC, mais aussi ceux de Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Uriah Heep et Gary Moore.
A legend of Rock:
Chris Slade, the British drummer of AC/DC, has a huge resume: he starts his pro career with Tom Jones in 1963, then collects gold records with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Uriah Heep, Gary Numan, The Firm with Jimmy Page, Gary Moore, and also with David Gilmour.Chris Slade joins AC/DC on the legendary album The Razors Edge. Its power, its diabolically metroonomic setting and its two large side crates mark the history of rock: the AC/DC Live At Donington is a burning testimony. Back in AC/DC since 2015 after a break of several years, he proposes, in parallel, with the five musicians of his band Chris Slade Timeline, a set tracing the rock/hard rock side of his career.Chris Slade, it is more than 50 years of career behind the barrels, more than 50 years to hammer the rhythms of the songs of many prestigious artists! He will play the legendary titles of the AC/DC band, but also those of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Uriah Heep and Gary Moore.
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Extending nearly forty kilometres into Lake Erie, Long Point is a sand spit that presents a dangerous obstacle for mariners but also creates Long Point Bay, a protected anchorage on its northern side. A stone lighthouse commenced operation on the tip of Long Point in 1830 to help guide mariners around the hazard, but shortly thereafter a civil engineer was sent to investigate the feasibility of excavating a canal across the base of Long Point to provide a shortcut for mariners sailing along the northern shore of Lake Erie.
Nature stepped in in late 1833 and formed its own cut across the base of the sand spit, and the committee established to construct a canal across Long Point now just had to build piers to maintain the opening. A lightship was stationed at Long Point Cut in 1844 to help mariners that for the past decade had been using the passage to avoid “making the great circuit of Long Point.”
The condition of the cut was noted in the annual report of the Chairman of the Board of Works for the Province of Canada in 1846:
“The Western point of the beach has made considerably to the eastward during the last eighteen months, so much so as to have rendered the alteration of the position of the light-vessel necessary; yet, under all the existing disadvantages, this place is one of very great importance as an asylum, not less than twenty-six vessels having been in it at one time last autumn through stress of weather. Were the breadth of this channel once fixed, and means adopted for preventing the silt from along shore being carried into it, there can be no doubt, that, with very little assistance by dredging, a direct channel with a sufficient depth of water could be established, and kept open through it by natural forces…”
Measures taken to keep the channel open were not sufficient, and when the cut filled up, the lightship was transferred to Lake St. Francis in 1857 and mariners were once again forced to round Long Point or portage their vessels across the sand spit as First Nation and others had done before.
After a storm in 1865 opened up an even deeper channel across Long Point, Parliament appropriated funds in 1878 for a lighthouse to mark it. The following description of the lighthouse was published by the Department of Marine in 1879:
During the past season a new Lighthouse has been erected on the east side of the new channel at the west end of Long Point, Lake Erie, in the County of Norfolk, and the Light put in operation on the 15th October. The Light is a revolving red catoptric, and attains its greatest brilliancy every minute. It is elevated 52 feet above high water mark, and in clear weather should be seen 12 miles. The building is of wood, painted white, and consists of a square tower 56 feet high, with dwelling attached.
Roderick Cameron built the lighthouse for $2,077, while E. Chanteloup provided the lantern room, lighting apparatus, and stand for $1,951.88. William E. Dickinson was hired as the light’s first keeper at an annual salary of $400.
On a bitterly cold morning in December 1884, Keeper Dickinson was gazing out at Lake Erie from the comfort of the lighthouse when he spotted a black object bobbing in the water. After the mysterious flotsam washed up on the icebound shore, Dickinson hurried out and discovered it was a body, wrapped in rope and with its hands tied. Figuring the corpse was a sailor who had been given a watery grave, the keeper crafted a rough box and buried the remains on Long Point. A brief account in a newspaper announced the discovery of the body, and the following March, John Piggott, accompanied by detective John Murray, visited Long Point and exhumed the body to see if it was Marshall Piggott, John’s missing brother.
Marshall Piggott was last seen on November 17, 1884, and the following day, Havelock Smith visited Marshall’s mother wanting her to make good on a $1,300 note that Marshall had recently given him. After John Piggott, and later his mother, identified the remains as being Marshall Piggott, Murray was able to deduce that Smith had murdered Marshall and thrown his weighted-down body into Lake Erie, before trying to extort money from Marshall’s mother with a forged note. The case was tried twice, but both times the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict and Smith went free.
The Canadian government announced that Long Point Cut Lighthouse would be discontinued at the close of navigation in 1916, as the cut had filled up several years earlier, but it then reconsidered its decision, and the light remained in operation until 1919, with Mrs. C.E. Mason serving as its final keeper.
No longer needed as a navigational aid, the lighthouse was first sold to a Mr. Hancock. This sale irked the Long Point Company, which had purchased much of Long Point in 1866 from the government to make a private hunting and had then had part of this land expropriated in 1879 to build the lighthouse.
Over the next several years, the lighthouse was significantly altered, with a verandah being built around three sides of the structure and a square lookout room replacing the original iron polygonal lantern.
In December 1998, Peter and Brigitte Westaway purchased the lighthouse from the widow of the property’s second owner, who had used it as a hunting cottage. The Westaways hired Carlos Ventin, a noted Canadian restoration architect, to draw up plans for restoring the lighthouse to its original appearance and adding some extra living space that would complement the historic building.
Starting in the spring of 1999, contractors removed the wrap-around verandah and siding that consisted of two layers of asphalt shingles, a layer of clapboards, and a layer of cedar shakes, as the first step in returning the lighthouse to its original profile. The painstaking restoration, which saw the first floor be converted into a living room, guest bedroom, and bath, and the second floor into a master bedroom and bath, was recognized as the Most Outstanding Historical Restoration in Ontario for that year. A modern kitchen and screened-in porch are linked to the lighthouse by a breezeway.
Commencée en 792 et terminée en 805, cette merveille octogonale était la chapelle du Palais impérial de Charlemagne.
De nombreux éléments (colonnes de porphyre, chapiteaux) sont des remplois d'éléments byzantins ou romains prélevées en Italie.
La mosaïque de la coupole centrale est l'oeuvre de Jean-Baptiste Béthune, artiste belge, exécutée de 1879 à 1881 en remplacement de la mosaïque originale disparue au XVIIIe siècle.
...en concert au Tanzmatten à Sélestat le 05-12-2019
Une légende du Rock :
Chris Slade, le batteur britannique d’AC/DC, a un CV énorme : il commence sa carrière pro avec Tom Jones en 1963, puis collectionne les disques d’or avec Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Uriah Heep, Gary Numan, The Firm avec Jimmy Page, Gary Moore, et tourne également avec David Gilmour.Chris Slade rejoint AC/DC sur le mythique album The Razors Edge. Sa puissance, sa mise en place diaboliquement métronomique et ses deux grosses caisses latérales marquent l’histoire du rock : le AC/DC Live At Donington en est un témoignage brûlant. De retour dans AC/DC depuis 2015 après un break de plusieurs années, il propose, en parallèle, avec les cinq musiciens de son groupe Chris Slade Timeline, un set retraçant le côté rock/hard rock de sa carrière.Chris Slade, c'est plus de 50 ans de carrière derrière les fûts, plus de 50 ans à marteler les rythmes des morceaux de nombreux artistes prestigieux !Il jouera les titres légendaires du groupe AC/DC, mais aussi ceux de Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Uriah Heep et Gary Moore.
A legend of Rock:
Chris Slade, the British drummer of AC/DC, has a huge resume: he starts his pro career with Tom Jones in 1963, then collects gold records with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Uriah Heep, Gary Numan, The Firm with Jimmy Page, Gary Moore, and also with David Gilmour.Chris Slade joins AC/DC on the legendary album The Razors Edge. Its power, its diabolically metroonomic setting and its two large side crates mark the history of rock: the AC/DC Live At Donington is a burning testimony. Back in AC/DC since 2015 after a break of several years, he proposes, in parallel, with the five musicians of his band Chris Slade Timeline, a set tracing the rock/hard rock side of his career.Chris Slade, it is more than 50 years of career behind the barrels, more than 50 years to hammer the rhythms of the songs of many prestigious artists! He will play the legendary titles of the AC/DC band, but also those of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Uriah Heep and Gary Moore.
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Le montage commence le 1er juillet 1887 pour s'achever vingt-et-un mois plus tard.
Tous les éléments sont préparés à l'usine de Levallois-Perret à côté de Paris, siège de l'entreprise Eiffel. Chacune des 18 000 pièces de la Tour est dessinée et calculée avant d'être tracée au dixième de millimètre et assemblée par éléments de cinq mètres environ. Sur le site, entre 150 et 300 ouvriers, encadrés par une équipe de vétérans des grands viaducs métalliques, s'occupent du montage de ce gigantesque meccano.
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The assembly begins July 1st, 1887 to end twenty one months later.
All the elements are prepared for the factory of Levallois-Perret next to Paris, siege of the company Eiffel. Each of 18 000 parts of the Tower is drawn and calculated before being drawn in the tenth of millimeter and assembled by five meter elements approximately. On the site, between 150 and 300 workers, supervised by veterans' team of the big metallic viaducts, take care of the assembly editing of this meccano gigantic.
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Refrain from staring for too long, for something within you will inevitably commence an unconscious search for meaning.
The world is complex and much is in flux - reorientation is many people's everyday life - Spend some time on this series of pictures -
Ultra brand new lady commenced service just one month ago!
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Or something like that.
If you know me or Choco for quite a while now you miiight know that Choco once had a Naked Snake/Big Boss doll.
He isn't with us anymore, but I kept the outfit for Schwarz since they have similar jobs (Schwarz is like some weird mash-up of Bond, Archer and Naked) and why not. The outfit is not complete and not as accurate as I'd like it to be, but enough for a quick picture :D
And before someone asks: nope, Schwarz did not get his eyepatch because of Big Boss. There are lotsa MGS hints among my group, because I am a sucker for this godforsaken game series that means so much to me, but the eyepatch funny enough is not one.
Taking the picture was a lot more complicated then I thought due the pose, and you can't even see his gun from his angle nor that I made him a little earpiece for codec calls :'C
Since he pretty much fell over every few seconds I only got a few pictures, but considering I am in a deep hate hole with my stuff right now anyway that's okay.
I didn't really nail the "muddy, hazy green in-game" aesthetic as much as I wanted, but I made so many different color versions already I just called it a day for now.
Ara
Herr Schwarz - Iplehouse EID Arvid
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Happy Pancake Day!
P.S. This title is a favourite line from The Simpsons - “There's No Disgrace Like Home" S01E04.
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Dream Caused by the Feverish Flight of a Concupiscent Pigeon Around a Daliesque Girona's place One Second Before the Nightmare of Awakening.
(a 3D dream . . inspired by the Dali's sleep (YouTube))
(an animation created by CJP . . inspired by the Dali's sleep (YouTube))
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Study of the day:
[...] Quel est le type de contrôle qui convient à l’expression des mécanismes inconscients de la pensée dans l'écriture automatique ? .. Je dis seulement qu'il ne faut pas y voir une écriture incontrôlée. Ces artistes, de la création automatique, se réclament tous d’un contrôle, à commencer par Dali, puisqu’il ne fait pas de la paranoïa, mais il fait de la paranoïa un usage critique, la paranoïa devient une méthode de critique du monde et de ses apparences.
( Gilles Deleuze - Pensée et automatisme - Cours de l'Université Paris 8 )
[...] What kind of control fits to the expression of unconscious mechanisms of thought in the automatic writing ? .. I just say that we have not to see here an uncontrolled writing. These artists, of automatic creation, claim all the practice of a control, starting with Dali, he doesn't make some paranoia, but he makes an active practice of the paranoia, the paranoia becomes a method of the world critic and of its appearances.
( Gilles Deleuze - Thought and automation - Paris 8 University courses )
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Je commence une petite série automnale prise sur les bords du lac Pavin.
Le lac Pavin est un lac d'origine volcanique situé dans le massif des Monts Dore dans le Massif central, près de la commune Besse-en-Chandesse.
Situé à une altitude de 1 197 mètres, il s’est formé dans le cratère d’un ancien volcan, c’est ce que l’on appelle un maar. De forme presque parfaitement circulaire avec un diamètre de 700 à 800 mètres, il a une profondeur de 92 mètres, ce qui en fait le plus profond d'Auvergne. La rivière Couze Pavin qui passe a 300 mètres du lac n'est pas alimentée par ce dernier qui ne possède par ailleurs aucun émissaire.
Il est d'origine très récente contrairement au massif des Monts Dore. Il semble qu'il se soit formé à la fin de la période d'activité volcanique qui a créé la chaîne des Puys, soit il y a environ 7 000 ans. L'explosion qui l'a formé fut très violente : des traces de cet événement ont été retrouvées jusque dans les sédiments du lac Léman, alors que son volume est estimé à 75 millions de m3.
Par temps clair, le ciel bleu se reflétant dans l'eau, il est presque bleu-nuit. Par contre, par temps d’orage, ses eaux profondes apparaissent très sombres, ce qui lui a sans doute valu son nom de Pavin (du latin pavens, épouvantable).
The lake Pavin is a lake of volcanic origin situated in the massif of "Mont-Dore" in Massif Central, near the municipality of Besse-en-Chandesse.
Situated at a 1 197 meter height, it formed in the crater of a former volcano, it is what we call a maar. Of almost perfectly circular shape with a diameter from 700 to 800 meters, it has a 92 meter depth, what makes it the deepest of Auvergne.
It is of very recent origin contrary to the massif of "Mont-Dore". It seems that it forms at the end of the volcanic period of activity which created the chain of Volcanic hills, is approximately 7 000 years ago. The explosion which formed it was very violent: tracks of this event were found to sediments of the Lake Geneva, while its volume is estimated at 75 millions of m3.
In clear weather, the blue sky being reflected in the water, it is almost at blue-night. On the other hand, by stormy weather, its deep waters seem very dark, what was doubtless worth to its name of Pavin (of the Latin pavens, dreadful).
sce Wikipedia
Bonne journée à tous. merci pour vos visites et commentaires.
Have a nice day. Thanks for your visits and comments.
"Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Construction commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the High Middle Ages. Like many of the medieval cathedrals of England it was built in the Gothic style.
It was the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1548), and the first building to hold that title after the Great Pyramid of Giza. The central spire collapsed in 1548 and was not rebuilt. For hundreds of years the cathedral held one of the four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta, now securely displayed in Lincoln Castle. The cathedral is the fourth largest in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft), after Liverpool, St Paul's and York Minster. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held ... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln had a 2012 population of 94,600. The 2011 census gave the urban area of Lincoln, which includes North Hykeham and Waddington, a population of 130,200. Roman Lindum Colonia developed from an Iron Age settlement on the River Witham. The city's landmarks include Lincoln Cathedral, an example of English Gothic architecture and the tallest building in the world for over 200 years, and the 11th-century Norman Lincoln Castle. The city is home to the University of Lincoln and Bishop Grosseteste University, and to Lincoln City FC and Lincoln United FC." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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22/05/18 - Rail Operation Groups 37800 'Cassiopeia' in the striking Europhoenix livery leads 345037 at North Staffs Junction on 5Q42 Old Dalby - Crewe LNWR. Where it would commence its mileage accumulation runs before entering service on the Elizabeth Line
The AC/DC Railtour pictured departing from Wadsley Bridge on 16th September 1978 hauled by class 76 locos 76021 & 76013. The special commenced at Birmingham New St behind 84002 and travelled to Manchester Piccadilly via Wolverhampton and Crewe.
"Commencée au milieu du 13ème siècle et terminée au 16ème siècle, Saint-Gatien décline toute la gamme du style gothique; le chevet en montre l'origine, le transept et la nef l'épanouissement, la FACADE FLAMBOYANTE l'apothéose.
La façade s'élance de façon très harmonieuse; une légère asymétrie évite toute monotonie. Assise sur une muraille gallo-romaine, la base des tours est romane, ses puissants contreforts latéraux l'attestent.
Le riche décor de la façade a été ajouté au 15ème siècle: tympans ajourés, archivoltes en feston, gâbles ornementés de feuillages aux portails. La partie supérieure de la tour nord, du 15ème siècle, est prolongée par un élégant dôme à lanternon de la première Renaissance, tout comme le clocher sud, construit au 16ème siècle directement sur la tour romane." (Le Guide Vert Châteaux de la Loire)
Je commence une petite série automnale prise sur les bords du lac Pavin.
Le lac Pavin est un lac d'origine volcanique situé dans le massif des Monts Dore dans le Massif central, près de la commune Besse-en-Chandesse.
Situé à une altitude de 1 197 mètres, il s’est formé dans le cratère d’un ancien volcan, c’est ce que l’on appelle un maar. De forme presque parfaitement circulaire avec un diamètre de 700 à 800 mètres, il a une profondeur de 92 mètres, ce qui en fait le plus profond d'Auvergne. La rivière Couze Pavin qui passe a 300 mètres du lac n'est pas alimentée par ce dernier qui ne possède par ailleurs aucun émissaire.
Il est d'origine très récente contrairement au massif des Monts Dore. Il semble qu'il se soit formé à la fin de la période d'activité volcanique qui a créé la chaîne des Puys, soit il y a environ 7 000 ans. L'explosion qui l'a formé fut très violente : des traces de cet événement ont été retrouvées jusque dans les sédiments du lac Léman, alors que son volume est estimé à 75 millions de m3.
Par temps clair, le ciel bleu se reflétant dans l'eau, il est presque bleu-nuit. Par contre, par temps d’orage, ses eaux profondes apparaissent très sombres, ce qui lui a sans doute valu son nom de Pavin (du latin pavens, épouvantable).
The lake Pavin is a lake of volcanic origin situated in the massif of "Mont-Dore" in Massif Central, near the municipality of Besse-en-Chandesse.
Situated at a 1 197 meter height, it formed in the crater of a former volcano, it is what we call a maar. Of almost perfectly circular shape with a diameter from 700 to 800 meters, it has a 92 meter depth, what makes it the deepest of Auvergne.
It is of very recent origin contrary to the massif of "Mont-Dore". It seems that it forms at the end of the volcanic period of activity which created the chain of Volcanic hills, is approximately 7 000 years ago. The explosion which formed it was very violent: tracks of this event were found to sediments of the Lake Geneva, while its volume is estimated at 75 millions of m3.
In clear weather, the blue sky being reflected in the water, it is almost at blue-night. On the other hand, by stormy weather, its deep waters seem very dark, what was doubtless worth to its name of Pavin (of the Latin pavens, dreadful).
sce Wikipedia
Bonne journée à tous. merci pour vos visites et commentaires.
Have a nice day. Thanks for your visits and comments.
Arriva London Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 HV411 (LF18AWC) on Prince Charles Road, Blackheath, preparing to commence a 202 journey to Crystal Palace following a curtailment at Blackheath Village.
Commencée en 1324 à l'initiative de Sanche, roi de Majorque en style gothique méridional, le chantier est presque abandonné à la fin du royaume en 1344.
La collégiale devient cathédrale en 1602 en supplantant l'ancien siège épiscopal d'Elne.
A quick photo from yesterday of Aaron's experiment with pannacotta, chocolate and raspberry dessert before commencing eating process ... which involved slow and thorough sampling of tiny spoonfuls and commenting on taste, texture and aftertaste. Aaron brings in his creations to work for testing, and I'm one of the lucky guinea pigs.
Commencée au milieu du XIIe siècle, achevée vers 1220, la cathédrale de Saint-Paul est un des plus beaux exemples d'art roman provençal.
Classée monument historique depuis 1840.
L'ancien maître autel.
Le retable évoque l'évêque Saint-Martin-des-Ormeaux.
Lamington National Park includes a series of densely forested valleys and ranges rising to more than 1,100m on the crest of the McPherson Range, which marks the New South Wales--Queensland border. The park lies on the southern edge of the Scenic Rim, a chain of mountains stretching from the Gold Coast hinterland to Mount Mistake and is joined by parks, such as the Border Rangers National Park, in New South Wales.
First Nations people lived in this area, carefully managing and using its rich natural resources for thousands of years. Known as ‘Woonoongoora’ in the Yugambeh language, the mountains of Lamington National Park are sacred and spiritual, places to be nurtured and respected.
The Yugambeh family groups are identified as the Wangerriburra, Birinburra, Gugingin, Migunberri, Mununjali, Bollongin, Minjungbal and Kombumerri. They shared language, ceremonies, celebrations and economic exchange.
This kinship group used both the open forest and rainforest. Evidence of their occupation has been found in various parts of the park, including the ‘Kweebani’ (cooking) cave near Binna Burra. It is believed a traditional pathway passed through the southern section of Lamington National Park.
Lamington National Park is born—the Gazettal:
Lamington National Park has found a place in the hearts of many that have visited over the last 100 years. The campaign to preserve the resource-rich, mountainous land as national park began in the 1890s with a particularly passionate grazier Robert Collins, who, while travelling overseas, learned about the world’s first national park, Yellowstone, in the United States.
‘… within sight of Brisbane there is a fine area with a climate more equable than any New Zealand town enjoys, volcanic soil of surpassing richness, deep shady forests and scrubs, cool running streams, and splendid, bold mountain scenery.’
Mr Collins was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1896 and campaigned to have the area declared a national park. While New South Wales and Victoria had successfully declared national parks by 1900, many in Queensland still saw the land as a timber supply or potential dairy farm, and opposition remained strong. Attitudes began to shift by 1906 when the Queensland Parliament passed the State Forests and National Parks Act 1906. This led to the state’s first national park, Witches Falls (Tamborine Mountain), being declared in March 1908.
In 1911, Romeo Lahey, the engineer son of a Canungra sawmiller, joined the campaign and continued the fight after Collins’ death in 1913. Lahey argued that an even larger parcel of land should be protected, and drummed up support from locals with ‘lantern lectures’ (slide shows) and door-knocking.
In July 1915, 19,035ha of mountainous, forested land was declared Lamington National Park, in honour of the past Queensland Governor Lord Lamington. It was the state’s ninth national park, accomplished by a 20-year campaign.
Lahey and Lamington:
For Romeo Lahey, the campaign to protect the area that would become Lamington National Park would be a life-long passion that would last long after gazettal. The son of a timber-getter and Canungra sawmill operator, Lahey would often explore the surrounding region. In 1911, while studying an engineering degree at Sydney University, he returned to South East Queensland with a friend, William Potts, and documented their journey up the Coomera River to the border (McPherson Range). The article set in train his concept of a larger national park on the Queensland side of the McPherson Range.
‘…it is a land of mountains, waterfalls, valleys, rivers, scrubs, forests, magnificent panorama and charming spots teeming with native animals and plant life. Its mountains run up to 4000ft. high, and its waterfalls are not equalled outside the State. Within a five mile radius of the head of the Coomera River, there are fifty falls from 20ft to 600ft high, some of them the finest I have ever seen’.
Later that year, Lahey made his first approach to the Queensland Government for a large national park in a letter to Hon. E.H. Macartney, Minister for Lands.
‘This country contains some of the most beautiful country scenery I have ever seen…and culminates in the McPherson range in peaks over 4000ft high, from which an unsurpassed panorama is obtained over NSW and SE Queensland, including Brisbane. It is an ideal place in every way for a National Park… It will make a splendid preserve for game; at present it teems with all forms of native animal and bird life, many forms of which (e.g. lyre bird) are becoming extinct.’
In 1913, Lahey continued to write letters promoting the area of the McPherson Range for consideration as a national park to the Lands Department and copied letters to the shire councils of Tamborine and Beaudesert and then Premier Hon. D.F. Denham. He emphasised the economic and national importance of leaving scrub in rough country and articulated the responsibility of his generation in handing down to the next the ‘great heritage’ that had been handed to them.
‘I implore you in the name of, and for the sake of generations yet unborn, to vote for the immediate and total reservation of that area.’
The Beaudesert and Tamborine councils responded favourably to the idea, with the Tamborine Council supportive of the whole area being national park while the Beaudesert Council was agreeable to setting aside around 400ha for national park.
When World War I (WW1) broke out in August 1914, focus shifted away from the national park proposition. Undeterred, Lahey continued the campaign and in April 1915 he wrote to the Lands Minister, Hon. James Tolmie about his exploration of the McPherson Range. By May he had used lantern lectures (slide shows) and canvassed residents around the area of the proposed park for signatures on a petition in favour of the national park. He then wrote to the Minister of Lands Department advising that 521 residents of the district, a clear majority, had signed a petition in favour. He included an 11 page letter setting out 10 reasons for reserving the proposed national park; including the health benefits, the economic benefits, and the benefit to flora and fauna species preservation.
‘The reserve should be set apart for ever for the use and benefit of our people as a whole and not sacrificed to the short-sighted greed of a few.’
Following the state election and the new TJ Ryan Labor Government in May 1915, Lahey appealed to the newly appointed Minister for Lands, Hon. John Hunter, with a letter, photographs and signed petition. On 30 July 1915, the park was proclaimed and gazetted as Lamington National Park in honour of Lord Lamington.
After the area was proclaimed and gazetted as Lamington National Park, Lahey continued to fight for the national park ideal. In October 1915, he delivered a lecture to the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia Queensland Branch titled ‘Some reasons why national parks should be established in Queensland, with special reference to Lamington National Park’, and called for other large areas to be reserved as national parks as well as an extension of the state forest system. While enlisted in WW1 with the 11th Field Company Engineers AIF, Lahey continued to steer discussion about the park’s management, protection of all species, its access and the naming of locations (he suggested Aboriginal words be used as placenames).
‘There is only one way to “improve” a national park and this is to leave it absolutely alone.’
Hon. J. Hunter responded:
‘I could wish that you were here to help with your advice and other ways on this great matter which although to-day is not of much consequence will to come generations be of the greatest moment because the preservation and value of these creations cannot be overestimated. …One thing I am quite determined upon and that is the preservation of the park—an heirloom to the State as nature left it.’
By September 1919, Lahey had returned to Australia and was available to act as guide for Mr J. Hunter (now Queensland Agent General elect.) on his first visit to Lamington.
Rangers of Lamington:
When Lamington National Park was first gazetted in 1915, the park was barely surveyed, and there was no protection against illegal logging and poaching. In July 1918, Lamington National Park was declared a ‘reserve for the protection and preservation of native birds and native animals’. In December that year, the Queensland Naturalists explored, collected and recorded the flora and fauna found in the remote wilderness areas of Lamington National Park. New plant species were collected and the name ‘Green Mountains’ was coined as a result of their visit.
The park remained largely unpatrolled apart from scientists and government surveyors, until early 1919, when the O’Reilly brothers and cousins, along with Mr George Rankin were appointed unpaid honorary rangers under The Native Animals Protection Act 1906. Later that year, Mick O’Reilly was made the first paid park ranger, for £4 a week, an above average wage for the time (the average wage then was about £3 18s 7d a week (3 pounds and 18 shillings 7 pennies)). Mick O’Reilly had recently returned from the WWI Middle East campaign and was charged with protecting the park boundaries against illegal logging and poaching and eventually commencing the access tracks to scenic locations.
In 1937, the Forestry Sub-Department employed Lamington’s first forest ranger, Jack Gresty, and Gus Kouskos was appointed first track sub-foreman. An official full-time national park ranger for South Queensland, George Gentry, had also been appointed. Despite the Great Depression (1929–1939), government funding was approved for construction of tracks and other facilities beginning in July 1937. With the use of relief workers, groups of up to 50 men were employed to build a large portion of the track system, much of which is still open today. It is during this time that the Main Border Track was constructed. Built in two sections; one track crew from O’Reilly’s cut their way towards a second track crew working from Binna Burra, the 21.4km Border Track cost £1080 (approx. $90,300 today) and took 17 months to construct.
Construction crews lived in tent-like accommodation and spent their days clearing trees, shifting large rocks and excavating and benching slopes by hand along the surveyed route.
Many of the techniques, such as rock wall pitching and the construction of stone inverts, are still used in track building and maintenance today.
Today, Lamington is the second-largest national park on the Scenic Rim, and is internationally renowned for its ecological importance and inherent beauty.
In 1994, Lamington was World Heritage-listed and is now part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area that was previously known as the Central Eastern Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area.
QPWS rangers continue the role of protecting and presenting this World Heritage-listed park while managing increased visitation and the demand on facilities and park infrastructure.
Source: Queensland Government: Parks & Forests (Department of Environment & Science)