I am reading your blogs...except when Blogger went offline.
I'm just not often leaving comments. I don't feel clever or funny or deeply profound.
Thinking and planning is just too much effort some days.
Hiding inside history research for the Dunolly blog.
It's reliable and doesn't bite back.
But.
Dad loved Dunolly.
Tears today, again, miserable company for a miserable day.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Oh, hi
Still here.
Just blobbing.
Staring at nothing.
Loving the new meds that make me have many nana naps that stretch in a snoring session fit to raise the roof.
Bit wet today, rain persistently precipitating so am forced to snuggle up with rug and hot water bottle on the couch.
And stare at nothing.
Just blobbing.
Staring at nothing.
Loving the new meds that make me have many nana naps that stretch in a snoring session fit to raise the roof.
Bit wet today, rain persistently precipitating so am forced to snuggle up with rug and hot water bottle on the couch.
And stare at nothing.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Brick by Brick Project For Historic Dunolly Town Hall and Court House
The brick work of both the Dunolly Town Hall and the Court House, particularly the Court House is in urgent need of repair.
Similar to this brick (from another nearby building)
To raise funds to repair the brick work and associated plaster, paint and roofing work
To raise the profile of the buildings and so encourage their use by business and organisations beyond the immediate community
The project invites donors to purchase a brick. The bricks are gold $100, silver $75and bronze $25. Each sponsor will receive a certificate and have their name placed on a plaque. The Committee is seeking donations from the immediate community and beyond. Support from the legal fraternity and the National Trust is being sought.
If you wish to donate or know someone who may wish to be a sponsor please contact the President or Secretary. Donations can be sent to PO Box 128, Dunolly Vic 3472
War, Sport, Car Racing, Zepplins, May 4 in Oz = it's your shout.
Ye gads, have trawled through the drek and, having come out the other side stinking to high heaven of Eau de Ennui I think you all owe me a drink for today's efforts.
Oh, yes you do.
Let's see.....
war....
sport ...
war...
tennis....
cricket....
war...
war...
Here we are!
1917 and a Zepplin dropped a shedload of shite on HMAS Sydney.
Here's a painting we prepared earlier.
1935 saw those speed-demons getting all flustered and excited when the very first Australian Midget Auto Racing Championship was held at Melbourne's Olympic Park.
Oh, can't you feel the thrills running up your spine when I whisper in your shell-like ear that ink and paper were produced for the first time in Oz on this date in 1868?
If you keep snoring like that I shall poke you with something sharp.
It was a dark and stormy night...oh, now that woke you up!
The General Grant (a ship not an army person!) sailed out of Melbourne to London in 1866 (why they couldn't enjoy the sightseeing here I don't know, the weather's nicer for one thing and you get those dinky umbrellas in your cocktails...) but it sort of crunched into cliffs on the Auckland Islands and it was tears before bedtime.
Eek.
Sport.
*shudder*
AAMI Stadium in Sth Oz saw it's first bit 'o' flesh action in 1974 when Central District and North Adelaide had at it.
That banned book...you know, the one they held a trial over...and then banned the book of the trial itself...full of sex...the book, not the trial...something to do with a green thumb..anyway, the author, (who hadn't penned his adult book yet) DH Lawrence rocked up to Fremantle in 1922.
War.
1942...Battle of The Coral Sea.
Oh, yes you do.
Let's see.....
war....
sport ...
war...
tennis....
cricket....
war...
war...
Here we are!
1917 and a Zepplin dropped a shedload of shite on HMAS Sydney.
Here's a painting we prepared earlier.
1935 saw those speed-demons getting all flustered and excited when the very first Australian Midget Auto Racing Championship was held at Melbourne's Olympic Park.
Oh, can't you feel the thrills running up your spine when I whisper in your shell-like ear that ink and paper were produced for the first time in Oz on this date in 1868?
If you keep snoring like that I shall poke you with something sharp.
It was a dark and stormy night...oh, now that woke you up!
The General Grant (a ship not an army person!) sailed out of Melbourne to London in 1866 (why they couldn't enjoy the sightseeing here I don't know, the weather's nicer for one thing and you get those dinky umbrellas in your cocktails...) but it sort of crunched into cliffs on the Auckland Islands and it was tears before bedtime.
Eek.
Sport.
*shudder*
AAMI Stadium in Sth Oz saw it's first bit 'o' flesh action in 1974 when Central District and North Adelaide had at it.
That banned book...you know, the one they held a trial over...and then banned the book of the trial itself...full of sex...the book, not the trial...something to do with a green thumb..anyway, the author, (who hadn't penned his adult book yet) DH Lawrence rocked up to Fremantle in 1922.
War.
1942...Battle of The Coral Sea.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Pirates in Pinafores! Magicians! UFO sightings! May 3 in Oz
Well, chaps, looks like it's yet another date of su-PREME excitement in history *yawn* but I've managed to trawl through the dross and dregs to find these few semi-precious gems for your passing entertainment.
Gold coin donation not accepted on your way out but a kind kick up the backside will be welcomed.
Legendary pioneer magician and inventor Percy Abbott was hatched in Braidwood in 1886, creating fun and magic around Oz before establishing himself in Colon, Michigan.
Canberra in 1964 and those party animals were reporting seeing UFOs playing aerial ping pong with each other.
Yes, Canberra...that hotbed of excitement and beige tweed.
I've linked to the cached version to make it easier for you to find.
Ladies of Australia & New Zealand rejoice!
For today the news of ether anesthesia reached our far shores via the ship The Lightning in 1847, bringing with it the news that we can all get knocked out whilst in childbirth and wake up to a bouncing squalling babe who looks nothing like the placid ink drawings in those outdated mothercraft booklets the schools handed out as part of sex ed.
Risdon Cove in 1804 was the site of a massacre of a large number of Aboriginal persons, some state between 300-600, with a couple of historians disputing the facts despite well-documented eye witness accounts.
Unauthorised piracy abounded in 1879 when HMS Pinafore opened at the Sydney School of Arts.
Gold coin donation not accepted on your way out but a kind kick up the backside will be welcomed.
Legendary pioneer magician and inventor Percy Abbott was hatched in Braidwood in 1886, creating fun and magic around Oz before establishing himself in Colon, Michigan.
Canberra in 1964 and those party animals were reporting seeing UFOs playing aerial ping pong with each other.
Yes, Canberra...that hotbed of excitement and beige tweed.
I've linked to the cached version to make it easier for you to find.
Ladies of Australia & New Zealand rejoice!
For today the news of ether anesthesia reached our far shores via the ship The Lightning in 1847, bringing with it the news that we can all get knocked out whilst in childbirth and wake up to a bouncing squalling babe who looks nothing like the placid ink drawings in those outdated mothercraft booklets the schools handed out as part of sex ed.
Risdon Cove in 1804 was the site of a massacre of a large number of Aboriginal persons, some state between 300-600, with a couple of historians disputing the facts despite well-documented eye witness accounts.
Unauthorised piracy abounded in 1879 when HMS Pinafore opened at the Sydney School of Arts.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Katy Perry,Dinner with Royals,West Australia died and other events on May 2 in Oz history
Rejoice, dear reader, for we have survived not only the Royal weeding wedding but the Bogans Logies.
Alas, the Feral teen was disappointed in only 1 song from Katy Perry and is now permanently horrified by the sight of fishnet, but he showed excellent taste by declaring Chrissie Swan the best dressed.
So, West Australian dropped off the perch on this day in 1870.
Go on, click the link, you know you want to know how that is possible.
1941 saw it announced that cars, trucks, motorbikes and broomsticks were being conscripted for the war effort.
If the link doesn't work it's Edmonton Journal (via Google Newspapers) May 2, 1941, page 8...and you'll probably find the ads for the fill-ums to be more entertaining.
Michael Magee was having a pretty crap day when he earned the distinction of being the first bloke to be hanged in South Oz in 1838.
Prime Minister Curtin had a bite to eat and a chinwag with them what live in Buck Palace in 1944.
Oh, and he nattered with other leaders on some little dispute going on around the world.
Again, if the link is dodgy it's the Sydney Morning Herald May 3, 1944, page 3...although the article about the Polish Underground Army on the same page is pretty interesting...
1829 saw Charlie Fremantle kicking his heels, complaining of being bored so his parents told him to go outside to play; he trotted off and ran a flag up the flagpole at the head of the Swan River.
Which was ony slightly better than running his mother's bloomers up the mast in place of the sails.
Alas, the Feral teen was disappointed in only 1 song from Katy Perry and is now permanently horrified by the sight of fishnet, but he showed excellent taste by declaring Chrissie Swan the best dressed.
So, West Australian dropped off the perch on this day in 1870.
Go on, click the link, you know you want to know how that is possible.
1941 saw it announced that cars, trucks, motorbikes and broomsticks were being conscripted for the war effort.
If the link doesn't work it's Edmonton Journal (via Google Newspapers) May 2, 1941, page 8...and you'll probably find the ads for the fill-ums to be more entertaining.
Michael Magee was having a pretty crap day when he earned the distinction of being the first bloke to be hanged in South Oz in 1838.
Prime Minister Curtin had a bite to eat and a chinwag with them what live in Buck Palace in 1944.
Oh, and he nattered with other leaders on some little dispute going on around the world.
Again, if the link is dodgy it's the Sydney Morning Herald May 3, 1944, page 3...although the article about the Polish Underground Army on the same page is pretty interesting...
1829 saw Charlie Fremantle kicking his heels, complaining of being bored so his parents told him to go outside to play; he trotted off and ran a flag up the flagpole at the head of the Swan River.
Which was ony slightly better than running his mother's bloomers up the mast in place of the sails.
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