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06 October 23
Melbourne Cup: Etienne de Mestre was a master trainer
Archer won the race twice Etienne de Mestre trained a battery of horses during the mid-1800s and put Australia on the map. He won the inaugural Melbourne Cup with Archer, in 1861. The horse was virtually unheard of and was given 8 to 1. As they made the run home, Archer increased his ...
06 October 23
Australian Bushfires: Hazards are dangerous
A constant hazard of the Australian summer Fighting bushfires is similar to being on a journey into the unknown. You never know how long it takes for the them to hang around. Bushfires are notoriously difficult to predict an outcome. The bushfires started every year will be triggered deliberately. That’s why bushfires ...
21 September 23
Film Greats: Disney’s 1947 Song of the South still touches a nerve!
Uncle Remus is the foreteller of wonderful stories! After the Civil War, down in the Deep South state of Georgia, a little boy called Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) is excited about a trip to visit his grandmother living on a rural cotton/tobacco/rice/pecan plantation. However, his visit soon turns painful as he learns that ...
21 September 23
Film Greats: Song of the South - It’s on with the show. Gallery of photos!
Here comes the Zip-a-dee-doo-dah special magic! In 1947, a feature length colour film Walt Disney’s Song of the South brought to life the well-loved Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris. By the combination of live actors and cartoons, the film tells how the wise old Uncle Remus teaches a small boy ...
06 September 23
Remember When . . . Gallery of photos. Extraordinary things can happen
MEMO: Spread layers of Vegemite on your toast! The ultra-modern Kraft Walker factory across the Yarra River, Victoria, which sparkles in the sunlight, was opened in 1928. Callister - the Man who got the ball rolling! The invention of Vegemite spans the Gold Rush, the Depression and two world wars. That’s quite an ...
06 September 23
Jack The Ripper: Gallery of Photos! Do something different with your holidays!
Where the victims were discovered. Polly Nichols, Bucks Row, August 31, 1888. The Murders of Jack The Ripper: Come, let your holiday follow in his footsteps. Jack the Ripper had a host of followers even though his killings spread horror through the land. So, here’s a suggestion! Why don’t you make it a thing to ...
23 August 23
Remember When … There’s a tiny bit of Ginger Meggs in all of us!
Gone but not forgotten. In 1921, our first glimpse of the red-headed larrikin who was on his way to become a national icon. Thanks, Ginger, for your antics over the last 102 years. The inspiration behind Ginger Meggs’ name was a woman. She was Ross Russell, a social columnist for The ...
23 August 23
Vietnam War: Death of a young Australian warrior
Australia ‘s 50th Anniversary: From the time of the arrival of the first members of the Team in 1962 over 60,000 Australians, including ground troops and air force and navy personnel, served in Vietnam. The war in Vietnam in June 1965, claimed the first conscript, Private Errol Noack, 21 years-old, of South ...
09 August 23
NZ Scene: Hillary, Tenzing reached the highest place on earth
They came to conquer a mountain In 1953, Edmund Hillary and the Nepalese mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Towering a shade over 29,000 feet, they had conquered the highest place on earth. “By conquering Everest, Hillary and Norgay affirmed the power of humble determination and ...
