Kurnell 16/12/15

Mowdit · 16-12-2015, 05:44 PM

Wild weather hit Kurnell today.
Must thank Ford for servicing my Wildtrack today, otherwise I would have been there, and I'd be shopping for a new one by now.

malazn mafia · 16-12-2015, 10:27 PM

Was driving around there on Monday and there was no sign of the coming deluge. It's a trippy world we live in...

Stefan · 16-12-2015, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Was driving around there on Monday and there was no sign of the coming deluge. It's a trippy world we live in...

1 hour later it was blue sky beach weather.

ltd · 24-12-2015, 01:48 PM

Interesting name Kurnell, for those that don't know, here's how it was named.

On the 29th of April 1770, Captain Cook and some of his crew from the HMS Endeavour made the first European landfall on what's now known as the Kurnell Peninsula.
Once the tender reached the beach, Captain Cook had intended to name the place of landing "Stingray Bay" - given the samples collected by Joseph Banks.

He had a small ceremony with his crew which involved planting the British flag upon the beach. He is reported to have said; "I claim this land for his majesty, and the British Empire." Whilst the good captain was saying this, his lieutenant was having trouble driving the flagpole into the sand, and had made three unsuccessful attempts before taking a mighty lunge. The captain had only just said "This site of discovery shall be named" when the lieutenant took his mighty lunge, and struck the flagpole through the Captains right foot.
Just as he was about to pronounce the name 'Stingray Bay', a flagpole was driven through his foot. So the actual words were; "This site of discovery shall be named F**Kurnell"

True story.

The Yeti · 24-12-2015, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ltd

Interesting name Kurnell, for those that don't know, here's how it was named.

On the 29th of April 1770, Captain Cook and some of his crew from the HMS Endeavour made the first European landfall on what's now known as the Kurnell Peninsula.
Once the tender reached the beach, Captain Cook had intended to name the place of landing "Stingray Bay" - given the samples collected by Joseph Banks.

He had a small ceremony with his crew which involved planting the British flag upon the beach. He is reported to have said; "I claim this land for his majesty, and the British Empire." Whilst the good captain was saying this, his lieutenant was having trouble driving the flagpole into the sand, and had made three unsuccessful attempts before taking a mighty lunge. The captain had only just said "This site of discovery shall be named" when the lieutenant took his mighty lunge, and struck the flagpole through the Captains right foot.
Just as he was about to pronounce the name 'Stingray Bay', a flagpole was driven through his foot. So the actual words were; "This site of discovery shall be named F**Kurnell"

True story.

Oldie but a goodie 😜😜😜😜😜😜😜