The Oxley
Built 1936.
Rushcutters Bay, NSW
The Oxley
Built 1936.
Rushcutters Bay, NSW
Timbre Australia, Christmas 1986 60 cents - Oblitéré Rushcutters Bay le 13 novembre 1986 - Flamme postale "Don't wrap it - Postpak it"
Timbre Australia, Christmas 1986, Noël (anges ou enfants) 60 cents australiens
Oblitéré Rushcutters Bay M.O. (Mail Office) le 13 novembre 1986 à 12h00
N.S.W. AUST. = New South Wales, Australia (État de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud en Australie)
Flamme postale "Don't wrap it - Postpak it" (Ne l'emballez pas, Postpackez-le)
La mention "Don't wrap it - Postpak it" fait référence à une campagne publicitaire ou à une initiative de la poste australienne pour promouvoir l'utilisation de leurs services d'emballage et d'expédition.
"Postpak" est un terme utilisé par Australia Post pour désigner leurs enveloppes et boîtes prépayées, conçues pour faciliter l'envoi de colis et de documents sans avoir à les emballer soi-même. La mention "don't wrap it" (ne l'emballez pas) encourage les utilisateurs à utiliser ces emballages prépayés plutôt que d'emballer eux-mêmes leurs envois.
Cette campagne visait probablement à promouvoir la commodité et l'efficacité des services d'emballage et d'expédition de la poste australienne.
Voir la carte postale correspondante :
The Waterways of Sydney's beautiful Harbour
Looking north from Paddington over Rushcutters Bay and Potts Point, c. 1931
Glenmore Road in foreground. Immediately to the left of the dominant telegraph pole in the frame are three terrace houses which are 288, 290 and 292 Glenmore Road. The shop with the Bushells sign on the awning would be 286. Number 290 is Wep's family home and his birth place. It was built by his grandfather, John White. The photo appears to have been taken from 3 Gurner St, Paddington, home of Wep's Aunty Bella.
I’m having a few days break from social media (need to clean my brain), and was hoping for a glorious Sydney dawn to mark my rest, but it’s cold and damp. Rushcutters Bay at dawn was still a serene place to be.
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Contact sheet prints of photos taken at 290 Glenmore Road Paddington and Rushcutter's Bay, 1971
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Rushcutters Bay
A little bit of rain about early, supposed to be clearer later.
Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay hosts the Cruising Yacht Club, but it was the venue for the New South Wales Voluntary Naval Brigade which used the site between 1880 and 1907 as a training venue.
For those who don’t know, Sydney Harbour has astounding bays that offer many peaceful nooks and crannies.
CYC Rushcutters Bay
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Cloudy dawn
The BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) says these clouds will remain benign today, but at dawn, it looks a little ominous.
Glancing across Rushcutters Bay, some Sydney City highlights - Sydney Tower, Garden Island, the Harbour Bridge… all sit under the mauve blanket.
World War II boat MV Rushcutter (HDML 1321) up on supports near East Arm Port entrance, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
A historic warship that survived tragic World War II missions behind Japanese lines, a brush with ISIS and two years on the seabed, is running out of time as a $400m ship lift is about to be built in its yard.
The Rushcutter, renamed since its wartime registration title of HDML 1321, has had a patchy history since its launch in Hobart in 1943.
But its darkest days may be ahead.
It is listed on the 600-strong Australian Register of Historic Vessels.
Rushcutter sits on a purpose-built cradle in a commercial shipyard and while the boat appears in a reasonable and stable condition, voluntary efforts have slowed and there's no news of its next home.
The NT Government is about to start work on northern Australia's biggest ship lift on the site and hopes to lift the first ship in 2024. But Rushcutter will have to be long gone by then.
HDML 1321's most famous mission was in New Guinea in 1945 when it carried eight Z Special Unit operatives behind Japanese enemy lines in the unsuccessful raid on Muschu Island. Only Sapper Mick Dennis survived.
Post-war, it served the forces in Sydney as a training boat until decommissioning in 1970 when it entered private hands.
In 2016, the "Tinny Terrorists" backed out of buying Rushcutter for use in a plot to support ISIS.
Five months later in an unrelated incident, Rushcutter sank unattended at anchor while for sale in Cossack Creek in Darwin.
Conor Byrne - ABC Darwin
A slight sense of colour at dawn as the masts point to rain clouds. Rushcutters Bay is home to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, but with a very wet weekend ahead, how many Sydney boaties will take on the challenge?
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Single Decker Trolley Bus outside Sydney Stadium
Rushcutters Bay NSW.
Masts and clouds, Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay on a cool dawn.
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Sydney has caught up with Melbourne in the weather stakes. A drab grey day at Rushcutters Bay. I do appreciate the cool, and you need variation in dawn delights.
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Bayswater Rd
Kings Cross NSW.