06/10/2016Taswegian1957

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Dark Reds


 

Dark Reds

For the challenge this week I decided to use pictures of vintage, and one not so vintage, cars in similar colours.  Vintage cars are interesting to photograph whether they are  smartly turned out for a car show as most of the ones in these photos are or quietly rusting in a shed. They have much more character than most modern cars. The burgundy or maroon colour scheme is a popular one with vintage car enthusiasts and is still popular with modern cars. These photos from my archive were taken in Napier, New Zealand, Hobart and Oatlands, Tasmania.

Vintage car Napier NZ
Car Show
Vintage Car Oatlands. Tasmania
Enjoying being part of the pageant
Car Club Show and Shine
A “ute” parked in Murray St in Hobart.

Taswegian1957

I was born in England in 1957 and lived there until our family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. In 2015 David became ill and passed away in October of that year. I currently co-write two blogs on WordPress.com with my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania. In November 2019 I began a new life in the house that Naomi and I intend to make our retirement home at Sisters Beach in Tasmania's northwest. My current housemates are Cindy, my 14-year-old Staffy-Lab X dog and Polly the world's most unsociable cat who is seven.

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