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I have a Festival of Britain coin somewhere in my drawers. It's held in a green cardboard box and has an explanation leaflet too. Unfortunately I wasn't born to see this wonderful exhibition (or others) but I bet it was a spectacle to see.

Bostock and Wombwell's Menagerie building up for the last time on the cattle market at Newcastle on Tyne, November 1931. The show was auctioned on 30th November, and sold off in separate lots.

@kevn.scrivens All of your comments on these fairground images have been very useful. Thanks so much for sharing this information with us.

This beautifully sculptural plant will undergo a number of physiological changes as it matures. The stem will develop it's characteristic bottle shape after about 5 years and the leaves will change from finely palmate to elliptical. They will drop their leaves before flowering in October - December each year once they are mature. The flowers are yellowish in colour and campanulate in shape (which is botany speak for bell shaped with petals that flare outward). Source: greenhouseco.com.au/products/queensland-bottle-tree-brach...

Kilkivan is a small town nestled in the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range and on the bank of Wide Bay Creek. Historically it boomed during a brief goldrush - the area is rich in minerals - but today it is a quiet rural centre, with attractive parks and interesting heritage buildings, which services the beef and cattle farmers in the surrounding district. Source: www.aussietowns.com.au/town/kilkivan-qld

Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024

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