signals

35 photos and 1 illustration tagged signals, from 12 members of Flickr Commons.

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1904

2013

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afiq arifin said:
wow! oldies
Alexander McCall said:
I was a sea cadet on STD SNAPPER ISLAND from 1964 to 1968 we rowed 32 foot whalers we sailed them we beat the navy sailing them ..... trained in sailing 6 foot beamys clingers ,...... modif .303 enfields with .22 bore shooting on the port waste ......comps at HMAS Watson rifle shooting ....class instruction in seamanship ...... gym sports ....... weekend camps on the Island ..... relaxing in lounge area watching T.V. black and while only back on these days ........cooking ..... rifle drill ..... close quarters drill ....... weekend stays on different H.M . ships and bases .... working along side our commanding officer LEONARD E FORSYTHE showing us the way how to perform our duty the way he wants us to the letter . ..... just short note in some picture by the harbour trust saying ....... slipway and sheds ....... these so called sheds were in naval talk the heads meaning the dunny ( toliets and showers ) showers were run by a naked flame chip heater which you had to light yourself and water coming from the water tower above
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
Alexander McCall Wow! Were they like these?
Sounds like it would have been fun being a cadet :)

beachcomber australia said:
I think Mr Phelan, or at least his pale hat, is visible bottom left here -
beachcomber australia said:
And possibly here? It looks like there is a small kiosk -
State Library of New South Wales said:
beachcomber australia 👍
Julie Storry said:
The OP indicates that George Street North was anywhere AFTER King St. I had always thought it to be after Alfred St, CQ, or was this Lower George Street?

Gregory Cope said:
Note that they are loading timber from wagons into the tenders of steam locomotives. Usually locomotives used coal, so I think this would have been in one of the miners strikes when the Railways had to use timber instead of coal to burn.