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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪

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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Spoof ad for Toyota Hilux with the strap line ‘the evolution of revolution’ showing profiles of Hilux pickups in various ‘tactical’ guises
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My last Thai meal in Melbourne - I will miss this city’s amazing food scene!!
Tempura prawns and prawn and ginger dumplings together with a bottle of Singha beer
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
‘So, what’s it like to ride a motorcycle around Tasmania?’
Meme featuring Stanley Baker and Nigel Davenport from the film Zulu. Text says ‘wallabies sir, thousands of ‘em’
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tassie here we come! 2m waves in the Bass Strait tonight - ah well..
View from a motorcycle parked behind a van carrying explosives waiting to board a ferry to TasmaniaMotorcycle parked in a queue loaded up with luggage View from a motorcycle in the process of boarding the Spirit of TasmaniaGlass of bubbly on a ships table
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
An astonishing city, but I’ll take a parma and a pint in the Glenmore rooftop bar any day of the week!
View across Sydney Harbour to the opera
 house on a bright winter day
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What a headline!!! 😂
Headline from the Metro stating ‘man dressed as fox pulls out of Clacton election because it’s become a circus’ - picture shows man dressed as fox standing next to Count Binface
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Excellent can’t wait!
Norman Wisdom in a tweed flat cap and jacket giving a cheeky wink
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Counterpoint - it’s peeing it down, down under!
A very wet night on a street in central Melbourne - neon reflecting off wet pavements
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Adelaide for the weekend - still pretty chilly fed some roos and wallabies and now in Hahndorf enjoying German grub and steins of beer!
Feeding and Eastern Grey kangaroo by handFeeding a wallaby
Large bruiser of a kangaroo who actually enjoyed ear scritchesPork belly chilli and a stein of German lager
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Did it have a walking stick?🤷🏻
The Planters Peanut balloon
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🫡😀
Dave Angel Eco Warrior!
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“What first attracted you to the millionaire András Forgács W?”
Mrs Merton smiling
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
It’s really really good. I spotted this Pheasant - I used to be pally with the chap who restored it - the last time I saw it was 10 or 12 years ago in a shed in North Yorkshire!
Pheasant anti tank gun - 17 pdr on a 25 pdr carriagePheasant anti tank gun - 17 pdr on a 25 pdr carriage
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Ace…as the North always is 😀 took about 500 photos at the Aus armour museum today - a stunning collection!
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Sunset in Cairns!
Sun setting over Cairns in Queensland
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My view on the way out of Parliament station this morning! 🌧️☹️
Bunch of commuters sheltering under umbrellas
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
‘Play La Marseillaise, PLAY IT!’
Madeline Lebeau defiantly singing La Marseillaise in the film Casablanca
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A good opportunity to repost this cracking analysis of S tank vs Chieftain trials. The Swedes rather derogatory view of British equipment, tactics and discipline usually accompanied by cries of ‘how many tank battles has Sweden won!’ tanks.mod16.org/2015/04/02/r...
Excerpt from a 1973 report on S tank trials in BAOR which was less than complimentary about British tank crews discipline
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A few pics from around Melbourne over the last couple of weeks…
Melbourne at nightThe Anzac Day service ahead of the rugby match at AAMI Park Melbourne Central Business District Melbourne coffee culture - a queue of people outside a very good coffee shop
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Say no more 😂
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Lovely work - I don’t think Yam has ever made a bad looking R1 - here’s my ‘04 - hope to have it back on the road before too long
2004 Yamaha R1
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The Bogong High Plains Road is absolute positive proof that god rode a motorbike - mile after mile of endless curves 😍❤️
Route map of the Bogong High Plains Road - it’s VERY twisty!Motorbike parked at the side of a twisting mountain road through the forestWarning sign of the dangers posed by Roos, Wombats and Deer
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Coincidentally I’ve embarked on a VERY long ride to the Alpine region and find myself in an abandoned ski resort 😂 no snow though! And I’m sure they’re taking the mick with the room they’ve given me!
20 foot tall plastic snowman at the roadside in a ski resort (but in autumn so no snow)Motorbike parked in front of a road sign warning of unscheduled interventions by kangaroos, wombats and deer for the next 32kmA long empty corridor in a ski hotel out of season The entrance to room 101
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Here’s to the long weekend! Cheers all!
A glass of most excellent wine on a white table on a balcony, looking towards a glowing sunset
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Today I has been mostly drinking wine in the Yarra Valley - consequently I may be feeling somewhat tired and emotional, but I highly recommend this place if you ever get the chance to visit!
A vineyard in the Yarra Valley with vines stretching into the distance under a blue early autumn sky Australian wine bar made of corrugated tin under a blue sky An old cement mixer with far reaching views of the Victorian highlands A long hut in a green field under a blue sky
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Keep calm András, but I can tramspot from my balcony!
The 78 tram service waiting at the bottom of Chapel St in the early morning
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Sun always over the yardarm somewhere in the world! 😀
Glass of red wine on a table on a balcony overlooking a busy road at night
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Blimey I’m literally 2/3 of the way through the Ipcress File right now - uncanny..
Still from the film the Ipcress File with Harry Palmer making a phone call
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Parma! Proper Aussie pub grub!
Chicken Parma - topped with ham and melted cheese and served with a dish of fries
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Picked up my new toy yesterday, so popped into the mountains above Healesville today - stunning!! Mile after mile of achingly beautiful biking roads curving through the forest. A day to remember for sure!
A black motorcycle parked at the side of a forested mountain road, with blue sky aboveView from the summit of Mount Donna Buang out towards Melbourne in far distance, grass clearing in a forest in the foreground Black motorcycle parked on a forested mountain road
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Happy weekend folks!
Glass of rosé wine on a balcony
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
He’s been watching too many Happy Days reruns for sure
Fonzie giving a double thumbs up
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It’s the snoots, the snoots will rule the world
Black greyhound plotting world domination
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
An iconic aircraft - I have no idea if it still exists but my god it’s beautiful
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A few more pics…
Mine! And a depth charge projectorThe captains cabin - really seems quite luxurious for such a small shipThe bridge - which was completely empty of any fittings when the ship arrived as a museumA Japanese Good Luck flag - a souvenir acquired by the ship’s crew in Hong Kong in 1945. The sign underneath explains the significance of these flags and translates some of the messages in a respectful manner.
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
HMAS Castlemaine (of course it is!) tied up as a museum ship in Williamstown, across the bay from Melbourne. You get access to almost all the ship, including supervised access to the engine room. Huge credit to the volunteers who have restored if from a very sorry state 50ish years ago! 🇦🇺
HMAS Castlemaine tied up at a berth in Wiliamstown, Australia The junior officers cabin, with bunk beds, a writing desk, nice hardwood wardrobe and maroon carpetThe upper engine room, with a host of pipes coming from the steam boilers to the enginesThe Engineering Officers cabin - cosy but quite well appointed
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Aw healing vibes Bob - I’ve been using seaweed powder with our Sadie (greyhound 6 years) for the last couple of years in hopes of slowing dental decay 🤞
Grizzled black greyhound snoot
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This was made by a chap called Ev Marshall - there’s not many doing series 1’s so each one is a labour of love - build quality is superb
Close up of a newly made series 1 Land Rover bulkhead
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Indeed…but these will never need to be replaced again!
Brand new galvanised chassis for an 86” Series 1 Land RoverBrand new Series 1 Land Rover bulkhead on a wooden pallet
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Well I’ve just transported this across more than 10,000 miles - I hadn’t appreciated it would guarantee being quizzed at security 🤷🏻
A bottle of Diamine Imperial Purple ink
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Sure is! We did briefly get it running, but it does need a bit of fettling - amazing to see life in it after it hadn’t run for 20 years
Glow from the headlights of a Series 1 Land Rover, running for the first time in 20 years
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I do! 😉
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Would be a great project though - the patina on those vehicles is insane…. It amazes me when people do full rebuilds and repaints - when I do my own I intend to keep as much originality as I can!
Land Rover Series 1 86 inch patiently awaiting its resurrection
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Sign in an Australian park saying do not feed the possums
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
‘Send in the Mole!!!’
The Mole - tracked drilling rig from Thunderbirds - the chassis was based on the Vickers Vigor tractor/ bulldozer
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I still have a car (more or less) like that - not quite a bench seat but 3 seats next to each other, no seat belts, and it did have a floor mounted dimmer, until the floor disappeared 😂
1956 Series 1 Land Rover at the start of a very long restoration Interior of series 1 Land Rover showing rusted out drivers floor
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I’d prefer the snow 😜
Wolf Land Rover
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
FFS 😡
Weather forecast for next ten days showing persistent rain
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
‘He may be a dosser, but he’s….’
Ford Ranger with the number plate RD05SER
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Tim Kavanagh 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @timkav.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I do have that Stahel book too, but not tackled it yet…. This is excellent though
Front cover of Robert Forczyk’s book - Where The Iron Crosses Grow’ about the Second World War in Crimea
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