Some Very Old Game Pieces
Jul 31
Willow Court
Back in 1827, the government decided to construct an Invalid Depot at New Norfolk, for invalid convicts (& paupers) who had to be put somewhere. They couldn’t be put to real work. They couldn’t hang around the hospital taking up beds, because like any good properly-built government institution, the hospital started running out of space…
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Jun 7
From bridge to bridge: Cataract Gorge in flood
The Cataract Gorge in flood, from Kings Bridge to Alexandra Suspension Bridge. (Slightly bigger versions if you click on them.) The path along here was closed just before the toll-keepers cottage. In the centre, the quiet waters of the North Esk, that peaked yesterday, meets the foaming waters from the South Esk, that peaks tomorrow. k…
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Mar 8
Atomic Golf Balls
Alfred Hoffart (left) and Miriam Busby, of Ohio, America, search for a lost ball with a Geiger counter. A small amount of radio active material under the ball’s cover, causes the Geiger counter to click when the ball is approached. Newcastle Morning Herald, 10 June 1950 ATOMIC GOLF BALLS Australian golfers, especially the less…
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Feb 25
Road Trip: Day I Part II
Leaving Hobart (see part I), you go south on the Southern Outlet to near Kingston, then turn for west for about 30 km. So that part is inland. I took some photos but mostly it’s the same as the north of the island. With added cows. (Some of which are red.) And more trees. Then you get…
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Feb 25
Road Trip: Day I Part I
On the highway I took photos from the car window, to see how they’d come out. I like the lighting and colours in this region. One day maybe I’ll get a chance to stop and take proper photos, but we’re always just passing through on the way to somewhere else. As most of the trip…
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Feb 17
Bail Up
Title Bail Up Age and Genre Adult, Historical Mystery Word Count 70,000 Query I am looking for a home for a historical murder mystery, “Bail Up”, complete 70,000 words. In the 1860s, New South Wales had a bushranger problem. These bold knights of the road held up banks and bailed up travellers. They robbed gold…
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Feb 10
Comparison of new camera & phone camera.
Point and click photos. No fiddling with settings, focus, framing. Just point camera, click the button. Also sun is behind the left hand hill so not the best time for shooting in that direction.
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Dec 31
Willow Court: Derwent & Esperance Houses
This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. The first buildings seen on entering the site are former Wards D & E (later Derwent and Esperance Houses). Built in the 1930s as male dormitories.
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Dec 31
Willow Court: Occupational Therapy
This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. This is the Occupational Therapy building, I think. There are lots of windows. From a nearby information panel: Built between 1964-67 the Occupational Therapy building connected Wards A and C and consisted of a female and male workrooms, a main…
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Dec 31
Willow Court: Ladies’ Cottage
This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. The Ladies’ Cottage. Built c.1868. I think originally it was one storey. There is a shop in there now, at the back. At the back.
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