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A photo merging a busy King Street from 1912 and one with the towering buildings of today caught the attention of history buffs recently.
The photo, from a history walking tour app, On This Spot, was posted on Reddit and people loved the look back in time. So cool. Wish we brought back the clothes and the walking, but kept the rest modern, one person wrote.
This blended photo from On This Spot shows several men on the corner of Adelaide and Church in 1890. The muddy street has water-filled ruts on at the right as most of Toronto s streets wouldn t be paved until long after the introduction of cars.
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COVID-19 presents unique challenges for people wanting to get out and enjoy all that Vulcan has to offer, but the On This Spot historic walking tour app, launched in Vulcan this week, might be just the thing for families looking to get out of the house in a safe and responsible way.
Those who download this free app will be able to view over 50 precisely mapped out and restaged then and now photos of Vulcan, and stand in the footprints of the photographers who took them. Users can compare the dramatic changes to Vulcan between past and present.
Shot inside the Mary Valley Rattler and in the Amamoor State Forest, the Duncan Toombs-directed video depicts the Aussie music legend performing the song on board the regionâs beloved tourist train.
Hometown hero Caitlyn Shadbolt also stars as a âheroine on the run ⦠who jumps on board the Rattler to escape her tormentorâ.
Run Baby Run was released as the lead single from Farrissâ upcoming self-titled solo album, due out on Friday.
In a behind the scenes video Farriss said he got the inspiration to film in the region after performing at the Gympie Muster. INXS legend Andrew Farriss has shot his new music video on the Mary Valley Rattler in Gympie.
Lunar art that’s going out of this world
Over to the Moon: Vicki Sullivan is counting down to when a digitised version of her Moon Goddess painting (above) will be involved in an historic Moon landing. She is pictured at her St Andrews Beach studio with her Birth of Venus painting of Grace Farriss (daughter of INXS member Andrew Farris) commissioned for Grace’s upcoming solo Album.
ARTIST Vicki Sullivan chose the Moon as a light source to give her painting Moon Goddess an ethereal feeling.
Little did she know that when first applying oil paint to a portrait of model Lena at her St Andrews Beach studio, that an image of the finished work would end up on the Moon.