Thursday 4 August 2016

Cabarita, monument

The William Beach monument is located in Cabarita Park, near Cabarita ferry wharf, in the inner west suburb of Cabarita. It commemorates world champion sculler William Beach who was unbeaten as World Sculling Champion from 1884 to 1887.

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  1. From the link, he was quite accomplished. A very good choice given that the Olympics are upon us.

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  2. Impressive monument - I'd not heard of sculling before reading this.

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    1. It's not a term in common usage these days but I only learnt about it during the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

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  3. The yellow flowers on the lawn seem to be nature's tribute, Jim.
    Thank you for participating in the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

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