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THE TRAIN NOW ARRIVING IS A FORTNIGHT LATE…
david ellis PASSENGERS were never led to believe that there was much in common between the official railway timetable and the actual time that the new-fangled mixed passenger/goods train from Adelaide would arrive in Stuart, a couple of days away in the Northern Territory. So much so that on one occasion in the 1930s when […]
THE TRAIN NOW ARRIVING IS A FORTNIGHT LATE…
david ellis PASSENGERS were never led to believe that there was much in common between the official railway timetable and the actual time that the new-fangled mixed passenger/goods train from Adelaide would arrive in Stuart, a couple of days away in the Northern Territory. So much so that on one occasion in the 1930s when […]
JILTED AUSSIE INSPIRES GREAT EXPECTATIONS
david ellis with malcolm andrews TOMBSTONE Tourists, those who get a kick from prowling cemeteries on their holiday wanderings, find many a treasure in an historic little Sydney suburban cemetery – including the grave of lady who is both virtually unknown, yet at the same time is a key figure in one of the greatest […]
JILTED AUSSIE INSPIRES GREAT EXPECTATIONS
david ellis with malcolm andrews TOMBSTONE Tourists, those who get a kick from prowling cemeteries on their holiday wanderings, find many a treasure in an historic little Sydney suburban cemetery – including the grave of lady who is both virtually unknown, yet at the same time is a key figure in one of the greatest […]
SHOOTING OF EARLY EXPLORER – THE CAMEL DID IT
david ellis IT was 163 years ago next month that a young colonial explorer, John Ainsworth Horrocks died in one of the more bizarre events in our early history. Horrocks and his brother Eustace had sailed from England in late 1838, arriving in Adelaide on March 22 1839 – John’s twenty-first birthday. The young adventurer […]
SHOOTING OF EARLY EXPLORER – THE CAMEL DID IT
david ellis IT was 163 years ago next month that a young colonial explorer, John Ainsworth Horrocks died in one of the more bizarre events in our early history. Horrocks and his brother Eustace had sailed from England in late 1838, arriving in Adelaide on March 22 1839 – John’s twenty-first birthday. The young adventurer […]
JILTED AUSSIE INSPIRES GREAT EXPECTATIONS
david ellis with malcolm andrews TOMBSTONE Tourists, those who get a kick from prowling cemeteries on their holiday wanderings, find many a treasure in an historic little Sydney suburban cemetery – including the grave of lady who is both virtually unknown, yet at the same time is a key figure in one of the greatest […]
JILTED AUSSIE INSPIRES GREAT EXPECTATIONS
david ellis with malcolm andrews TOMBSTONE Tourists, those who get a kick from prowling cemeteries on their holiday wanderings, find many a treasure in an historic little Sydney suburban cemetery – including the grave of lady who is both virtually unknown, yet at the same time is a key figure in one of the greatest […]
WARREN TAUGHT US TO CRUISE THROUGH LIFE
david ellis THERE’S every likelihood you’ve never heard of Warren Titus. But for cruise-lovers it is Mr Titus – an ex-US Marine and one-time Hawaii cop – who almost single-handedly changed ocean travel from the pretty ordinary point-to-point sailing it was into the 1950s, to the luxurious and indulgent experience it is today. Warren Titus […]
WARREN TAUGHT US TO CRUISE THROUGH LIFE
david ellis THERE’S every likelihood you’ve never heard of Warren Titus. But for cruise-lovers it is Mr Titus – an ex-US Marine and one-time Hawaii cop – who almost single-handedly changed ocean travel from the pretty ordinary point-to-point sailing it was into the 1950s, to the luxurious and indulgent experience it is today. Warren Titus […]
