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“Mon Repos” – Bert Hinkler’s house
This building once sat over 16,000 kilometres away amongst the oak trees of Thornhill Estate in Sholing, Southampton, England.
Built in 1925, it was named “Mon Repos” after the Bundaberg beach where the young Bert Hinkler tested his homemade gliders.
Bert Hinkler shared “Mon Repos” with his partner Nance Jarvis from 1925 until his death in 1933.
Close to Bert’s workplace, the AV Roe Experimental Works at Hamble, “Mon Repos” became a haven for his many friends and colleagues from the aviation industry.
Bert planned most of his record-breaking solo flights in the living room. He used the secluded fields around the original site to carry out tests on the “Ibis”, the amphibious aircraft he designed and built with Roland Bound in 1929.
After Bert died, Nance continued to live in the house until 1952 when she emigrated to South Africa. It then became the property of the Southampton City Council and home to a number of families. In 1982 “Mon Repos” was listed for demolition to make way for a block of retirement units.
Bundaberg resident and long-time Hinkler admirer Lex Rowland became concerned that such an historic building might be destroyed. In response to a national advertisement for projects to support the Australian bicentenary celebrations Lex came up with a plan to relocate the house to Bundaberg, Hinkler’s birthplace, and create a museum in Hinkler’s honour.
Such an undertaking had only been attempted once before in Australia’s history, the relocation of Captain Cook’s cottage from England to Melbourne in 1934. However, community support for the proposal showed this was a building of immense national interest.
With only weeks remaining to meet the Southampton City Council’s demolition deadlines, the Bundaberg Bicentennial Committee appointed a subcommittee to plan the relocation.
In May 1983 the three-man dismantling team set off for the United Kingdom to effect the brick by brick pull down of “Mon Repos” house. A month later, the house was shipped to Australia in two 20 tonne containers.
Here in the grounds of the newly-created Bundaberg Botanic Gardens “Mon Repos” was painstakingly rebuilt under the control of Site Manager, A E Bent, and the Rotary Club of East Bundaberg with S C Lohse and J A Rowland assisting.
Hinkler House Memorial Museum opened on 16 June 1984. The adjoining Hinkler Hall of Aviation opened on 8 December 2008.
Hinkler House Memorial Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of the Committee and the loyal group of friends and volunteers who made the project possible. [Ref: Plaque at Mon Repos]
*Squadron Leader H J L Hinkler, AFC DSM.
Herbert John Louis (Bert) Hinkler, chief test pilot at the Hamble Experimental Establishment of A V Roe & Co, and world-renowned long distance aviator and inventor.
His pioneering solo flights in light aeroplanes included England to Australia (1928) and Canada to England, via Brazil and West Africa (1931).
Bert Hinkler was born at Bundaberg, Queensland, on 8 December 1892, and lost his life in an aircraft crash on Mount Pratomagno, Italy, on 7 January 1933, while on a flight to Australia. [Ref: Plaque in Botanic Garden]
In 1933 Hinkler left Heathrow on 7 January in his Puss Moth, on a flight to Australia and disappeared. The crashed plane and Hinkler’s body were found on the northern slopes of Pratomagno in the Apennines between Florence and Arezzo, Italy, on 27 April. He had survived the crash and died outside the wreckage. On Mussolini’s orders he was buried in Florence with full military honours. [Ref: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, (MUP) 1983 article by E P Wixted]
HINKLER’S DARING EXPLOITS
The following brief account of Lieutenant Bert Hinkler's career appeared in the March issue of the “Aircraft," published in Sydney:-
From England, unheralded, after an absence of seven years, Mr Bert Hinkler landed in Sydney on March 18. With him is the 35 hp (Green) Avro "Baby''— G-EACQ — in which he last year made the brilliant non-stop flight of 650 miles from London to Turin, and which, a few weeks later, and without overhaul, he piloted to second place in the London Aerial Derby.
These two achievements should have brought Australia's leading newspaper men scurrying down to the wharf as soon as his uncommon (but now familiar) name appeared in the “Ascanius” passenger-list. One would have thought so, at any rate. But Hinkler, apparently, is destined to be "without honour in his own country." At the time of writing he has been back six days and no reference to his presence in our midst has yet been published in any Australian paper. He expects to leave Sydney at the end of the month, or early in April, but before returning to his wife in England he will call upon his parents in Bundaberg, Queensland, and say, "Bertie's come home from the war!”
Of diminutive build, the young Queenslander is a veritable dynamo of energy and of almost inexhaustible resource. Whether it be a flight from Australia to New Zealand, a non-stop to Melbourne or Brisbane or any other stunt. On Friday, March 18, as soon as the "Ascanius" had docked, he made a bee-line for Union House, introduced himself, to the Avro agents (A A & E C Ltd), announced that the "Baby" was on board and asked for workshop accommodation at Mascot, which was readily given. Informed that the Royal Agricultural Show would open on the following Monday and that the Avro people would exhibit, he hastened back to the wharf, located the case, got it out of the hold and carted down to Mascot the same afternoon. During the weekend he entirely reassembled the historic machine and bright and early on opening day had the "Baby" on view at the A A & E Co's stand. There the writer found him, chatting with Messrs Nigel Love and W E ("Billy") Hart [both pioneer aviators].
“For sheer perserverance” remarked the last-named member of the party, “Bert is hard to beat. I remember him calling at my office in Sydney about nine or ten years ago, when I was doing a little flying on my own. He had made a special journey all the way from Bundaberg, where he had been experimenting with gliders, and literally begged me to give him a job. Eventually I got "Wizard” Stone [A B Stone, American aviator] to take him as a mechanic. They were together for some time.”
Hinkler said: "I just made my way to England and prowled around the drome at Kingston, sticky-beaking into this, that and the other, until at last Tom Sopwith realised that it would be less trouble to find me a job in his factory than to hunt me off the premises day after day. So he signed me on as a mechanic.”
On the outbreak of war, youth and inches notwithstanding, he was accepted by the RNAS — chiefly on Mr Sopwith's strong recommendation—and September 1914 found him a full-fledged second-class air-mechanic (2/ a day) attached to the Coast Defence Station at Whitley Bay, Northumberland. While there the first Zeppelin ever sighted by a British aeroplane was seen over the coast, and Hinkler enjoys the distinction of being the Observer in an 80-Gnome "Bristol” that was sent up to attack her. The raider immediately headed for the Fatherland, chased by the "Bristol' until some thirty miles out to sea when her pursuer lost their bearings in a cloudbank. Hinkler on this occasion was armed with nothing more formidable than an old rifle and a couple of signalling rockets.
Transferred to France early in l9l6, he took part in the first long-distance air raids on German towns along the Saar Valley: later, from the Dunkirk base, he was engaged in several night bombing raids, on a Handley Page 0/400. Next (on D H 4's) came a series of day-bombing excursions, the objective being a chain of enemy aerodromes scattered throughout Belgium.
In his leisure he patented the Hinkler Double Lewis Gun and got it generally adopted by No 5 Squadron, RNAS. It is noteworthy that his CO was a brother Australian, Wing-Commander S J Goble, now a member of the Commonwealth Air Council and Air Board.
Mr Hinkler obtained his pilot's commission in 1917, while in France and was posted to No 28 Squadron, RAF ('Camels'), stationed in Italy, where he remained until the Armistice.
Last year, suffering acutely from what he describes as "airman's itch”, he procured the “Baby” and fitted it with “a few little gadgets” of his own – notably the movable needle jet for carburettor adjustment, the Hinkler Compass and the Hinkler Altitude-Recorder.
Then, having increased the petrol capacity from 10 gallons to 25, he one day astonished and delighted the entire flying world by making the record (and hitherto unattempted) non-stop flight from London to Turin — now also a matter of history. This accomplished he flew, on to Rome and then back to London, "dropping in" quite casually and unexpectedly in time for the Avro people to feature his "Baby” as star attraction of the Aeronautical Exhibition at the Olympia.
While this exhibition was in progress he suddenly decided to enter his machine for the Aerial Derby (a circuit of 200 miles) for which race he took it straight from the Olympia. The engine had already run for 50 hours without attention, but there was no time for tuning before the Derby. In this contest it was, of course, necessary to run the little "Green" full out. He attained second place in 2 hours 45 minutes, beaten for the premier position by Captain Hammersley, also on an Avro "Baby"— but a brand new one. This performance speaks extremely well for the reliability of the 35 hp engine and has proven a revelation to many flying experts, particularly on the point of petrol consumption, his average on the London-Turin flight being 33 miles to the gallon.
The hero of these exploits is to be guest of honour of the New South Wales Section of the Australian Aero Club, who will entertain him to a banquet at the Hotel Australia.
[Ref: Bundaberg Mail Tuesday 12-4-1921]
The Great Famine or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine, because about two-fifths of the population was solely reliant on this cheap crop for a number of historical reasons. During the famine, approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%.
'Famine' (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. Captain William Scott, a native of the Shetland Isles, was a veteran of the Atlantic crossing, gave up his office job in New Brunswick to take the 'Perserverance' out of Dublin. He was 74 years old. The Steerage fare on the ship was £3 and 210 passengers made the historical journey. They landed in New York on the 18th May 1846. All passengers and crew survived the journey.
In June 2007, a second series of famine sculptures by Rowan Gillespie, was unveiled by President Mary McAleese on the quayside in Toronto's Ireland Park to remember the arrival of these refugees in Canada.
Fishing boat doorway. (Fishing boat "Kildonan" of Ullapool).
pro73 - Emulation Assignment 03: Pete Turner (due July 26)
Summer is here! For many of us this means warmer temperatures, sunshine, and… color. The photographer to emulate for this assignment is Pete Turner. He was one of the first U.S. photographers to embrace color photography and became known for bold colors and compelling compositions.
Mission:
Emulate the work of Pete Turner. Seek out color. Place as much importance on color as on the subject and composition. In other words, color should play a major role in your photo. Use it for drama, intensity, mood and impact. Study Turner's photographs and see what makes them stand out. Present your assignment photo in any format. Turner's work is not only found in galleries but on albums, books, magazines, and in advertising.
dWIT (Detailed What it Took)
1. My major influences were these works
www.peteturner.com/Classics/index.html
Old Age
www.peteturner.com/Americana/index.html
Welcome
www.peteturner.com/Misc2/index.html
Smiling Woman
www.peteturner.com/Walls/index.html
Doorways and Stairs
2. what you like and/or don't like about Pete Turner's style
This is a really difficult question! I find his style a bit like going on holiday to somewhere exotic. It’s wonderful for a week or two, but home is best. It’s not a style I would aspire to.
3. your thoughts and/or thought process behind your assignment submission
I tried several image styles – the blues, where I ended up trying out changes of WB to get the blue tones, but to leave the red, for example. This I found more successful than applying a filter afterwards. I also used colour changes on b&w images, but again, I wasn’t wholly happy with the end product.
In the end, I looked for yellows and rust colours in my environment. I found them on an old fishing boat in the harbour. These tones responded well to a slight boost in saturation without looking false. I liked the result.
4. how your photo reflects elements of Turner's style
I think my photo reflects his style in the warmth of the tones and although some might think it is a little busy, I think it is a pleasing composition overall.
5. what you gained as a photographer from studying Pete Turner's work
Patience, perserverance and which colours respond best to the treatment he gave them. I can understand the blues for impact and the yellows and golds in his African shots. I think it is ‘horses for courses’ which I should use. Winter will be good for the blues. Africa for the hot shades! Lol!
Kate
With apologies for posting to another group, but I thought I would submit this to a local competition. I suspected it wouldn't elicit many comments. :)
My set if you want to look at the others I took for this emulation project.
Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.
As you may know, we came to Cuba on the bequest of our great friend, 1crzqbn. She suggested we meet Fidel and Raúl. Through great perserverance on Martina's part, she recieved an invitation for our little hapless family to attend Fidel's speech to the Cuban National People's Power Assembly. Fidel is very worried about the state of the world. Original photograph by (Xinhua/Wang Pei)
The Great Famine or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine, because about two-fifths of the population was solely reliant on this cheap crop for a number of historical reasons. During the famine, approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%.
'Famine' (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. Captain William Scott, a native of the Shetland Isles, was a veteran of the Atlantic crossing, gave up his office job in New Brunswick to take the 'Perserverance' out of Dublin. He was 74 years old. The Steerage fare on the ship was £3 and 210 passengers made the historical journey. They landed in New York on the 18th May 1846. All passengers and crew survived the journey.
In June 2007, a second series of famine sculptures by Rowan Gillespie, was unveiled by President Mary McAleese on the quayside in Toronto's Ireland Park to remember the arrival of these refugees in Canada.
friday on my mind: the morning following the 4 hour storm, during which there was constant lightning, thunder and torrential rain
the legendary Glastonbury Music Festival, held in Somerset, England
“Mon Repos” – Bert Hinkler’s house
This building once sat over 16,000 kilometres away amongst the oak trees of Thornhill Estate in Sholing, Southampton, England.
Built in 1925, it was named “Mon Repos” after the Bundaberg beach where the young Bert Hinkler tested his homemade gliders.
Bert Hinkler shared “Mon Repos” with his partner Nance Jarvis from 1925 until his death in 1933.
Close to Bert’s workplace, the AV Roe Experimental Works at Hamble, “Mon Repos” became a haven for his many friends and colleagues from the aviation industry.
Bert planned most of his record-breaking solo flights in the living room. He used the secluded fields around the original site to carry out tests on the “Ibis”, the amphibious aircraft he designed and built with Roland Bound in 1929.
After Bert died, Nance continued to live in the house until 1952 when she emigrated to South Africa. It then became the property of the Southampton City Council and home to a number of families. In 1982 “Mon Repos” was listed for demolition to make way for a block of retirement units.
Bundaberg resident and long-time Hinkler admirer Lex Rowland became concerned that such an historic building might be destroyed. In response to a national advertisement for projects to support the Australian bicentenary celebrations Lex came up with a plan to relocate the house to Bundaberg, Hinkler’s birthplace, and create a museum in Hinkler’s honour.
Such an undertaking had only been attempted once before in Australia’s history, the relocation of Captain Cook’s cottage from England to Melbourne in 1934. However, community support for the proposal showed this was a building of immense national interest.
With only weeks remaining to meet the Southampton City Council’s demolition deadlines, the Bundaberg Bicentennial Committee appointed a subcommittee to plan the relocation.
In May 1983 the three-man dismantling team set off for the United Kingdom to effect the brick by brick pull down of “Mon Repos” house. A month later, the house was shipped to Australia in two 20 tonne containers.
Here in the grounds of the newly-created Bundaberg Botanic Gardens “Mon Repos” was painstakingly rebuilt under the control of Site Manager, A E Bent, and the Rotary Club of East Bundaberg with S C Lohse and J A Rowland assisting.
Hinkler House Memorial Museum opened on 16 June 1984. The adjoining Hinkler Hall of Aviation opened on 8 December 2008.
Hinkler House Memorial Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of the Committee and the loyal group of friends and volunteers who made the project possible. [Ref: Plaque at Mon Repos]
*Squadron Leader H J L Hinkler, AFC DSM.
Herbert John Louis (Bert) Hinkler, chief test pilot at the Hamble Experimental Establishment of A V Roe & Co, and world-renowned long distance aviator and inventor.
His pioneering solo flights in light aeroplanes included England to Australia (1928) and Canada to England, via Brazil and West Africa (1931).
Bert Hinkler was born at Bundaberg, Queensland, on 8 December 1892, and lost his life in an aircraft crash on Mount Pratomagno, Italy, on 7 January 1933, while on a flight to Australia. [Ref: Plaque in Botanic Garden]
In 1933 Hinkler left Heathrow on 7 January in his Puss Moth, on a flight to Australia and disappeared. The crashed plane and Hinkler’s body were found on the northern slopes of Pratomagno in the Apennines between Florence and Arezzo, Italy, on 27 April. He had survived the crash and died outside the wreckage. On Mussolini’s orders he was buried in Florence with full military honours. [Ref: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, (MUP) 1983 article by E P Wixted]
HINKLER’S DARING EXPLOITS
The following brief account of Lieutenant Bert Hinkler's career appeared in the March issue of the “Aircraft," published in Sydney:-
From England, unheralded, after an absence of seven years, Mr Bert Hinkler landed in Sydney on March 18. With him is the 35 hp (Green) Avro "Baby''— G-EACQ — in which he last year made the brilliant non-stop flight of 650 miles from London to Turin, and which, a few weeks later, and without overhaul, he piloted to second place in the London Aerial Derby.
These two achievements should have brought Australia's leading newspaper men scurrying down to the wharf as soon as his uncommon (but now familiar) name appeared in the “Ascanius” passenger-list. One would have thought so, at any rate. But Hinkler, apparently, is destined to be "without honour in his own country." At the time of writing he has been back six days and no reference to his presence in our midst has yet been published in any Australian paper. He expects to leave Sydney at the end of the month, or early in April, but before returning to his wife in England he will call upon his parents in Bundaberg, Queensland, and say, "Bertie's come home from the war!”
Of diminutive build, the young Queenslander is a veritable dynamo of energy and of almost inexhaustible resource. Whether it be a flight from Australia to New Zealand, a non-stop to Melbourne or Brisbane or any other stunt. On Friday, March 18, as soon as the "Ascanius" had docked, he made a bee-line for Union House, introduced himself, to the Avro agents (A A & E C Ltd), announced that the "Baby" was on board and asked for workshop accommodation at Mascot, which was readily given. Informed that the Royal Agricultural Show would open on the following Monday and that the Avro people would exhibit, he hastened back to the wharf, located the case, got it out of the hold and carted down to Mascot the same afternoon. During the weekend he entirely reassembled the historic machine and bright and early on opening day had the "Baby" on view at the A A & E Co's stand. There the writer found him, chatting with Messrs Nigel Love and W E ("Billy") Hart [both pioneer aviators].
“For sheer perserverance” remarked the last-named member of the party, “Bert is hard to beat. I remember him calling at my office in Sydney about nine or ten years ago, when I was doing a little flying on my own. He had made a special journey all the way from Bundaberg, where he had been experimenting with gliders, and literally begged me to give him a job. Eventually I got "Wizard” Stone [A B Stone, American aviator] to take him as a mechanic. They were together for some time.”
Hinkler said: "I just made my way to England and prowled around the drome at Kingston, sticky-beaking into this, that and the other, until at last Tom Sopwith realised that it would be less trouble to find me a job in his factory than to hunt me off the premises day after day. So he signed me on as a mechanic.”
On the outbreak of war, youth and inches notwithstanding, he was accepted by the RNAS — chiefly on Mr Sopwith's strong recommendation—and September 1914 found him a full-fledged second-class air-mechanic (2/ a day) attached to the Coast Defence Station at Whitley Bay, Northumberland. While there the first Zeppelin ever sighted by a British aeroplane was seen over the coast, and Hinkler enjoys the distinction of being the Observer in an 80-Gnome "Bristol” that was sent up to attack her. The raider immediately headed for the Fatherland, chased by the "Bristol' until some thirty miles out to sea when her pursuer lost their bearings in a cloudbank. Hinkler on this occasion was armed with nothing more formidable than an old rifle and a couple of signalling rockets.
Transferred to France early in l9l6, he took part in the first long-distance air raids on German towns along the Saar Valley: later, from the Dunkirk base, he was engaged in several night bombing raids, on a Handley Page 0/400. Next (on D H 4's) came a series of day-bombing excursions, the objective being a chain of enemy aerodromes scattered throughout Belgium.
In his leisure he patented the Hinkler Double Lewis Gun and got it generally adopted by No 5 Squadron, RNAS. It is noteworthy that his CO was a brother Australian, Wing-Commander S J Goble, now a member of the Commonwealth Air Council and Air Board.
Mr Hinkler obtained his pilot's commission in 1917, while in France and was posted to No 28 Squadron, RAF ('Camels'), stationed in Italy, where he remained until the Armistice.
Last year, suffering acutely from what he describes as "airman's itch”, he procured the “Baby” and fitted it with “a few little gadgets” of his own – notably the movable needle jet for carburettor adjustment, the Hinkler Compass and the Hinkler Altitude-Recorder.
Then, having increased the petrol capacity from 10 gallons to 25, he one day astonished and delighted the entire flying world by making the record (and hitherto unattempted) non-stop flight from London to Turin — now also a matter of history. This accomplished he flew, on to Rome and then back to London, "dropping in" quite casually and unexpectedly in time for the Avro people to feature his "Baby” as star attraction of the Aeronautical Exhibition at the Olympia.
While this exhibition was in progress he suddenly decided to enter his machine for the Aerial Derby (a circuit of 200 miles) for which race he took it straight from the Olympia. The engine had already run for 50 hours without attention, but there was no time for tuning before the Derby. In this contest it was, of course, necessary to run the little "Green" full out. He attained second place in 2 hours 45 minutes, beaten for the premier position by Captain Hammersley, also on an Avro "Baby"— but a brand new one. This performance speaks extremely well for the reliability of the 35 hp engine and has proven a revelation to many flying experts, particularly on the point of petrol consumption, his average on the London-Turin flight being 33 miles to the gallon.
The hero of these exploits is to be guest of honour of the New South Wales Section of the Australian Aero Club, who will entertain him to a banquet at the Hotel Australia.
[Ref: Bundaberg Mail Tuesday 12-4-1921]
Avro 534 Baby
“Mon Repos” – Bert Hinkler’s house
This building once sat over 16,000 kilometres away amongst the oak trees of Thornhill Estate in Sholing, Southampton, England.
Built in 1925, it was named “Mon Repos” after the Bundaberg beach where the young Bert Hinkler tested his homemade gliders.
Bert Hinkler shared “Mon Repos” with his partner Nance Jarvis from 1925 until his death in 1933.
Close to Bert’s workplace, the AV Roe Experimental Works at Hamble, “Mon Repos” became a haven for his many friends and colleagues from the aviation industry.
Bert planned most of his record-breaking solo flights in the living room. He used the secluded fields around the original site to carry out tests on the “Ibis”, the amphibious aircraft he designed and built with Roland Bound in 1929.
After Bert died, Nance continued to live in the house until 1952 when she emigrated to South Africa. It then became the property of the Southampton City Council and home to a number of families. In 1982 “Mon Repos” was listed for demolition to make way for a block of retirement units.
Bundaberg resident and long-time Hinkler admirer Lex Rowland became concerned that such an historic building might be destroyed. In response to a national advertisement for projects to support the Australian bicentenary celebrations Lex came up with a plan to relocate the house to Bundaberg, Hinkler’s birthplace, and create a museum in Hinkler’s honour.
Such an undertaking had only been attempted once before in Australia’s history, the relocation of Captain Cook’s cottage from England to Melbourne in 1934. However, community support for the proposal showed this was a building of immense national interest.
With only weeks remaining to meet the Southampton City Council’s demolition deadlines, the Bundaberg Bicentennial Committee appointed a subcommittee to plan the relocation.
In May 1983 the three-man dismantling team set off for the United Kingdom to effect the brick by brick pull down of “Mon Repos” house. A month later, the house was shipped to Australia in two 20 tonne containers.
Here in the grounds of the newly-created Bundaberg Botanic Gardens “Mon Repos” was painstakingly rebuilt under the control of Site Manager, A E Bent, and the Rotary Club of East Bundaberg with S C Lohse and J A Rowland assisting.
Hinkler House Memorial Museum opened on 16 June 1984. The adjoining Hinkler Hall of Aviation opened on 8 December 2008.
Hinkler House Memorial Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of the Committee and the loyal group of friends and volunteers who made the project possible. [Ref: Plaque at Mon Repos]
*Squadron Leader H J L Hinkler, AFC DSM.
Herbert John Louis (Bert) Hinkler, chief test pilot at the Hamble Experimental Establishment of A V Roe & Co, and world-renowned long distance aviator and inventor.
His pioneering solo flights in light aeroplanes included England to Australia (1928) and Canada to England, via Brazil and West Africa (1931).
Bert Hinkler was born at Bundaberg, Queensland, on 8 December 1892, and lost his life in an aircraft crash on Mount Pratomagno, Italy, on 7 January 1933, while on a flight to Australia. [Ref: Plaque in Botanic Garden]
In 1933 Hinkler left Heathrow on 7 January in his Puss Moth, on a flight to Australia and disappeared. The crashed plane and Hinkler’s body were found on the northern slopes of Pratomagno in the Apennines between Florence and Arezzo, Italy, on 27 April. He had survived the crash and died outside the wreckage. On Mussolini’s orders he was buried in Florence with full military honours. [Ref: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, (MUP) 1983 article by E P Wixted]
HINKLER’S DARING EXPLOITS
The following brief account of Lieutenant Bert Hinkler's career appeared in the March issue of the “Aircraft," published in Sydney:-
From England, unheralded, after an absence of seven years, Mr Bert Hinkler landed in Sydney on March 18. With him is the 35 hp (Green) Avro "Baby''— G-EACQ — in which he last year made the brilliant non-stop flight of 650 miles from London to Turin, and which, a few weeks later, and without overhaul, he piloted to second place in the London Aerial Derby.
These two achievements should have brought Australia's leading newspaper men scurrying down to the wharf as soon as his uncommon (but now familiar) name appeared in the “Ascanius” passenger-list. One would have thought so, at any rate. But Hinkler, apparently, is destined to be "without honour in his own country." At the time of writing he has been back six days and no reference to his presence in our midst has yet been published in any Australian paper. He expects to leave Sydney at the end of the month, or early in April, but before returning to his wife in England he will call upon his parents in Bundaberg, Queensland, and say, "Bertie's come home from the war!”
Of diminutive build, the young Queenslander is a veritable dynamo of energy and of almost inexhaustible resource. Whether it be a flight from Australia to New Zealand, a non-stop to Melbourne or Brisbane or any other stunt. On Friday, March 18, as soon as the "Ascanius" had docked, he made a bee-line for Union House, introduced himself, to the Avro agents (A A & E C Ltd), announced that the "Baby" was on board and asked for workshop accommodation at Mascot, which was readily given. Informed that the Royal Agricultural Show would open on the following Monday and that the Avro people would exhibit, he hastened back to the wharf, located the case, got it out of the hold and carted down to Mascot the same afternoon. During the weekend he entirely reassembled the historic machine and bright and early on opening day had the "Baby" on view at the A A & E Co's stand. There the writer found him, chatting with Messrs Nigel Love and W E ("Billy") Hart [both pioneer aviators].
“For sheer perserverance” remarked the last-named member of the party, “Bert is hard to beat. I remember him calling at my office in Sydney about nine or ten years ago, when I was doing a little flying on my own. He had made a special journey all the way from Bundaberg, where he had been experimenting with gliders, and literally begged me to give him a job. Eventually I got "Wizard” Stone [A B Stone, American aviator] to take him as a mechanic. They were together for some time.”
Hinkler said: "I just made my way to England and prowled around the drome at Kingston, sticky-beaking into this, that and the other, until at last Tom Sopwith realised that it would be less trouble to find me a job in his factory than to hunt me off the premises day after day. So he signed me on as a mechanic.”
On the outbreak of war, youth and inches notwithstanding, he was accepted by the RNAS — chiefly on Mr Sopwith's strong recommendation—and September 1914 found him a full-fledged second-class air-mechanic (2/ a day) attached to the Coast Defence Station at Whitley Bay, Northumberland. While there the first Zeppelin ever sighted by a British aeroplane was seen over the coast, and Hinkler enjoys the distinction of being the Observer in an 80-Gnome "Bristol” that was sent up to attack her. The raider immediately headed for the Fatherland, chased by the "Bristol' until some thirty miles out to sea when her pursuer lost their bearings in a cloudbank. Hinkler on this occasion was armed with nothing more formidable than an old rifle and a couple of signalling rockets.
Transferred to France early in l9l6, he took part in the first long-distance air raids on German towns along the Saar Valley: later, from the Dunkirk base, he was engaged in several night bombing raids, on a Handley Page 0/400. Next (on D H 4's) came a series of day-bombing excursions, the objective being a chain of enemy aerodromes scattered throughout Belgium.
In his leisure he patented the Hinkler Double Lewis Gun and got it generally adopted by No 5 Squadron, RNAS. It is noteworthy that his CO was a brother Australian, Wing-Commander S J Goble, now a member of the Commonwealth Air Council and Air Board.
Mr Hinkler obtained his pilot's commission in 1917, while in France and was posted to No 28 Squadron, RAF ('Camels'), stationed in Italy, where he remained until the Armistice.
Last year, suffering acutely from what he describes as "airman's itch”, he procured the “Baby” and fitted it with “a few little gadgets” of his own – notably the movable needle jet for carburettor adjustment, the Hinkler Compass and the Hinkler Altitude-Recorder.
Then, having increased the petrol capacity from 10 gallons to 25, he one day astonished and delighted the entire flying world by making the record (and hitherto unattempted) non-stop flight from London to Turin — now also a matter of history. This accomplished he flew, on to Rome and then back to London, "dropping in" quite casually and unexpectedly in time for the Avro people to feature his "Baby” as star attraction of the Aeronautical Exhibition at the Olympia.
While this exhibition was in progress he suddenly decided to enter his machine for the Aerial Derby (a circuit of 200 miles) for which race he took it straight from the Olympia. The engine had already run for 50 hours without attention, but there was no time for tuning before the Derby. In this contest it was, of course, necessary to run the little "Green" full out. He attained second place in 2 hours 45 minutes, beaten for the premier position by Captain Hammersley, also on an Avro "Baby"— but a brand new one. This performance speaks extremely well for the reliability of the 35 hp engine and has proven a revelation to many flying experts, particularly on the point of petrol consumption, his average on the London-Turin flight being 33 miles to the gallon.
The hero of these exploits is to be guest of honour of the New South Wales Section of the Australian Aero Club, who will entertain him to a banquet at the Hotel Australia.
[Ref: Bundaberg Mail Tuesday 12-4-1921]
Great gray owl, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
A couple of owl photos from my collection...
Great gray owls are the largest owls in North America. A resident of boreal forests, they are more common in Canada and Alaska—in fact Yosemite is the southern end of the their range.
The afternoon before I made this photograph I had spotted my first great gray in Crane Flat Meadow, but hadn’t been able to photograph it. That night I dreamt that I photographed a great gray owl perched on a tree covered in bright green staghorn lichen. I rose early the next morning and returned, and soon spotted this owl hunting along the edge of one of the meadows. Eventually I followed it to another small strip of meadow, and as I walked around a bend found it perched in front of this white fir snag—covered in staghorn lichen. It posed for a minute or two as it listened for prey, then flew on to another perch.
Famine (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. Captain William Scott, a native of the Shetland Isles, was a veteran of the Atlantic crossing, gave up his office job in New Brunswick to take the 'Perserverance' out of Dublin. He was 74 years old. The Steerage fare on the ship was £3 and 210 passengers made the historical journey. They landed in New York on the 18th May 1846. All passengers and crew survived the journey.
In June 2007, a second series of famine sculptures by Rowan Gillespie, was unveiled by President Mary McAleese on the quayside in Toronto's Ireland Park to remember the arrival of these refugees in Canada.
You are my sunshine. Thank you for encouraging me to continue with my photography and art. Your compliments came when I needed to hear them the most.
I just love how tiny little mushrooms can push up all of this ground-this one was about 11/2 inches tall.
Perserverance and brute force won the day, and I did manage to get into the radio and only broke one clip.
Unfortunately I can't see any obvious component failure - all the caps look intact, there's no obviously dry solder and no scorch marks.
Time for more intensive testing.
This evening however, Laura pointed out to me that Lucy had adopted a very strange kitty yoga position. Maybe she's inspired by Commonwealth gymnastics. Either way, she looked comfy!
'Famine' (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. Captain William Scott, a native of the Shetland Isles, was a veteran of the Atlantic crossing, gave up his office job in New Brunswick to take the 'Perserverance' out of Dublin. He was 74 years old. The Steerage fare on the ship was £3 and 210 passengers made the historical journey. They landed in New York on the 18th May 1846. All passengers and crew survived the journey.
In June 2007, a second series of famine sculptures by Rowan Gillespie, was unveiled by President Mary McAleese on the quayside in Toronto's Ireland Park to remember the arrival of these refugees in Canada.
The Famine Memorial
This sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emmigrate during the 19th Century Irish famine.The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay, in Dublin's Docklands.
The location of the statues is particularly appropiate and historic as one of the first voyages of the famine period was on the "Perserverance" which sailed from Custom House Quay on St Patrick's day in 1846.
Detail of the neck of an elaborately painted red-figure terracotta volute krater (vessel for mixing liquids, usually water and wine). A head of a beautiful young woman emerges from a flowering plant, surrounded by tendrils and other open flowers. Above the head is a stylized floral border.
The scene on the front of this large krater captures the moment that the Greek hero Herakles (also known as Hercules) ascends to Mount Olympus to live with the gods. Athens, the patron goddess of heroes, accompanies Herakles in a chariot drawn by four high flying horses. Behind them two women bring jars of water to extinguish the pyre where, just moments before, his mortal remains were cremated. A crowd of gods and goddesses including Eros, Aphrodite, Pan, Artemis, Apollo, Zeus, and Hermes await the arrival of the superhuman whose perserverance in the face of overwhelming odds earned him fame and immortality.
Greek, from Apulia, Italy (part of Magna Graecia, Great Greece), ca. 330 BCE. Red-figure terracotta.
Art Institute of Chicago, anonymous loan (ARTIC 17.2012)
'Famine' (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. Captain William Scott, a native of the Shetland Isles, was a veteran of the Atlantic crossing, gave up his office job in New Brunswick to take the 'Perserverance' out of Dublin. He was 74 years old. The Steerage fare on the ship was £3 and 210 passengers made the historical journey. They landed in New York on the 18th May 1846. All passengers and crew survived the journey.
In June 2007, a second series of famine sculptures by Rowan Gillespie, was unveiled by President Mary McAleese on the quayside in Toronto's Ireland Park to remember the arrival of these refugees in Canada.
“Mon Repos” – Bert Hinkler’s house
This building once sat over 16,000 kilometres away amongst the oak trees of Thornhill Estate in Sholing, Southampton, England.
Built in 1925, it was named “Mon Repos” after the Bundaberg beach where the young Bert Hinkler tested his homemade gliders.
Bert Hinkler shared “Mon Repos” with his partner Nance Jarvis from 1925 until his death in 1933.
Close to Bert’s workplace, the AV Roe Experimental Works at Hamble, “Mon Repos” became a haven for his many friends and colleagues from the aviation industry.
Bert planned most of his record-breaking solo flights in the living room. He used the secluded fields around the original site to carry out tests on the “Ibis”, the amphibious aircraft he designed and built with Roland Bound in 1929.
After Bert died, Nance continued to live in the house until 1952 when she emigrated to South Africa. It then became the property of the Southampton City Council and home to a number of families. In 1982 “Mon Repos” was listed for demolition to make way for a block of retirement units.
Bundaberg resident and long-time Hinkler admirer Lex Rowland became concerned that such an historic building might be destroyed. In response to a national advertisement for projects to support the Australian bicentenary celebrations Lex came up with a plan to relocate the house to Bundaberg, Hinkler’s birthplace, and create a museum in Hinkler’s honour.
Such an undertaking had only been attempted once before in Australia’s history, the relocation of Captain Cook’s cottage from England to Melbourne in 1934. However, community support for the proposal showed this was a building of immense national interest.
With only weeks remaining to meet the Southampton City Council’s demolition deadlines, the Bundaberg Bicentennial Committee appointed a subcommittee to plan the relocation.
In May 1983 the three-man dismantling team set off for the United Kingdom to effect the brick by brick pull down of “Mon Repos” house. A month later, the house was shipped to Australia in two 20 tonne containers.
Here in the grounds of the newly-created Bundaberg Botanic Gardens “Mon Repos” was painstakingly rebuilt under the control of Site Manager, A E Bent, and the Rotary Club of East Bundaberg with S C Lohse and J A Rowland assisting.
Hinkler House Memorial Museum opened on 16 June 1984. The adjoining Hinkler Hall of Aviation opened on 8 December 2008.
Hinkler House Memorial Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of the Committee and the loyal group of friends and volunteers who made the project possible. [Ref: Plaque at Mon Repos]
*Squadron Leader H J L Hinkler, AFC DSM.
Herbert John Louis (Bert) Hinkler, chief test pilot at the Hamble Experimental Establishment of A V Roe & Co, and world-renowned long distance aviator and inventor.
His pioneering solo flights in light aeroplanes included England to Australia (1928) and Canada to England, via Brazil and West Africa (1931).
Bert Hinkler was born at Bundaberg, Queensland, on 8 December 1892, and lost his life in an aircraft crash on Mount Pratomagno, Italy, on 7 January 1933, while on a flight to Australia. [Ref: Plaque in Botanic Garden]
In 1933 Hinkler left Heathrow on 7 January in his Puss Moth, on a flight to Australia and disappeared. The crashed plane and Hinkler’s body were found on the northern slopes of Pratomagno in the Apennines between Florence and Arezzo, Italy, on 27 April. He had survived the crash and died outside the wreckage. On Mussolini’s orders he was buried in Florence with full military honours. [Ref: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, (MUP) 1983 article by E P Wixted]
HINKLER’S DARING EXPLOITS
The following brief account of Lieutenant Bert Hinkler's career appeared in the March issue of the “Aircraft," published in Sydney:-
From England, unheralded, after an absence of seven years, Mr Bert Hinkler landed in Sydney on March 18. With him is the 35 hp (Green) Avro "Baby''— G-EACQ — in which he last year made the brilliant non-stop flight of 650 miles from London to Turin, and which, a few weeks later, and without overhaul, he piloted to second place in the London Aerial Derby.
These two achievements should have brought Australia's leading newspaper men scurrying down to the wharf as soon as his uncommon (but now familiar) name appeared in the “Ascanius” passenger-list. One would have thought so, at any rate. But Hinkler, apparently, is destined to be "without honour in his own country." At the time of writing he has been back six days and no reference to his presence in our midst has yet been published in any Australian paper. He expects to leave Sydney at the end of the month, or early in April, but before returning to his wife in England he will call upon his parents in Bundaberg, Queensland, and say, "Bertie's come home from the war!”
Of diminutive build, the young Queenslander is a veritable dynamo of energy and of almost inexhaustible resource. Whether it be a flight from Australia to New Zealand, a non-stop to Melbourne or Brisbane or any other stunt. On Friday, March 18, as soon as the "Ascanius" had docked, he made a bee-line for Union House, introduced himself, to the Avro agents (A A & E C Ltd), announced that the "Baby" was on board and asked for workshop accommodation at Mascot, which was readily given. Informed that the Royal Agricultural Show would open on the following Monday and that the Avro people would exhibit, he hastened back to the wharf, located the case, got it out of the hold and carted down to Mascot the same afternoon. During the weekend he entirely reassembled the historic machine and bright and early on opening day had the "Baby" on view at the A A & E Co's stand. There the writer found him, chatting with Messrs Nigel Love and W E ("Billy") Hart [both pioneer aviators].
“For sheer perserverance” remarked the last-named member of the party, “Bert is hard to beat. I remember him calling at my office in Sydney about nine or ten years ago, when I was doing a little flying on my own. He had made a special journey all the way from Bundaberg, where he had been experimenting with gliders, and literally begged me to give him a job. Eventually I got "Wizard” Stone [A B Stone, American aviator] to take him as a mechanic. They were together for some time.”
Hinkler said: "I just made my way to England and prowled around the drome at Kingston, sticky-beaking into this, that and the other, until at last Tom Sopwith realised that it would be less trouble to find me a job in his factory than to hunt me off the premises day after day. So he signed me on as a mechanic.”
On the outbreak of war, youth and inches notwithstanding, he was accepted by the RNAS — chiefly on Mr Sopwith's strong recommendation—and September 1914 found him a full-fledged second-class air-mechanic (2/ a day) attached to the Coast Defence Station at Whitley Bay, Northumberland. While there the first Zeppelin ever sighted by a British aeroplane was seen over the coast, and Hinkler enjoys the distinction of being the Observer in an 80-Gnome "Bristol” that was sent up to attack her. The raider immediately headed for the Fatherland, chased by the "Bristol' until some thirty miles out to sea when her pursuer lost their bearings in a cloudbank. Hinkler on this occasion was armed with nothing more formidable than an old rifle and a couple of signalling rockets.
Transferred to France early in l9l6, he took part in the first long-distance air raids on German towns along the Saar Valley: later, from the Dunkirk base, he was engaged in several night bombing raids, on a Handley Page 0/400. Next (on D H 4's) came a series of day-bombing excursions, the objective being a chain of enemy aerodromes scattered throughout Belgium.
In his leisure he patented the Hinkler Double Lewis Gun and got it generally adopted by No 5 Squadron, RNAS. It is noteworthy that his CO was a brother Australian, Wing-Commander S J Goble, now a member of the Commonwealth Air Council and Air Board.
Mr Hinkler obtained his pilot's commission in 1917, while in France and was posted to No 28 Squadron, RAF ('Camels'), stationed in Italy, where he remained until the Armistice.
Last year, suffering acutely from what he describes as "airman's itch”, he procured the “Baby” and fitted it with “a few little gadgets” of his own – notably the movable needle jet for carburettor adjustment, the Hinkler Compass and the Hinkler Altitude-Recorder.
Then, having increased the petrol capacity from 10 gallons to 25, he one day astonished and delighted the entire flying world by making the record (and hitherto unattempted) non-stop flight from London to Turin — now also a matter of history. This accomplished he flew, on to Rome and then back to London, "dropping in" quite casually and unexpectedly in time for the Avro people to feature his "Baby” as star attraction of the Aeronautical Exhibition at the Olympia.
While this exhibition was in progress he suddenly decided to enter his machine for the Aerial Derby (a circuit of 200 miles) for which race he took it straight from the Olympia. The engine had already run for 50 hours without attention, but there was no time for tuning before the Derby. In this contest it was, of course, necessary to run the little "Green" full out. He attained second place in 2 hours 45 minutes, beaten for the premier position by Captain Hammersley, also on an Avro "Baby"— but a brand new one. This performance speaks extremely well for the reliability of the 35 hp engine and has proven a revelation to many flying experts, particularly on the point of petrol consumption, his average on the London-Turin flight being 33 miles to the gallon.
The hero of these exploits is to be guest of honour of the New South Wales Section of the Australian Aero Club, who will entertain him to a banquet at the Hotel Australia.
[Ref: Bundaberg Mail Tuesday 12-4-1921]
Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.
Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.
About 75 years ago a birch seed blew into a crack in a rock along the Stony Man Trail in Shenandoah National Park. The seed germinated and grew, splitting apart its snug little home. The perserverance of Nature!
Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.
Magnolias are a striking variety of flower because the magnolia blooms are so large.
The flower is associated with nobility, perserverance, dignity and a love of nature.
The magnolia tree is a symbol of magnificence because of its impressive height and enormous flowers.
Magnolias - Flowers of Divine Beauty, Life - Spiritual & Healing.
Famine (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. Captain William Scott, a native of the Shetland Isles, was a veteran of the Atlantic crossing, gave up his office job in New Brunswick to take the 'Perserverance' out of Dublin. He was 74 years old. The Steerage fare on the ship was £3 and 210 passengers made the historical journey. They landed in New York on the 18th May 1846. All passengers and crew survived the journey.
In June 2007, a second series of famine sculptures by Rowan Gillespie, was unveiled by President Mary McAleese on the quayside in Toronto's Ireland Park to remember the arrival of these refugees in Canada.
I have finally found a yarn shop here in Monterrey with very high quality yarns that I am used to being able to find at home. Perserverance does pay off. The shop was so well arranged & had beautiful skiens of wools, mohair & acrylics that I wanted to reach out & touch. I can tell I will spend alot of time in there....I am knitting & relaxing with Mr. Tx2Mx this weeknd.
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Mars on September 20th. Seeing was slightly above average with excellent transparency. Olympus Mons is the bright spot at 11:00 with Tharsis and its three volcanoes also visible. The large canyon Valles Marineris (Mariner Valley) is the dark area between surface features Melas Lacus and Nectar at 3:00. Below Valles Marineris is Solis Lacus also known as "The Eye of Mars" with the surrounding light area of Thaumasia. Mare Sirenum is the dark surface feature at 9:00. Meade 12" LX200, ASI174MM
"Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart, and yield a harvest through PERSERVERance." Cf. Luke 8:15
"But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous & good heart, & bear fruit through PERSERVERance.” ~ Luke 8:15
“Lord, give me growth as I ponder this seed: ‘Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up.’ " Galatians 6:9
"Cursed be everyone who does not PERSERVERE in doing all the things written in the book of the law." Galatians 3:10
PRAYER
"Lord Jesus, Your promises never fail because You are ever Faithful to your Word. Give us eyes of Faith to see beyond the grave to the Victory which awaits Those Who PERSERVERE in Hope." ~ www.dailyscripture.net
PRAYER
"Lord, give me Faith to believe Your Promises and give me PERSERVERance and Hope to withstand trials and adversities. Help me to Trust in Your unfailing Love and to find Joy and contentment in You alone." ~ www.dailyscriptures.net
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Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.
This morning I was blogging and listening to music. "Aria" by Villa-Lobos came on and I started crying after a few seconds. It is such a powerful and painful song by one of the greatest Brazilian composers of the last century.
As a man, I guess it seems ridiculous to cry at 8 o' clock in the morning, sitting infront of the computer. Maybe even more to write about it. But I'd rather let the tears flow, then let the bitterness fester inside of me, whilst harbouring ill resentment toward my fellow brethren.
It's been a difficult few weeks for me and I think only photography, music, and art in all of it's forms can keep me sane in such a tumultuous and unjust world.
I leave you with these quotes . . .
"There is only way to go and that is forward." - JP
"Discipline is a chore that sets you free to fly."
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
--- Thomas Edison
Never, never, never, never give up.
--- Winston Churchill
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
--- Will Rogers
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
--- Bjorn Borg
Patience and Perserverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
--- John Quincy Adams
The difference between perseverance and obstinancy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
--- Henry Ward Beecher
Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.
--- Ted Williams
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
--- Ross Perot
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
--- Lord Chesterfield
You have to put up with the rain to get the rainbow.
--- Anon
Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.
Johnny Barnes.
If he was anywhere else in the world the men in white coats would lock him up and throw away the key. But this is Bermuda, and each weekday morning from 05:00 to 10:00, retired bus driver Johnny Barnes stands in the middle of Crow Lane roundabout and says a cheery ‘Good Morning!’ to Bermuda’s commuters.
Rain or shine he's always there with his radio, backpack and straw hat; providing a glimmer of hope that work won't be as bad as it normally is. In recognition of this, many Bermudians clubbed together and commissioned local sculptor Desmond Fountain to create a bronze statue of Johnny that now stands near the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
The "friendliest man in Bermuda" bestows his good wishes on locals & visitors alike.
Johnny Barnes does not have a degree in philosophy or physics, but he is convinced that he knows the secret of life. "The world is made for love" he tells Bermuda visitors who are curious or brave enough to stop in traffic and shake his hand.
Beloved by both tourists and locals, Barnes has devoted much of his life to spreading goodwill and cheer at the Crow Lane roundabout outside of Hamilton. Here the 80+year-old icon of Bermuda hospitality stands 5 days a week, waving and blowing kisses at passers-by. "Good Morning!" he calls."God Bless You!".
Some drivers raise their eyebrows. Others stop to shake Barnes' hand. Some present him with flowers. Others simply return the smile and wave. In any case, Barnes believes that it is his mission to spread joy throughout Bermuda.
It all started back in 1983. Barnes, then 60, lived in Paget and worked at the bus depot in Hamilton as a driver and repairman. On his way to work one morning, he had what can only be described as an epiphany.
He stopped at the roundabout and began calling out to passers-by. At first people thought he was crazy. Then as they continued to see him morning after morning, they began to appreciate his joy and perserverance.
Barnes who was born in Bermuda in 1923, says his mother taught him to love everyone and be kind to all, even if they weren't kind to him. "Each of Us has a part of God in themselves" he says.
Barnes showed up at the roundabout each morning with a bagged lunch, portable radio, and a knapsack full of postcards of himself that he sells for $1 each. Sometimes he joins hands with tourists to pray for their safe journeys.
Most commuters say they enjoy seeing Barnes each day. His smiling face, they say, helps them to face another day of stress and hard work and makes the morning traffic easier to bear.
Also known ar "Mr Feel Good" and "Happy Man" Barnes has gained international fame for his friendliness. His portrait adorns Hamilton's Visitors Service Bureau and he's been honoured by Queen Elizabeth II.
A few years ago, the Spirit of Bermuda Trust raised funds and commissioned sculptor Desmond Fountain to erect a bronze statue of this Bermuda icon.
"I never thought I'd have my own statue," Barnes exclaims with the broadest of smiles. Now Barnes' spirit of joy and hospitality will live forever in this island whose friendliness and ideals he long has epitomised.
The zoo that is Warrior Dash. While you are here, you owe it to yourself to see the rest of the set. Some fun stuff in there.
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Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.
The important thing in life is to have great aim and to possess the aptitude and the perseverance to attain it.
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
(from my garden . . . "Lewisia")
Explored #491, May 15, 2008
Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.
Since ‘The Wild One’ in the 1950s the world has been fascinated with the mythic culture of the American biker. Who are these people with the loud motorcycles, leather jackets, tattoos, and long beards? Where are they going as they roar through town in large packs? And what do they do when they arrive wherever they’re going? I RIDE is the film that finally tells the true-to-life story of the biker community in America.
Through the eyes and music of The Fryed Brothers Band, I RIDE will take you on an illuminating road trip through the biker world: bare knuckle fights you actually sign up for, wild bar-b-ques and camp outs, and partying raw and rowdy at some of the biggest hard core biker festivals. This trip will wind up at Sturgis, South Dakota for a Fryed Brother Band performance to end all performances.
The Fryed Brothers Band? They’re the best band you’ve probably never heard of. For 29 years they’ve been the exclusive ‘house band’ of America’s Biker Movement. Every year The Fryed Brothers headline most of the preeminent biker events in America including the Easyriders Show in Sacramento, CA, Rip’s Bad Ride in Irvine, CA, Ghost Mountain Riders Show in Salinas, CA, the Circle of Pride in Iowa, and most importantly, ‘Sturgis Bike Week,’ the largest gathering of bikers in the world, which completely takes over the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota every August to celebrate this outlaw culture.
When they were young, Harry and Tommy Fryed’s older brother Mark died in a accident while riding his beloved Harley. The brother’s resolved then to keep Mark’s memory alive through a devotion to the motorcycle culture and the music he loved... and thus was formed The Fryed Brothers Band. The song ‘I Ride’ -- a key song in their repertoire and in the documentary -- is a tribute to their fallen brother.
I RIDE, the film, is a tribute to their perserverance, dedication and love of all things biker.