Double Cordy

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Out-back West Australia -- about 1970

Is that you putting another Shrimp on the Barbie there, Cordy?

Mac
That's me cooking a T bone steak
The black pan that my sleeve is nearly in is the Billy in which we brewed our tea

Wow - you have obviously travelled a lot - how long were you in Australia for?

In Ozz that time for a couple of years -- then got transferred to Indonesia where I stayed for 18 months or so

Took this in Indonesia - from a helicopter
I named it Love Island
On account of the heart shaped coral

Thats great - you've taken some amazing photos Cordy.

Indeed, almost envious, Cordy.

Been trying to locate 'Love Island'

If it's on Google Earth I can't find it

Here is the Link to GE

We flew from Makassar to Malili on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia
Must be under that flight-path somewhere

Struggling to find your island. Apparently, there is a lot of conservation work in that area - dubious fishing practices (detonation of explosives) have destroyed many of the coral reefs thereabouts.

One of my brothers went to The Maldives this year - apparently they will be under water in the not to distant future.

VG
Do you know how to post photos ?

Cordy - no I don't, I never needed to before.

It's easy
Shall I help you ?
Have you got Notepad ?

Yes - I've found it (I should know this already)

Stand by

Copy this to notebook

[img=""][/img]

Right click on this photo


then left click on properties
then highlight this Address

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/59656910.jpg

and copy it

OK so far ?

OK, got that

paste

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/59656910.jpg

in between the speech-marks in your notepad

You should now have
[img="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/59656910.jpg"][/img]

Then copy and paste it all to a new post

Paste

[img="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/59656910.jpg"][/img]

to get

I'm sorry Cordy - I'm struggling, I need to spend some time on this

No worries VG, can you copy and paste btw ?

Is this right?

Amazing what a few minutes and a few tears will produce

Well done VG -- Take a bow



Have a go at copying the above applause

I'm sure I have seen that pic somewhere before ha ha - it wouldn't let me put both the speech marks and link together for some reason.

You just want the applause all for yourself.

edit - why hasn't it worked - tut tut - thats what I get for being cocky.

Try to copy this one

If you save that format in Notepad it will be much easier

You then only need to put the address[URL] between the speechmarks
The address ussually starts

http

Thankyou Cordy, you're very kind, I'm gonna have a play about now.

Here's another round of applause

Oh, now you're just showing off............

You changed it?

VG
Take a break now, continue tomorrow

Sorry cordy I was trying too but got it wrong

eron
How far did you get ?

I did it bloo blinkin eke Thanks cordy. I too was in NW Australia in 1972 I think a place called Dampier we spent New year there, happy times.

Eron
Well done with the Photo
Didn't get as far north as Dampier
Around there it was big on Iron ore mining if I remember correct -- was you working there ?

I was in Kalgoorlie and that area, prospecting for nickel

Hammersley Iron. No wasnt working there imontquay was in Merchant Navy and I used to go with him. We were stuck there for a while when a hurricane hit Darwin and the nw coast. Went off into the bush with some locals to see the aborigine paintings and had a barbi, just like your photo. I,m having another try with a photo hope this works

Chuckle.......

Chuckle yourself - and all without the tears

Now try to copy a picture from elswhere..... the BBC news page perhaps

Here is a link
Look Here

Oh dear - bear with me

When you copy the address it may be more than 1 line -- so scroll down to make sure you get all of the address

Make sure your cursor is on the photo

Thats not right - i was aiming for the whole page

Right click on Ronnie Corbett to get this address

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57630000/jpg/_57630722_honours-composite.jpg

Well done !!

OK
One from the Daily Mail now then you can have a cup of tea

Daily Mail link

Look Here

10 out of 10

You've just got one more to learn before next year

How to post a link -- like this

Look Here

Right at the top of that link page is this

http://cgfa.acropolisinc.com/cassatt/p-cassat13.htm

Can you see it ?

That's a link -- something different, but easy now you can post pics

Sorry I couldn't post the link - I will learn

Thankyou cordy - you're very patient and very kind. Happy New Year

It's easy
type

[url="

followed by the link from the address box right at top of page eg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

then type

"]Look Here[/url]

Bring those 3 together no spaces and you have a link

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need speech marks after htm

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Good news for you

I'm going out for a while

LOL !!

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its cool - I'll figure it out.

Copy the black - insert your link in place of the red

[url="http://cgfa.acropolisinc.com/cassatt/p-cassat13.htm"]Look Here[/url]

to get

Look Here

Just put Sky Sports on - didn't realise my Man U were playing so early - Blackburn beating us - I obviously haven't missed much.

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[url="http://cgfa.acropolisinc.com/cassatt/p-cassat13.htm"[/url]

look here

Eron
Very good
What position did Mr Eron have
Must have been senior to take his Mrs along

Imontquay was second engineer. The trip taking in Australia was on a 166000 ton oil and bulk ore carrier called "The English Bridge" The whole trip including flying out to Japan to join her and flying home from Brazil 6 months aboard visiting various places,cost the grand sum of £25. That was the life. VG sorry to have interfered with your thread, having a practice

Look Here

Thank heavens for that - got a lovely bath running and I don't intend letting it go cold

A chap from Wigan was the navigator on that big ship that went down in a storm off Japan

I think that was in the 70s

VG well done
You'll be able to post links and piccys in your posts now

Just looked it up

Liverpool Bridge:
91,655gt. Swan Hunters Haverton Hill, Teesside 1976. Suffered a serious engine room explosion. Renamed Derbyshire 1978. September 1980 sank in the Pacific during Typhoon Orchid with 44 on board. No survivors.

Cant remember what The English bridge name changed to. I know she broke her back in heavy seas somewhere off the Irish Coast. Imontquay remembers the Derbyshire well.

I,ve given up trying to post a pic of The Kowloon bridge which was "The English Bridge" I seem to be having a problem with where to put the closing quotation marks and bracket. IE "][/img]

[img="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRL3IIENVzsVuFmBIt2thx5oAxLY8FzRoFVyvYmK99ImM3flJ7r"][/img]

to get



Red is the address or url

Lots Here

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Cordy - found your island - the Valentine is not my work - it was taken by a Japanese Astronaut Valentines Day 2010.

Unfortunately, I don't know the name of it yet.

632

I am a woman of many talents - including googling

Call it a Thankyou for all your hard work - Happy New Year.x

Same new year wishes to you too SG
Only 3 minutes of 2011 left

Fireworks started early - very noisy here

Same here fireworks

Very vibrant - reminds me of those pics we used to do at school - paint half the page and fold over

444

Took this photo around 1970
Now I want to put it on Google Earth, but can't remember the approximate location
I know it was on the island of Bali -- just can't remember where exactly

It's a ferry used mainly by locals, must be across a bay or similar

Did you put your island on Google Earth?

Love Island -- Yes
First time they refused it, so I appealed now it's accepted
Might be a couple of weeks before it shows
Not sure if you can open the link

Look Here

I am surprised they accepted it without an official name.

Can't you remember anything about your Bali pic? Was it white or black sand on the shore - that would give a clue as to the location.

Don't recall the shore at all
It was a ferry and I remember getting on
Not much else -- it's 40 years ago

On Google Earth put

Tanah Lot Bali
in the search

It was much quieter when I was there

There is a temple at Tanah Lot - its actually a rock - but a very popular place to visit.

You can walk out to it when the tide is out

This Bridge
Looks new
It may replace those ferry boats ?

Looking at divodurum's [He may be German] other photos that must be the area

Do Google Earth accept an approximate location then?

Yes within reason, they wouldn't know different

Have you got a digital camera VG ?

You submit to Panoramio and they may or may not select

Yes, I have a digital camera - just never thought of sharing my photos

Is the Bamboo pole the hand-brake ?

Possibly, the photo looks like it could have been taken yesterday.

Yeah, Nikon were good even in those days

I'm still trolling through my slides -- about 800 in all
Santa left me a slide to digital converter

btw Love Island is now on Google Earth

The above street scene is accepted but not on yet
Yogyakarta - a fascinating area - Central Java

....will I ever return......

Now trying to work out the approx location of ......

Another Yogya. from 1971

Thats a really good one - though it looks like a hard life.

You take good observational photos btw

They've knocked me back !!

This photo is not selected for Google Earth
I've appealed to the video ref

Bush fire West Australia -- 1969

Wow - you were obviously very close to that. Do you remember how you felt when you took that, were you scared?

Shame they rejected your pic at Honiara - its not exactly a huge place.

Honiara, I'm not bothered about,Don't think I mapped correctly anyway
I have a photo of sundown at a well in WA
Couldn't find the location anywhere, all this time I thought it was Cogla Well -

Now I find out it's Coglia Well
Back to the d/b.......

The bush fire was no worry from what I remember

Test

I put this on Bonzle.com
Not sure I'll stay with them but it's a way of getting my photos hosted so that I can post them elsewhere
btw... have you used your nouveau skill and posted any links or photos yet ?

I have Cordy, I am quite accomplished Only kidding - I still have to refer to my notes

ps Love that sunset

This was taken in 1969 at Cashmere Downs WA
Not sure if they are fighting or mating
Goannas were about 6 ft long

Great shot - I would imagine they are mating.

I had a shufty on Bonzle.com btw - lots of great pics there.

Was up the coast a few weeks ago, and I saw 2 goannas doing exactly that,with a bush turkey looking on and flicking mulch at themweird perhaps the bush turkey was a prude


this was one them

Did you see my 'Montmorency' story on Bonzle ?

Sorry Cordy, I couldn't find it, I found a few of your pics though, and another goanna - is that what you meant?

Monty Link

Your link says I need to register first? I don't have any pics to post - does it matter.

Don't register

On the home page type
Cashmere Downs
into the search box - should take you to my pics
The less you sign into the better - for security reasons

Apologies Cordy - I had seen it earlier - lovely article

Brain a bit fried as I was stressed and rushing to get my paperwork finished earlier today.

Have you managed to stay in touch with any of the people you met?

Sadly, no -- I did write to two ozzy mates for a couple of years- then being a typical bloke stopped writing
Does this LINK work ?

It does Cordy. I never knew there were salt lakes in Oz

There are lots salt lakes, they actually sell salt to Japan and other countries in bulk loads
We had a land yacht too -- they go nicely over the flat hard salt
The lakes from a distance look like ordinary lakes
look up Lake disappointment

Wow, learn something new everyday

Read the grave-digger story HERE

Ooh, Community Service - I think Magistrates should adopt a similar policy in this country.

VG -- now it's your turn to reminisce

Oh, I've led a very boring life Cordy..........

I was flicking through the TV listings tonight and this reminded me of you.

'Kalgoorie Cops' - Bio Channel.

K cops -- virus infected

link
The write-up is true
Will watch tomorrow

Didn't know about the virus

Read the Paddy Hannan story HERE

A shrewd character no doubt:

Wiki

Read the Prospector's story HERE
Probably the same way as claim staking in Hannan's day

Did you have success with the nickel? I had a google, and apparently, the area where Hannan struck gold is considered the richest square mile of earth in the world. There is a super mine too (gold).

No, not much luck, though I did work for the then largest nickel producer in the world - International Nickel, a Canadian Company

They do have a large nickel mining operation in Indonesia where I worked on exploration
Soroako was a small village when I left in '72 - now it's a city with it's own airport etc
The Super-Mine in Kalgoorlie hadn't started when I left there

just trying it out
[img"http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd413/charlie215/applause.gif"=][/img]

oh i see, I've got me ""'s in't wrong place,

second go

Well done Tom -- here's your Diploma

thanks cordyline, now how do I pick those 6 lottery numbers

No idea Tom
I need a good auto-electrician for my Fiesta

NIcko:
''Was up the coast a few weeks ago, and I saw 2 goannas doing exactly that,with a bush turkey looking on and flicking mulch at themweird perhaps the bush turkey was a prude''


I once had a swim in the blue lake on North Straddie and when I was climbing out, there was one of them big buggars of a goanna on a tree trunk at the side of me clothes. Its not somethin' you see everyday next to the rose bridge lock by-wash, is it. It was unforgettable and wonderful.

that blue lake is cold cold cold any time of the year. lovely spot though

Read the Jimmy Larcombe story HERE

Strange shape for a nugget - I always imagine nuggets as being small stones.

I've put some Volcano photos on my blog
Just look at this one, an afternoon stroll inside a live Volcano -- no special clothes - wearing my ordinary shoes

Not sure I would walk on that! I saw a documentary on Etna a few years ago, and they take people on tours up there. Some climbers have died falling through the crust.

Great pics on the blog.

Abandoned Homestead

Shame about the homestead and the cattle.

Cool hut.

Mystery of the two blokes
Look Here

near the left sign
Are they people ? or a couple of figurines ?
need to be enlarged to view properly

Church Island in Menai Straights; Anglesey
March 21st 2012

Looking towards the Bridge and Belgium Promenade

....here...

Does anyone know where I can get a photo of Corporation St with a view of the church behind..

Thanks Cordy! Done it!

Well done sister !!
Are you going to give a demo ?

Oops; didn't notice your Corpy St picture

My first link

Thanks Cordyline your instructions made it seem easy.

Well done Pam !!

I'd quite forgotten about this thread

Cycled down Corporation Street this afternoon

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/59656910.jpg

ooops didn't work

how do you do that applause thing

Staff
Copy and paste this then delete the space after the first [

[ img="http://www.someworthwhilequotes.com/images/graphics/applause.gif"][/img]

ahhhhhhhhhh cheers


why don,t it work when I try it on another site

Which other site ?

Other forums may have different formats for posting photos etc

other site...if I copy+paste the url of a foto, it works....its just a url with anything that's moving on it that don,t appear
the url appears without that gap after the 1st [

The other site uses a different format