It's amazing what you can learn from Biglorryblog. Or to be more accurate (more accurate?...ah forget it) Anyway having blogged on the Mack Trucks Australia Heritage website and this wonderful Bicentennial Mack tractor I get an e-mail from Cam in Oz who says: "Hi Brian, all the Bicentennial Macks have got a name. They were built in 1988, Australia's Bicentennial year. I suppose you could say 1788 was when the Poms started exporting to Australia, Cam." Anyway here, just to prove what Cam says, is a selection of name plates from Bicentennial Macks...enjoy.
First Captain Bligh (and for a pie...what ship did he command?)
Not sure who Ernest Giles was..maybe someone can tell me?
And as for Captain Starlight...well that's anyone's guess. Any relation to Captain's Log? Now click through here to see the ultimate Bincentennial Mack line-up, courtesy of Cam.
See what I mean.....? Nice.
Comments (11)
Ernest Giles was a great Australian explorer.
Posted by Cam McFadyen | October 7, 2008 8:27 AM
Posted on October 7, 2008 08:27
Captain Bligh was a ships captain, known for the "Mutiny on the Bounty" incident.
Captain Starlight was a bushranger who operated up Queensland way.
Posted by Peter Lynch | October 7, 2008 10:14 AM
Posted on October 7, 2008 10:14
Actually Captain Starlight was Harry Redford,a cattle duffer who got away wit it.Queenslands Premier ,Anna Bligh is actually a decendant of Captain Bligh,not that the news paper could get any milage out of puns there.Giles explored a lot of central Australia,and has the Giles Meteoroligical Station named after him,which they set up for the British Atomic tests in the 50`s.
Posted by Cam McFadyen | October 7, 2008 11:45 AM
Posted on October 7, 2008 11:45
Actually Brian,a real challenge would be to see if anyone can name the rest of the Bi- centennial Macks,just how many Rats Coffins would that be worth?
Posted by Cam McFadyen | October 7, 2008 11:50 AM
Posted on October 7, 2008 11:50
Well, the 3 we have been given are:
Captain Bligh
Ernest Giles
Captain Starlight..........so a few more
Captain James Cook, who "discovered" Australia about 40,000 years after some others already had
Ned Kelly, the famous bushranger
Charles Kingsford Smith, the pioneering aviator
John Flynn (Flynn of the Inland) a Presbyterian minister who established the Royal Flying Doctor Service
Charles Sturt, another famous explorer, who "discovered" the Murray and Darling Rivers
Ludwig Leichardt, a German scientist who came to Australia to study rocks, and then explored a lot of the Northern Territory and Queensland
7 more to go...........
Posted by Vic Hungerford | October 8, 2008 6:43 AM
Posted on October 8, 2008 06:43
(1) LUDWICK LEICHARDT
(2) MATTHEW FLINDERS
(3) HENRY LAWSON
(4) BURKE & WILLS
(5) WILLIAM HOVELL
(6) KINGSFORD SMITH
(7) CAPTAIN COOK
(8) BEN HALL
(9) THUNDERBOLT
(10)CAPTAIN BLIGH
(11)CAPTAIN STARLIGHT
(12)JOHN FLYNN
(13) NOT CHARLES STUART
(14)NED KELLY
(15)ERNEST GILES
(16)GOVERNOR PHILLIP
Posted by Anonymous | November 14, 2008 3:17 AM
Posted on November 14, 2008 03:17
WHAT WAS NO 13 CALLED? ARE ALL STILL GOING?
Posted by Anonymous | November 14, 2008 3:23 AM
Posted on November 14, 2008 03:23
Charles STURT, not STUART
Posted by Vic Hungerford | November 14, 2008 3:46 AM
Posted on November 14, 2008 03:46
Very Impressive
Posted by Cam McFadyen | November 15, 2008 5:43 AM
Posted on November 15, 2008 05:43
Sorry Vic for the mis spelling of Charles Sturt,I ment no disrepect for the history of the mans name, But still doesn't change the fact that none of the trucks were called Charles Sturt.
Posted by Anonymous | November 16, 2008 1:42 AM
Posted on November 16, 2008 01:42
The 13th Mack is not Charles Sturt.
Posted by Anonymous | November 16, 2008 9:28 AM
Posted on November 16, 2008 09:28