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Post by millard1399 on Jul 5, 2011 20:04:59 GMT 10
G'day bobandjacqui,
Those photos remind me of Norfolk Island. I remember watching the locals shift cargo from a freighter anchored away from a wharf that looked just like that. Those blokes don't know the meaning of fear. Ya wouldn't get me in one of those longboats ferrying stuff to the wharf.
If it ain't Norfolk Island, it's a place that looks a lot like it.
cheers,
Al.
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Post by kiwijim on Jul 5, 2011 20:14:41 GMT 10
Looks like this picture has got everyone stumped, Where have all the Lucky People Gone  " Strewth" Over 400 Members and no-one is having a crack at it. "COME ON PEOPLE" THIS QUIZ IS OPEN TO EVERYONE........ ............................." GIVEITDAGO" Living on the other side of this, "Flamin Big Country" I'll have another crack at it, I guess it maybe Dunk Island in the back ground and the beach where the gentleman is standing, could be...... Er ,,,,Er,,,,, a beach near Tully. ;D  kiwijim  |
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Post by bobandjacqui on Jul 6, 2011 5:40:44 GMT 10
And the winners is Al. Norfolk is a top spot with plenty of history. They offload the cargo from the ship onto those old boats and ferry the load to the wharf and lift it with the crane in the first pic. There are two wharves on the island so it depends on the weather and the ocean swell which one they use.  This is on the opposite side.  An old steam engine abandoned. So it's over to you Al. Cheers Bob. PS we'll see you at Crows Nest  ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by atouchofglass on Jul 6, 2011 6:12:39 GMT 10
AAAArrrrhhhh Norfork Is...... Home of Colleen McCullock the author. Would never have guessed Thanks for posting that one Bob. So yes now it is over to Al..... Maybe so many are not posting cause they are spending too much time on the computer and not enough time out and about? Or like me go for a relaxing weekend up Tinaroo and ....... Forget the camera Next time I promise.... ;D ;D ;D ;D Cheers Atog |
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Post by shaneandsimoen on Jul 6, 2011 17:56:16 GMT 10
Hello All, did ask about where is and saw the picture but my computer died,  now using my old one thats slow,  anyway I didn't know where the picture was, must get there one day to Norfolk Island. Well done Al. Shane |
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Post by millard1399 on Jul 6, 2011 17:57:48 GMT 10
I didn't see any caravans when I was on Norfolk Island. You would think that since fibreglass Olympic vans can float, there'd be at least one or two that had been taken over there. Now, this next one is sooooo easy, even Shane (who has not had a WINNER recently  ) is likely to get this one... All you have to do is say what's missing from the picture, and where it is... No, not Norfolk Island, nor Lord Howe Island. It's on the mainland (sorry Tassie  ), and north of north...  cheers, Al. |
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Post by shaneandsimoen on Jul 6, 2011 20:32:43 GMT 10
Gee Al,
this picture makes me feel so bushed that my mind is seeing blank. ;D ;D ;D
Shane
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Post by millard1399 on Jul 6, 2011 22:51:29 GMT 10
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Post by viscount6116 on Jul 7, 2011 9:24:36 GMT 10
G'day Al, Well you got me stumped so will try to narrow it down.Would this pic be in Nth Qld? Cheers Andy  |
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Post by millard1399 on Jul 7, 2011 10:01:58 GMT 10
G'day Andy, You wouldn't think so, what with no tropical palm trees in the landscape, and no flowering plants anywhere, but yes it is in Nth Qld. When Shane said he was feeling 'bushed and that his mind is seeing blank', he was on the right track. Did you HEAR that Shane?? I said you were on the right TRACK!! cheers, Al. |
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Post by bobandjacqui on Jul 7, 2011 17:33:25 GMT 10
Hey Al, just a wild stab in the dark.... the Kennedy trail Cheers Bob |
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Post by millard1399 on Jul 7, 2011 18:19:03 GMT 10
G'day Bob, No, not the Kennedy trail, although I'm sure people with the surname of Kennedy have gone along this track. cheers, Al. |
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Post by bobandjacqui on Jul 7, 2011 19:03:48 GMT 10
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Post by millard1399 on Jul 7, 2011 20:37:47 GMT 10
Shane!! Shane!! Where ARE you??! "Shane is on the right TRACK!!", I said. The Kuranda Scenic Railway TRACK!! Ohhh Shane...   Most tourist brochure photos show the Stoney Creek Falls from the same position as this one from 1935...  But mine was taken as we crossed the bridge, heading up to Kuranda...  We did the return trip on the Skyway. I'm not a great fan of heights, so the trip coming back was pretty 'scarey' for me. Especially when you go over the gorge. Anyway, well done young Bob. Over to you... cheers, Al. |
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Post by bobandjacqui on Jul 8, 2011 5:31:08 GMT 10
G'day Al, We've never been further north than Rocky. We'll have to plan a trip up that way sometime in the future So my answer was another wild guess ;D ;D I'll let someone else have a go as I,m running out of pics and ideas .... so over to someone else  Cheers Bob |
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Post by shaneandsimoen on Jul 10, 2011 0:02:06 GMT 10
Hello Al,
good photo, reckon I have the exact photo myself, we did the train and skyway return as well in 2004. This is where the train stops for photos of the waterfall.
Pretty tricky for the hint Al, here I'm think of track for vehicles.
Well done.
Shane
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Post by kiwijim on Jul 15, 2011 4:14:18 GMT 10
"Hey Guys" Just as a matter of interest, Has anyone got any photos of old abandon Army gear left in the bush after the war. ? I've always been interested about the story I was told many years ago, How the yanks were supposedly to have driven truck loads of army gear and fuel, into the Rum Jungle in Nth Q.L.D. after the war ended. The story goes that with-in 24 hrs the jungle apparently covered the goods and it's still there (some-where ) today. There are photos floating around of sunken landing craft on the coast of Papua and the Solomon's, the equipment can still be seen on board. No, I haven't got the urge to go scrounging, just interested, that's all. ;D ;D ;D Cheers kiwijim |
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Post by bobandjacqui on Jul 15, 2011 5:44:24 GMT 10
G'day Jimmy, I don't know how to attach links but if you google up Beautiful Betsy there's an interesting article of a bomber which crashed in 1945 in central Qld and was only found in 1994. Also there's a link in there for wrecks in the Pacific. Cheers Bob ;D ;D |
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Post by kiwijim on Jul 15, 2011 20:17:34 GMT 10
Thanks for that Bob, We were amazed what was still visible around the war time air fields in North Q.L.D when we traveled through there. I would love to come across an old jeep or even a tank, then fiddle with it until I got it to fire up, Reckon that would be some achievement to cap off a pretty exciting life. ;D ;D cheers kiwijim |
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Post by atouchofglass on Jul 16, 2011 7:46:22 GMT 10
This Kittyhawk was pulled out of a New Guinea swamp and restored. By the looks of the original photos there was a pretty hefty replacement program going on ... Most of the ally was too far gone to use. The wings had large bullet holes in them and were to corroded to use. Some of the replaced bits are on display in the Mareeba Airfield display building.  Cost over 1.5 million to restore..... and then this happened. It's flying again.. the photo was taken in 2009 Atog |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2011 16:21:51 GMT 10
Is it the aircraft restoration hangar at Scone airport in NSW?
Cheers, Ian.
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Post by atouchofglass on Jul 16, 2011 18:49:04 GMT 10
Hey Ian Sorry for the confusion mate. It was a post in reply to the off topic comments made above. The Kitty hawk is in the Mareeba airport hanger. Now being used Cheers Atog |
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Post by olfarts on Jul 18, 2011 0:13:59 GMT 10
Temora NSW ??
Dave
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Post by atouchofglass on Jul 18, 2011 4:36:53 GMT 10
Ok Bents and Laddies
Time for a new photo..........
Seems my posting that photo of the Kittyhawk in Mareeba was a bit of a mistake. Causing some confusion.
So who ever wants to post a photo .........
Now's your chance
First in Best dressed
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Cheers
Atog
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2011 16:10:03 GMT 10
Hey ATOG I reckon that is a photo of a Kittyhawk taken at Mareeba!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D OK I'll get you out of trouble ....  |
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