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Category: Second World War

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023History Out There

Mystery of the missing instruments

August 27, 2023August 27, 2023History Out There

The forgotten garrison

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023History Out There

Death at your local show

April 16, 2023April 16, 2023History Out There

Wartime love story

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023History Out There

Historic love affair with eggs

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023History Out There

The burlesque padre’s amazing journey

January 29, 2023February 2, 2023History Out There

The mother of the A.I.F. will surprise you

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023History Out There

School fete killer is still unnamed

December 11, 2022December 11, 2022History Out There

The crazed milkman

November 13, 2022November 18, 2022History Out There

Bullet-proof McComiskies

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I’m visiting Muckadilla on the recommendation of an old Ipswich resident of over 100 years ago. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "The Outback Bore that Sweated a Nation." Both Lucan and Leichhardt disappeared never to be seen again. Please Like, Follow and Share this story of the Darling Downs mystery connection via the link on my profile, "The Earl’s Cousin Who Lost Leichhardt." City people have been going to Darwin in the Northern Territory for 150 years for all sorts of reasons. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "150 Years of Ipswich to Top End Adventure." Prior to heading out into the Timor Sea to my Tiwi Islands Hike for Health, I visited the Northern Territory’s Mary River which boasts the highest concentration of saltwater crocodiles in the world. It certainly delivered with crocodiles, water buffalo, and jabiru in abundance. Darwin in the Northern Territory is one of only 10 places in the world that you can see a Cold War era B52 bomber, and at almost 50 metres long, it’s absolutely enormous. You can even still see where the Cruise Missiles were attached. During the first bombing of Darwin on the 19th of February 1942, this Japanese Zero was shot down, its pilot captured by Tiwi Islander Mathias, and the wreckage is now here at the Darwin Aviation Museum. Camels were imported in greater numbers from the 1860s to assist with inland exploration, including the Burke & Wills expedition. Today Australia has the largest population of wild camels in the world, and in the Northern Territory I took a magical camel ride back through time as the sun set over the Timor Sea. Hard to beat when the Sun, Moon and Venus say goodnight together over the Timor Sea 🙂 On the 19th of February 1942, ten weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbour and four days after the fall of Singspore, the Japanese attack Australia and bomb Darwin for the first time. USS Peary is sunk for the US Navy's biggest loss of life in Australian waters. She goes down with guns blazing – this is one of those guns.

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