Buckshot Bear

We don't have rabies and some other diseases here because of our isolation......they could have just isolated the poor dog until it had a clean bill of health

Motor Cycle - Indian Scout, 600 cc V-Twin, Hendee Manufacturing Co, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America, 1923 Photographer: Benjamin Healley Source: Museums Victoria. The Museum's Indian motor cycle is a 1923 Scout bought new in Adelaide. This machine had only one owner before being acquired for restoration. It was purchased by the Museum in 1986. With a 600cc side-valve V-twin engine and three-speed gearbox, it was capable of a top speed of 69 m.p.h (110 km/h). Physical Description Red motor cycle with yellow lettering and detail on tank. Red front and rear fenders. Single round headlight and taillight. Brown leather seat. 600cc side-valve V-twin engine and three-speed gearbox. Metal tag on front fender.

The dog of the desert - Australian Geographic Horrie, a male terrier puppy, was found starving in a Libyan desert in 1941 by Private Jim Moody. He soon became the mascot of the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion, providing companionship and relief to thousands of Aussie Diggers. When the soldiers rescued Horrie, they were unaware of his extraordinary capabilities. During the war, Horrie saved hundreds of Australian soldiers with his sharp sense of sound – he could detect the sound of Nazi aircrafts flying overhead well before they were seen by the troops. The dog would sit and face the sky, and let out his distinct, guttural growl to warn the troops to hurry to the trenches. Horrie survived a bomb splinter injury in his leg, and he even endured through Syria’s cold winter, wrapped up in a cloth cut from a soldier’s tunic. Horrie was successfully smuggled back into Australia despite the strict quarantine regulations stating all animals on board returning to Australia must be destroyed. Horrie and Private Moody lived a peaceful life together after the war finished, but not for long. Horrie gained publicity around Australia as a famous war hero, which caught the attention of Ron Wardle, Commonwealth Director of Veterinary Hygiene. Wardle eventually euthanised Horrie with a dose of cyanide on 12 March 1945. However, some rumours claim Moody handed over a Horrie-look-a-like instead. After news spread of Horrie’s death, protests around Australia erupted, and Wardle received death threats from the public.

Ballad Of The Drover Across the stony ridges, Across the rolling plain, Young Harry Dale, the drover, Comes riding home again. And well his stock-horse bears him, And light of heart is he, And stoutly his old pack-horse Is trotting by his knee. Up Queensland way with cattle He's travelled regions vast, And many months have vanished Since home-folk saw him last. He hums a song of someone He hopes to marry soon; And hobble-chains and camp-ware Keep jingling to the tune. Beyond the hazy dado Against the lower skies And yon blue line of ranges The station homestead lies. And thitherward the drover Jogs through the lazy noon, While hobble-chains and camp-ware Are jingling to a tune. An hour has filled the heavens With storm-clouds inky black; At times the lightning trickles Around the drover's track; But Harry pushes onward, His horses' strength he tries, In hope to reach the river Before the flood shall rise. The thunder, pealing o'er him, Goes rumbling down the plain; And sweet on thirsty pastures Beats fast the plashing rain. And every creek and gully Sends forth its tribute flood — The river runs a banker, All stained with yellow mud. Now Harry speaks to Rover, The best dog on the plains, And to his hardy horses, And strokes their shaggy manes; "We've breasted bigger rivers When floods were at their height Nor shall this gutter stop us From getting home to-night!" The thunder growls a warning, The blue, forked lightnings gleam; The drover turns his horses To swim the fatal stream. But, oh! the flood runs stronger Than e'er it ran before; The saddle-horse is failing, And only half-way o'er! When flashes next the lightning, The flood's grey breast is blank, And a cattle-dog and packhorse Are struggling up the bank. But in the lonely homestead The girl shall wait in vain — He'll never pass the stations In charge of stock again. The faithful dog a moment Lies panting on the bank, Then plunges through the current To where his master sank. And round and round in circles He fights with failing strength, Till, gripped by wilder waters, He fails and sinks at length. Across the flooded lowlands And slopes of sodden loam The packhorse struggles bravely, To take dumb tidings home. And mud-stained, wet, and weary, He goes by rock and tree; With clanging chains and tinware All sounding eerily.

Gotta' pay that one.....its a beauty!

A classic photo depicting five hard-working indigenous stockman at night camp at Newcastle Waters station Northern Territory. Newcastle Waters is a large cattle station in the Barkly Tableands about 290km north of Tennant Creek ( Date unknown)

Lightburn's washing machine factory in Camden Park turns out Adelaide's own instant-oddity Zeta car, 1963-65 The Zeta, made from 1963 to 1965 by Lightburn and Co at its factory in the Adelaide suburb of Camden Park, became an instant car collector’s item because of its odd features and rarity. Car enthusiast Harold Lightburn, the company's owner and founder, was convinced that many Australians wanted the convenience of a small second car. Lightburn, who normally made cement mixers and washing machines, introduced the Zeta in 1963, priced £595, but sold fewer than 400. Zeta models were a sedan, sedan deluxe, utility and sports model. Lightburn also produced an electric “mobility-scooteresque” runabout vehicle capable of carrying two adults and available in two models. The Zeta Sedan (or Runabout) and utility were powered by a 324cc Villiers engine and were front wheel drive with independent rear trailing arms. The sedan had no rear hatch so the front seats had to be removed to access the cargo area. The chassis was steel, with a fibreglass body enclosing a large but sparse interior. Windows were perspex except for the front laminated glass windscreen. The doors were steel with sliding perspex windows. The four-speed, dog clutch Villiers gearbox had no reverse so the engine had to be switched off and started backwards to provide four reverse gears. Fuel came by gravity feed from a tank behind the dashboard. The fuel gauge was a plastic pipe running from top to bottom of the tank with a graduated glass tube section on the dashboard. The utility was the rarest Zeta with only eight produced. Some were bought by Sydney City Council for its Hyde Park fleet. The two-seater Zeta Sports was introduced in 1964. Like the Goggomobil Dart, it lacked doors and bumper bars. Only 28 w. Image: From an advertisement for the Zeta sedan, "Australia's 'second' car", made in Adelaide's Lightburn suburban factory in the 1960s.

A: Ibis I like that Deacon !!!!

FASTEST AUSTRALIAN SHEARER- 1892 National Museum Australia. Jack Howe was a shearer whose feats in the sheds of central Queensland made him a legend. In 1892, Howe sheared 321 sheep in one day using hand shears – a record that still stands today. John Robert Howe was born in Warwick in southeast Queensland in 1861. Known as Jack or Jackie, he worked as a shearer and settled in the Blackall district of central Queensland. He became famous, a gun shearer, setting records that stood for decades. Physical descriptions paint Howe as a giant of a man, with hands the size of small tennis racquets and wrists as strong as steel. He set records even when other shearers tried to distract him, by tickling him or jumping on his back. His presence in a shed was said to lift tallies far above normal, as men tried to compete with him. At Alice Downs station in Queensland in October 1892, Howe sheared 1437 sheep in a week. A few days later, he broke another record, shearing 321 sheep in seven hours and 40 minutes. Howe performed both feats using blade shears and, despite the introduction of machine shearing technology, his record tally of 321 sheep remained intact until 1950. In the same 1892 season, Howe also broke the record for machine shearing at Barcaldine Downs, where he sheared 237 sheep in one day using the new technology. When Howe quit shearing in 1900, he became a publican and owned hotels in Blackall and Barcoo. He had been an active member of the Shearers’ Union and he continued to advocate for workers’ rights as a member and president of the Blackall Workers’ Political Organisation. He was also a member of the fledgling Australian Labor Party. Howe died in 1920, aged 58. PHOTO- Jack Howe, 1915

Its not fair.....Turkey, Christmas pudding, Trifle and 38°C+ temps don't mix well

Seagull droppings