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100x outdoor adventures #27
More 'development' in my neighbourhood, this time the digging of new drainage systems in the reedbeds that surround my estate to accommodate extra water than will run off the A1 road nearby. Have a great weekend everybody!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendant on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other account: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw in Medway!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw 2 Weeks Ago!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendant on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other account: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw in Medway!!
Really wasn't expecting to see these in Medway yesterday!, and for some reason these 5 vehicles were all parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
"Building work on the court house had not yet started when the famous Battle of Red Cliffs erupted in March 1939. Hundreds of itinerant workers had converged on the town for the picking season; all were hard up and some penniless and reduced to begging for food. Conditions were wretched and many slept without blankets among the vines, tormented by mosquitoes. Because of bad weather, the harvest wasn't ready and no work was available.
Tempers flared on the evening of 11 March when five hundred rioters ran amok. Police failed to subdue them with fire hoses and batons and it needed reinforcements from Mildura to fire warning shots before the crowd dispersed. On the following Wednesday eighteen defendants faced the Red Cliffs bench on 86 charges. There were so many spectators the venue was moved from the Methodist Hall to the Diggerland Theatre (the name reflects the town's origins as a soldier settlement) and the court sat without a break until 6 pm.
Inevitably, police blamed the riot on a small group of 'communist agitators'. The worst of them, they said, was Louise Edwards who had incited the men to violence with her strident cries. During the hearing she heckled police witnesses. Dubbed the 'Queen of the Red Cliffs Riot', Edwards could not or would not pay her twelve pound fine, and served eight weeks' gaol instead.
The pickers' grievances were mostly legitimate and conditions improved after the riot. A labour bureau was arranged, and block-holders were made to provide shelter and camping places for their workers. The next year, pickers passing through Ouyen on their way to Mildura were even allowed to draw ten shillings sustenance - provided they did 51 hours' work for the local council, then left town promptly!
Due to wartime austerity, Red Cliffs Court House opened without fanfare on 18 July 1940, despite the lack of furniture and a jungle of weeds at the entrance. A shallow, tiled roof covers the courtroom while parapets conceal the flat, iron roofs of the ancillary rooms. In rendered brick, the building presents a stark, blockhouse appearance, emphasised by the horizontal bands and the bars to the windows. After an abortive closure in 1973, the courts ceased officially in 1989. Red Cliffs Historical Society now occupies the building."
Historic Court Houses of Victoria, by Michael Challinger
Stiil surprised to find these in Medway!, and for some reason these 7 vehicles were all parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendant on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other account: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw in Medway!!
The six different smiling faces of each barrel is pulled by a dumper truck, a Diggerland fan favorite attraction.
"Building work on the court house had not yet started when the famous Battle of Red Cliffs erupted in March 1939. Hundreds of itinerant workers had converged on the town for the picking season; all were hard up and some penniless and reduced to begging for food. Conditions were wretched and many slept without blankets among the vines, tormented by mosquitoes. Because of bad weather, the harvest wasn't ready and no work was available.
Tempers flared on the evening of 11 March when five hundred rioters ran amok. Police failed to subdue them with fire hoses and batons and it needed reinforcements from Mildura to fire warning shots before the crowd dispersed. On the following Wednesday eighteen defendants faced the Red Cliffs bench on 86 charges. There were so many spectators the venue was moved from the Methodist Hall to the Diggerland Theatre (the name reflects the town's origins as a soldier settlement) and the court sat without a break until 6 pm.
Inevitably, police blamed the riot on a small group of 'communist agitators'. The worst of them, they said, was Louise Edwards who had incited the men to violence with her strident cries. During the hearing she heckled police witnesses. Dubbed the 'Queen of the Red Cliffs Riot', Edwards could not or would not pay her twelve pound fine, and served eight weeks' gaol instead.
The pickers' grievances were mostly legitimate and conditions improved after the riot. A labour bureau was arranged, and block-holders were made to provide shelter and camping places for their workers. The next year, pickers passing through Ouyen on their way to Mildura were even allowed to draw ten shillings sustenance - provided they did 51 hours' work for the local council, then left town promptly!
Due to wartime austerity, Red Cliffs Court House opened without fanfare on 18 July 1940, despite the lack of furniture and a jungle of weeds at the entrance. A shallow, tiled roof covers the courtroom while parapets conceal the flat, iron roofs of the ancillary rooms. In rendered brick, the building presents a stark, blockhouse appearance, emphasised by the horizontal bands and the bars to the windows. After an abortive closure in 1973, the courts ceased officially in 1989. Red Cliffs Historical Society now occupies the building."
Historic Court Houses of Victoria, by Michael Challinger
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendant on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other account: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw in Medway!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not Photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
Really wasn't expecting to see these in Medway yesterday!, and for some reason these 5 vehicles were all parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of vehicles is tolerated if the gates are Open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
These 10! vehicles were all parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, and a thank you to the car park Attendant who gave permission for these shots and said "Sure go nuts!", and any car or van registrations are blurred out and not shown as requested.
And be sure to check by my other account: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw here in Medway!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw 2 Weeks Ago!!
This was actually taken on Saturday but could not be uploaded due to problems with my Internet, and these Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
This vehicle is owned by Howe Coach Hire of Earith in Dartford and may be their only vehicle, and is parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of this and the Farliegh Coaches vehicles that also live in here: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/51758104221/, is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw in Medway!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendant on a visit in 2019, and the Withdrawn Setra H435GVL: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/51643109329/, that had occupied the same spot as the Solo since 2019, has left since my last visit: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/51714154378/.
And be sure to check by my other account: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw in Medway!!
This vehicle was parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of any Buses and Coaches that are present is tolerated if the gates are open and you Do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of vehicles is tolerated if the gates are Open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
These 10! vehicles were all parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, and a thank you to the car park Attendant who gave permission for these shots and said "Sure go nuts!", and any car or van registrations are blurred out and not shown as requested.
And be sure to check by my other account: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
These 10! vehicles were all parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, and a thank you to the car park Attendant who gave permission for these shots and said "Sure go nuts!", and any car or van registrations are blurred out and not shown as requested.
And be sure to check by my other account: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw here in Medway!!
These Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw here in Medway!!
These withdrawn? Farleigh Coaches vehicles are parked up in the public car park for Diggerland in Strood, where photography of these vehicles is tolerated if the gates are open and you do Not Photograph any plant machinery, as told to me by the Car Park Attendent on a visit in 2019.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!