The Colonel And I

An ongoing commentary by the anonymous I about that rumbunctious rapscallion, Colonel Reginald R. Farquhear, Royal Camel Corps (rtd.) whose trials and tribulations are found in 'The Travel Journal of Colonel R Farquhear 1886-1911', and including occasional commentary and repartee by the Colonel himself.

KAC Event Publicity 2007 to Present

KAC at Winter Magic Festival, Katoomba on June 23rd 2007

Wanted: Bushranger poster used at Winter Magic Festival, Winter Solstice 2008

KAC's Parlour Evening at The Paragon Restaurant, Katoomba on October 4th, 2008

Wanted: Lithgow Black Panther

Miss. Isabel's Evening Soirees

Tired of the old regimen? Try it the KAC way!

The Professor's Recent Fire Sale

Dr. Yorrick's Calling Card

Miss. Leonora's Calling Card

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First Nations Custodianship

Colonel Farquhear and I acknowledge and respect the Darug and Gundungurra people as the traditional custodians of the Blue Mountains of Australia and recognise elders past and present.

Original Sovereign Confederation

Associate membership for those of non-original bloodline descent is available for those who wish to support the OSC.

First Nations Sovereignty

Having discovered that the Recognise campaign is a dupe of the Corporate Mafia, the Colonel and I are hereby replacing it with the genuine First Nations Sovereignty people's website. Also look here: https://www.facebook.com/VotenoToConstitutionalChange

Sacred Dance of the Goddess: Mesmerisingly beautiful Goddess dance!!! (Click to go to source)

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Epicurean Afternoon Tea Society (EATS)
A Short Interval For Some KAC Pictorial Advertisements
Tell It To The Fortune Teller
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The Colonel's Epicurean Afternoon Tea Society (EATS) Google+ page

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Pantomimes, Soirees, Anything!!!

Deck yourself in decadence! Dally with a doolally! Soiree without your toupee! Yes! You can rest assured that the Katoomba Amusements Company is what you need for those cold winter nights!

Gramophonic Grapplings #1: The Colonel's Dance Card

Some jolly fine tunes but one does need to open a Spotify account it seems to hear them. Not like the old days when all you had to do was to wind the handle a few times. Ah, but that's progress for you, eh??!! If flabbergasted with this option I can guarantee the Soundcloud tunes play.

Gramophonic Grapplings #2: SoundCloud tunes

The Colonel likes to have a good old singalong around the pianola any old time of the day and he's asked me to make a few selections for him as he can't deal with these new 'radiogramophonic contraptions'. "Harrumph! Too complicated for me! Give me a good old windup any day.", he says. So, here's a few of my selections that may eventually end up in the Colonel's songbook. Tunes courtesy of SoundCloud.

In The Dark Australia..(dashed Edison lamp's on the blink again)

Here's some jolly old sounds from the ether to stimulate the follicles and rattle your windows and doors from those In The Dark AU chappies!!

Taiga, Taiga....Not Burning....Erm, Quite??!!

The Colonel did a spot of 'taiga' hunting in the Nordic regions recently. Here's a recording made by those jolly people from Listening Earth.

HuskyCam

My Minute Menagerie

Monsieur Badinage

MeduSirena - Unique Retro-Aquatic and Specialty Performances! - MeduSirena - Unique Retro-Aquatic and Specialty Performances! This is exactly what I need for my 'home aquarium'. Perfect for sitting watching in my fez a...
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Dukelele Djinn Jivin'

On Location with Laurel and Hardy -- March 1928 (courtesy of Brad Smith's YouTube channel) -
12 years ago
The Travel Journal of Col. R Farquhear 1886-1911

- *25th February, approx. 0900hours* Arrived in the port of Aden after a relatively relaxed journey down through the Red Sea, and embarked to the hustle and ...
15 years ago

The Jewels of the Nile

A Conversation with Angela Carter by Anna Katsova
Academia.edu
Angela Carter booklist from Virago Press
Annette Hanshaw
Art Deco Gal
Benoit Viellefon's sounds on SoundCloud
Bicycle and Ukulele
Bratislava Hot Serenaders
Cairo Club Orchestra
Christine Larsen Illustration & Design
Cleo de Merode La Belle Epoque's Beauty
Deidre Ikin- Narrative Therapy & Counselling
Deidre In Mexico
Editorial Illustrations - Eyecreate
Fez-o-rama
Greg Poppleton's Radio Lounge | 1920s & 1930s-style Singer & Radio DJ
Henry de Winter
Modern Day Flapper
Moving Ideas Animation Australia
Pashley Cycles
Robert Kreis & Die Sextanten - Charleston 2007 - YouTube
Surrealist artist Remedios Varo - Google Image Search
Surrealist artist Remedios Varo | Biography (1908 - 1963)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (20th Anniversary Edition): DVD Review
The Blue Mountains Ukulele Group
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2009) uniFrance Films
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1: Pterror Over Paris and The Eiffel Tower Demon
The Great British Tea Party
The Magnificent Miss F.
The Night Owls | Vintage Ukulele Jazz
The Palm Court Orchestra
The Roaring 20s and All That Jazz Festival
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The website of the fabulous Phryne Fisher

Speculative Merchandise Spectacular

This the 1st edition of 'The Travels of Col. R. Farquhear 1886-1911'. Copies may be purchased through the Vale of Clwydd Bookstore in Lithgow, Miss. Honeybunny's Books and Stationery store in Leura and via the tradesmen's entrance of Hedgewick's Emporium in Katoomba.

(A quote from the author) "Spiffing workmanship by Bleckinsopp, Murgatroyd and Hockleberry, Publishers At Large!..........and they certainly are, they still haven't paid me my royalties, the blaggards!!!"

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Mlle. Leobelle's of Leura

Mademoiselle Leobelle's Haute Couture Sanatorium

Find yourself all at sea as to what corset to wear under your evening dress?
Don't know which hat to wear whilst being carried up the Giant Stairway?
Your wardrobe in need of that fresh, healing mountain air?

Then Mlle. Leobelle's is the right choice for the modern Edwardian ladies and gentlemen.

Lady clientele have unlimited access through our patented 'Drop the mops, just come shop' voucher and gentlemen may apply via Miss. Isabel's net.

The sanatorium's opening hours are Mondays to Fridays from 8am to 8pm.

Hints to Lady Travellers by Miss. Lillias Campbell Davidson

This charming extract from 'Hints to Lady Travellers' by the entrancing Miss. Lillias Campbell Davidson, first published in 1889, with delightful anecdotes from intrepid lady travellers such as the wonderful Lady Annabella Isabella Blunt. The Colonel states that he has known these daring ladies intimately...(ahem) err, at least very well, that is.

Time Gentlemen, Please!

RebelMouse

ColonelFarquhearWebiWobblies

Keep Veronica With Her Native American Family

Care2 Petition site

Petitions! Petitions! We've Always Got Petitions!

This is Change.org which has had ongoing victories with member actions. The Colonel and I recommend them as a social activist resource.

The Master Puppeteer

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The Roaring 20s and all that Jazz Festival

To quote the organisers: "The annual festival is a fabulous way to celebrate the halcyon days of the Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Oberon region when visitors flocked to the nation’s first tourist destination eager to embrace an endless round of post-World War I hedonism – sumptuous architecture, costume balls and high teas, saucy clothing, outrageous (for the time) dancing and jazz music."

Blue Mtns Ukulele Festival 2013

Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You Katoomba Music!!

Dat-diddly-dah-dah. Boom-tish!!! For fine quality unique instruments the Colonel recommends this online site for the Katoomba St store.

The Colonel's Academia.edu link

Although the Colonel and I do not produce academic papers (well, not as yet...but who knows??!!), herewith be a link to the Academia.edu site where you will be able to peruse and partake of a broad range of astounding and outstanding material from a wide range of arts, philosophical, scientific and sociological practices. And not just orthodox views, there's plenty of articles looking at shamanism, alternative archaeology, etc. You will have to create an account to access the papers but it's secure and well worth the effort. Happy reading if you do!! Academia.edu

The Text Book of Lawn Tennis by M. J. G. Ritchie

The Colonel: "This chap, Ritchie, was Covered Courts Champion in 1909, and has some invigorating words to say about one of my favourite pastimes. Why, we even used to wack balls between observation balloons whilst on recce when I was in the Camel Corps!!

Teddy Bear Artists and Friends

The Colonel and his good friend Mr. Theodore E. Bear enjoy this splendid place.

The Astoundingly Animated Monsieur et Madame d'Silva of Moving Ideas Animations

Animated pictorial luminations and ruminations emanating from the beautiful Blue Mountains.

The Wonderful Mlle. Isabelle Cardinal

Editorial illustrations by Mlle. Cardinal, graphic designer and illustrator. C'est magnifique!!

The Magnificent Miss F.

Some fascinating mixed media that surely would keep the Queen Ma'am amused!

The Immaculate Monsieur Mattias

Judging from this image, this marvellously imaginative chappie has surely been rifling inside the Colonel's secret chambers!

The Apron Revolution

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Col. Farquhear's Camel Tours

KAC's Animated Pictorial - The Hat

The Katoomba Amusements Company's first Animated Pictorial 'The Hat' will be projected onto the screen at King's Theatre, Katoomba St. from the 1st of May till the 31st of May, 1911 with a gala performance by the players on the First. The players for the Animated Pictorial are shown in this theatre poster (a larger version of this poster may be found down below [about 30 fathoms below actually]), and are, from left to right: Dr. Yorrick, Miss. Isabel V. Franklin, Col. Reginald Farquhear, Mr. Henry Hedgewick, Miss. Leonora Godaire and Mr. Harry Filletts.

Hedgewick's Emporium of Katoomba

Mr. Henry Hedgewick is pleased to announce a quality new range of ladies' and gentlemens' millinery, gentlemen's fine attire from Sydney, Melbourne and the Continent, as well as a quantity of Swiss made pocket watches and French ornate mantle clocks. Unable to get to Sydney's emporiums? Well, 'we have it at Hedgewick's' all day, everyday!