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06-04-14, 00:36
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Tony, a very nice shot. Even more rare these days is what he's sitting on. It would be "I think" a 1960ish Hills Hoist from the days when every house had one. These days you wouldn't fit one in with the size of the back yards.
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06-04-14, 02:48
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Colin,Most back yards in "Na Zealun" used to sport them as well. (a Hills hoist that is) We had the big one with the wind up gearbox.
BTW. N.Z. had the worlds biggest raptor (The Haast Eagle) until he was starved into extinction (by the demise of the Moa) He would have been something to see The females were bigger, an some would possibly have reached a 3 metre wing span. It appears they were maybe 40 % bigger in the body for a given wing span, than other eagles.
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06-04-14, 06:10
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Hi Lynn,
we too had the big wind up gearbox type. There's probably still lots of them out there as they were definitely built to last or should I say "something to hang on to"  
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06-04-14, 07:39
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Of course these days the Hills hoist has been rediscovered by a new generation, used in conjunction with another iconic Australian invention in a variation of the popular Australian TV game show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqFFyW01FXA Wheel of Fortune.jpg
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