Quickdraws

My first rack of quickdraws to get into some sport climbing.

BF Goodrich Tyre

This tyre must have seen all six of its landings as the plys are certainly worn from use. Who knew that BF Goodrich tyres had a history of aviation? Apparently it all started with the first tyre supplied to the Model A Ford and then the first non-stop Trans-Atlantic Crossing by Charles Lindbergh, then naturally, the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981. A real all terrain tyre.

228 Knots 34 Ply 6 Landings

Some pretty amazing specs on these tyres for the Space Shuttle. 228 Knots is around 440km/hr, that's fast, no wonder so many plys are needed to hold the tyre together.

Frangible Nuts

These nuts and bolts are what hold the Space Shuttle to the launch pad until the engines and boosters have ignited. Once the thrust is ramped up, the explosives are triggered and the nuts fracture allowing the shuttle to be released for launch.

Memory, What Memory?

This is a photo of the Memory Module used on the Saturn V launch rocket. The module on the left has 14 of the memory 'array chips' on the right. The thing is, each of those ferrite core wire arrays only has 1024 bits of memory available. That's just one kilobyte - and it's about the size of my phone. Technology has come a long way in just 50 years, imagine what the next 50 will bring.

The Eagle Landed

The Apollo 11 Eagle Landing Site in panorama with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin doing their thing, on the Moon.

Level One And A Half

Somebody at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane has a sense of humour with their floor numbering.

Brisbane Panorama

A panoramic view of the Brisbane River and Southbank from the Victoria Bridge.

Grinding Grooves

The Grinding Grooves on the old Landsborough formation at Little Rocky Creek.

Little Rocky Creek

The Grinding Grooves Indigenous site at Little Rocky Creek, Landsborough.

Paper Beats Rock

In a real life struggle for dominance in the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, it is clear that paper really does beat rock as this example shows. This is at Little Rocky Creek near Landsborough.

Kookaburra

One thing about living in a tiny home is how close you can get to nature. This kookaburra was sitting just outside my bathroom window barely a metre away.

Apollo Fuel Cell

A view of the entire Hydrogen Fuel Cell used on the Apollo Spacecraft.

NASA Fuel Cell

A hydrogen fuel cell used on the Apollo spacecraft, produced by United Aircraft Corporation for NASA.

Space Poop

A model of the toilet on the Space Shuttle on display at the Queensland Museum. I can imagine the things going around an astronaut's head when they use this facility, "That's one small poop for man, one giant poop for mankind."

New York Times 1969

The New York Times Newspaper, early and late editions of the Moon Landing in 1969.

Courier Mail Headline

The Courier Mail from the 22nd of July 1969 after Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon.

Man On The Moon

I went to the Queensland Museum and all I got was this photo of a famous photo of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, taken by Neil Armstrong, taken by me.

Moon Landing 50 Years

The 50th Anniversary of the NASA Moon Landing, an exhibition at the Queensland Museum. Definitely worth a visit if you can make it to Brisbane before the exhibition closes on the 9th of October.

Volcanic Chain

A collection of individual Glasshouse Mountains. A mountain group perhaps, or a chain of volcanic plugs and intrusions.