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Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:36 am
by Macca
Agree about the Earl of Pemberoke.

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:42 pm
by Greynomad
MikeG, you got it in one!
The Endeavour was originally the Earl of Pembroke.
She was originally a Fully Rigged or Ship Rigged collier, with three square-rigged masts.
The local name for it was a Whitby Cat. (She was built in Whitby, also where James Cook grew up.)
She was converted to Barque rigging, which retained the two foremasts square rigged, and changed the aft mast to a fore-and-aft sail... no idea what advantage that conferred. :roll:

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:00 pm
by mikeg
Although no longer in use where would you find Australia’s oldest rail tunnel?

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:15 pm
by Shirley
Only a guess Brooklyn, NSW, we holidayed up on top of the hill above Parsley Bay for several years when I was a kid.
Believe that they grow muchrooms in that old tunnel these days.

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:13 am
by mikeg
Hi Shirley, not Brooklyn

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:16 am
by pet-els
Up near the Zig Zag railway along the Bells Line of Road.

PeterH

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:47 am
by mikeg
Not the Zig Zag area Peter.

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:51 am
by BruceS
Merewether Bluff at Merewether?
Gee Google is good isn't it? lol

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 11:10 am
by Macca
Where did you find that Bruce? All I can find is feferences to the longest.

Re: Australian Trivia Only

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 12:22 pm
by BruceS
Started in Google and ended up in WiKi............
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_t ... outh_Wales
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