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10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago #103087
by Roderick Smith
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I have more camel photos than elephant photos, but still not enough for an independent thread.
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Now to start hunting: that could be Baluchistan Desert, Sindh Desert or Thar Desert, but not Cholistan Desert: I have been to only three of the four.
Ahab the Arab (Sheik of the burning sands), jumped on his camel named Clyde...1969:
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From a different poster, in a different thread:
One camel-power 4WD on Barkly Hwy at Soudan Station.
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Now to start hunting: that could be Baluchistan Desert, Sindh Desert or Thar Desert, but not Cholistan Desert: I have been to only three of the four.
Ahab the Arab (Sheik of the burning sands), jumped on his camel named Clyde...1969:
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Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor
From a different poster, in a different thread:
One camel-power 4WD on Barkly Hwy at Soudan Station.
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10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago #103088
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.....i had a couple of camels once Rodders.....weren't as good as Marlboro or Viscount though : :
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10 years 11 months ago #103089
by Mrsmackpaul
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did you no camel smokes are the only brand that show their factory on the pack ?
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10 years 11 months ago #103090
by Roderick Smith
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The fun part:
Did the Camel cigarette brand have the tagline 'Imported fresh from the USA'? It was sufficient to deter me from smoking at all, not just from smoking that brand.
My photo from yesterday wasn't as exotic as I thought. It was a short tourist operation at Clifton Beach, Karachi.
After my camel adventure, I had a cup of tea with the proprietor and his camel. I asked the camel if it wanted sugar in its tea, and it nodded. I asked: 'One lump or two?'.
The serious: Camels were a very important aspect of outback commercial travel/haulage in the 19th century. They were well suited to the Australian inland climate and terrain.
The name and tradition live on in the named train 'Ghan', and its branding. The name was a nickname from the 1920s, a contraction of 'Afghan', the people who operated the camels. One of the famous tourist posters of the 1930s showed a Trans Australia Railway express passing a camel.
Today, there are many operators of camel safaris. As I can attest from experience: far less comfortable than riding a horse bareback. No wonder long-distance riders had to bind their groins for protection. In the photos at this link, notice that all riders are in the second spot, not the leading one.
< www.ayersrockresort.com.au/camel-tours> ;
From it: '...Camels, ideally suited to the hot, dry climate of Australia's interior, were imported in the 19th century and remained the principal means of outback transport until railways and roads were established. Today there are an estimated 200 000 one-humped, dromedary type camels in the wild...'.
In searching for camels in use for building Trans Australia Railway (1913-17), I found this clip which may have been mentioned at the start of the thread. No camels, but a horse buggy and a glimpse of a horse dray:
< aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/transcon...tal-railway/clip1> ;
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor
Did the Camel cigarette brand have the tagline 'Imported fresh from the USA'? It was sufficient to deter me from smoking at all, not just from smoking that brand.
My photo from yesterday wasn't as exotic as I thought. It was a short tourist operation at Clifton Beach, Karachi.
After my camel adventure, I had a cup of tea with the proprietor and his camel. I asked the camel if it wanted sugar in its tea, and it nodded. I asked: 'One lump or two?'.
The serious: Camels were a very important aspect of outback commercial travel/haulage in the 19th century. They were well suited to the Australian inland climate and terrain.
The name and tradition live on in the named train 'Ghan', and its branding. The name was a nickname from the 1920s, a contraction of 'Afghan', the people who operated the camels. One of the famous tourist posters of the 1930s showed a Trans Australia Railway express passing a camel.
Today, there are many operators of camel safaris. As I can attest from experience: far less comfortable than riding a horse bareback. No wonder long-distance riders had to bind their groins for protection. In the photos at this link, notice that all riders are in the second spot, not the leading one.
< www.ayersrockresort.com.au/camel-tours> ;
From it: '...Camels, ideally suited to the hot, dry climate of Australia's interior, were imported in the 19th century and remained the principal means of outback transport until railways and roads were established. Today there are an estimated 200 000 one-humped, dromedary type camels in the wild...'.
In searching for camels in use for building Trans Australia Railway (1913-17), I found this clip which may have been mentioned at the start of the thread. No camels, but a horse buggy and a glimpse of a horse dray:
< aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/transcon...tal-railway/clip1> ;
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor
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10 years 11 months ago #103091
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10 years 11 months ago #103092
by Roderick Smith
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That Coober Pedy photo is magnificent.
Here are two away from sand & gibber: in a cool green oasis. This is Ghosch Paddock, Richmond Victoria. The commercial operator was providing rides as part of family fun at the end of a 'fun run' from Newport across West Gate Bridge. These two are my only ones of a camel train (albeit a mini one); all the others are singles.
920412Su Gosch Paddock Richmond Vic camel train. R Smith
Humphrey the camel:
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Here are two away from sand & gibber: in a cool green oasis. This is Ghosch Paddock, Richmond Victoria. The commercial operator was providing rides as part of family fun at the end of a 'fun run' from Newport across West Gate Bridge. These two are my only ones of a camel train (albeit a mini one); all the others are singles.
920412Su Gosch Paddock Richmond Vic camel train. R Smith
Humphrey the camel:
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10 years 10 months ago #103094
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