Tag: Yowie
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Tim the Yowie Man: Is this the oldest photo of Canberra? | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] In fact, Robert, who is the great great grandson of the merchant and pastoralist Robert Campbell who established Duntroon Estate in 1825, and whose family provided the land for and at least half the cost of the construction of the church in the early 1840s, knows most of Canberra like the back of his…
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Tim the Yowie Man: Setting the record straight on Canberra region’s leaning landmarks | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] Did You Know? In 1934, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was so ashamed of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, he attempted to fix it. Of the firm belief the tower’s unintentional lean was a national disgrace and an inappropriate symbol for Fascist Italy, he ordered hundreds of holes to be drilled into its base to…
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Tim the Yowie Man: Will Telstra Tower ever reopen to the public? | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] Meanwhile, almost directly beneath me, thousands of picnickers on the sprawling green lawns of the Champ de Mars are raising a glass of bubbly to the silhouette of the 330-metre-high wrought-iron lattice tower built by Gustave Eiffel as the centrepiece of the 1889 World Fair. Gustave only had permission for it to stand for…
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Tim the Yowie Man: Frightful sights – from the grave to truly bizarre | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] For James Smith, regular contributor to this column, finding human bones on the footpath was a regular scene. “As a student, I worked as a cemetery gardener in the East End of London,” he reveals. “We used to have this sort of issue, not with rabbits or (unsurprisingly) wombats, but with foxes and stray…
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Tim the Yowie Man: From fairies to folklore, I’m spellbound by magical Araluen | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] One of the worst floods to hit Araluen was in February 1860 when a torrent of water destroyed mining claims, equipment, and washed away houses and even hotels. There were reports of pianos from Araluen entertainment venues being washed out the mouth of the Moruya River. Many lives were lost. Clem Wilson, 89, has…
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Tim the Yowie Man: From waterfalls to rainforests, Tim explores the new Murramarang South Coast Walk | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] Sure, my ft are soaked, however the clouds have now parted and the rain has stopped. Whereas it is the massive vistas of shoreline that can entice many on this stroll, for me it is also the trivia, an opportunity to reconnect, or at the least observe nature up shut and on its phrases.…
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Tim the Yowie Man: The Canberra landmarks built on top of hidden limestone caves | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] Within the late 1800s there have been rumours that human bones, together with skulls, had been crammed into caves at London Bridge – presumably a part of some native burial customized. Following the obvious discovery of the bones by a neighborhood policeman, Superintendent Brennan, in January 1874, Coroner Morton from Queanbeyan was known as…