Yours in a White Wine Sauce!

Victorian Science Fiction adventures! It may not make sense but there will be a nice cheese board at the end. Tally-Ho and Vôtre dans une sauce au vin blanc!

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Nemo's War 2nd Ed Arrives!

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A year without a post here at the blog? Goodness me, what was I thinking? Entombed in a submersible vehicle with a mysterious Captain of unk...

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Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Attack on the Williamstown Batteries

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THE MONITOR CERBERUS ATTACKING THE WILLIAMSTOWN BATTERIES AND H.M.S. NELSON Source: The Illustrated Australian News, 23 April 1872 The Atta...

Saturday, 4 June 2016

Naval Hotchkiss revolving cannon

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I have previously posted about the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon ( here ) design along with pics of a nice museum piece. Yesterday I came a...

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Friday, 27 May 2016

Sail Trek

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In the spirit of Steam Trek ( here ) - well worth a giggle!

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Monday, 28 March 2016

Melbourne's Sea Forts that never were

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Proposed but never built, based on the Channel forts off Portsmouth, UK. Would have made fascinating additions to the Victorian defensive n...

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Fort Philip, Sydney

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Standing high on Windmill Hill above The Rocks, Fort Phillip was one of the initial fortifications built to defend the colony. It was named...

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Sunday, 17 January 2016

Dawes Battery, Sydney Cove

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A Man and his 42 pdr RML Dawes Point (now under the southern pylon of the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge) was the site of the fi...

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