PROWLING TROPICAL TRIFFID

Vallis.

 

EXCLUSIVE : DARING PYRAMID CLIMB

Jubilant climber on summit.

 

Exhausted, near top..

Base  camp . Photos by Vallis who was on oxygen and  new  medication . 

HOW TO GET A FAST TROPICAL TAN AND FEATHER YOUR NEST IN THE PROCESS

Vallis.

 

SAILING SHIP SAGA

 Rummaging about Townsville, our Shipping Reporter -the only one north of Sydney's Cafe de Wheels - was delighted to find the following  2001 reprint volume ,The Voyages to Queensland of the Lammershagen , compiled by  Pennie Menderson, available through  the  Maryborough Heritage Institute.

Other titles in the series covered the voyages to Queensland  of Tim Whiffler ,Gauntlet, Indus, Great Queensland, Star Queen, Shakespeare, Western Monarch, Humboldt, Glamorganshire  and  Reichstag. Built in Glasgow in 1869, the Lammershagen brought many immigrants to Australia from Germany before being wrecked  in  Wales  in  l882.

There are  passenger  arrival lists  beginning from  1871  and much other interesting  information  about early settlers and illustrations in the 90 pages.

Loosely inserted  was   a pamphlet  listing the   many attractions of historic Maryborough  which  includes  a  German  Immigration  Festival .

FLIGHT FROM WEST CAPE YORK TO CAIRNS DODGING CYCLONE LINCOLN

 

Photos by Aeronautical Correspondent  , Abra.

TOPENDER CREATES TUNA TIN PAN ALLEY

 

Armed with tinsnips, a  creative   Darwin artist has  turned empty   tuna  tins  into  flowers  that  decorate  a  Townsville  fence .

CAUTIOUS CALLER