Today we are continuing with Tony Robinson. Should I call this a tribute to Tony Robinson or just a Tony Robinson palette cleanser? It seems very appropriate that since it is summer I am covering this series of one-man trips. Tony explores Woolloomooloo the run time for this episode is 26:12. Bendigo is on Tony’s radar for the second episode and the run time for this exploration is 26:17. These episodes come directly from Tony Robinson’s Time Travel channel and are not timed stamped!
Woolloomooloo is a pocket-sized suburb in Sydney. It contains the hidden history of Australia. Trust Tony, it will be great. Woolloomooloo is Sydney’s oldest neighborhood. Tony never travels to where he cannot spell the name of the city and spells it out for a local who is not paying attention. The first thing he discovers in Woolloomooloo is Mrs. MacQuaries’ chair. She was the governor’s wife and she hated New South Wales. However, she and her husband stayed for eleven years. Tony then heads on down to the pool and learns about the Australian Crawl. It was a swim stroke that allowed swimmers to go faster. It was a stroke that did not require you to kick your legs and could use your arms. Tony recreates the first time the Australian crawl was done and proves that it is a faster stroke. It was a stroke that revolutionized swimming. The Americans picked up the stroke and renamed it the American Crawl. Tony continues his tour of Woolloomooloo and notices some artwork along the way. He talks about how art can show its national identity. Despite never visiting the place, Robert Burns has plenty of statues of him in Australia. Tony heads on over to a green area called Speakers Corners. It was a place where people could speak their minds in an open space. For more than 130 years it was a magnet for people who have plenty to say. Tony immediately feels at home and gives his speech at this corner. So what else does learn about Woolloomooloo, continue to watch this episode? In the second episode, Tony explores Bendigo. Bendigo was the site of history’s biggest gold finds. Two mothers founded Bendigo: Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Farrell. Without these two ladies, Bendigo would not have been one of the richest cities in the world. Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Farrell were on a walk when they discovered gold. They filled up their stockings and brought the nuggets home to the delight of their husband. Tony explores the history of the gold rush in Bendigo. Bendigo was a city that should not have been, however with loads and loads of gold being there helped the town grow. There was plenty of an astronomical amount of gold discovered in Bendigo. The town grew up around the mines. However, there are more stories about Bendigo. Tony continues on his walk-through Bendigo. He visits a house and visits a wine cellar in the house. He participates in a wine tasting of Bendigo wines. After the wine tasting, Tony continues his walk and goes to Sacred Heart Cathedral. It has hard edges and does not have the age older cathedrals have. He walks along a wall that was the last wall built using the Chinese style. He then ends his walk in the theater. In 1895, Mark Twain made his way to Bendigo. He was touring around the world to pay back his debt. In Bendigo where he met a man named Mr. Blank. Tony and a historian play out the night Twain met Mr. Blank. Mr. Blank had been the president of the Mark Twain Society, and they had sent so much correspondence to him over the years. Twain had written about meeting members of the Mark Twain Society in his book about his travels. The historian was unimpressed with playing out the night Mark Twain met up with Mr. Blank. Tony moves on and goes undercover. It is 1962 and a man is pacing up and around the street. On the curb there is a Mini, he gets into the car and talks to the man. He is recruiting a spy. So does this spy go on this mission? Tune into the rest of the episode to find out. The spy section in Bendigo was an excellent section and the story about how gold was found in Bendigo was funny too. The section on the Australian Crawl would be something good to show in the gym class.
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