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Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital 150th anniversary IT’S touched the lives of most Queenslanders in some way but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Source: www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/royal-brisbane-and...

amazing photos :)

Die Nederlandse vlaggen op de achtergrond, zouden die nu niet merendeels door Friese vervangen zijn?

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Is that Al Swearington on the right?

Apolo Ohno has nothing on these guys? Great pictures.

Look at those sexy bathing suits! Hoo-mama!!

A warm enough day, and probably the summer season with the number of 'boater' hats. The full suits give a feeling of what it meant to be to be dressed properly at the time. Might have been early in the season with so few men in full summer dress with a boater and white pants.

the white pants may also have been marking the judges...

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When the first motorcycles appeared on roads at the end of the nineteenth century, it was inevitable riders would want to know whose bike went fastest, and who was the better, quicker rider. Thus, motorcycle sport was born and various forms of competition quickly developed — including road racing, cross-country, track racing, and hill-climbing — each prompting new and specialised motorcycle designs and configurations. As early as 1908, motorcycles such as the Brisbane-built Spencer were racing laps of a dirt track at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba. The sport got its start when riders used the loosely packed horseracing tracks and circuits, including the Brisbane and Sydney Showgrounds. By the 1920s, these races had evolved into a sport called Speedway, which was pioneered in Australia and went on to take the world by storm. The Australian Individual Speedway Championship is the longest-running speedway race in the world, occurring annually since 1926. Brisbane has a long and colorful history of the sport with the first Speedway race held at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds on 23 October 1926. In early races, the track was covered in grass, although the surface was soon destroyed by tire treads. The slippery dirt track, while being safer for riders, also proved a more thrilling and entertaining spectacle for audiences. Speedway involves four to six riders competing over four anticlockwise laps of slippery dirt or crushed rock circuit and requires the rider to expertly ‘powerslide’ around corners at high speed. Put yourself in the position of the rider daring enough to ride without gears nor brakes and hardly any suspension at ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire’ showcasing 100 designs from 1871 until 2020. Source: blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/the-australian-sport-5-speedway-ra...