Moo Moo Roadhouse is alive and Rocking , NO BULL !

The Moo Moo Roadhouse opening

On my way back from the Gold Coast  a few months ago  we had lunch at Tumbulgum  Pub  and drove back through Mooball  and must say it was sad to see the Moo Moo closed .  Well not anymore , it is now  happening and  after yesterday I cant see why it wont for years to come .  Well done to all concerned and having the guts to have a go .  Heaps of good food ,  unleaded , premium and diesel  fuel if needed and you could easily spend and hour looking ( any buying ) all the collectibles in the place . I even bumped into an old mate I haven't seen in almost 40 years ! :)

Holtys Photos  are now on Facebook.


 I took a few photos  that  you can find here and remember to click on the little "magnifier"   bottom right  on each photo TWICE to  "view original "   Moo Moo Roadhouse Photos  .   

A small sample of some of the Moo Moo food.

Outside the Moo Moo Roadhouse.

Motorbike friendly Moo Moo ! :)

Gidday Pete .

Inside part of the Moo Moo Roadhouse collectables area

MoonDog at the Moo Moo .

All types of 4 wheels.

And two wheels .

Northern Rivers Team Penning Alstonville Nov 2013

Hot Rods Friday , horses Sunday .  On a mission to try to photograph horses eyes while working  I rocket up unannounced to Alstonville Showground  where the NRTP  guys and girls hold their events .. Because  of how dry it is around here lately the dust and wind made it impossible on the day so I hung around for a few hours and took a few " Holty Happy Snaps ".
 After the reception I got from the organiser of a  motorbike event at Lismore a few weeks ago . these people come from a different planet . I was blown away by the amount of people that said hello , all with a smile and the most common sound I heard while I was there was laughter ,  even the cattle where in cruise mode :)

 I will definitely go  back and try again until I get it right .   There are 20 or so photos  here   .

  Northern Rivers Team Penners  Photos Nov 2013

Holtys Photos are now on Facebook

Yamba Hot Rod Run 2013 Friday to Lawrence Pub

I went down last year for the Saturday   but this year I wanted to take "different" photos rather than the usual Show and Shine stuff .   Luckily  a few of them went to Lawrence Pub for lunch so I got a decent day with the sun over my shoulder and  a great location .  I had fun and the guy with the  OFFY ? gets my vote for cutting the head off his wife's   eagle water feature to make a gear stick knob ! :)  One brave man ...     The link to 30 or so photos  is  here ,

  YAMBA ROD RUN 2013 LAWRENCE PUB

Holtys Photos are now on Facebook

Old Black and White Motorbike Photos

 My real hobby , finding old motorbikes in rally's , taking photos of them  and  trying to make the photo  look  original  . These aren't posed photos , these guys or girls don't even know I have taken it until I tell them AFTER  and give them the link to copy them  ( NO CHARGE  .)  :)  There are a lot of bikes but most people now wear full face helmets and HI VIS  jackets ( for all the right reasons ) so getting a one off shot wrong may take 12 months to re shoot   at  best if I'm lucky . It also helps if  someone proactive  gives me a route map  or lets me know  ( when politely requested ) where they are going so I can go out early or even the day before to  work out background , sun position etc .   This doesn't always happen  and I have a long memory  . Holty.

The first two were taken a few months ago at the NRCMCC Rally Photos 2013 

 

Broadwater Sugar Mill Photos November 2013

4:30 am 3 seconds hand held .

I was lucky enough to have a few hours  free and be " in the right place at the right time " to get photos of cane being cut  but of more importance , the mill in the background with both stacks working .  To the guys operating the machinery it is more than likely " just  a job "   but I can watch the cutter in action for hours . Whoever designed it is a bloody genius .   I have put 9  reasonable quality photos  on Photobucket  here   BROADWATER MILL PHOTOS   if you want  to copy any of them . If for whatever reason you publish them just add my name please ! :)

Holtys Photos .

2mm of rain would have sorted the dust :)

And I recovered 50 golf balls ! :)

Lismore Show 2013 Saturday.

Had a few hours to kill so rocked up to the show to take a few photos .  All went great , got a few pics and met a few extremely talented  people until I tried to take a photo of an Alpacas  eye  that was  in a little arena .   WRONG  MOVE HOLTY ,  a "lovely lady "  assured me in her very dulcet tone voice  ( gravel ) that  because there are kids there NO CAMERAS of ANY DESCRIPTION  blah , blah .    If this is the way the world is heading  I'm glad I'm and old fart  and didnt have to put up with any of that shit when I was a kid growing up . We would have breakfast and piss off for the day with Mum saying  " make sure your home before dark and don't muck up ! "   "YES Mum "  ..

At least I can still take photos of COWS , BULLS and DOGS !!!!!!  :)

Update from a  photographer friend  :  Parents and grandparents could NOT even take photos of their OWN kids !

Through the shed.

Canon 550D  70 200 4L Hand held.

She works for the Land Newspaper.

Making sure they ALL have two ! :)

And I think I need a haircut .

"Please get me out of HERE ! "

NRCMCC RALLY 2013 Friday and Saturday Photos

NOTE added Sunday.   A guy got cleaned up yesterday morning on his way to the Saturday ride. I'm only hearing it 3rd hand but having been there on 3 occasions  in the last 6 years be VERY ,VERY   CAREFUL when overtaking a farmer on a tractor  ANYWHERE .

Friday is my day , I get to play around photographing the "older" bikes  and then play around trying to  make the photos  look last century .     As usual the photos  are on Photobucket  HERE .

 NRCMCC Rally 2013 Friday 

NRCMCC Rally 2013 Saturday

I have also added a photo only page on Facebook  recently that may make it easier for people to find all photos or at least point them in the right direction .Just type in Holtys Photos  in the search bar or click on the link  . If  you are  not a Facebook fan  ,  just  type  holty1352  in any browser search engine ...

Holty...

Chasing the Origin of My Middle Name. VINE

John Vine Holt  1 , 2 and 3

 Taken off the users website on Rootsmagic 6       Holty1352 Genealogy 

I tried about 6 or 7 years ago and now I will try again  . I can trace Mums side back for "forever" because they were crooks , coppers , land barons , some all three but  for the "man of the woods"  ! :)    I hope someone out there knows of some LEADS .   

Thanks  Holty...


As usual I'm playing with my brain and AGAIN trying to find the origin of my middle name , Vine . I have hit the brick wall at John Hoult married to an Ann Vine in Loughborough so if anyone can help .

They lived at No 22 Pinfold Gate Loughborough in Leicestershire at the 1851 census .The ages listed v names confirms . It seems John Jnr and his wife Eliza (from London) where living with Mum and Dad prior to their emigration to AU in 1852 (see above). Other members of the house where Eliza (1835-) , Hugo(1837-), James (1832-) ,Samuel Walter (about 1828) and William (1827-). Both Johns where labourers and the girls including mother worked in the cotton mills. I have cross ref this with a later census and found John Sr and ANN in their 70s still living at the same address without kids ! and still working . John is now a gardener after being a Sexton as well (Hmmm?)

Two of the kids stayed close by living in Sparrow Hill and Baxter Gate with Hugo being around in the 1891/1901 census married to another Ann, (Elizabeth) with heaps of kids including a daughter Eliza (another one) still living at home at 39 years , a brother James also at home at 30 and Sarah 25 as well .Very unusual for 3 of the 4 eldest to still be at home . They appear in the 1881 and 1891 census as well and looks like they never left home or married ? WHY

William who was born in Stanford ( the only child that was) married another ANN from Hathern and where living in Sparrow Hill in 1861 but then"disappear" until 1891 census living in 8 Albert Court aged 64 and 51 looking after their "nephew Joseph Black aged 13 ".

Yes there at least 3 Ann Hoults living within a few 100 yards of each other in the mid to late 1800s. I can understand why people get lost or deviate with written records if you don't stay focused .It would be much easier if I could access these original census and parish records myself.


And a bit of fun .........

6 DEGREES of SEPARATION ?

"Aren't you the bloke on the 10 dollar note ?"

When I walked into the Henry Lawson Museum at Gulgong the woman looked up and shit herself !

The Caterpillar  Holt .

Almost 20 years ago  and trust me , money means VERY little ..

The wedding ring is a dead "give away" and I still have that head of hair  :)

The Clarence Valley Historic & Enthusiasts Motorcycle Club Rally 2013

Now say that   title   half pissed ! :)

Col asked me to go down there to get a few photos and I'm glad I did .  Not only did I bump into some famous ( or infamous people ) I haven't seen in almost 35 years  it was a great day . The weather was excellent , a great range of bikes and owners  and a great route giving me options for  another attempt at "panning" . It wont beat me .    See you again next year , and thank you to the 20 or 30 people that  came up and said hello with a smile , a very pleasant change .
About 40 or so photos on Photobucket here   Grafton 2013 Rally Photos  , feel free to copy what you want  and remember to enlarge to " view original " first    . . They are in time line order and haven't been edited as such  , just cropped  so you may have to "play" to suite  your monitors .

Holty.

Up at Lawrence Museum

A Toowoomba 900

B doubles up your bum , we have ALL been there .

Harleys and BeeMs :)

Aussie Triples Motorbike Rally 2013 BALLINA NSW

I went out yesterday to look at the Aussie British Triples Rally  and experimented with new camera settings for panning ( My Achilles heal )  Bad move Holty... I will sneak back today and try again.

 Maybe I'm trying for the impossible but no pain , no gain .:)

As usual there are some truly beautiful bikes and the even more usual stories of how and why .  If you weren't part of bikes in the 60 and early 70s  you may not understand but this is the era that the British motorcycle industry  became almost extinct ..   The red Legend  gets my "peoples choice"  and I will always have a soft spot for a Hurricane , almost  Holty . I got a BMW instead . :)

Photos on Photobucket HERE

Bentley Hall

I like it :)

Almost Holty , almost !

There is a Hi Res photo of the Legend here  .  Use  the link and then just click on the photo and continue clicking on  the little  magnifier bottom right until it says "view original "   Note . About 6 meg for you slow internet access people . (Like me  !  Dodo :) )

Very clean and VERY unique

Million Paws Walk 2013 The Gold Coast

I took the cameras up to  the  Gold Coast    yesterday for the Million Paws Walk at  Broadwater Parklands on Marine Parade, Southport   to photograph some of the antics of the dogs and their owners on this special day.
 My brief was to get photos of dogs and owners you would not normally see,and if possible some of owners that look like their dogs . :)  It was a great morning with perfect weather and my best "guesstimate"  was well over 1000 dogs .  I'm like my old man with animals usually come before people  and I can honestly say the vibes around there yesterday were exceptional  .  Not the slightest hint of agro from either dogs or owners considering they came in all ages , shapes and sizes .  ( Yes , BOTH  ) .

Well done to all the volunteers that must have put in many 100s of hours to make this even happen .

When I get time I will put 30 or 40 photos on my Photobucket  site and as usual feel free to copy any you wish but you will need to post edit to suit your monitors .

Holty and "my" kids .

The Arena

A few of the Gold Coast Titans leading the walk

They just kept on coming

Add your OWN caption

Too tall to be Paris

"Love me , love my dog!"

It is the Gold Coast ! :)