I couldnt put these online while the ACT Queens were on, coz my Ipad couldnt handle photos.
Just a couple of relevant photos follow
A bit of a Rogues Gallery here
Corryong meets Canberra
The boys from Canberra who shot F Open.
Dave Groves on left, Peter Merriman in the centre, and their gunsmith Russ Le Maitre on the right
Heart breaking, gut wrenching Canberra, with flags in every direction
After the 5th shot, and halfway home at the 1st 800 mtrs, I was thinking "Ive got this place worked out"........and then my wheels fell off......how bloody humbling
Canberra Photos
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Re: Canberra Photos
ecomeat wrote:
Heart breaking, gut wrenching Canberra, with flags in every direction
Tony, I spoke to Kelvin when he got home. He described Canberra in a similar way to your description. I just can't put the actual words on here though. Alan would frown on me
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Actually Canberra was mild to what I have seen at past Queens, tricky non the less and a real test of wind reading capabilities. For most of the Queens wind came from 12.30 to 1.30 at zero to 3.5 right. Occasionally a little more or less.
Get out of step with it and you suffered--- yeah, heartbreaking would aptly describe it.
But that's Canberra - and heaven knows why, but we keep going back.
Get out of step with it and you suffered--- yeah, heartbreaking would aptly describe it.
But that's Canberra - and heaven knows why, but we keep going back.
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Hey Tman, here is another meaning I stumbled across after reading yours
Etymology
The word "Canberra" is popularly thought to derive from the word Kambera or Canberry which is claimed to mean "meeting place" in the old Ngunnawal language, one of several Indigenous languages spoken in the district by Aboriginal people before European settlers arrived.[5] According to Ngunnawal Elder, Don Bell, the correct translation is "woman's breasts" and is the Indigenous name for the two mountains, Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie which lie almost opposite each other.[6] In the 1860s, the name was reported by Queanbeyan newspaper owner John Gale to be an anglicisation of the indigenous name 'nganbra' or 'nganbira', meaning "hollow between a woman's breasts", and referring to the Sullivans Creek floodplain between Mount Ainslie and Black Mountain.[7]
Maybe it is those two "Lady Lumps" that have been giving us all the problems
If we had spent more time concentrating on shooting and less on "Canberra", we may have improved our score?
Etymology
The word "Canberra" is popularly thought to derive from the word Kambera or Canberry which is claimed to mean "meeting place" in the old Ngunnawal language, one of several Indigenous languages spoken in the district by Aboriginal people before European settlers arrived.[5] According to Ngunnawal Elder, Don Bell, the correct translation is "woman's breasts" and is the Indigenous name for the two mountains, Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie which lie almost opposite each other.[6] In the 1860s, the name was reported by Queanbeyan newspaper owner John Gale to be an anglicisation of the indigenous name 'nganbra' or 'nganbira', meaning "hollow between a woman's breasts", and referring to the Sullivans Creek floodplain between Mount Ainslie and Black Mountain.[7]
Maybe it is those two "Lady Lumps" that have been giving us all the problems
If we had spent more time concentrating on shooting and less on "Canberra", we may have improved our score?
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