#australian c

[weirdlookindog]

Fearful Tales of the Occult #1 - Gredown, July 1977.

Cover art by Manuel Prieto Muriana.

[fernandopiastri28]

thinking about this diva again as always

[queeringclassiclit]

Cú Chulainn

from the Ulster Cycle of Celtic Mythology

submitted by anon

[adventuresofalgy]

The weather on Boxing Day in the wild west Highlands of Scotland was disappointingly dismal, dark, and dripping wet, but it was also unusually calm and mild, so Algy decided to explore his assistants' garden, which he had not visited for a wee while.

When darkness fell he was amazed to see a sudden eruption of Christmas lights, and flew over to investigate. Algy was particularly intrigued by a pair of small illuminated reindeer, and being still full of festive high spirits, he just couldn't resist jumping onto the back of one of the deer. Crying "Way for the Sport of Kings!" Algy started to race away with his new Christmas scarf streaming out behind him… But strange to say, he did not seem to get very far on his galloping, galloping steed:

Now is the season of Carnival. Who's for the sunlit course? Who's for the beat of galloping feet And the day and the way of the horse? Who joins the dance, tho' Lady Chance Pleasure or pain may yield, Who comes to the call of Carnival? "Seven to four the field!" This is the week of the Carnival And the sign of a brighter dawn In men's affairs. Who sheds old cares Where gay frocks fleck the lawn? Who would forget old days of fret? Who comes to the call of mirth And the conquering steeds? … They're off! Who leads? And the hoof beats spurn the earth. Then, Hi! for the height of Carnival, Gayer than all gone past: And the nameless fears of the deadening years Forsake men's minds at last. Bright jackets flash beneath the sun As the roar of the crowd begins, And lifts and swells at a great home run: "Who leads? Who lasts? Who wins?" Ho! for the call of Carnival! Way for the Sport of Kings! And men, grown sane, turn once again To all that high hope brings. Who's for the Carnival? Who grows gay Where galloping Fortune speeds Around the turn to gallop our way With the galloping, galloping steeds?

[Algy is quoting the poem Carnival Time by the late 19th/early 20th century Australian poet C J Dennis – a poem about the multi-day horse racing event known as the Melbourne Cup Carnival, held in November, and not about carnival in either the sense of a fair, or the time of wild celebration in Christian countries prior to Lent.]

[tonyjalapeno]

I've still got my one life, and I intend to use it the best way I can (with you)

[grison-in-space]

this is why we call her the flip wizard

[millleti]

australian gp

las vegas gp

"one of the mics doesn't work so we'll flirt our way into sharing the other" trope

[fauna-and-floraa]

Fav skz moments // Do you know what else is big?

[sainztificc]

today was a fairytale 🍾🎉

[faunandfloraas]

when did felix call chan a cunt on live omg skdbskndjd

In a live he did! We may not be able to hear him, but Chan's response says it all

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

New Books Today

Gotta lotta these to add to my collection, a classic of railway literature and a goldmine of anecdotes and stories of Aus railway lore:

Now I’m just imagining Harry grumbling about how ‘(I) should be on the front cover of ‘Romance of Australian Railways’ in a Fabio-esque pose, not that bloody diesel and that bloody Hudson!’

The ‘Melbourne Steam Festival’ celebrates 3801 and 3820’s full length run on Victoria’s Standard Gauge metals during the Easter of 1973 as the first steam engines to run on that track. It also marks them meeting up with Victoria’s own R707, D3 639 and K184… so some fuel for story ideas there…

Bonus train with face from ‘Romance Of Australian Railways’:

[everyoneisgayandtrans]

[playstationpark]

Official Australian PlayStation Magazine #42, March 2001 - 'C-12: Final Resistance' cover.

[corin-tuckers-left-one]

Chaeropus ecaudatus the Southern Pig–footed Bandicoot

Pig–footed bandicoots (genus Chaeropus) were so called because of their hooflike forefeet. They had relatively slender legs compared to other bandicoots, allowing them to move quickly through the landscape.

Although initially designated as a single species, Chaeropus yirratji was split from C. ecaudatus in 2019 on the basis of morphological differences. Both species became extinct by the 1950s due to habitat loss from land clearing for agriculture and predation from cats and foxes.

[dressareads]

SCUDERIA FERRARI DOUBLE PODIUM IN THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

[afterartist]

ANNOUNCEMENT!!

I’m going on my annual Hiatus today and won’t be back till the 6th of next month!!

So if you try to contact me I most likely won’t see it until then!!

Just thought I’d give you a heads up because for some reason last time people thought I died??

N e ways, bye yall!!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New year :)