Sunday, Jan 17, 2010 at 20:38
yes Alan, (and thanks for the chance for a free plug!)
Celebrations are in hand for
Alice Springs to commemorate in April the 150 years since white fellas (
John McDouall Stuart, William Darton Kekwick & Benjamin Head) got to the centre of the continent.
The reason this was so significant is primarily because of the immense global interest in finding out what lay in the centre of the 'last' continent. At that time Antarctica was not considered a continent.
Visit
http://www.jms.thealice.com.au/
Later in the year,
Adelaide will host another event. This will be timed to be near the 150th anniversary of the return of the men from this significant trip.
visit www.johnmcdouallstuart.org .au
BTW, when in the
Flinders Ranges driving down Mt Buggery
Gorge, a
rock 'jumped out' and created a big ding in the front LHS panel near the door sill area. While it was being fixed I got the old girl polished by the crash repair joint. All that bush pin striping disappeared, & she looks really good - until the next trip I guess.
Nice
pic of M Terry. Willem has been though a bit of remoter 'Terry country', I think. I was gunna buy Terry's books until the book seller said he wanted ~ $ 150 each.
Cheers
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