On perusing a photo site of my old town i found a post regarding a sign painted on the breakwater at the entrance to Townsville Nth Queensland harbour the person who submitted the photo knew nothing about it, so upon further investigation it turned out that in the Canadian warship HMS foxhound...

Read a lot about the 1929 > depression , absolutely heart breaking story's , and man's inhumanity to his fellow man,Most of these kids would be long gone by now, i just hope that the remainder of their lives were a little bit kinder.

Excellent work Jason, keep it up.

The Movie advertised on the bill board may have been Martin and Lewis ''Pardners'' 1956.

White is to bright, and also looks very bland, needs some colour , font for thread titles and buttons on opening page forum could be ...as so..

************** Great Photos and Drone Vids, appreciate them very much.

Thanks for that photo, great color for the era of the photo could have been taken last week, i would like to own half a dozen of those cars sitting in the car lot be worth a few bucks here in Tasmania. Cheers Sonny

Convict Records http://coraweb.com.au/convict.htm http://prisonerpics.blogspot.com.au/

Mayhaps one of your ancestors was sent to Van Diemen's Land land , use the below link to check. http://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/index.php/convicts/convicts-lists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tmHbMzAfEc

Tasmanian convicts Australian convicts photographed in Victoria c.1860; this identification of the two men is inaccurate–see comments below. Between 1788 and 1868, Britain shipped a total of 165,000 such men to the penal colonies it established on the continents’ east and the west coasts...

Thanks for that, yes it is rather surreal.

Thanks for that piece of Aussie history ,thought you may also be interested in HMAS Melbourne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_%28R21%29 which was sold to China for scrap in 1985,Melbourne was also involved in two major collisions with allied vessels. On the evening of 10 February...

Great story, particularly liked the chaps initiative in dressing in the painters overalls , and also having the pluck and courage to climb the tower, i get dizzy looking at the photos.

Great pic, great contrast.

Great pics thanks a lot , i don't think people realize the little gems that can be found in their own backyard, just got to get out there and look around and at the same time spend an enjoyable day exploring , all you need is a backpack,Camera water, packed lunch, and of course a sense of...

Thank you for taking the time to reply, the architecture then was magnificent , i assume that a lot of these old gems have fallen to urban development if so then a lot of history has been lost. We use locations as touchstones for our memory's , i was dismayed when i re-visted a spot where i met...

I am curious regarding the above snowy winters night photo, absolutely magnificent, does anybody know where it was taken and if those houses still exist.