Where is Pommystuart?

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The Farmers Arms Hotel was hard to find as the What Am I. The history of Toowoomba had the first goal as opening in 1864, not 1863, which threw me off.
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Have we not put a tracker on Pommy yet? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Caro wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:12 am What am I: The Farmers Arms hotel. :kangaroo:
Nice find Caro.
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Easy one this time.
Peanuts.
Pumpkin scones.
Camped in another showground.

0730, 8c feels like 5c misty, still.
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Kingaroy
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Michael wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:49 pmKingaroy
Correct.
How about giving others who have not been to Oz a go. ;)
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The only places I have been are Gosford, Yattalunga, Sydney, Dubbo and the Hunter Valley. Oh yes, Davistown, Avoca Beach and Terrigal. But I'm happy to let the others have a go.
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Link to pictures for the last few days. https://imgur.com/a/KabeFC3

Kingaroy is considered to be the Peanut Capital of Australia, but due to climate change, the future of peanut production in Kingaroy is uncertain and farmers are weighing up their options.
Florence Isabel Bjelke-Petersen was famous for her Pumpkin scones.

Nothing exciting as we are moving quickly for our next 2 stops, then we slow down and enjoy.
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Great pictures! :) :) :)
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:o I never thought of Oz as being a producer of peanuts. Peanut production always brings to mind a picture of Jimmy Carter on his peanut tractor. :?
And are they indeed very fine Australian peanuts? :)
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Two questions in one.
Who photographed an Ibis, built a glider and flew it over the beaches of this city.
Person and city please.
Hint-There is a museum with this persons name here.

The police might not be happy if you enjoyed yourself to much at this place.
What is the place?

Weather forcast said it was the coldest July day on record today. 11.0c feels like 8.0c
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For the glider - Bert Hinkler, Bundaberg

https://www.bundabergregion.org/attract ... epos-beach
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ok. Fooled me; I am a bird enthusiast; I was expecting a picture of a graceful bird! (Ibis)
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Morgan wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 3:31 pm ok. Fooled me; I am a bird enthusiast; I was expecting a picture of a graceful bird! (Ibis)
He did photograph an Ibis and based his glider on the picture.
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This is lots of fun! :)
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Driving today to the city once known as the "City of the 3 S's"
There is also a village in Gloucestershie in England with the same name.
8km south of the city is a famous dotted (or dashed) line on maps.
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Got to go now, the loo needs emptying before we leave.. Why is it always a Blue Job? 😒
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Rockhampton ?
"Sin, Sweat, and Sorrow"
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Randi wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:00 am Rockhampton ?
"Sin, Sweat, and Sorrow"
I had to look it up

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6095211
Although the description of Rockhampton as "the city of sin, sweat, and sorrow" is usually attributed to the English novelist Anthony Trollope, who visited Rockhampton in August 1871, it does not appear in Trollope's 24th August speech at the the Leichhardt Hotel in Rockhampton or his travel book, Australia and New Zealand (1873), in which Trollope made several negative comments about Rockhampton, including retelling the old joke about the inhabitants of a hot place who arrive in hell and request blankets. A reference to "the valley of sin, sweat, and sorrow" had previously appeared in Rockhampton Bulletin and Central Queensland Advertiser (Qld. : 1861-1871), 8 April 1871, p. 5, in conjunction with the visit of another dignitary. Shortly after Trollope's visit, the Rockhampton Bulletin (Qld. : 1871-1878) 6 Nov 1875, p. 2, referred to Rockhampton as "the city of sin, sweat, and sorrow" without mentioning Trollope, although the phrase later seems to have been firmly associated with him (see The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866-1939), 2 July 1887, p. 17).
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Whats the dotted line? :kangaroo:
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That's the Tropic of Capricorn.
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