a6000 in Macro mode of the Iceland poppy near the rhubarb in the #livingthedreamgarden

 

For those colour blind members see this site..

www.toptal.com/designers/colorfilter?orig_uri=www.flickr....

 

I have many hashtags that take you all over the place on Flickr.. @flickr #flickrfeature

To make them active here I must add … and a space in front..

Like the rego number of our cars,

… #YGW109

… #CLM74

#HJHolden1975

… #Smoky60Series

#CubyKamparoo

#FlickrSpelio

#Helga2004 many of these have text shortcuts on the iPad...

… #Roundaustraliawithspelio

… #Gswanullarbor

#SpelioACEmob

#hashtags where there is a list...

#Livingthedreamgarden

#Livingthedreampaddock

#AngelaMerc

#camperfromwayback used on Instagram

#campspelio

Plus the usual flickr tags, but these work in the description or title...

#notouristshere

#feetintheview

#RMLAIDfor

#RMLAIDhistory

… #UPR236

#YAX874

#YSR454

 

See a discussion of Tags here on the Help Forum...

www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157714720744427/7215772...

 

Some old TAGS used in 2011 from a text file... Flickr tags.txt

 

This list of tags, see below, has led too many people on a bum steer to here in a Search, over 400 each day for a week to make >13,000 views here, so I'm now deleting them...

 

00 010111 011110 0208 030211 030910 041110 080808 0910 1020 10th 10views 11 11311 11views 120 121263......

Happy 86th birthday, Sydney Harbour Bridge – you’re looking great! My Flickr friend John Cowper, who has the good fortune to live in Manly and passes this glorious construction almost every day, reports that it was opened on 19th March 1932. So to celebrate, here’s a photo I took a few years ago on one of my visits… and here are a few statistics.

 

Under the direction of Dr John Bradfield of the New South Wales Department of Public Works, the bridge was designed and built by Dorman Long and Co Ltd of Middlesbrough, England. It contains six million hand-driven rivets, the largest of which weighs 3.5 kilograms and is 395 millimetres long. It’s the world's largest (but not longest) steel arch bridge, and its total length, including the approach spans, is 1,149 metres and its arch span is 503 metres.

 

The arch height is 134 metres, though the arch may rise or fall 18 centimetres due to heating or cooling. The bridge’s steelwork weighs 52,800 tonnes, including 39,000 tonnes in the arch. It carries eight vehicle lanes, two train lines, a footway and a cycleway, and some 160,000 vehicles a day use the bridge.

 

For me, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is truly one of the great sights of the world, and I've never been less than exhilarated every time I've set eyes on it. Happy birthday indeed!

 

Alison, Celia, Mary, Marg, Peter, Venita, and Dick.

 

Lovely cake made and decorated by Jan.

While the mob were kayaking...

On-screen NOTE

Jane, Larry, Mary, Celia, Jill, Angus, Trish etc...

Where we store many memories and books for planning trips and a source of #hashtags..

 

A few of my Instagram hashtags.. sorted in TrioOffice.. 15-11-22

 

#Ginninderry

#Nullarbor

#plain

#abcmyphoto

#Adventure_Hike_explore_au

#AngelaMerc

#Australia

#australiancapitalterritory

#beadellcountry

#Belconnen

#bestofcanberra

#Bintheredonethat

#bookspelio

#bridgeclimbsuss

#bushcapital

#camperfromwayback

#camperlifestyle

#campingblogs

#campoutsidethesquare

#Campsite

#campspelio

#canberrabubble

#Canberraphotographer

#capturestreets

#CLM174

#cobwebsandcurious

#CubyKamparoo

#eringaspelio

#eringawaterhole

#Eyrehighway

#feetintheview

#flickrfeature

#FlickrSpelio

#flowerphotography

#flowersofinstagram

#greenpatchmob

#gswanullarbor

#gurumaps

#Helga2004

#Helga2004

#HjHolden1975

#ig_flowers_today

#igerscanberra

#igerscanberra_mhpfeature

#incrediblehistory

#kenbehrens

#KombiSplity

#landcruiser60series

#lenbeadellofficial. Etc..

#Livingthedreambooks

#Livingthedreamgarden

#Livingthedreamgardenmaggie

#Livingthedreampaddock

#lovethiscreek

#myabcphoto

#mylittleknowncanberra

#natureappreciation

#noothertouristsnearby

#notouristshere

#perfectcampsite

#reimaginetheworld

#RMLAIDfor

#RMLAIDhistory

#rotoballe

#roundaustraliaroadtrip

#roundaustraliawithspelio

#sandyblightjunction

#sculptureinthepaddock

#Smoky60Series

#sofranksocial

#SONYalpha6000

#spelioACEmob

#speliofind

#speleofotogravia

#speleology

#spelunking

#sprintervanlife

#streetphotography

#streetshooter

#sussbridgeclimb

#tourtheplanet

#travellinggram

#travellingthroughtheworld

#vanlifeexplorers

#VelcroPalace

#vintagestreetLife

#visitcanberra

#VW1965Beetle

#VWBeetle1965

#wearecbr

#wearecbrregion

#wearekenbehrens

#whatwouldlenbeadelldo

#winebeersandwhisky

#YAX874

#YGW109

#YSR454

#yesyoucanberra

  

#yesyoucanberra

  

see Troggonk and slips of paper beside bed in bookshelf/tray edge..

With my PaddyMade H frame pack.

 

See diary for this date.

With myself, Mad Dog, John, Frances, back of Jan, Peter, back of Jane.

Copied from Rick's Flickr on 18/03/24

See date when captured.

cropped from DSC00015

 

Just lay the concrete and they will come!

Part of the painting by Julia in her hallway...

 

With the unnamed members of ACE see onscreen NOTES

Download and shared from Rick’s stream on his iPad, forget how..

Scanned this batch at 350p wide for when I was on Ozimages..

Will redo them all one day from the negs. They are all in a nice album at the moment...

 

Now copied the print from the album using the iPhone8 and replaced this..1168w shot 02-04-24

 

Russell Is trip with ACE. #spelioACEMob

 

got dates from events.xls

C:\Users\Bill Crowle\Pictures\Other Pictures\Photo Albums\1994 Maybe a Camera Model: MP495 scan.

 

There were a few low res copies here..

A moment later a girl walked past with a T shirt label “I love hashtags “

 

While now celebrating 20 years of TAGGING here is a reference by Flickr on tagging...

blog.flickr.net/en/2024/05/30/the-art-of-tagging-boosting...

 

An example of Flickr tags that can also be used in Title and Descriptions when they are proceeded with a #

 

Meeting eating shopping stopping playing showing off watching waiting waving looking resting catching up crying talking smoking laughing dancing making speeches drumming strutting pausing preaching strolling holding hands cycling running striding shouting greeting calling out kissing yawning shrieking pointing trading chatting harp reading fighting swearing staring basking hanging out singing skating hugging what else catching eyes

 

A few of my Instagram hashtags...

Don't bother searching or clicking the Tag "hashtag" unless on a Contact's or your own page!

 

Why are 3 of these blue and active links? Because the # is up against the left edge of the page.. Add a space before the #

 

On Flickr, hashtags work like plain tags in the tags list, but if used with the # in the Title or Description, they are live links like on Instagram....

 

Flickr has just changed the way you add tags now, they have removed the little arrow next to the tag and if you click the new ... Three Dots, or the Edit tags link, you are taken to a page of existing or some new Tags to use. Aug 2023....

 

But if you add several Tags, remember to hit the Enter key, then the Done command!

 

There is some controversy on the Help Forum about it... www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157714720744427/7215772...

 

See a link to #hashtags fb.watch/rRLoUoDTlr/?

 

#Flickrfeature is used by @Flickr on Instagram for nice shots...

  

A few of my hashtags... and many Generic ones also used on Instagram...

#Ginninderry

#Nullarbor

#plain

#abcmyphoto

#Adventure_Hike_explore_au

#AngelaMerc Private, just for my use...

#Australia Generic

#australiancapitalterritory Generic

#Belconnen Generic

#bestofcanberra Generic

#Bintheredonethat

#bridgeclimbsuss Private, just for my use...

#bushcapital Generic

#camperfromwayback Generic

#camperlifestyle Generic

#campingblogs Generic

#campoutsidethesquare Generic

#Campsite Generic

#campspelio Private, just for my use...

#canberrabubble Generic

#Canberraphotographer Generic

#capturestreets Generic

#CLM174 Private, just for my use...

#cobwebsandcurious

#CubyKamparoo Private, just for my use...

#eringaspelio Private, just for my use...

#eringawaterhole

#Eyrehighway Generic You need a space before the # to make it live!

#feetintheview Private, just for my use...

#flickrfeature Generic

#FlickrSpelio Private, just for my use...

#flickrSpeliopano Private, just for my use...

#flowerphotography Generic

#flowersofinstagram

#greenpatchmob Private, just for my use...

#gswanullarbor Private, just for my use...

#gurumaps

#Helga2004 Private, just for my use...

#Helga2004 Private, just for my use...

#HjHolden1975 Private, just for my use...

#ig_flowers_today

#igerscanberra Generic

#igerscanberra_mhpfeature Generic

#incrediblehistory Generic

#kenbehrens Generic

#KombiSplity Private, just for my use...

#landcruiser60series Generic

#Livingthedreambooks

#Livingthedreamgarden Private, just for my use...

#Livingthedreamgardenmaggie

#Livingthedreampaddock Private, just for my use...

#lovethiscreek

#MatildaiTasca Private, just for my use...

#myabcphoto Generic

#mylittleknowncanberra

#natureappreciation Generic

#noothertouristsnearby

#notouristshere

#perfectcampsite Generic

#reimaginetheworld Generic

#RMLAIDfor Private, just for my use...

#RMLAIDhistory Private, just for my use...

#rotoballe Generic

#roundaustraliaroadtrip Generic

#roundaustraliawithspelio Private, just for my use...

#Smoky60Series Private, just for my use...

#sofranksocial Generic

#SONYalpha6000 Generic

#SpelioACEMob Private, just for my use...

#Speliocampsite some of ours

#speleofotogravia

#speleology Generic

#spelunking Generic

#sprintervanlife Generic

#streetphotography Generic

#streetshooter Generic

#sussbridgeclimb Private, just for me..

#tourtheplanet Generic

#travellinggram Generic

#travellingthroughtheworld Generic

#UCH715 Private, just for my use... for the Kombi

#UPR236 will find more than the Tag UPR236!!!

#vanlifeexplorers Generic

#VelcroPalace Private, just for my use...

#vintagestreetLife Generic

#visitcanberra Generic

#VW1965Beetle

#VWBeetle1965 Private, just for my use...

#WAG9623 around the Nullarbor

#wearecbr Generic

#wearecbrregion Generic

#wearekenbehrens Generic

#winebeersandwhisky Private, just for my use...

#YAX874 Private, just for my use...

#YGW109 Private, just for my use...

#YOQ452 Private, just for my use...

#YSR454 Private, just for my use...

#yesyoucanberra Generic etc etc

See 58 years earlier… below..

With many rings and wedding ring...

 

Exif lost in copy from EBM to the HP..

Make - Polaroid SprintScan 4000

Software - SilverFast 6.4.4r3b

East of Tuglow Caves

in the kitchen of Angela with some wine and nibbles in the evening.

Double-sided stainless steel coffee and tea mug and the end of a French loaf and a Jim Jimmy Orange juice from Vincentia.

The painting by Julia in her hallway...

 

With the unnamed members of ACE

 

We are celebrating another few 80th birthdays of members of #SpelioACEmob

Not being smokers, these were of limited use, but nice mementos.

 

The first was received from Joan in the UK, when Kate was born in 1969..

 

Eliza's was a restaurant we dined out one night in Surfers Paradise during the week there we had as a prize I won in a raffle during the early years at ACt Forests in the 70s. We farmed the four kids out amongst friends and a school teacher even for the week!

 

During the week we hired some bikes for a ride to Coolangatta and the Currumbin Bird Sanctuary. I visited the Bob Panter bike shop, chatted about bike paths and Pedal Power, and was later interviewed for the local radio station and paper.

 

The Fairmont Resort was for the #SpelioACEMob weekend, where Mary had our engagement ring stolen by a porter as he took our bags down to the car!

 

We had a few nice evenings staying at Binalong and dining out with the Canberra Mob and the Carters... We walked to The Black Swan for dinner..

 

SUSS winter trip in 22nd - 24th May to Tuglow Caves

 

Red Album p67

Roll 42

 

Some history of the Kowmung Wilderness from the life of Milo Dunphy...

www.colongwilderness.org.au/about-wilderness/dunphy-kowmu...

On a day of li-loing down a short section of the Murrumbidgee River with some of our friends from SUSS, and early members of ACE!

 

Just came across the tape of Denis recording a long description of writing off his VW Beetle between two semis on the way back from the li-loing trip down to Uriarra Crossing with Larry and Jane, earlier than this trip, because, Mary was still pregnant! And Rick and Pat were in the US just after their wedding.. #RMLAIDtape

 

shot from Denis, the busdriversson

he wrote his Beetle off between two semis on an earlier trip back from the lilo trip down to Uriarra Crossing with Jane and her new boy friend Larry, 90 min recording, see below!

 

The tape is still OK, then Mum continued it with long chats interspersed with some music then her commentary..

Dad finished with many topics covered, see below in comments!

 

I had not heard it for years! or some of it, of Mum, ever! Told Jack about this story and link.

 

This is an edited version without all the family history in the Comments. That one Is Family…

 

The beginnings of the #SpelioACEMob

  

Feb 2025. Early post from phone not go…

a nice drop around an ACE Mob campfire!

 

The history behind Don MacLean's "American Pie"

youtu.be/bLEUlvRi8m8

around a campfire..

 

… #livingthedreaminAngela

All images taken with the 35mm OM1 Olympus film camera and 50mm lens… using Kodacolor 100 print film.

These are copies using the a6000 from the prints in the photo album..

ACE walk into Mt Sturgiss Mt Hoddle Mt Houghton in the northern Budawangs Mar 1989

 

Graham and Marsh kids..

John May in background

 

All images taken with the 35mm OM1 Olympus film camera and 50mm lens… using Kodacolor 100 print film.

These are copies using the a6000 from the prints in the photo album..

 

See a Blog here about the location..

theconspiracytimes.blogspot.com/2024/07/styles-creek-camp...

 

And whether we should publicise secret tracks, trails, campsites and walks..

theconspiracytimes.blogspot.com/2024/07/styles-creek-camp...

 

see also file here from a backup www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/30088490153/

 

C:\Users\Bill Crowle\Pictures\Other Pictures\ACE\Historic ex CD

 

#SpelioACEMob

Dungalla Cascades to Gillespies Lookout, Boss Mtn. down to the Tuglow River near the caves.

 

One click or Z on all these prints fills an iPad screen.

On a bookshelf in Scullin...

Aerial oblique of the road crossing... Just found a few old prints in the office that didn't get burnt in the 2003 fires! Scan at 600dpi on the Canon flatbed scanner.

 

May have been taken on the Hasselblad using C-41 or E6 120 film

 

We even camped up stream, (behind the camera to the left), at the next bend with Malcolm, The Fletchers, stayed for BBQ, Ross Andrews, and Jane and our kids one night years ago...

see diary 18th Nov. 1977, Several BBQs and picnics have been enjoyed on the East side, (right bank here) where you can see the old shelter shed.

 

Have li-loed just upstream from the concrete ford a few times in summer.

 

on Sun 11th Mar 1973 we hired canoes from Dobell Boat Hire on Lake Burley Griffin and drove to here where we left the gear and took more cars and the "wives" with lunch, to Pine Island.

 

My ACT Forest diary lists John and Elizabeth Wood, the Walters*, Terry and Sandy Hunt, John Hicks and partner?, Larry Cornell and Suellen with us and our two kids and one on the way!

 

(WE collected our canoes the night before with Dad and Mum, who argued about whether to buy a house here!) Erwin rang and we chatted canoes..

 

After leaving gear and food at Pine Is Terry H and I to Kambah Pool to leave a car and collect other drivers, who had also left vehicles there earlier..

 

Just chatted about this with Mary. She has such a good memory..

She rememebers who the Walters are!!!

 

*One night I slept past my bus stop in Scullin and while walking back past the shops and Casteui St. I saw a chap at his old Land-Rover in the street. As I do, I said have you been across the Gunbarrel Highway?

 

He had, and was the LandRover we heard revving in the night in the mud North of Giles Creek where we were stuck in our #KombSplity with the Gunbarrel Tours Landcruiser party in 1968 !! see here flic.kr/p/977Yuh

 

And the Bob Collard mob we were following.

flic.kr/p/xfn3ay

 

So we connected, and took them canoeing!!!

  

We returned to Point Hut, above, and canoed with the kids and all down to Pine Is.. Took several photos with the Pentax, C41 or slides, to check..

"Few cries, and Kate wanted to get out, but we convinced them it was fun! Mary enjoyed it too."

 

2:30 to 3:30 we had lunch at Pine Is.

 

We then paddled down 300ft from here then met a kayaker who said it was a bit rough from here on. (We found that a many years later with ACE when we Li-loed to the Red Rocks Gorge)

 

So we stayed back around the pool near Pine Is. and looked for Larry's pants with his car and house keys, which sank when he rolled his canoe!

 

We then drove some canoes to Kambah Pool and returned cars to Pine Is where Mary was not enjoying Sandhy's Co. and we had tea there till about 8pm. Then took Larry home while the kids slept in the back of the HJ, got his spare keys and returned to Kambah Pool for his car...

 

Got home after 9pm and put the kids to bed...

  

We camped upstream here with Fletchers, Cromptons, Ross Andrews and Jane, slept on ground , no foam... Nov 18 1977

  

See Google Gemini rewrite as essay…

Echoes in Ash and Ink: A Tapestry of Memory Woven Through a Single Photograph

A chance discovery, nestled amongst forgotten relics spared by the devastating 2003 fires, has yielded more than just a faded image. This aerial oblique view of a road crossing, captured on what might have been a Hasselblad loaded with C-41 or E6 120 film and now resurrected through a 600dpi scan on a Canon flatbed, serves as a potent portal into a rich personal history, a tangible link to moments etched in time and the landscape itself. More than a mere depiction of asphalt meeting earth, this print is a catalyst for a cascade of memories, weaving together family, friendship, and the enduring connection to a beloved place.

The immediate context provided by the accompanying notes paints a vivid picture beyond the static frame. The gentle curve of the river, the unseen vantage point behind the camera to the left, become stages for past joys. The simple statement, "We even camped up stream, (behind the camera to the left), at the next bend with Malcolm, The Fletchers, stayed for BBQ, Ross Andrews, and Jane and our kids one night years ago," conjures an image of laughter echoing through the trees, the aroma of grilled food mingling with the crisp air. This fleeting moment is then anchored to a specific date, "diary 18th Nov. 1977," lending a concrete reality to the nostalgic recollection. The landscape itself becomes a witness to repeated gatherings, the "old shelter shed" on the east bank a silent testament to "Several BBQs and picnics" enjoyed on that very spot.

The river, a constant presence in the frame, further deepens the connection to this place. The casual mention of having "li-loed just upstream from the concrete ford a few times in summer" speaks of carefree days, the cool water offering respite from the Australian heat. This personal intimacy with the location extends beyond casual visits, revealing a history of shared adventures. The detailed account of a canoe trip on "Sun 11th Mar 1973" underscores this. The logistical planning, the involvement of friends – John and Elizabeth Wood, the Walters, Terry and Sandy Hunt, John Hicks and partner, Larry Cornell and Suellen, all accompanied by children and the anticipation of a picnic at Pine Island – transforms the road crossing into a point of departure and return for shared experiences. Even the seemingly mundane act of collecting canoes the night before, punctuated by a familial debate about a potential house purchase, adds layers of personal significance to the location.

The narrative then takes an unexpected turn, revealing the intricate web of human connection that this place has fostered. The anecdote about sleeping past a bus stop and a chance encounter with a fellow traveler highlights the serendipitous nature of shared experiences. The recognition of a Land Rover, a vehicle encountered years prior during a challenging outback adventure on the Gunbarrel Highway, underscores the enduring power of memory and the unexpected ways in which seemingly disparate moments can be linked. The reference to "our #KombSplity with the Gunbarrel Tours Landcruiser party in 1968" and the mention of the "Bob Collard mob" further enriches the narrative, hinting at a history of exploration and camaraderie.

The final affirmation, "Just chatted about this with Mary. She has such a good memory. She remembers who the Walters are!!!" brings the narrative full circle, emphasizing the shared history and the vital role of memory in preserving these connections. The photograph, therefore, is not just a static image but a trigger for a vibrant tapestry of personal and communal experiences. It is a testament to the enduring power of place, the significance of shared moments, and the intricate threads of memory that bind us to our past. This aerial oblique of a simple road crossing, rescued from the threat of oblivion, now stands as a powerful reminder of the lives lived, the friendships forged, and the stories etched into the very fabric of the landscape.

 

Heading down to the Tuglow River from Boss Mtn. near Gillespie Lookout

Jane shoots Glenn

 

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C:\Users\Bill Crowle\Pictures\Other Pictures\Photo Albums\1979\ IMG_3942 Lighthouse Jervis Bay 3624pxwide

copied Dec 3, 2011 Date and Time (Digitized) - 2011:12:03 12:05:16

 

The ruin of Cape St George Lighthouse is perhaps the most significant European site in the park. Nowadays, the lighthouse is the best place to watch the whale migration and return. You can learn about whale-watching here.

Designed by the colonial architect, Alexander Dawson and built in 1860, the 3 storey lighthouse was built of sandstone blocks quarried near the present day Jervis Bay village. The tower was 61 feet high (18.5m) with 8 rooms at ground level. The floor was timber and cast iron girders held up a roof of stone flagging covered with asphalt.

Getting supplies to the lighthouse was always difficult with the nearest landing place over 4 kilometres away at Murrays Beach. Horses were needed for transporting mail and supplies, and taking the children to and from school. Keeping a horse permanently was not easy as there was a shortage of grass

for feed. However goats were better suited to the terrain and were kept for milking, some meat for consumption and bait for catching sharks.

From 1860 to 1877 up to 15 people including the lighthouse keeper, 2 under-keepers and their families lived in this 8 room complex. Oil and supplies for the lighthouse were also stored here so conditions would have been relatively cramped and uncomfortable. In 1877 a 7-room weatherboard cottage was built for the head keeper near the stables.

The kitchen and laundry building was probably erected around 1865 as ‘a store for the men’s provisions, a wash house and an oven, with a boiling copper for the establishment’. It provided much needed space as previously everything, including living quarters for the three lightkeeper’s families, had been housed in the original lighthouse building.

The double latrine (toilet) building drains directly out and over the nearby cliff face, and is an excellent example of the strict attention to sanitation that was required in such a remote location. It is likely that it was divided into male and female sections.

 

From Parks Australia web site...

 

Original to add to the other shot we have here!

Creation Date (iptc): 2011-12-03T12:05:16

Modification Date: 2011-12-03T12:05:16

Creation Date (xmp): 2011-12-03T12:05:16

Camera Make: Canon

Camera Model: Canon PowerShot G12

Original Date/Time: 2011-12-03T12:05:16

Exposure Time: 1/2

Shutter Speed: 1/2.00

F-stop: f/4.5

Focal Plane X Res: 3648000

Focal Plane X Res: 2736000

Another ACE bushwalk. #SpelioACEmob

We have had dozens of evenings cooking, drinking and talking with the Mob, kids and grandkids around this fire place over the past 40years!

 

A very poor design, that consumes too much free wood(supplied), and burns the fireplace too!

 

Boils a kettle and fries meat OK, but not as a BBQ grid.

 

See the Rural Fire Service safety fact sheet for campers..

www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/resources/factsheets/general/caravan-a...

We walked around in socks or bare feet on the formation!

 

This was an amazing discovery by Rick after much digging and chimneying up a tight climb up the wall of the Oolite Cavern above Glenn’s Dig, where we left some of his ashes.

 

See the video of that trip with family and a few of the early #SpelioACEmob . They were all there at Jenolan and on Mammoth Flats for more of spreading his ashes…

#spelioACEMob

For Adventurers and Dreamers,

for us the... #SpelioACEMob

 

For next time we go there..

www.campsaustraliawide.com/bungle-bungle-caravan-park/ park the van here!

bunglebunglecaravanpark.com.au/

 

see all the DVDs I made of the trip here www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAPczLULhUgxHJ83s6HaxzY4-5...

 

There are also links to our videos in the NOTES on the image. Mitchell Falls trip…

 

But at home from my Server..

Can't play this CODEC through MyCloud link in Chrome, but can use WD MyCloud Via WIN10 FileManager via WIFi to the Server from the DELL

 

Video: MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25fps [V: mpeg2 main, yuv420p, 720x576]

Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 256kbps [A: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s]

 

Maybe we will return with #CubyWeekender

 

Wyndham wharf video youtu.be/7c-rJfM4rbw

 

Google photos and tour description of Bungles

megandmarksmith.blogspot.com/2019/06/june-2019-kimberley-...

 

ACE Bunglers - Information for Travellers

 

Mary Crowle

19 June 1998

  

I phoned Vawn Roberts, of Gunbarrel Tours, and also spoke to Steve Webster, our driver, and elicited from them the following information. There are some points which will need individual input - asap please.

  

1.Tents

 

These are four man external framed tents approximately 3m by 3m, with full standing height, and will be either lightweight nylon or canvas, depending on demand from other tours at the time. Gunbarrel have tours to all sorts of places, under varying weather conditions, and, for example, wet southwest trips will have priority over dry northern trips for stormproof gear. We will occupy tents on a twin share basis, but we will probably want to sleep out a lot.

 

2.Mattresses

 

These are 25-30mm dense foam (not flat mats) and we will have at least one each. Depending on demand from other trips, Vawn expects that we could have two, or even three.

 

3.Chairs

 

The ones supplied are backless armless camp stools. If you don’t think you can put up with these for the whole trip, you may wish to bring your own. There was a suggestion that we ask Vawn to purchase on our behalf a number of cheap moulded plastic stackable chairs suitable for roof transport, but the first three travellers consulted had problems with the idea, so it’s BYO please.

 

Please note that chairs or stools with legs tend to dig themselves into the ground, and that horizontal bars at ground level are a better bet, avoiding the need for the campfire shuffle. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, ask me. And if you think you can make it without back support, remember that there are about 18 breakfasts, 18 lunches, 18 dinners, 18 campfires, and 18 Travellers all vying for the comfy spots on the logs and in the shade.

 

4.Luggage

 

Space shouldn’t be a huge problem, but be sensible. Soft overnight bags, duffle bags and packs are preferred - luggage will be dumped in the back of the bus or thrown on the roof and tied down, and anything that won’t tolerate rough handling is inappropriate. Note also that everything will end up dusty, even with careful dustproofing - it’s The Dry, and the colour is outback red.

 

5.Clothing and Bedding

 

Vawn’s comment was that he wouldn’t expect it to be over-the-top hot or cold. Our notion of what to expect weatherwise appears reasonable. He predicts that we will end up in T-shirts, shorts and boots, everyone does. Don’t forget your bathers. Vawn didn’t say much when I told him about the silver headgear - responded with dead silence in fact. He did say that he had hoped to be able to come with us, but it looked like he’d be tied up after all.

 

6.Water

 

The bus will carry drinking water only in an easy access 70L water tank on the back, which will be replenished along the way. Water for washing, bathing and laundry will be as available at camp sites and en route, and will depend on our itinerary. Take deodorant.

 

7.Toilets

 

Attempts to organise bush latrines on previous trips have proved pretty unsatisfactory, and no formal arrangements will be made unless we want them. We are expected to be very Green in these sensitive environments. Toilet paper is not supplied apart from a small emergency stock - please remember to pack your own. Jeanette Dunkley worked out that 7 people use one roll per day on trips. The bus carries a couple of spades for de-bogging which are also available for bogging. Or take a trowel.

 

8.Insects

 

These may or may not be a problem. We won’t know until we get there, and areas will vary. Take repellant - preferably not sprays.

 

9.Battery Recharging

 

Vawn said he would fit a 12v cigarette-lighter socket in the bus for us so that we can recharge batteries while we’re on the move. The bus also has a 240v generator to power the refrigerators etc, and we will be able to recharge from that when it’s running.

 

10.Boat Trips and Helicopter Flights

 

Our two free boat trips should be booked as soon as possible - we should let Vawn know where and how many, and he will make the bookings. I told him I thought El Questro and Geikie Gorge, not Lake Argyle, and that there would be 17 takers at each. If I am wrong let me know soon.

 

Helicopter flights will be able to be booked closer to the time - Steve can phone ahead a day or so and reserve them. Vawn suggested Hall’s Creek as the best place to go from. The cost should be somewhere in the order of $120 per passenger, and he wouldn’t expect any discounts to be available. The Kimberley isn’t a prime Asian tourist destination, but they’ve had a ninety per cent decrease in the number of Asians touring.

 

11.Medical

 

The bus carries a fully equipped first aid kit, Steve is a trained paramedic, we will have radio access to the flying doctor, and Steve has a mobile phone. Take personal medications - don’t rely on local pharmaceutical supplies.

 

12.Food and Drinks

 

The Kimberly is not a cheap supermarket or grog shop area. All non-perishable goods are brought up in the bus from Perth, and perishables are resupplied en route. A friend of Jillian’s, who worked on Kimberly safari tours for several months recently, says the food on these trips is generally really good, and we shouldn’t worry. The bus carries a freezer and refrigeration for food and drinks.

 

I have told Vawn that I don’t think we have any food allergy problems, apart from John May and cheese. If I’m wrong please let me know straight away so I can get the message through before the shopping’s done.

 

All milk on the trip will be UHT purchased in and transported from Perth, and some of us may wish to substitute skim milk or modified milk for the full cream milk Vawn would normally supply. If you want to register a preference please let me know straight away. Note that if you order skim milk you are committing yourself to drinking it for the whole trip.

 

The bread will be mainly white after the Perth stock is exhausted - apparently there’s not a lot of wholemeal in the northwest. I have suggested that most of the Perth bread should be wholemeal - if you have any objections please let me know.

 

Tom has the booze pretty well sorted and will need funding soon. If you think he’s been generous with quantities, Vawn assures us that we will be happier oversupplied than undersupplied, and touring’s thirsty work.

 

13.Camp Chores

 

Steve expects help. And he’s looking forward to the trip!

  

From old Forests CD ACEINFO1.DOC

2000-10-00 Bills_No1_CD Copy/Temp-Mine/Personal/ace

P7120053

 

Green Patch mob kids with kids games beach fun splash (tags)

Some thoughts noted on the iPad....

 

www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/the-past-is-always-prese...

 

We both sung these at school, studied them in Bible class and Divinity lessons....

 

I remember walking up Sydney road in the afternoons to Sunday school, getting prizes for attendance , going to Church and Sunday school on our bikes, without our parents, like there was nothing else to do in the afternoons or mornings.

 

Now there are so many other interests for kids to do, texting their friends, snowboarding and skateboard parks, walking in National Parks, doing school assignments and working part-time in shops and malls..

 

For some there is still the bike riding and sailing, horse riding and music lessons, and religion comes way down the list of things one wants or needs to do!

 

Having just returned from across the world, and the places and people we have met, we can be reassured we are not part of that "dark patch on the earth", but have lifted "up mine eyes unto the hills,"....

 

When we lived in Willoughby, and I was sent to Sunday School every Sunday afternoon. I was awarded a book prize for attendance!

 

I wrote the address, 212 "Glen Norric" BH Rd, in the front, and our phone number was JJ4369.

We moved there in 1953!

 

Sent from Bill's iPad.

We have the 50s Doll. The 60s doll was seen at Jane's….see below…. All enjoyed by the Grandchildren..

 

Who was first to sign the 80’s doll..?

Where the "Walter Hood" was wrecked in April 1870, see the Offbeat Australia book p382.

 

and from an email of mine..

 

Went into a beaut secondhand bookshop in Canberra today, and saw a book on display, and thought you might be interested!

 

It's called

Fast Company: The Lively Times and Untimely End of the Clipper Ship Walter Hood 1852-1870.

 

Author: G A Mawer Pub: Plainwords Press 20 Millen St Hughes ACT 2605 Published 1994

Printed in Australia by Fast Books, a division of Wild and Wolley P/L Glebe.

 

The dedication is For the crew of the Pastiche Towers, high and dry a mile south of the Walter Hood whatever that means. :-)

 

The Walter Hood is presumably the Berwherre Beach wreck you discovered, although a quick perusal of your original emails hasn't turned up a name for the wreck. From my brief delve into the book its description of the position of the wreck and your find would appear to coincide.

 

If the wreck is the Walter Hood, it was a big, wellknown and impressive clipper.

  

I can't match these dates with the weekend!