You may be more familiar with this poem!

Banjo Patterson's

Mulga Bill's Bicycle

'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze;
He turned away the good old horse that served him many days;
He dressed himself in cycling clothes, resplendent to be seen;
He hurried off to town and bought a shining new machine;
And as he wheeled it through the door, with air of lordly pride,
The grinning shop assistant said, "Excuse me, can you ride?"

"See here, young man," said Mulga Bill, "from Walgett to the sea,
From Conroy's Gap to Castlereagh, there's none can ride like me.
I'm good all round at everything as everybody knows,
Although I'm not the one to talk - I hate a man that blows.
But riding is my special gift, my chiefest, sole delight;
Just ask a wild duck can it swim, a wildcat can it fight.
There's nothing clothed in hair or hide, or built of flesh or steel,
There's nothing walks or jumps, or runs, on axle, hoof, or wheel,
But what I'll sit, while hide will hold and girths and straps are tight:
I'll ride this here two-wheeled concern right straight away at sight."

'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that sought his own abode,
That perched above Dead Man's Creek, beside the mountain road.
He turned the cycle down the hill and mounted for the fray,
But 'ere he'd gone a dozen yards it bolted clean away.
It left the track, and through the trees, just like a silver steak,
It whistled down the awful slope towards the Dead Man's Creek.

It shaved a stump by half an inch, it dodged a big white-box:
The very wallaroos in fright went scrambling up the rocks,
The wombats hiding in their caves dug deeper underground,
As Mulga Bill, as white as chalk, sat tight to every bound.
It struck a stone and gave a spring that cleared a fallen tree,
It raced beside a precipice as close as close could be;
And then as Mulga Bill let out one last despairing shriek
It made a leap of twenty feet into the Dean Man's Creek.

'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that slowly swam ashore:
He said, "I've had some narrer shaves and lively rides before;
I've rode a wild bull round a yard to win a five-pound bet,
But this was the most awful ride that I've encountered yet.
I'll give that two-wheeled outlaw best; it's shaken all my nerve
To feel it whistle through the air and plunge and buck and swerve.
It's safe at rest in Dead Man's Creek, we'll leave it lying still;
A horse's back is good enough henceforth for Mulga Bill."

Banjo Paterson wrote Mulga Bill's Bicycle in 1896 during the height of the cycling boom. The poem was originally published in the 25 July 1896 edition of a weekly magazine called the Sydney Mail and also later appeared in a collection of Paterson's poems called Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses.

Mulga Bill's Bicycle is written in the form of a ballad. It was inspired by a man named William Henry Lewis who had bought his bicycle during a drought when there was no feed for horses. Lewis knew Paterson when Paterson spent time around the Bourke area in western New South Wales.

I remember the homemade ice cream -- I used to make -- darn delicious,  now I am unable to remember the ingredients

Anyone remember them please

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0asbGJbLKc

Remember the movie Singing in the Rain?

Remember these?

http://www.mrmartinweb.com/type.htm

How many of these typewriters can you remember using over the years?  LOL

I had to laugh they have my old Royal portable machine in the Museum!  

Remember these messy things?

DescriptionThe Gestetner is a type of duplicating machine named after its inventor, David Gestetner. During the 20th century, the term Gestetner has been used as a verb—as in Gestetnering. The Gestetner company established its base in London, filing its first patent in 1879.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccYLLzpeVnU

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/58b3b81fd0ce260f2cdfe2b0

Hoovermatics!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GqGdYN4jy8

This brings back memories of washing terry toweling nappies!

Then there was the wringer washing machine!

  also the concrete troughs!

https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/collections/hot-puddings/old-english-apple-hat 

Oh this does remind me of my childhood when my late mother used to cook this!

With lashings of custard! 

Yummy! 

Does anyone still cook this?

Old English Apple Hat

If it's true there's a 'time for everything under Heaven', then midwinter is quite definitely the most appropriate time to make an old-fashioned steamed pudding.

Thought I would ad this recipe it looks just as yummy, but I had not come across it before. This one of Mary Berry's recipes. May try these for the cooler months that will soon be upon us.

It wouldn't be right for this Thread not to have a Holden mentioned!

https://www.caradvice.com.au/827287/holden-history-timeline/  

Does anyone remember doing the shopping and using a Brown Paper Bag?

Does anyone remember doing the shopping and using a Brown Paper Bag?

Supermarkets?

https://www.australianfoodtimeline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Farrs-sign-off.jpg

Although a number of grocery chains were already offering self-service, it seems that in 1938 Farr’s of Newcastle, New South Wales, may have become the first Australian supermarket. Or, at least, the first Australian store to advertise itself as a “super market”. Farr’s offered self-service and a range of departments including a deli counter, fruit and vegetables, fish, confectionery and bakery goods. Beginning in 1923 in Newcastle, Farr’s Market soon had branches throughout northern NSW and in 1925 opened a store in Bondi Junction, Sydney. However, only the Newcastle store was ever promoted as a supermarket.

In November 1938, the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate carried, under the heading of Business Notices, an advertisement from Farr’s Super Market in Hunter Street West, Newcastle. Heading a long list of Farr’s specials, and promising to “make that £ worth 25/-” was a little rhyme:

Cooking the Australian Sunday Roast in 1950

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-22/the-enduring-charm-of-metters-wood-fired-stoves/8117478

 http://www.everydishtellsastory.com.au/?p=790