necklace and matching earrings - Exclusive PENUMBRA FW

Paris gare du Nord , spring 2010 .

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Exclusive at The Crossroads - Pair of bracelets with matching rings.

Hard to beat that!

Post storm report:

We got our share of rain overnight but the gusty winds to at least 45 mph was the star of the show scattering anything that wasn`t secured.

FRIDAY EVENING AT GALLERIA MALL IN FORT LAUDERDALE

As much as 4 inches by tomorrow night.

Our snowblower is ready to do battle.

This was later updated to 3-5 inches Sunday evening.

Copyright

My teacher asked us, what is a stronger statement, to say no, or to write the word NO on one's face? The answer was obvious... that got me thinking 'bout weaker statements... i can write the most powerful statement on my face, but how powerful would that be if i hid in the shadows... So my answer to him is, if you write whatever statement, it dosen't matter HOW u write it, it matters to whom u show, how obvious it is, and the way it is recieved.

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www.magpictures.com/riotsvilleusa/trailer

"What are we looking at?" Our narrator asks this question to our audience, and, perhaps, to the ghosts in the footage at the center of RIOTSVILLE, USA. During these last many difficult, upending, dark, and often revelatory years in the United States, that question has persisted in my mind.

I have worked extensively as an archival researcher for filmmakers and artists for the last fifteen years. And as a director of archival films, my work has focused on contending with the ways we can locate and trace structural power and white supremacism within the archives. In The Rifleman, I connect the NRA and the U.S. border control; in Graven Image, the construction, funding, and political backdrop to the building of Stone Mountain, the nation’s largest Confederate Monument; and in The Reagan Show, the manipulative PR machine and self-documentation of the Reagan administration. My goal as a filmmaker is to re-present historical material that forces us to contend with our past and reflect upon our present, and interrogate the unique ways that moving images can transmit history in this country.

Making this film was about more than detailing the precise governmental and political machinations that lead to this specific training program. It was about making sense of the Riotsville footage; for me that is what the filmmaking process always is. How do you situate Riotsville within the legacy of 1968, reconciling living memory and mythology? How do you situate it within the life of the communities most affected by the state violence the performances at Riotsville are illustrating, and within the activism organizing to oppose it? And crucially, how do you situate it within a nation founded on white supremacism, determined to launch a war against its Black citizens, on a loop for hundreds of years?

These questions informed the form and shape of the film; a mapping of structural forces that could not seem more urgent in 2022, with all the violence and possibility it contains.

– Sierra Pettengill

Blossom street, Manchester.

Die eigene Welt der Fußball-Fans

Allianz Arena München

Bellone portant le goéland avec classe. La dernière mode chez les divinités romaines.

Bellone wearing the seagull gracefully. Latest fashion among roman deities

I've seen this car around town and have meant to take photos. It just happened to be parked under our balcony, so I took a top view. Sometime I may have a chance to capture the other artwork..

To see the messages, be sure to enlarge the photo.

Yogi

London, 2023

...will you remember me? ♫♫♫

Too blueish....! I know :S

This didn´t turn out the way I had it in my mind AT ALL!!!! plus, the left part of the background looks as if it has fadded away!!! grrrrrr

Text and shot inspired in some way by this! ♫

Gracias ♥ Faby ♥ por enseñarme lo del enlace! =)

If you don't go for the coffee you go to see what "Herself has remixed from various sources to make her own distinctive fashion statement.

I've never seen Lady in the same creation twice . . .

Michael and Albert (AJ) Patnode - Artist Statement

Father and son collaboration

Our photographic art is a kinetic motion study, from the results of interacting with my son A.J and his toys.

He was born severely handicapped much like a quadriplegic. On December 17,1998. Our family’s goal has always been to help A.J. use his mind, even though he has minimal use of his body.

A.J. likes to watch lights and movement. One of the few things he can do for himself is to operate a switch that sets in motion lights and various shiny, colorful streamers and toys that swirl above his bed.

One day I took a picture of A.J. with his toys flying out from the big mobile near his bed like swings on a carnival ride. I liked the way the swirling objects and colors looked in the photo.

I wanted to study the motion more and photograph the whirling objects in an artful way, I wanted my son A.J. to be a part of it. After all, he’s the one who inspires me. When A.J. and I work together on our motion artwork, A.J. starts his streamers and objects twirling, I take the photographs.

Activating a tiny switch might not seem like much to some, but it’s all A.J. can do. He controls the direction the mobile will spin, as well as when it starts and stops. The shutter speeds are long, and sometimes, I move the camera and other times I hold it still.

I begin our creation with a Nikon digital camera. Then I use my computer with Photoshop to alter the images into what I feel might be an artistic way. Working with Photoshop, I find the best parts from several images and combine them into the final composite photograph. I consider the finished work to be fine art. The computer is just the vehicle that helps my expressions grow.

I take the photographs and A.J. adds the magic. It’s something this father and son do together. After I’ve taken a few shots, I show him the photos in the back of the camera. When the images are completed, I show him from a laptop. He just looks. He can’t tell me whether or not he likes the images, but he’s always ready to work with me again.

It offers me my only glance into A.J.’s secret world. We’ve built a large collection of images and I hope the motion and color move you as much as they do me.

A.J. inspires me to work harder to understand my life in the areas of art, photography, people, spirituality, and so much more. He truly sets my mind in motion and helps me find the beauty in everyday things.

AJ Patnode - A Journey of Hope (documentary):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR7m8QFcmRM

AJ'S blog:

www.ajpatnode.com

Abstract set:

www.flickr.com/photos/patnode-rainbowman/sets/72157602269...

Spanish style jewelry

Had enough of the motor show!!!

Possibly 2-4 inches (5-10cm) here, will see better what the track of the storm holds by this time tomorrow for southwestern Ontario.

Worried most about those who have forgotten what its like to drive in winter weather conditions since there hasn't been much practice lately.

Pendant necklace - 2 sizes - resizable - materials - 5 color options

This was a demonstration of those in the poorer district of the old-town area of Panama City seeking government improvement of financial distribution of public funds to improve thier status.

Or, Oh Broca, where art thou?

Berlin Mitte

gefunden in Köln

www.flickr.com/groups/goeppingen_der_stauferkreis/discuss...

I said last week that over the next two months I wouldn't have time for any re-creations. Well, I re-evaluated that statement and determined that it did not apply to re-creations which could be accomplished in 15 minutes.

So, here is now (and unfortunately so) a very much past Albertsons #4473 of The Villages in Spanish Plaines Shopping Center. I haven't been by here since late June, but I'm sure this building has now been obliterated! I will be passing by here next weekend on my way down to Orlando. So I will likely share a photo or two of what this place looks like then. I dread it though.

Carthay Circle Restaurant

Disney California Adventure

The Carthay Circle Restaurant occupies the Carthay Circle Theater, the new centerpiece of DCA. Nobody denies the place is beautiful both inside and out, but some questioned whether the centerpiece of the park should be a restaurant rather than an attraction of some sort. While an attraction is always nice, I think the Carthay makes a statement. The place is unprecedented within a theme park on the West Coast of the US. Walt Disney World in Florida's big secret is that it's a culinary powerhouse, but even there most of the good stuff is hiding in hotels or to the wonderful selection in Epcot's World Showcase, which itself has unprecedented refined theming and dining. Yet still, the Disney theme parks suffer from stereotypes of their own past and lesser amusement parks that crowd the country. Burgers, fries, and junk food are what most people expect, and anything beyond that is greeted with low expectations. Sure Disney has multiple award-winning chefs working the background of many of these restaurants, but you can't blame the general public for not knowing about this or expecting it: the parks themselves don't really advertise themselves as places to have fantastic, unique dining experiences.

But here we have the Carthay Circle Restaurant, a place that has ended up one of the classiest restaurants in Southern California let alone a theme park. The first floor houses a full lounge and bar serving 1930s era cocktails put together with a masterful flavor and attention to detail. These aren't drinks you can just go pick up anywhere in the country, finding anything like them typically requires finding one of a few top tier bars scattered about, even then usually buried in a few populous cities like LA or NY. The 2nd floor is a dramatic, opulent dining area, full of various rooms and enclaves evoking a restaurant design they really don't do that often anymore. The food is exceptional, with a menu that isn't afraid to be adventurous even though it still needs to appeal to a majority of the tens of thousands of people walking through the gates. Quail, Rack of lamb, Fresh fish, Short Rib, Udon… it's a feat that it all pulls together.

The dining experience is really an extension of Disney's approach to most experiences: a great blend of nostalgic theming, constructing an idealized past along with modern flourish. You can't really go anywhere else in California and have the dining experience you can have at the Carthay. That Disney has put this front and center in the park is a notice to all guests that theme parks may not be about what they assume they are. It's not just rides and burgers (although there's nothing wrong with that): it can be about refinement and relaxation, it can be about idealized culinary experiences as much as lands of fairy tales and talking cars.

I think the Carthay is one of those placemaking institutions, a place DCA sorely needed. The Carthay is something I can keep coming back to. There's always one more drink to have, always an item on the menu calling my name. Sometimes it's not about a ride or attraction, sometimes I want to be transported to an idealized fantasy and just exist in it, sipping a cocktail, looking over the menu, enjoying my surroundings and my company. Putting a place like this within an icon of a theme park tells people "this is the kind of thing you should be expecting to do here." If it defies expectations for not being "a ride" then I think the plan is working perfectly.

(That's a Pimm's Punch up there by the way: a perfect drink for the summer.)

Website: Consumer Machine

Twitter: photojames

Tokyo DisneySea in Photographs eBook: available in both iPad and PDF editions.

It's been awhile since we saw one of these...

I'd rather have a foot of snow instead of ice...the absolute worst!

Let's hope this is yet more media hype by the so called forecasters.

Better Large-A toppazzed closeup of the amazing formations at Arches National Park with the La Sal Mountains miles away as a backdrop in sunset light.

FOR THOSE INTERESTED I HAVE AN EXHIBITION AT THIS LINK <a href=" www.flickr.com/groups/inspiringcollection/discuss/7215762... .

Mountains (James Watkins)

mountains grand and gazing-

pillars standing tall-

piercing passioned histories-

hidden in their walls.

delving downward distances-

caverns large and small-

mutant molten metal streams-

fused before the fall.

decant demon-ed destinies-

cooling chasmed halls-

dinosaurs and diamond doors

in massive mirrored malls.

heavy, heaving voices

in paradisian sprawl-

fiery fumes of purity-

creation’s curtain call.

subatomic saturation,

soiled, synthetic signs.

righteous restoration

of prehistoric crimes.

tumultuous-

tempestuous-

waning, wasted pearl-

forethought, full and fragile-

foundation of the world.

hidden in the language

of nature’s cresting yore-

cracked beneath

the stress and strain-

crumbling at the core.

tiny tidbits torn and tumbling-

wiggling in the storm-

recipes and remedies-

chemically reborn.

thickened soups and swirling haze-

brooding-steaming-scorn-

clashing reams of violent schemes-

valleys ripped and torn.

balance within balances,

scrambled eggs at last-

gushing geysered marbled mud

borne before the blast.

consciences of scientists,

syncopated scuds-

bothered by the missing mass-

baffled by the blood.

leaping lemon lizards-

the barn is nearly full-

the hay is neatly in a stack-

this baby’s come full term!

common commonalities,

full circle’s come at last.

see the story in the hills-

yield before your past.

something’s broken,

something’s missing,

something’s come and gone-

something’s at the doorway-

someone’s on the phone.

someone’s at the table-

someone’s on the floor-

someone’s grass

is full of gas-

classical-and more!

rhyming with the timing,

balancing the board-

signals of a sequenced strike,

calm before the storm.

mysteries are meaningful,

when looking at the past.

the scene is somewhat circular,

when stage is come to last.

weakened, muzzled monkeys,

dance before your lord.

the gift of grace is growing cold

squirming on sword.

commentaried cavemen,

come into the fold.

your ears can hear-

your eyes can see-

so come in from the cold.

and listen with some latitude-

to knowledge held in store.

fashioned in the faceless stone

of ancient ocean floor.

squeezed in myriad molecule,

the battle rages on-

raving reverence in reverse

its relevance reformed.

and bow before the evidence-

the courtroom is restored,

through judgment passed,

the script is cast,

in elementary score.

rain fire, you veined volcanoes-

your statement’s on the floor-

and advertise what you surmise-

from secret silent store.

you’ve waltzed in dazzled wonderment-

and touched your maker’s hand,

in timeless thought-

before the fault-

and listened to the plan.

to bring all things to unity-

from eons vile and vast-

to bless-ed end

the future bends,

with glory

unsurpassed.

James Watkins May 2005

Fashion statement at Shibuya, Tokyo's downtown for the fashionable youngsters.

This image shows the Sparrowhawk with the Arrah Na Pogue (later Cathkit in the distance. The date is either 1913 or 1914 with the deck of the Sparrowhawk packed with men and their horses about to be sent to the front in the Great War. This is the only known image of the Arrah Na Pogue and has been made available by the Auckland Libraries (“Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 7-A2167”). It has been enhanced for presentation purposes.

This report prepared by Chris Borough, Graham Nicholson and Philip Pope.

DETAILS

Name: Cathkit (Arrah Na Pogue)

NEW ZEALAND REGISTRATION – 1913

Name: Arrah Na Pogue

Type: Scow – wooden, three mast fore and aft schooner, carvel planked

Builder: George Turnbull Niccol

Launched: Estimated November 1912 Auckland NZ

Official number: ON133270

Signal letters: WRSD

Registered: 19th February 1913 Auckland No.1 of 1913

Tonnage: Gross: 187 – Net 100 tons

Length: 116.0 ft

Beam: 33.2 ft

Depth in Hold: 7.3 ft

Altered and re-measured October - 1914:

-Gross: 188 – Net 139 tons

Purchased by Australian interests and Name changed - 1916

Purchased b y E. F. Broad (on behalf of the Cathkit Shipping Co. Ltd) and re-named Catherine and then to Cathkit when it was found that the name Catherine was already in use.

INITIAL AUSTRALIAN REGISTRATION - HOBART - 1955

Registration - Hobart - 7th February 1955 - 1/1955

Length: 116.0 ft

Beam: 33.2 ft

Depth in Hold: 7.3 ft

Tonnage: (1 shipping ton = 100 cubic feet or 2.83 cubic metres).

-Gross: 187.51 tons

-Net:138.75 tons (392.67 cu. m.)

AFTER FITTING OF ENGINES IN 1955

Registration: Hobart: 21st June 1955 - 8/1955

Length: 116.0 ft

Beam: 33.2 ft

Depth in Hold: 7.3 ft

Tonnage: (1 shipping ton = 100 cubic feet or 2.83 cubic metres)

Length: 116.0ft

Beam: 33.2ft

Depth in Hold: 7.3 ft

Tonnage: (1 shipping ton = 100 cubic feet or 2.83 cubic metres).

-Gross: 191.21 tons

-Net: 149.37 tons (422.72 cu. m.)

PORTS & OWNERS

1913 – 1916 Captain T.P. Somerville, Auckland NZ

1916 – 1918 E.F. Broad Ltd Sydney

1918 – 1924 The Cathkit Shipping Co. Ltd. Sydney

1921 – 1924 Lying idle in port - Sydney

1924 – 1930 Messrs Pettitt, Robertson and Co., Geelong

1930 - 1950 Messrs. Robert Hay and Sons, of Southport

1950 - 1955 Bought by Tasmanian Government – (idle)

1955 - Re-registered

1955 – 1975 Huon Transport Pty Ltd, Hobart (Withdrawn from Service 1975)

1975 – 1980? H. Jones and Company Pty Ltd., Hobart

1983 – Registration Closed 23rd June 1983 (vessel sank)

1988 – Images show Cathkit derelict at Electrona

LAUNCH - 1912

A precise date for the launch of the Arrah Na Pogue has not been found but the following extract shows that it would likely have been around November 1912. “Mr. G. T. Niccol is the only firm in Auckland which confines itself to large craft, and during the past year three vessels of note have been completed. The firm has two vessels in hand. One is a large, three-masted scow, 115ft long, 33ft wide, and 7ft deep, being built for Captain T. P. Somerville. The heaviest constructional work is finished, but the scow will probably take three or four months to finish.” NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XLIX, ISSUE 15045, 15 JULY 1912, PAGE 4

The Arrah Na Progue was noted in the press as follows: "The scows Caed Mile Failthe and Arrah Na Pogue were floated into the Graving Dock yesterday morning for cleaning and painting". NEW ZEALAND HERALD, SATURDAY 4 JANUARY 1913

OPERATION AROUND NEW ZEALAND – 1913 -1916

The Arrah Na Pogue regularly traded to New Zealand ports including Gisborne, Greymouth and Onehunga. This amusing excerpt warrants reporting.

EXCITEMENT ON THE WHARF

“A few minutes after 11 a.m. today the cry of “man overboard” came from the wharf, opposite Fogarty and Williams store. It appears that a recent arrival from Otira was seated on the edge of the wharf watching the white-baiters below and fell into the stream. A crowd quickly gathered round and one of the sailors on board the scow Arrah Na Pogue immediately jumped in and secured the unfortunate man, who happened to have an artificial leg, which was instrumental in keeping him afloat whilst he was being rescued. He was hauled on to the wharf by means of ropes and was placed in a cab and taken to the police station, where he is being cared for, having no local address, and up to an early hour this afternoon failed to give his name, although it is understood he has been until recently employed as a watchman at the Otira tunnel works.” GREYMOUTH EVENING STAR (NZ), 9 OCTOBER 1913, PAGE 5

PURCHASED BY SYDNEY BASED FIRM – 1916 - NAMED CATHERINE

“A sale which has been expected for some months past is announced by Mr George Niccol, of Auckland. The Arrah-Na-Pogue, a scow, has been purchased by an Australian firm from Mr T. P. Somerville, of Auckland. The Arrah-Na-Pogue is to be retained in the inter-colonial trade. She was built four years ago by Mr George Niccol. By the time the new owners get the vessel to Australia it is said that the price will be almost the same paid for her four years ago. Australian firms purchasing ships outside the Commonwealth have to pay 5 per cent, duty on their purchase of tonnage.” EVENING STAR (NZ), ISSUE 16262, 3 NOVEMBER 1916, PAGE 1

The purchase by Edmund F Broad was on behalf of The Cathkit Shipping Co. Ltd.

“The scow Arrah Na Arrah, -which has been renamed Catherine by her Australian owners, left Auckland to-day for Australia with a cargo of timber. The vessel has been lying idle in the stream for some weeks with her lumber cargo, bur she has at last got away to work under her new owners. Captain Chelbow came over from Australia with a mate to take the scow over for Broad's. The Arrah Na Pogue, though only a scow, was one of the largest sailing vessels owned here, until Mr. Sullivan sold her to the well-known Australian timber firm. It is thought that the Catherine will remain in the New Zealand-Australian trade. She was built in Auckland a few years ago, and is quite a new ship. AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XLVII, ISSUE 295, 11 DECEMBER 1916, PAGE 6

CATHERINE RE-NAMED CATHKIT - 1917

“THE ARRAH-NA-POGUE - Now Known as Cathkit.

Board of Trade regulations stood in the way of the recently purchased schooner Arrah Na Pogue being named Catherine, consequently the owners had to decide on another cognomen, and the selection fell upon Cathkit.

The renamed vessel is to leave at noon to-day, it is understood, in tow of the tug Irresistible, for the Manning River, to load for Whangarei.”

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) Wed 17 Jan 1917

OPERATION ON THE MANNING RIVER - 1917

THE CATHKIT STILL AGROUND.

“The scow Cathkit, which was reported aground on the crossing at the Manning River on Tuesday, was still aground yesterday. The Cathkit left Sydney on the 17th January for the Manning River, in tow of Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tug Irresistible, to load a cargo of timber for Whangarei.” Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) Thu 1 Feb 1917

“Timber-laden. — The three-masted schooner Cathkit loaded timber at Pampoolah and Tinonee during last week, and was towed to sea by the tug on Monday. The vessel will sail direct for New Zealand. The Northern Champion (Taree, NSW : 1913 - 1954) Wed 18 Jul 1917”

NEW SHIPPING COMPANY - 1918

“Schooner Cathkit Now Owned Locally.

The following new company has been registered in Sydney: —Cathkit Shipping Company, Limited capital, £3000 in £1 shares. Objects:

To purchase or otherwise acquire the sailing ship Cathkit, and carry on business as shipowners, etc. Subscribers: Edmund Fenton Broad, Edward James Burnside, Catherine Broad, Agnes Ruby Wilkinson. John Banks Burrows, John Blewman, and Robert E. White. First directors: E. F. Broad and E. J. Burnside. Registered office, Sydney”. Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) - Sat 8 Jun 1918

ROUGH TRIP TO THE MANNING - 1918

“The three-masted vessel Cathkit which has made several trips with timber from the Manning to New Zealand, and is the largest vessel which ever crossed the Manning Bar, had a particularly rough trip across to Sydney from the Dominions recently. The voyage lasted 63 days, and the vessel was badly buffeted by contrary winds, and was frequently carried off her course. At one time she was 500 miles east of Lord Howe Island. The Cathkit picked up the Sugar Loaf light on the Australian coast after a very eventful time, and was later towed into Sydney harbor. On arrival long marine growths were hanging from the hull, and the deck cargo of timber was green from exposure and sea water. The Northern Champion (Taree, NSW : 1913 - 1954) Sat 17 Aug 1918

MORE SHIPPING TRADE BETWEEN MANNING RIVER AND NEW ZEALAND

CATHKIT TO LOAD HARDWOOD.

“The schooner Cathkit, which left Sydney on Wednesday last for Manning River, is to load a cargo of hardwood there for Whangarei (N.Z.)” Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) Fri 13 Sep 1918

MOTION TO WIND UP CATHKIT SHIPPING CO. LTD. – 1924

Special Resolution.

“Passed, 21st July, 1924; confirmed, 8th August, 1924. At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of Cathkit Shipping Company Limited, duly convened and held on the twenty-first day of July, 1924, the subjoined Resolution was duly passed, and at a subsequent Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the said Company also duly convened and held on the eighth day of August, 1924, the subjoined Resolution was duly confirmed as a Special Resolution:—

That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Mr. H. W. Mackisack be, and he is hereby appointed as Liquidator for the purpose of such winding-up

Dated this eighth day of August, 1924.

E. F. BROAD, Chairman of the Confirmatory Meeting.”

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001) - Fri 15 Aug 1924 [Issue No.106]

BOUGHT BY PETTITT, ROBERTSON & Co., GEELONG - 1924

The Cathkit lay idle from November 1921 through to 1924.

CATHKIT SOLD - VICTORIAN BUYERS.

“The scow Cathkit has been sold to Victorian buyers. She will be used to carry piles between Tasmania and the mainland. The Cathkit has been in port at Sydney since November 27, 1921 having arrived on that date from Gisborne (N.Z.)”.

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954) - Wed 18 Jun 1924

“The Scow Cathkit, owned by Messrs. Pettitt, Robertson & Co., of Geelong, left Sydney for Melbourne on Monday. The Cathkit was recently towed into Sydney Harbor after a voyage of 55 days from Tasmania after unsuccessfully trying to reach Melbourne.” Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929) Thu 13 Nov 1924

“Scow Cathkit to Visit Geelong.

Since the scow Cathkit which is owned by Messrs Pettitt, Robertson and Co., made a name for herself by being lost for a few days in the run from Tasmania to Melbourne with a cargo of timber and subsequently appearing off the New South Wales coast, it has been thoroughly over-hauled and put into commission on its usual run across the Straits.

It is likely that she will visit Geelong at an early date to bring a cargo of piles from Melbourne to North Geelong for the Ford wharf. The Cathkit is in charge of a skipper who knows how to handle the scow to advantage, and can sail across the Straits with a good wind behind him in less than 2 hours. She has made many trips since she came out of the dock and has never encountered trouble.” Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929) - Tue 18 Aug 1925

BOUGHT FOR LIMESTONE TRADE - SOUTHPORT TO ELECTRONA - 1930

“Wharves are generally the first recourse of the unemployed, but loiterers with an eye to finding work on the three masted schooner Cathkit, now lying at Prince's Wharf, have all drawn blanks. The Cathkit is to enter the limestone trade between Southport and Electrona. At sea her crew usually numbered eight, but for her new work she will carry only five men. Captain P. Hay, of Messrs. Robert Hay and Sons, of Southport, the owners of the vessel, has been pestered with requests from men either wanting to join the ship as crew or help in the refit and overhaul. To all these he has shaken his head, for his crew have been already picked in Southport, and it is there that all reconstruction work aboard the vessel will take place. The Cathkit will probably make a weekly trip between Southport and the Carbide Works, carrying an average Cargo of 300 tons of limestone rock per trip”. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wed 20 Aug 1930

SCHOONER CATHKIT BOUGHT BY HOBART FIRM; IDLE FOR MANY MONTHS.

Melbourne, August 15.

After having been at a bay anchor After many months, the schooner Cathkit left Melbourne to-day, in tow of the Holyman steamer Woniora, for Hobart. The Cathkit is a wooden schooner of 139 tons, and was built in New Zealand in 1913 [Built 1912 – Registered 1913]. The Cathkit was recently overhauled by the Hobson's Bay Dock and Engineering Co., and has been bought by Hay Brothers of Hobart. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) - Sat 16 Aug 1930

BOUGHT BY TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT FOR BRUNY ISLAND RUN - 1950

VEHICULAR FERRY FOR BRUNY

“THE Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) announced at Dennes Pt. last night that the Transport Commission had bought the vessel Cathkit, which would be converted into a vehicular ferry to serve Bruny Island.” The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Tue 19 Dec 1950

ISLAND SERVICE

“The Transport Commission has bought the river steamer Melba for the proposed Bruny Island ferry service. The Minister for Transport (Mr. Madden) told the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Jackson) this in the House of Assembly yesterday. He said the commission had decided not to buy the vessel Cathkit, or to have a vessel built in Tasmania. A statement on the commission's intentions on the ferry service would be made to the House later. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Thu 29 Mar 1951. It would appear that the vessel was left idle over the period 1950 – 1955.

MOTOR ADDED, RE REGISTERED TO HUON TRANSPORT PTY LTD.

USED TO TRANSPORT FROM SOUTHPORT TO ELECTRONA (BOTH IN TASMANIA)

The Cathkit was re-registered (/1955) as a result of conversion to a twin – screw motor vessel with a four-cylinder Ruston Hornsby engine (11.83 nhp), and a three-cylinder G.M. Detroit engine (10.92 nhp). The Cathkit was used to transport limestone from Southport to the Carbide plant at Electrona. The trade continued up to 1975.

ELECTRONA & the Carbide Trade

“Ida Bay was sold in the early 1960s to the consortium building the Tasman Bridge and was replaced on the limestone run by Alma Doepel. Cathkit and Alma Doepel carried some 29 000 tons of limestone a year to the Electrona wharf. Originally, limestone was tipped onto Cathkit’s deck, as the vessel had no hold, and was unloaded by hand into hoppers at Electrona. It was then lifted by derrick onto rail trucks and carted up the hill for dumping on the stockpile. With the introduction of Alma Doepel, limestone was loaded into 2 ½ ton capacity boxes which could be stowed in Alma Doepel’s hold as well as on deck — about 60 boxes in total. The same system was adopted for Cathkit’s deck cargoes with 72 boxes in a full load.

maritime_times_issue_72_spring_2020.pdf

SOLD TO H. JONES & CO. PTY. LTD. - 1975

The Cathkit was left at Electrona and presumably the hulk was salvaged for engines and other items. “The two vessels (Alma Doepel and Cathkit) were withdrawn from service in 1975 and replaced by road transport. The rail link closed at the same time, only to be reborn a couple of years later as a tourist attraction - the Ida Bay Railway (in Tasmania). Cathkit’s register was closed on 23 June 1983 with the notation ’vessel sunk’, but it had been lying at the Electrona wharf in a semi-submerged condition for years. Tenders were called by the Hobart Marine Board in October 1987 for the vessel’s removal. It was broken up about 1990 and the wharf was demolished at the same time. Alma Doepel survives and is currently being restored in Melbourne. maritime_times_issue_72_spring_2020.pdf

Image Source: "Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 7-A2167”

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Late in the afternoon at Sumner beach September 16, 2015 Christchurch New Zealand.

Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch.On 22 February 2011, Sumner was hit by the Christchurch earthquake, which destroyed or made uninhabitable a large number of the local houses and commercial buildings. On 13 June the same year, Sumner was hit by another earthquake of almost the same magnitude as the February event. These two earthquakes caused many of Sumner's iconic cliffs to collapse, and many areas to be cordoned off with both traditional fences and, more interestingly, shipping containers.

For more Info:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner,_New_Zealand