ArishMell · 70-79, M
Fine photos!
Quarantine... of what?
What's the origin of the bas-relief face? If the stone is granite, as I think, the sculpting must have taken a very long time as granite is so hard.
Are those distances miles or kilometres? I guess km by the speed-limit sign beyond (110km/h = 68mph, rounded).
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On holiday in Norway, we passed a sign near Trondheim, giving Narvik as 999km away.
Rather touching accuracy, given no-one drives the exact mapping distance between towns and that particular sign is at a random point on Trondheim Bypass.
I wonder if they decided 999 seems much shorter than it really is than the round 1000, rather like a retail price of £9.99 seeming more a bargain than £10...
As a passenger on a journey from Glasgow, we passed a sign saying "Campbeltown 100" (miles).
The driver pointed to hills a few miles ahead. "Campbeltown is just beyond those hills", he said.
It's on a very long peninsula forcing either a few miles' driving to a short ferry crossing, or a very long detour round the head of a sea-loch.
Quarantine... of what?
What's the origin of the bas-relief face? If the stone is granite, as I think, the sculpting must have taken a very long time as granite is so hard.
Are those distances miles or kilometres? I guess km by the speed-limit sign beyond (110km/h = 68mph, rounded).
...
On holiday in Norway, we passed a sign near Trondheim, giving Narvik as 999km away.
Rather touching accuracy, given no-one drives the exact mapping distance between towns and that particular sign is at a random point on Trondheim Bypass.
I wonder if they decided 999 seems much shorter than it really is than the round 1000, rather like a retail price of £9.99 seeming more a bargain than £10...
As a passenger on a journey from Glasgow, we passed a sign saying "Campbeltown 100" (miles).
The driver pointed to hills a few miles ahead. "Campbeltown is just beyond those hills", he said.
It's on a very long peninsula forcing either a few miles' driving to a short ferry crossing, or a very long detour round the head of a sea-loch.
Gusman · 61-69, M
@ArishMell Fresh fruit and veg are not allowed across the Western Australian/South Australian border.
The bas-relief is the wise face of respected elder Uncle Henry Rankine gently carved into the granite, gazing out to sea.
A proud Ngarrindjeri leader, Uncle Henry was a keeper of cultural knowledge, a custodian of stories, and a powerful advocate for self-determination.
The bas-relief is the wise face of respected elder Uncle Henry Rankine gently carved into the granite, gazing out to sea.
A proud Ngarrindjeri leader, Uncle Henry was a keeper of cultural knowledge, a custodian of stories, and a powerful advocate for self-determination.