Luna Park is situated at Lavender Bay on the northern foreshores of Sydney Harbour. It occupies the site where the Sydney Harbour Bridge workshops originally stood during the 1920’s and the early 1930’s.
Luna Park – Just for Fun
Luna Park – the song
Luna Park was just for fun
In childhood days now past
The welcome smile was there for all,
The memories still last
I used to go there after a swim
At the pool next door
My eyes would widen as I gazed about
And marvelled at the things I saw. Continue reading “Luna Park – the song”
Myall Creek
The Myall Creek massacre took place on 10 June 1838, one hundred and eighty years ago. About thirty Aboriginal people, including women and children, were camped on their tribal lands in northern New South Wales. They were murdered by twelve stockmen and their bodies burnt.
What a Story!
© Jim Low
On the morning of May 31, 1928, the three-engined Southern Cross began the first successful flight across the Pacific Ocean from Oakland airport, San Francisco, on the west coast of the United States of America, to Australia. On board were two Australian pilots, Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, as well as two Americans, the radio operator James Warner and the navigator Harry Lyon.
A year before, Kingsford-Smith and Ulm had been successful in flying around Australia in a record time of ten days. Continue reading “What a Story!”