Saturday, November 15, 2008
Gallipoli: “We had 28 seconds”
November, 1915 17 Tuesday: A storm smashes the piers at Anzac Cove and W Beach. The prow of the "Majestic" shears away under the battering. This windstorm prevents all outdoor work Birdwood reports that Anzac can be evacuated without much loss. 18 Wednesday: "There was a bugler on top of Sedd el...
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Tropical Fruit World 1 - Australia
It's been many months since I got back from my holiday in Coolangatta, Queensland and so far I've only got around to mentioning White Water World (I wanna go back!!!!!). Another place worthy of a visit is Tropical Fruit World - see various fruits being grown, sample them, pig out on them in the...
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Tropical Fruit World 2 - Australia
Animal Farm
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Tropical Fruit World 3 - Australia
Find the golf ball. There is a mini putt course down by the stream. It was a hard job finding golf balls to play though. They were hidden in the darndest places! The steam train.
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Tropical Fruit World 4 - Australia
From the cactus garden. View from the road. The plain you are looking across is the inside of a volcano and the mountain in the distance the central plug of that volcano. Tropical Fruit World is on the sea side of the volcano's slopes. Note: Highway bottom right to get a sense of scale.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Election Results
To my regular readers - sorry for taking so long with the results. It’s been a busy week. Last Thursday I had a tooth crowned. I’m only just recovering from all the puilling, prying and poking done to my jaw. At least the swelling has gone down. Meanwhile, on the same day, my brother was fired from...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Gallipoli: “spies through our lines”
November, 1915 11 Wednesday: The War Council is reconstituted as the War Committee. Curzon and Churchill are excluded from its deliberations. 12-14 Kitchener inspects Gallipoli. 13 Friday: Sir Charles Munro had been ordered to investigate an attack on Alexandretta and he finds himself in agreement...
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CANDYLAND
This is an unpaid for commercial. I am reproducing it exactly as I saw it in “The Aucklander” (West Auckland edition, 6 Nov. 2008). Candyland Established for over 15 years, this Waikato tourist icon is for sale. 76 year old owner retiring but will stay on for up to a year with new Owners. Easily run...
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Reply To AardigeAfrikaner: Part 15 - Minor Partys
And so we come to today’s election and the end of this series. Here is the rundown of the minor Partys. PROGRESSIVE: In the eighties, when Labour went all undies-up-to-the-naval, suit’n’tie, greed-is-good, Jim Anderton went feral and split from them. Because he is not a meglomaniac, like Winston...
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Gallipoli
November, 1915 1 Sunday: NZer, Alexander Aitken writes of his compatriots taking R&R on Lemnos: " They resembled in some aspects the survivors of an earthquake." The destroyer "Louis" is blown ashore at Suvla during a gale and breaks in half. 2 Monday: "... we made out the black mass and ridgy back...
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