Source: thatkiwibloke.tumblr.com – discontinued.Source: dontcaredontgiveafuck.tumblr.comFishing boats at Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. Source: thepreppyfox.tumblr.comVintage Velocette motorcycle. Source: guzzigazz.tumblr.comBugatti straight-8, racer. Thought to be a Bugatti 35B, made and raced very successfully from 1926-1931. 2262 cc, 24 valves delivering a maximum speed of 209 km/h (130 mph). Source: frenchmoanerthings.tumblr.com.1943 Odalisque by H P Horst, New York. Source: theoddsideofme.tumblr.com.1956. The legendary American model and actor Betty Page. Source: littleredriding1.tumblr.com.Source: noirbleu.tumblr.com – discontinued.Figure class. Photo by Bill Owens 1971, American photographer (b.1938).Fishing boats at rest in Bodrum, Turkey. Photo by Kani Polat. Source: photo.net.Sailing in Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo by Gunnar Freyr.The crush of love. Source: fotogrimsi.tumblr.comSource: twitter@maskulin stars.The newspaper advertisement placed by Ernest Shackleton seeking crew to accompany him on his epic journey to the South Pole in 1914-1917. His ship was crushed in ice in the Weddell Sea but with remarkable skill and perseverance, Shackleton managed to return all 27 sailors and scientists in his crew safely home. Source: pinterest.com>pinCooling off. Source: smoothfig.tumblr.com1920’s style. Source: littleredridingcrop1.tumblr.comShowgirl Rosemary Williams photographed in New York by a young Stanley Kubrick when he worked as a photographer for LOOK Magazine in 1949. Source: pinterest.com>pinSource: mordagsinkedskin.tumblr.comSelf portrait by Australian painter and sculptor Robert Hannaford (b. 1944). Hannaford has been a finalist in the annual Archibald Portrait Prize in Australia 23 times and won the “Peoples choice” prize three times. Source: pinterest.comSource: maturelesbian.tumblr.comSource: thisisnthappiness.tumblr.comSource: thisisnthappiness.tumblr.com
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.Shooting hoops. Source: FVTGirls.com.Source: Facebook.com. Photo by Tik Vyrams.Celebration. Source: Tumblr.com. Reblogged from Mia-down-under.Sunbathing at anchor. Photo by Captain Butch.Source: Tumblr.com. Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.com.Art in ink. Source: Reblogged from this-old-stomping-ground.tumblr.com.My sort of bookshop. Source: Tumblr.com.
Norman Lindsay (1879 – 1969) was one of Australia’s most prominent artists. His works were both lauded and condemned, and some were deemed to be blasphemous. He is posing here with Rose Soady. Rose (1885 – 1978), who was his model and business manager, and who later became his second wife.Small pencil/ink sketch by Norman Lindsay (1933). Pinterest.The Descent of Calliope. Norman Lindsay (1994).The movie Sirens was released in 1994, based loosely on Norman Lindsay’s life. With interwoven themes of religion and sexual awakening it starred Portia De Rossi (left) as a maid and Elle McPherson (centre) and Katie Fischer (right) as Lindsay’s nude models. Sam Neil starred as Lindsay. 1940’s model. Source unknown.Coffee time. Source: Tumblrgallery.com.“Ruby” by David Uhl (1998). Uhl is a contemporary American artist (particularly of Harley-Davidson motorcycles). See uhlstudios.com.This is freedom. Tumblr.com.Shed fashioned from a disused work boat. Source: unknown.A street in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Architecturehub Dubrovnik.Cape Leeuwin lighthouse in Western Australia. Cape Leeuwin is the most south-west point of the Australian mainland and the point where the Indian Ocean (on the right) and the Southern Ocean (on the left) meet. The lighthouse is the tallest on the mainland at 39 metres (128 feet). It flashes a white light every 7.5 seconds. Source: margaretriver.com.
