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old colour photos of our 54
kombikim - January 27th, 2006 at 08:13 AM

thanks to 1500S

Anzac Day in Sydney, 1963,

Elizabeth lookout, Glenbrook about 1961, looking over Penrith/EmuPlains, that is all houses now, & the lookout is no longer accessable by vehicle

& somewhere in the bush in Blue Mountains early 1965, note Grey 1956 rear guards & lights, original guards had rusted out, this was just before VW was traded on a new Mazda

I have never seen another roof rack exactly like ours

[ Edited on 26-1-2006 by kombikim ]

[ Edited on 26-1-2006 by kombikim ]


byronbus - January 27th, 2006 at 08:43 AM

Lookout looks like Hawksbury heights lookout...sweet pics


kombikim - January 27th, 2006 at 08:59 AM

could be Hawkesbury lookout, I agree, twas written on it Glenbrook lookout, just up from where we lived, but that was probably wrong, see black semaphore, maybe I had already busted an original


byronbus - January 27th, 2006 at 09:01 AM

I think some of the early ovals had black semaphores...
I miss the mountains, if i ever have the misfortune of having to move back to sydney, the springwood is where i will live...


kombikim - January 27th, 2006 at 09:13 AM

I have enearthed a stack of b/w photos of the car from 1955/1956, I will check what colour the semaphores were then


kombikim - January 27th, 2006 at 09:48 AM

And a few more, Valhalla Victoria about 1963
& Mount Wilson ? late 1964


squizy - January 27th, 2006 at 10:33 AM

Great pics Kim - nice little archive collection. I don't think it's the Hawkesbury lookout - looks too low.


kombikim - January 27th, 2006 at 01:13 PM

thanks, the wonderful thing is that these days pictures can now go around the world for sharing, & thus will survive, previously, over a few generations most were lost forever
Hawkesbury Lookout was lowere back then, it was a long time ago, & it is now at Wimalee, which did not exist back then, I will have to go up to both lookouts to try & determine


byronbus - January 27th, 2006 at 04:28 PM

hawkesbury lookout is still at the bottom, a long way from winmalee...


StenGuns - January 27th, 2006 at 04:51 PM

Love them!