Early morning on a chilly day in June, "Happy 50th Birthday, Ken"! At some point that day we asked if if he'd ever dreamed he might celebrate a milestone birthday in Tasmania! He said that, growing up on a farm in rural Missouri, USA, he most likely didn't even know where Tasmania was! (I'm proud to say that he was Class Valedictorian in his High School, so he became well-educated, but still never suspected he might mark a birthday there!) Of course, north of the equator, a June Birthday heralded summer, likely with a barbeque picnic and swimming! In Tasmania, near Antarctica, winter was approaching, and the girls had stepped out back to visit the frost-covered sheep! In another photo, a man came along on a rough path alongside the house, and he had with him, "all his sheep"...out for a walk? To be sure, we chatted with him, but I don't recall the conversation... We certainly would have opened with "G'day", to show we knew something of the language ; )
Now, the elephant in the room... No one seemed to know anything about why there was a large train engine, without tracks, parked in the paddock with the sheep! (Today, not metering out my rolls of film, rest assured I would have taken a LOT of pictures of it!)
How super. Isn't it funny how our photographic style changes with age and experience, but also, it has to be said, the digital revolution!!! I love your comments about Ken's 50th. I too always look back in amazement at where I spent my milestone birthdays, so far, coming from a small corner of the north east of Scotland. I was 30 in Aberdeen, 40 in Buenos Aires, 50 in Paris, 60 on top of a Munro (Ben Avon). Goodness only knows where I'll find myself at 70!
Oh digital is both a blessing and a curse when it comes to the quantity of photos we take. I have a ton of pictures I "might" edit or delete some day. And in truth have done a good job on the oldest pictures.
G'day!!! How interesting. I lived in the south of Tasmania for a long time so regularly drove up (and down) the Midland Highway to catch the Spirit of Tasmania at Devonport to visit family in Melbourne. Ross was my regular stopping point to have a cuppa and something to eat at the best bakery there.
After reading your post and Issi's @jamibann, I found myself thinking about where I spent my decade birthdays. They can't have been great milestones because I can't remember!!!
My 50th Birthday I was in New York and flew up to Niagara Falls on a day trip! A trip on the Maid of the Mist a fabulous memory! My 60th was spent in Yorkshire but my present to myself was my trip to Chicago to meet up with Taffy and you Louise and a few other 365 members. What a meetup that was and the start of some wonderful friendships!
My 70th I was in Devon during lockdown staying in beautiful Hugglepit Cottage for 3 months. Three milestone birthdays spent in very different places with very different memories! I am enjoying your photos bringing us such interesting stories and also bringing back my own memories!
@ankers70 Not only is Ken enjoying the reminiscing via this story-line, he was excited to share with me what he'd already read via your comment when I was up! He was so pleased to know that my storyline brought such good, historical information from you and others! To this day, had I even given it another thought, I might only have considered the train was there for "additional lodging as a specialized B&B"! Thank you for bringing the story to light and sharing your part in the excursion! And aren't we folks on 365 an eclectic lot?!
@jamibann@joansmor@corinnec@pamknowler@agnesvanderlindeicloudcom Thanks to all of you who've traveled along with me as I mused my way through my travels! Noting, even in this small circle of names, how far-flung we are, and how far each of us has traveled in life, we bring so much more to the conversation at times when we aren't just posting "the best we could come up with for the day"! It's been a boon to Ken and me not to leave the old photos in the closet, and, more especially, that you all have so much to say and share as we gather to pour over yesteryear! I said to Suzanne, above, that we're quite an eclectic lot with so much -and so many stories!- to offer!
Love to hear about your travels and then read the comments. Great stories inspire other stories. And thanks for addressing the wayward train...one did wonder...
@edorreandresen We have Suzanne @ankers70 to thank for that! I'd had NO idea, and what a tidy bit of information THAT was! Initially I'd not anticipated posting so many images, but the story-telling began the the community comments carried it along! I think it's fair enough to say that we've ALL learned something and come to know one another a little better! ...I'll have a couple more for next week, but "returning home tonight" for my post...
@365projectorgchristine Thanks for always coming by, Christine! And Paula @bluemoon I'll have to copy these pages for our daughters. Without these past few weeks, "the bin of photos" would have had far less meaning after all these years! Thanks for your thoughtful words!
My first thought was how was the train delivered to the paddock. Must have been very surreal to see such a sight and no tracks.
Then I read Suzanne's comment about it being moved elsewhere. My second thought was how was the train delivered to the New Norfolk depot? It's questions like these that keep me awake at night.
@joysfocus Clearly, since I recall nothing about it but the photo we took of it with Ashley, I must have slept well that night without dwelling on it! (ROFL! zzzzzzzz) Oh yah, just a train in the back yard...another day in Ross...
January 30th, 2024
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After reading your post and Issi's @jamibann, I found myself thinking about where I spent my decade birthdays. They can't have been great milestones because I can't remember!!!
I love your posts about your travels in Oz.
NB The train engine is no longer at Ross. Here's something about it:
http://www.australiansteam.com/M1.htm
My 70th I was in Devon during lockdown staying in beautiful Hugglepit Cottage for 3 months. Three milestone birthdays spent in very different places with very different memories! I am enjoying your photos bringing us such interesting stories and also bringing back my own memories!
Then I read Suzanne's comment about it being moved elsewhere. My second thought was how was the train delivered to the New Norfolk depot? It's questions like these that keep me awake at night.