Now that I have my house on wheels
I'll hither and thither as the impulse feels
Free of the shackles of one who kneels
To heed the freedom bell that peals
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MONTHLY UPDATES
AT A GLANCE
November 2014 -
Francois sent a bunch of pics of weird cars, modified for purposes not
originally intended - No photo shoots this month (lazy me) but at least
I've posted another album of historic pics of various auto-related
scenarios during the first half of the 20th century.
October 2014 -
Another 50 pics in the
series of historic auto related photographs taken during the first half
of the 20th century - And they just keep coming! Another batch of
historic auto-related photographs - aaaaand one more for good measure!
September 2014
-
Another 50+ historic pics of autos in various urban situations during
the first half of the 20th century - a photo album of my trip to Sydney
and Balmain to see the doc about my exposed bone/gum problem - Trip to
Port Macquarie for a CT scan of my lower jaw then the return trip via
the coast road to Laurieton -
August 2014
- Yet more historic photos of autos in various urban situations during
the first half of the 20th century - Freedom, An Eagle Kiss - GM Show
and Shine at Cundletown (near Taree) photo album - Celebrating my 70th
birthday at the dental clinic - Manning Valley Cruzer Club Show and
Shine, Fotheringham Park Taree -
July 2014 -
More historic photos of autos in various scenarios during the first
half of the 20th century - Two lonely characters meet and discover the
joy of friendship, a wonderful photo story with captions sent by FL
Josh -
June 2014 - A
selection of photos of kids and their pranks that explains why mothers
yell a lot - More historic pics of auto related images from the first
half of the 20th century -
May
2014 - A third album of historic
autos
from the first half of the 20th century photographed in everyday life -
Pics of my trip down to Great Lakes Caravans, Nabiac, this morning to
have
PJ's new Fiamma awning attached - Another 50+ photos of historic autos
in everyday situations during the first half of the 20th century - 1920
Dodge Bros Book, a collection of magnificent pen and ink drawings -
April
2014 - Maps (album) to help us
understand
the world better - Collection of historic photographs of the automobile
from early to mid 20th century in daily life - A second collection of
historic
photographs of the automobile from early to mid 20th century in daily
life
-
March
2014 - Sydney and a shoot of Glebe
Point, Blackwattle Bay (Sydney Harbor) - Classic Jaguar cars from the
1950s
photo album -
February
2014 - A gathering of local
pelicans
hog the camera down by the Manning River - Rare and Historic Photos
album
- Things To Do Before You Get Old photo album - FL Josh buys himself a
flash Bentley - Photos that seem to justify Einstein's fear of
technology
causing a generation of idiots -
January
2014 - Photo album of Manning
Rowing
Club point score regatta (NSW Rowing Assoc) - Video of The Birth of PJ
added to My Rig, the Journal and Youtube -
December
2013 - Album of sex quotes from
various
celebrities from NC Art - photo album of PJ's new saddle bags and other
jobs -
November
2013 - Photo
album of jacaranda trees in full bloom in Taree - second shoot of the
flowering
jacarandas, this time with the Nikon D3100 - 10 Unique Graveyards photo
album - Grand and Amazing Sights photo album - A collection of
beautiful
photos from around the world sent by Francois -
October
2013 - Puppy dogs making the most
profound of statements - A collection of colorful birds in Nature's
Paintbrush
- Pics of my first shakedown in PJ at Wingham Brush - Historic Photos
#2
album - Pics of a home made truck using junk lying about the farm -
September
2013 - Album of Opera (House)
Perspectives
- Album of walking tour of Sydney Botanic Gardens -
August
2013 - Album of a century old
electric
car - Photo album of Bentleys, Best of British from the Fifties -
July
2013 - Album of witty pub signs
contributed
by NC Art - A Series of wonderful photographs of Nature's miracles in
stunning
color, contributed by NC Art -
June
2013 - Notes written by children
to
"Dear God" - A series of historic and unusual photographs documenting
various
events during the 19th and 20th centuries -
May
2013 - Taree Rail
Centenary
photo album - Video of Rail Centenary - Customized 1948 Ford Mercury
parked
outside my house in Taree - Photo album of things we don't usually see
- Photo album of Taree Rescue Squad's Weekend on Wheels - Photo album
of
humor on buses -
April
2013 - Photo album of what retired Boeing sheet metal
workers
do in their spare time -
March
2013 - Video of Taree Markets,
Saturday
morning at the Showground -
February
2013 - Album of photos of the
iconic
French Citroen 2CV dressed up in leather by Hermes Interieur &
Design
- Photo Album of ferry trip from Circular Quay to Darling Harbor,
Sydney
- Video of the ferry trip from Circular Quay to Darling Harbor, Sydney
-
January
2013 - Video of Forster Tuncurry,
Great Lakes - How could anyone NOT want kids? -
December
2012 - Photo album of the
Ford
Courier tray back ute I'll use to carry the camper -
November
2012 - Photo album of Central
Railway
Station and Radiance of the Seas docked at Circular Quay -
Experimenting
with my new Nikon in the garden - Exterior and interior shots of Our
Lady
of the Rosary Catholic church, Taree -
October
2012 - Video of the Old Bar
Festival
VW Kombi Fest - Video of Same Sex Marriage -
September
2012 - Video of four villages in
the
Manning Valley - Video of Veteran and Vintage Chevrolet Association
show
and shine, Wingham -
August
2012 - Video of the All GM Day,
Old
Holdens Show 'n' Shine, Cundletown - An album of stills from the Old
Holdens
shoot -
July
2012 - A walking tour (plus
train/bus) of Sydney city (video on Youtube) - Stills taken during the
video shoot of Sydney -
June
2012-
A
collection of 1930s Fords from a newsgroup - Video of my ride aboard
the
steam loco 3237 in Taree - Video of driving around Taree (Youtube) -
May
2012 - Pics of Chateau de Mobile,
my new/used slide-on camper - Photos Worth Your Time, a collage of
interesting
photos from around the world, sent by NC Art - Talawahl Nature Reserve
and Breakneck Lookout overlooking Taree - Sunset over Taree and the
Manning
River -
April
2012 - A detour to Crowdy Bay
National
Park and Crowdy Head on my way home from Port Macquarie hospital after
my final radiation treatment - The renovation of Taree Courthouse over
a 14-month period -
March
2012 - Three days in Port
Macquarie
for my second radiation therapy but this time I took a tour of some of
the local beaches - When it's okay to use the F Word - How Times
Change...
a bunch of old ads that would never cut it today -
February
2012 - Four days at Rotary Lodge
in
the grounds of Port Macquarie hospital for my first radiation therapy -
January
2012 - Two weeks in Royal Prince
Alfred
hospital Sydney for cancer operation -
December
2011 Train trip to Sydney
for
an appointment with the doc and a photo shoot of the city on a bleak,
rainy
day -
November
2011 - My latest set of wheels,
The
Ute, a 1993 Ford Falcon XG Longreach utility - 1925/6 Dodge Ute in
original
condition and still going in Queensland - LP gas tanker crash outside
my
house in Taree -
October
2011 - Rail Motor Society's
historic
Class 610 arrives in Taree (as well as the XPT) - A 1918 Chevrolet in
original
condition -
September
2011 - Queensland's oldest pub,
Nindigully
- Wieliczka Salt Mine, Wieliczka, Poland, an astounding underground
cathedral
-
August
2011 - Old Holdens Show &
Shine,
Cundletown - Kookaburra at Old Bar plus a few other shots -
July
2011 - South Africa's new
airline,
Kulula - Guest Traveler - Australia's first caravan, built in Tasmania,
1926 - Pru and Mike and their Winnebago
June
2011 - Taree flood - Roadworks
outside
my home -
May
2011- Bootawa Dam,
Tinonee/Mondrook
-
April
2011 - Taree to Tamworth to buy a
campervan - Pics of the campervan - 'Bush Rally', 100 years of
Automotive
History including a 1909 Stanley Steam car.
March
2011 - Taree and District Classic
and Vintage Motorcycle Club rally - Heart Attack story posted -
February
2011 - An
assortment of pics of tropical cyclone Yasi downloaded from the net -
Artisans
Retreat & Gallery at Mondrook near Tinonee -
January
2011- NSW Rowing Association Point
Score Regatta, Manning River, Taree - Cars caught in the Queensland
floods
-
December
2010- Scrapbook Parts 9, 10a, 10b,
11, 12a, 12b, 13, 14, 15 (final) - Posters for Garage Doors to impress
the neighbors -
November
2010 - Taree's jacarandas in
bloom
- Hegarty St Glebe (my old house) - Scrapbook Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
& 8 -
October
2010 - Lansdowne and Coopernook -
September
2010 - Trip to Old Bar and the
mouth
of the Manning River - Guest Traveler-Jan Gray's trip to Kakadu and the
Kimberley -
August
2010 - Lindsay and Sue depart
Taree
Airport for London - My birthday and a couple of funny b'day vids from
TX Greg -
July
2010 - Steam loco 3237 returns to
Taree and I get a ticket to ride -
June
2010 - Citroen prototype car,
Revolte
- Montage of my pix put to music in a
video
for Youtube - Winter Orchid Show, Taree - Old Holdens Show 'n' Shine
May
2010 - Steam loco 3237 arrives in
Taree - Steam Loco video on Youtube - "War" video on Youtube -
April
2010 - Montage of various shots
around
Taree during April - Dumaresque Island
March
2010 - Montage of various shots
around
Taree - and another montage.
February
2010 - Roadworks and footpath
January
2010 - Manning Sailing Regatta -
LOOK
road signs -
December
2009- Our New Blue Loo! - Albert's
Christmas in Denmark - (Bluey page)
November
2009 - Bits & Pieces -
Country
Energy (new power pole) - Wild parrots feeding time - Water lilies and
lotus at Booroowhangary - Classic and vintage Ford Show
October
2009 -
Upper Lansdowne - Bits and pieces around the backyard (Taree) -
Bluestone
fence, Taree, and flowering Jacarandas.
September
2009 - Manning Valley Cruzers
club
Show 'n' Shine - Bluey page - Final visit to Booroowhangary Rainforest
Gardens - Manning River south bank walk
August,
2009 Long walk (along the banks
of
the Manning River) - Another visit to Killawarra and Mt George -
July
2009 - A walk in Fotheringham
Park,
Taree - Tinonee Orchid Farm III - Andrews Park, Taree West - Around the
local hood - Taree Fishermen's Co-op and old Dairy factory.
June
2009 - Phil and Rose and their
motorhome
- FX & FJ Holden champs, Wingham - Saltwater Wine Surf Classic, Old
Bar - Tow Truck outside my house - Saxbys Soft Drinks, Taree -
Cundletown
with Graham and Irene - Lansdowne
May
2009 Alpaca expo at Ghinni Winery
-
Guest Traveler
(Josh Maguire, camping at Smiths Lake) - Manning Valley Home &
Lifestyle
Expo -
April
2009. The
saga of the Taree fence (updated May 16)
March
2009. Stebercraft Marine
No.3
(launch of the Steber 4700) - "Wheels on Fire" exhibition at Manning
Art
Gallery (Taree) - Nabiac Swap Meet (motorcycles) - Taree Dragon Boat
Regatta
- Taree Airport
February
2009 - Guest
Traveler (Josh Maguire - Kangaroo Island) - Auto wrecks -
Stebercraft
Marine No.2 - Harrigans Irish Pub at Harrington (vintage cars)
January
2009 -
Croc Stars (Taree Mall) - Huntsman in the mail box -
December 2008? Oops!
Diddly squat. Sorry 'bout dat but I did update the Waffle page a couple
of times.
November
2008 - Booroowhangary II (water
lilies)
- Cody's Special Place, Cape Town South Africa - The Royal NSW 41st
Battalion,
Taree - A 1963 Toyota Tiara outside my house - The Rail Motor Society
visits
Taree - Booroowhangary III (lotus).
October
2008 - Old Bar Festival Parts 1
&
2 - Wingham Akoostik Music Festival & Smokin Joe Robinson - Timber
Town (Wauchope)
September
2008 - Tinonee Orchids (2) -
Wingham
sheep exhibition - HMB Endeavour, Hastings area/Port Macquarie
August
2008 - Taree Model Railway & Hobby Exhibition - Taree
Dragon
Boat - Taree Championship Dog Show - Manning Valley Cruzers Club
(hotrods)
Show 'n' Shine
July
2008 - Booroowhangary Rainforest
Gardens
- Gangga Marrang Aboriginal Art exhibition - Manning Kart Club, Wingham
- Beaut Utes Show, Wingham - Taree Showjumping (horses) - Guest
Traveler - Road Trip to Colorado
June
2008 - Pampoolah, Roy Cross
Timbers
- Tinonee Orchids - Stebercraft Marine, Taree - Mike from Tasmania
May
2008 - Taree Lookout (Breakneck
Rd)
- Beef Week, Wingham - Taree Historic Motor Show - Tuncurry & Wally
III (lobsters)
April
2008 - Kr8er King, Tuncurry - Old
Bar Surf - Taree Collector's Club - Mt George II
March
2008 - Wingham Brush - Elands,
Bulga
- Martin Bridge Taree - Taree Art Gallery - Seal Rocks
February
2008 - Tapin Tops - Laurieton II
January
2008 - Nabiac - Old Bar II -
Manning
Point - Ghinni Ghinni
December
2007 - Brimbin - Mt George -
Boorganna
- Blackhead Beach
November
2007 - Coorabakh -
Forster/Tuncurry
October
2007 - Ellenborough Falls -
Barrington
Tops - Laurieton
September
2007 - Taree - Old Bar
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