McManus McOz Photo Album

Patrick's 6th Birthday 25 June 1997

The Platapus Birthday cake
The party squad enjoy the moment
Gentlemen, start your engines - Go Carts at the Fun Factory

Trip to the North and West of Australia - Alice Springs

We ate at the Overlander's Restaurant - John had the Drover's Blowout! (camel, emu, croc and kangeroo)
Page 1 of the menu
This part of the menu gives you some cattle culture and the songs that must be sung

Darwin

Julie & John in front of their hercules luxury transport aircraft
This is the sunset at Darwin 12 degrees South - the sun just drops below the horizon - as seen from the Mindil Beach Sunset Markets
The logo for the Mindil Beach Sunset Markets
Julie bought a Didjerido at the market!
There was lots of aboriginal art at the Markets
On Friday night, we ate at the Hogs Breath Cafe

John feeds the fish in Darwin at the edge of the sea when the tide comes in
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3 The fish did not eat my hand or all of the bread!
John & Julie relaxing after the feeding frenzy

The Croc Park South of Darwin

Crocodylus Park We went to this unique crocodile research attraction and were quite impressed with the big fellas!
Why didn't the chicken..... See for yourself
What happened to the last bungie jumper that dropped into the park?
Why the crocs at the park like tourists!

Nature South of Darwin

Termite mounds This gives you an idea of how high the termite mounds are!
This is almost exactly the tour we went on
Here is a Northern Territory Kaula saying Hi
We stopped for lunch, swimming and cliff diving at Wangi Falls
Julie and the girls found a great place to swim
This is Charlie the Buffalo who starred in the movie Crocodile Dundee - Mick Dundee calmed him down with his fingers. All Charlie did when we were there was eat quietly
Wild Camels We were hoping to see wild camels, but never did. These 2 fellas were in a rent-a-car ad

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Richmond near Hobart in the southern area of Tasmania

Olivia & Patrick looking sad in the Richmond Gaol solitary confinement cell

Port Arthur

Note that we were not the first McManus group to spend a little time in the penal institution in Port Arthur. They had profiles of some of the notorious prisioners, and one who got much 'wallspace' was Terrence Bellew McManus. He arrived at the port of Derwent on 27 October 1849 and was transported overland to the jail. He had been one of the catholic ringleaders of the rebellions in Ireland. There were many McManus' in the local phonebook, and the waiter named Patrick that served us wanted to know what part of Ireland that Patrick James McManus came from.

Olivia & Patrick behind bars in the main block in Port Arthur

John in the chapel where you can not see any other prisioners. After they stopped physical beatings, they kept some of the prisioners from ever seeing or talking to anyone

Northern part of Tasman Peninsula enroute Bicheno

The Officers'Mess Who says there is no use for old military stuff - they turned the Officers' Mess into a gift shop and restaurant as there are no loose cons to catch!
The backroad The road that follows the ocean is mud, and I would hate to see it after heavy rains. Note the 'very large' Suzuki Swift' we were packed into
The kids are shown with their Tassy devil shirts and a beautiful view to the ocean