Feb/March 21 Photo Comp- Grave Sites & Memorials

[TPC]

This months topic was chosen by the Dec '20/Jan '21 winner Pearcey

"Grave Sites & Memorials"

We could get some interesting pics this comp, could be a roadside memorial, a historic grave or one that is of special interest. I have visited several famous memorials on my travels as would many others.

Lets get plenty of entries this time.


Remember to follow the rules shown in pink below.


Regards
TPC

Past winning photos can be viewed HERE (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?29697-Photo-Comp-Past-Topics-amp-Winners).

Monthly Photo Competition guidelines (Please read)
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* Each 2 month period a new competition thread will commence & all forum members are invited to submit their photos .

* Maximum of six entries per person.

* Multiple entries should be made in separate posts

* Each entry should consist of a single photograph & a short description only

* Comments pertinent to entries are encouraged, but please do not use this thread to engage in banter

* Photos MUST have been taken by the member posting the photos or members of their party.

* Any photo which has been a winner will not be eligible for re-entry in any future competition.

* Please do not post photos that are not entries in the competition.

* Please do not re-post other folks entries within the thread

* The winner of the month's competition gets to choose the following month's competition topic.

* All members are encouraged to vote for the photos they think should win. This will be done by pressing the 'Thanks' button located underneath each post. Toward the end of the month the date & time of competition closure will be announced. Following this time the thread will be locked & the 'Thanks' counted to determine the winner.

* 'Thanks' may be added or withdrawn at any time during the month up until the competition is closed.
You are welcome to thank as many different posts as you wish!

* In the event of a tied first place I will add a casting vote, except in circumstances where my entry is one of the tied ones, in which case I will withdraw my entry.

*Inappropriate photos eg, sexual, racist, violent etc are unacceptable & should not be posted.


Thanks for your cooperation

[pearcey]

Well seeing I was placed first I thought I`d better be the first to post some thing up.

As I pedal a Tryhard there are possibly a few out to get me, but don`t worry I`ve got my basses covered.
Taken at the Dripstone Point Cemetery Tasmania.82854

[MB]

Stephen King’s Sematary inspiration out the back of Bourke-NSW.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/21.jpg


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[MB]

Australia’s Black Opal Capital - Lightning Ridge - NSW.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/22.jpg
We were quite shocked at how many ‘UKNOWN’ nameless miners were buried throughout their town cemetery over the years.


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[Plasnart]

Came across this grave about 6 years ago on the Nullarbor. Very lonely spot but I stood the cross back up for whoever RIP's below.

82859

[Winnie]

Amy's auntie, laid to rest at the Nunniong open Plains.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/26.jpg

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[pearcey]

Had a quiet one with the old man at his memorial plaque on the 50th anniversary of his passing.
Passed away on the 23rd December 1970
His was the long neck, me I had to drive home.82860

[TPC]

Goog memorial along the Googs track.
Thought I would get it in before Plassy does.
82861

[TPC]

I am sure plenty on here have seen this memorial.
Burke's Memorial.

82862

[VK2FMIA]

An old grave out in the middle of nowhere, no name or inscription. No other graves nearby.

82865

[MudRunnerTD]

Had a quiet one with the old man at his memorial plaque on the 50th anniversary of his passing.
Passed away on the 23rd December 1970
His was the long neck, me I had to drive home.82860

May he rest in Peace mate and i hope he enjoyed the Long Neck mate. Side note mate, the plaque says 23 December 1971? not 1970? if that is right you get to have a commemorative 50 year drink with him 2 years in a row brother! get someone to drive you and have a bloody longneck with him mate. Live Long mate, 49 is way to young!

[Cuppa]

Unmarked grave

82870

[Cuppa]

Unmarked grave

82871

[Cuppa]

A small graveyard out in the bush in the hills near Irvinebank, Qld

82872

[jack]

Aboriginal burial site at Tibooburra in Corner Country. This one has been fenced and preserved as most have been lost or destroyed due to floods, erosion and stock damage.
Mulga branches were stacked allowing windblown sand to form a mound, this is a practice unique to the Corner Country.
Most senior or important person is buried at one end and is also represeneted by the size of the branches used. All graves also face the same direction.
This was a pretty solemn place and not on any tourist maps, I was given the directions by a local. Unfortunately very few traditional burial sites remain.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/31.jpg

More info on the area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibooburra,_New_South_Wales

[jack]

Probably the deepest grave I'll ever see. Minining is a tough job, this is only a couple of hundred meters from the Broken Hill Miners Memorial. The Memorial contains over 800 names and that doesn't include those that died of lead and dust poisoning and other related diseases. These guys were only 19 and 21, they probably felt they were bullet proof.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/32.jpg

More info: https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/outback-nsw/broken-hill-area/broken-hill/attractions/line-lode-lookout-and-miners-memorial

[jack]

Came across this memorial about 60km south of Bedourie on the way to Birdsville.
Only 20 years old but he is recognised as Coober Pedys founder as he found the first Opal while gold prospecting. Unfortunatly drowned while droving cattle for the Kidmans.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/33.jpg

More Info: https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/settlement/display/104766-will-hutchison-

[jack]

While cycling (what else do you do in the Netherlands) near the German border I came across this well maintained War Grave. I asked around and was told he was the only casualty and the other six were taken captive. Another person who gave their life for others and taken far to early.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/34.jpg

More info: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/51632

[jack]

Well known founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Australian Inland Mission. A little know fact is that he was also a pupil at the Snake Valley Primary School, the same school my children attended.
When I first saw the memorial 35 years ago it had a very different rock on it. That rock had been taken from a sacred site at Karlu Karlu over 400 km away, since then it was returned and replaced by the current rock. He was so well respected by the local indigenous people they selected another rock to replace it.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/35.jpg

More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flynn_(minister)

[jack]

Found this small plaque at a lookout on Namatjira Drive near the West MacDonnell Ranges
Tweated my interest so I did a bit of research, quite some controversy regarding the cause of his death. I've linked the inquest and also his wife's claims, sadly another life lost to early.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/36.jpg

More info: https://justice.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/208943/a00312013-michael-pedersen.pdf
https://motorbikewriter.com/injustice-motorcycle-tragedy/

[MudRunnerTD]

Found this memorial on the West Coast of Tassie. Be careful folks.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/69.jpg

His mates have a drink with him often. Taken too young.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/02/70.jpg

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[Winnie]

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[Avo]

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[pearcey]

There is an amazing story behind this memorial.
When this bloke was just twenty years old he had a motorbike accident which parallelized the lower half of his body.
Did this stop him, NO . At the time he was running cattle on a property on the eastern side of the Flinders Ranges. He continued to run this property untill he passed in the year two thousand and fifteen aged sixty seven.
I had the privilege of working on his every day transport and early Landcruiser. He used this vehicle with no modification, yes it was, is a manual. He used it for shooting with gun racks and bars, and by all accounts he was not too bad a shot. I believe he started it in gear and use only the hand throttle, and hand brake. When I had a pedal in it I could not fault the c lutch , gearbox or brakes.
One remarkable man .
He is buried in the Orroroo cemetery with a headstone very similar to this one which is situated on the property where he lived.82905

[pearcey]

Wouldn`t be a real Aussie site with out this one.82907

[pearcey]

When I visited the Beechworth cemetery in two thousand and eighteen I came across this memorial.


Now I know cemetery's are quiet and solemn places but I had a little chuckle.
On the gate into the cemetery which was only around fifteen meters from this memorial and the grave was a sign saying to keep the gate shut as there was a rabbit plague and the warrens were a danger to domestic pets82915

[TPC]

I am running late again, am away camping so will keep this comp going until Monday when I will do the count. We had no entries for March so a few more would be good. Make sure to vote for your favourite.

[Winnies-missus]

My aunties grave up at the dargo high Plains 83287

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[Avo]

My wife's fathers little spot,after his passing we got him a.lovely little spot in what's called a legacy Forrest....some of his ashes are put with the seed from which this tree will grow on....http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2021/04/3.jpg

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[Cuppa]

Molly's grave at Old Andado

83290

[TPC]

The votes are counted and in first place with 8 votes is Pearcey with his photo of his old mans memorial after having a drink with him.

83294

In second place with 7 votes is Plasnart with his photo of a lonely grave on the Nullarbor.

83295

Third place is a tie between Winnies missis and Pearcey both on 6 votes.

Amy's aunties grave at Dargo high plains
83296

Pearceys photo of Morris Hartley Gibb memorial with the remarkable description of him.
83297

Congrats to the winners, pearcey could you please pm me the topic for the April/May photo comp.

Past winning photos can be viewed HERE (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?29697-Photo-Comp-Past-Topics-amp-Winners).