Air Conditioned Road House Motel Accommodation * Souvenirs * Meals * Takeaways * Drinks *Ice * Car Accessories * Tyres * Tubes * Batteries … but not for a long time
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Once Was Watering Can
Perhaps there was a time when a bright zinc plated watering can tended lovingly to someone’s seaside garden. Perhaps it served faithfully until the handle broke and its owner discarded it for a new one. How it came to rest for a time in Galway Bay, be rescued and then set upon the rocks will […]
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Dún Chathail
For recent visitors to Ireland, Dún Chathail (Charles Fort) marks either the beginning or the end of the ‘Wild Atlantic Way’ depending on which end you begin. For such an impressive stronghold it’s hard to imagine it ever being captured. Taken it was though in 1690 during the Williamite–Jacobite War, a turning point in Irish […]
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No Prisoners
There is an imaginary line running through the north of South Australia called Goyder’s Line which it was determined that farming above the line would be unviable to early settlers. Following a long period of yearly above average rainfall many farmers decided to shun the warning and establish cropping farmland well to the north of […]
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The Stamford Grand
Bright neon signage. A deep blue starless sky. Reds, greens and golden masonry. No lights on. The Stamford Grand Hotel in Glenelg almost looks abandoned but is really jumping at ground level. Just goes to show a picture can hide as well as it can reveal. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘The Stamford Grand’, 1/50s f/4 ISO1600 […]
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