woywoy

7 photos tagged woywoy, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos taken?

3
1900
2014

 

Where were these photos tagged?

None of these photos are geotagged.

Tags that often appear on the same photos:

Members using this tag

Photos

Photos tagged woywoy:

Loading photos…

See more on flickr.com →

Recent uploads

The last upload was May 2023.

Conversations

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:

Glass negatives of the Woy Woy area, ca 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Aussie~mobs said:
    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] It certainly looks like it could be.
  • Jim Mason said:
    This is Kincumber Creek and the boat is "Rock Lilly" the last boat to be built by George Frost. It was launched on 6th April 1906.
  • Gostalgia: local history from Gosford Library said:
    Jim is correct, the vessel on stocks is the Rock Lily.

View of 'The Rip', Woy Woy (NSW)

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • beachcomber australia said:
    The very name Woy Woy appealed to Spike Milligan's sense of the ridiculous. He once said the name meant Deep Water: "But which Woy means 'deep', and which Woy means 'water'? It makes you think."
  • Noelene D said:
    beachcomber australia Hi Beachcomber-Is this the wharf where the ferry would take you to Empire Bay,can only just remember it.Thank you :)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Noelene D Noelene D - Sorry I have no idea, I don't know the area at all well. Perhaps someone who does will let us know.
  • Mich said:
    No, that wharf is near the station. This wharf is in the park round towards the mountain.
  • Noelene D said:
    Ahhhhhh,now I know :) Thanks Mich

Glass negatives of the Woy Woy area, ca 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson

from State Library of New South Wales