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  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Thanks for reviving this thread Keith, first time I've seen it. I look out for dilapidated old sheds and houses on my travels too, will have to take and post pics too. Unfortunately round our way the long time closed commercial buildings in the towns have now been bought up and tarted up. In 1977 I tried to interest one of those groups of blokes that hang out together that the Qld govt. assures us no longer exist, to buy the old bank building in Goomeri for a pittance. Flashest building in town, big back yard running back to a creek, lots of room to park bikes inside next to the safe. Lost opportunity for them, now it's a renovated art gallery and cafe I think.
  • keith
    keith
    1 year ago
    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 02 May 2023 06:43 AM

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    Castlemaine Rod Shoppe
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    Aircraft crash site
    Quoting B0nes on 02 May 2023 09:28 AM

    Where abouts is that crash site. A weird hobby of mine is researching aviation crash sites

    @BOnes, click on to the visual icon top right side off the monument pic, it will take you to the suggested related web site, crash was in 1910 interesting read.
    Good hobby you're on to as well. Cheers.
  • Rextheute2022
    Rextheute2022
    1 year ago
    Previous visit , still in the sticks 

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  • Rextheute2022
    Rextheute2022
    1 year ago
    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 03 May 2023 10:51 AM

    https://www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/explore-location/608/vhuyy-tokana-memorial/


    Every time I’ve been there it’s eerie , in the middle of a cow paddock-would have been a lonely place .

    Quoting Far Canal on 03 May 2023 10:58 AM

    Great place to die!.
    Better than a nursing home where no one visits.

    Funny you say that , I was talking to my dad this arvo, and long story short our oldest dog go went to heaven yesterday , we were remarking that the only thing you can’t get more of is time . 

    Everything else is achievable, money , job , stuff, house etc . 

    Time tho, hard nope . 

    Sorry , not didn’t want to bring the room down hahaha,

    “Clocks ticking , give it all you’ve got “ 
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    1 year ago
    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 03 May 2023 10:59 AM

    Previous visit , still in the sticks 


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    What is that bike?
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    1 year ago
    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 03 May 2023 10:51 AM

    https://www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/explore-location/608/vhuyy-tokana-memorial/


    Every time I’ve been there it’s eerie , in the middle of a cow paddock-would have been a lonely place .

    Quoting Far Canal on 03 May 2023 10:58 AM

    Great place to die!.
    Better than a nursing home where no one visits.

    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 03 May 2023 11:05 AM

    Funny you say that , I was talking to my dad this arvo, and long story short our oldest dog go went to heaven yesterday , we were remarking that the only thing you can’t get more of is time . 


    Everything else is achievable, money , job , stuff, house etc . 

    Time tho, hard nope . 

    Sorry , not didn’t want to bring the room down hahaha,

    “Clocks ticking , give it all you’ve got “ 

    Not bringing anyone down mate.
    Shit just happens.
    Look at the number of historical shipwrecks round southern Australia, just as scary for the hapless souls back then.
  • Rextheute2022
    Rextheute2022
    1 year ago
    Royal Enfield GT650 - like a Brit bike of the lates 60’s .
    But new .
    Reminded me of an early Sportster , 270 deg crank so a bit growls / rumbly .
    Was fun but a bit underpowered- in a good way .
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  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 03 May 2023 10:51 AM

    https://www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/explore-location/608/vhuyy-tokana-memorial/


    Every time I’ve been there it’s eerie , in the middle of a cow paddock-would have been a lonely place .

    Quoting Far Canal on 03 May 2023 10:58 AM

    Great place to die!.
    Better than a nursing home where no one visits.

    Another place is 2/3 of the way up Mt Superbus near Warwick in SE Qld, there's the wreck of a Lincoln bomber scattered through the montane rainforest.
    On a medical evacuation from north Qld, crewed by high ranking officers, crashed and burnt Merlin motors lying around. Good place to sit and think about life, until you get the shits with all the leeches.
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    1 year ago
    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 03 May 2023 10:51 AM

    https://www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/explore-location/608/vhuyy-tokana-memorial/


    Every time I’ve been there it’s eerie , in the middle of a cow paddock-would have been a lonely place .

    Quoting Far Canal on 03 May 2023 10:58 AM

    Great place to die!.
    Better than a nursing home where no one visits.

    Quoting obisteve on 03 May 2023 10:44 PM

    Another place is 2/3 of the way up Mt Superbus near Warwick in SE Qld, there's the wreck of a Lincoln bomber scattered through the montane rainforest.

    On a medical evacuation from north Qld, crewed by high ranking officers, crashed and burnt Merlin motors lying around. Good place to sit and think about life, until you get the shits with all the leeches.

    Spotted part of that wreckage sitting in a hanger at Point Cook RAAF Base a couple of years ago when I was down there. They were bringing a 2 day old baby to Brisbane from Townsville.
    Here's a short article about the crash

  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    That's a sad tale, all died trying to help, hope it was quick.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    They flew straight into the side of a steep rocky heavily forested mountain at about 200 mph. Can't see death being anything other than instant.
    Thanks for posting the link BOnes, from the pics the wrecks continued to deteriorate since I rode and hiked in in 1978. Managed to get the W2650 Kawa I was riding then about quarter of the way up the mountain. 
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 03 May 2023 10:56 AM

    https://tomelbourne.com.au/mia-mias-duigan-flight-memorial-and-the-story-of-john-robertson-duigan/


    This is what Keith was referencing - 1910 which was the beginning of actually attempting to fly ! 

    Again it’s a long way from anywhere , I mean how did they get a plane three, and the fuel and associated ‘stuff’ why not take off from Essendon , or St Kilda ? 
    History is always funny . 

    Why not in Brighton or St Kilda? Because not everyone lives in Brighton or St Kilda. He built it in his home shed in the sticks, started flying it from a creek flat on the property. Interesting article from The Argus, 1911 in the link. Mentions that when he needed parts from Melbourne he rode his motorcycle there, 160 mile round trip in a day over 1910 bush tracks. That's longer than many HOG runs today. Probably didn't stop for coffee, and if he did visit St Kilda, wouldn't have had a soy skinny latte with a shot of caramel on the Esplanade. Might have had a pot of tea.
    The Argus article is surprisingly technically literate, far more so than today's news coverage. Mentions the bore and stroke of the Melbourne built motor, its operational rpm, the diameter and pitch of the propeller, how he made his own copper water jackets for the heads of the air cooled motor, twin cooled in 1910! Can't see this sort of stuff being mentioned today, it would be all How did it feel Mr Duigan when you only flew 20 yards at 15 feet in the air on the 10th time you tried to take off? Or Do you really think you should be wasting all this money on this silly useless toy rather than updating the kitchen and putting a bathroom in the homestead, the decor really needs a makeover.
    Doesn't mention the brand of his bike,  but there's a hint in that to get the motor running properly he used the Schebler carb from an American motor buggy they also had, so there was American machinery around.

  • B0nes
    B0nes
    1 year ago
    Quoting Rextheute2022 on 03 May 2023 10:56 AM

    https://tomelbourne.com.au/mia-mias-duigan-flight-memorial-and-the-story-of-john-robertson-duigan/


    This is what Keith was referencing - 1910 which was the beginning of actually attempting to fly ! 

    Again it’s a long way from anywhere , I mean how did they get a plane three, and the fuel and associated ‘stuff’ why not take off from Essendon , or St Kilda ? 
    History is always funny . 

    Quoting obisteve on 05 May 2023 10:57 PMedited: 05 May 2023 10:59 PM

    Why not in Brighton or St Kilda? Because not everyone lives in Brighton or St Kilda. He built it in his home shed in the sticks, started flying it from a creek flat on the property. Interesting article from The Argus, 1911 in the link. Mentions that when he needed parts from Melbourne he rode his motorcycle there, 160 mile round trip in a day over 1910 bush tracks. That's longer than many HOG runs today. Probably didn't stop for coffee, and if he did visit St Kilda, wouldn't have had a soy skinny latte with a shot of caramel on the Esplanade. Might have had a pot of tea.

    The Argus article is surprisingly technically literate, far more so than today's news coverage. Mentions the bore and stroke of the Melbourne built motor, its operational rpm, the diameter and pitch of the propeller, how he made his own copper water jackets for the heads of the air cooled motor, twin cooled in 1910! Can't see this sort of stuff being mentioned today, it would be all How did it feel Mr Duigan when you only flew 20 yards at 15 feet in the air on the 10th time you tried to take off? Or Do you really think you should be wasting all this money on this silly useless toy rather than updating the kitchen and putting a bathroom in the homestead, the decor really needs a makeover.
    Doesn't mention the brand of his bike,  but there's a hint in that to get the motor running properly he used the Schebler carb from an American motor buggy they also had, so there was American machinery around.

    Doing a little background checking into Mr Duigan. His family certainly weren't short of a quid or two

  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Nice link.  The original linked article also mentioned a family address in Ivanhoe, I'll have to go back and check that too.
    But yeah, not short of a quid, they also had the Mia Mia property running 1000 head of sheep, with the youngest son managing it and the older son wasting his time on his flying machine and beating around the bush on his motor bike. Not a bad life if you can get it.
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    1 year ago
    Quoting obisteve on 06 May 2023 10:56 PM

    Nice link.  The original linked article also mentioned a family address in Ivanhoe, I'll have to go back and check that too.

    But yeah, not short of a quid, they also had the Mia Mia property running 1000 head of sheep, with the youngest son managing it and the older son wasting his time on his flying machine and beating around the bush on his motor bike. Not a bad life if you can get it.

    Mia Mia is within cooee of my joint. A beautiful part of NE Victoria, views higher up are amazing.. Agree wat a life.
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    1 year ago
    Quoting obisteve on 06 May 2023 10:56 PM

    Nice link.  The original linked article also mentioned a family address in Ivanhoe, I'll have to go back and check that too.

    But yeah, not short of a quid, they also had the Mia Mia property running 1000 head of sheep, with the youngest son managing it and the older son wasting his time on his flying machine and beating around the bush on his motor bike. Not a bad life if you can get it.

    Quoting Baloffski on 07 May 2023 01:11 AM

    Mia Mia is within cooee of my joint. A beautiful part of NE Victoria, views higher up are amazing.. Agree wat a life.

    brother in law lives at Mia Mia.
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