From the Archives, 1928: The first solo flight from England to Australia
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BERT HINKLER WINS
World-Wide Congratulations
Australia at last!
I landed at Darwin shortly before 6 p.m., after flying over the sea practically the whole way from Bima. I found Bima inconvenient. I put up in a nativeâs hut and, bitten continuously by mosquitoes, I could not sleep.
I was out at 4 a.m. ready to start for Darwin. I had a tricky climb with a full load out of the mountains, and then set out for the open sea.
I passed over Kupang about 10.30 a.m. Then came more monotonous seaâI was over the Timor Sea for about five hours, and my first sight of AustraliaâBathurst Island caused great joy in the cockpit. âHINKLER.
THE common plant-name ‘primrose’ is derived from the Latin ‘prima rosa’ – meaning the ‘first rose’. Appearing as early as December and lasting right through the spring until May, it is a tough little perennial that can cope with most habitats. While it often appears in open woods and shaded hedgerows, it favours damp ground (particularly alongside running streams). You will also see patches of it in meadows and it was once so prolific in those areas that it was also known as the field primrose. Sometimes it even lent its name to parcels of agricultural land and the 1843 Tithe Award for Maldon reveals one such example.
THE common plant-name ‘primrose’ is derived from the Latin ‘prima rosa’ – meaning the ‘first rose’. Appearing as early as December and lasting right through the spring until May, it is a tough little perennial that can cope with most habitats. While it often appears in open woods and shaded hedgerows, it favours damp ground (particularly alongside running streams). You will also see patches of it in meadows and it was once so prolific in those areas that it was also known as the field primrose. Sometimes it even lent its name to parcels of agricultural land and the 1843 Tithe Award for Maldon reveals one such example.
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