Word-of-Day-Challenge-Volley

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volley

a number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time

It wasn’t a volley but a single gunshot…

 

…fired from this barrel…

 

…which was mounted in this gun emplacement

which was the first allied shot fired in World War I.

 

Recently I posted a photo taken near the

Point Lonsdale Lighthouse looking over

to this side…Point Nepean.

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Word of the Day Challenge:  Volley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cee-BW-Challenge-Indoor-Walkways

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Cee’s

Black and White Challenge:

Indoor-Walkways.

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I’m catching up with some missed posts for the BW Challenge.

No quite indoor…but under cover.

The rest of my images come from Fort Nepean,

from where the First Shot of both World Wars was fired

My Grandfather was part of the gun crew which fired

The First Shot of World War I.

 He would have spent many hours walking

through these passages.

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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Indoor-Walkways

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Weekly Photo Challenge-Creepy

 

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My contribution for this week’s challenge…

Creepy

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When I read that Creepy was this week’s theme…

the first photo I though of was this.

Arachnids and reptiles do give me the creeps.

 Then inspired by MyThoughtsThrough the Lens I thought of

this series of photos taken at Fort Nepean on Port Phillip Bay.

My Grandfather was part of the gun crew which fired

the First Shot of World War I.

During his time at the fort he would have

been moving around these tunnels,

in the cold and dark,

save for candle light.

knowing that at any moment,

if instructions were not followed,

he or some else,

may accidentally bring their candle flame

into contact with gunpowder.

 

 

NOW….if you did not think my first photo all that creepy,

my last may have the desired effect…
It did with MGW when she looked round the corner

at my monitor to see what I was doing!!! 😀

Apologies for my Photoshop skills, or lack thereof.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy

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A Word a Week Photography Challenge–Rust

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My contribution for this week’s

 Word of the Week Challenge…

Rust

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Thinking of a rusty post I remembered this photo of…

a ferris wheel.  A bit rusty for me to ride on.

Rusty red bricks, rusting metal all over fifty years old.

A rusty roof in the middle of a city, and…

another rusty roof in rural Victoria.  Not an unusual sight.

These rusting rings are…

are set into rusty bricks and rusting surrounds.
Is this soldier pushing ammunition carts to…
this relic; part of the gun mount which fired the first shot of World war I.
These three may have been clean steel at one time,

however, they have taken on a rusty hue now.

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 A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE– Rust 

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Weekly Photo Challenge-Silhouette

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My contribution for this week’s challenge…

Silhouette

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On August 5, I paid a visit to Fort and Point Nepean to commemorate

firing the First Shot in World War 1.

There was oodles of media in tow to cover the event.

We were told that it was to be reported internationally,

but not sure if this occurred.

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A young soldier is demonstrating how the Pfalz was signalled on that day in 1914.

Down at Fort Nepean a silhouette of a soldier pushing carts which may have carried explosives.

I would like to think that these ‘Diggers‘ are honouring the men who fought in all wars

and praying that it never happens again.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

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Weekly Photo Challenge-Texture

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My contribution for this week’s challenge…

Texture

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Found some good photos and textures at Fort Nepean last Tuesday.

This sign is at the gun emplacement which fired the first shot of World War 1.

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Just hope this shell did not contain any…
powder as described above.
The texture of the bricks and rings was eye-catching even before this challenge.
Fascinating to think that these guns were manoeuvred manually with ropes and pulleys…

using these rings which are still embedded in the wall.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture

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Wordless Wednesday-First-Shot-WW-1

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At 1245, August 5, 1914…
the gun on the right fired the first shot of World War 1.

Approximately twenty-five years later the gun on the left fired the first shot of World War 2.
Today, conducted with military precision, representatives of twenty countries, descendants of the gun crew, public and politicians, gathered and commemorated this event.

The ceremony ended with a wreath laying ceremony which gave descendants a moment to

remember and honour their loved ones.

 Lest we forget.

We do not want it to happen again.

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Wordless Wednesday (create-with-joy.com)

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