bookshops – Things of light and shade

Imperial Airways flying boat “Centaurus” moored in the Brisbane River (near the Botanic Gardens) on 21 December 1937. It had just completed a flight from London taking about 13 days. The Short S.23 flying boat carried a crew of 5 and 17 passengers. Powered by four 920hp Bristol Pegasus Xc radial engines it had a maximum speed of 174 knots (320 km/hr).

Wallace’s Hut at Falls Creek, Victoria; the oldest hut in the Victorian Alpine National Park. It was built by the three Wallace brothers who came as young boys to Melbourne from Ireland in 1869. It is still used as an emergency shelter. Source: Pinterest.ca. Photo by Michael Boniwell.

Uluru (Ayers Rock), a large sandstone rock formation in Central Australia, is about 335 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs. It is 348 metres high and 9.4 kilometres around the perimeter. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjara Anangu, the First Nation people in the area. Source: Dogwood Images.

Portland Head Lighthouse on Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA; the oldest lighthouse in Maine, built in 1791. Source: portlandheadlight.com. Photo by Richard Morin.

1938 Auto Union (a predecessor of Audi) Type D racer. This supercharged 3.0 litre V12 produced 478 bhp and a top speed of 340 kilometres/hour. Its success on the track was cut short by the advent of World War II and, after the war, remaining vehicles were carted away to Russia. Source: Pinterest.com and roadandtrack.com.

Relaxing with wine and fruit. Source: Tumblr.com.

Source: Tumblr.com. Reblogged from Mia-down-under.

A real “French postcard” from 1910-1920, of the sort that were sold as souvenirs by many booksellers along the Seine River and elsewhere in Paris from about 1900 onwards. Source: unregardoblique.home.blog. Alfred Noyer Studio, Paris. Photo by Julien Mandel.

Photo by Alexandre Abel of Katelyn Pascavis at the airport at St Barts, where small aircraft come within metres of car traffic at the approach to the airport.