The Capetonian WOE Thread

[CharlieOneSix]

I don't have anything so O/H please.

[Hydromet]

Thanks C16.
Since I'm rarely able to pick these, I'll throw in a southern hemisphere one. The number circled, if you can read it, is significant.

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[FD2]

I can't make out the date but I guess it's in the Australian bush - a look of the 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' about it.

[Hydromet]

It is in the Australian bush, but nowhere near 'Hanging Rock'.

[Wodrick]

In the Blue Mountains ?

[Hydromet]

'Fraid not, correct side of the country though.

[Hydromet]

Bump

[FD2]

Mount Mulligan mine disaster 1921?

[Hydromet]

Mount Mulligan mine disaster 1921?

Got it!

The Mount Mulligan mine disaster occurred on 19 September 1921 in Mount Mulligan, Far North Queensland, Australia. A series of explosions in the local coal mine, audible as much as 30 km away, rocked the close-knit township.[1]
Seventy-five workers were killed by the disaster,[1] making it the third-worst coal mining accident in Australia in terms of human lives lost. Four of the dead had been at the mouth of the pit at the time of the explosion. Seventy four bodies were recovered by the time the Royal Commission ended,[2] the last body was recovered five months after the disaster after the mine had reopened.[3] The disaster affected people in cities and towns all over the country. The mine, which had operated for six years at the time of the accident,[2] was widely considered safe and had no previous indications of gas leaks. The miners hence worked using open flame lights instead of safety lamps.[4]

My father was at school at Mt Molloy, about 30 km away when the explosion occurred, and they heard it. Later on, in the late 1940s, he worked there, and I spent my toddler years there. The circled number in the photograph is '1921'. the story goes that it appeared naturally after the explosion. However it came to be, it is quite obvious if you are there and know where to look.

Take it away, FD2.

[FD2]

Thanks for the history Hydromet - a very sad event.

I trawled through significant events lists from 1921 in Australia and found the start date for Qantas and the RAAF but it was only on the third try that there was an honours treatise from 1977 submitted at the James Cook University North QLD, that mentioned the date appearing on the cliff after the disaster.
https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/37018 ... thesis.pdf

There are trouble spots around the world but as far as I know only one island near a festering problem has these trees growing there. What is the name of the island?

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[Hydromet]

FD2, thanks for the link to that thesis. I had a quick skim through it and will try to spend some more time with it.

[Ex-Ascot]

Dragon blood tree, Island of Socotra, off the coast of Yemen.

Getting to the arid island of Socotra off the coast of Yemen is a bit of a schlep, but if you’re a tree aficionado it’ll be worth the effort.

Socotra is home to the eerie, prehistoric-looking dragon blood trees, sometimes simply named 'Socotra dragon trees'. Their upturned umbrella design ensures that every drop of water from dew or rare rain trickles down to the central trunk and eventually to the roots.

The tree takes its name from the disturbingly blood-red resin that exudes from the bark if it is cut or damaged – it’s a defence against pests and disease and was regarded in 17th century Europe as a magical cure-all. More recently, the resin has been used in breath fresheners and love potions.

[FD2]

10/10 Ex-Ascot - Socotra off the Gulf of Aden. Had a quick look there en route to the Far East in 1974 - very barren - and Russians lurking around.

You have control.

[Ex-Ascot]

10/10 Ex-Ascot - Socotra off the Gulf of Aden. Had a quick look there en route to the Far East in 1974 - very barren - and Russians lurking around.

You have control.

Thank you FD2. An easy one if you have been there. Great fun.

[1DC]

Are we in Japan?

[Ex-Ascot]

Are we in Japan?

No 1DC you would never find me there.

[G~Man]

I think this is in thee "Mall of America", or the world water park.

[Boac]

The Conservative party Office for Policy?

[Ex-Ascot]

I think this is in thee "Mall of America", or the world water park.

It is the World Water Park in Edmonton Mall. I have done every one of those slides. That is a lot of steps to climb. It is the world's largest wave pool.

G-Man in the chair.

[G~Man]

Thank you. Let's try this, the Gnomes wih their pet duck a few years ago.....:

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