G'day Sheba. Thanks will try to post again.

Ok all. Who is this?

Cheers.

Can see him now Jack.  Still no help to me though.  Haven't got a clue who he might be.  Come on guys, it's all up to you.

No I need a clue with this one unless someone else recognises him

G'day. I don't know if I will have coverage so this is him. Someone please post.

Cheers.

4 days passed, no takers !!! Let's try this one:

Where is everyone !!! This man is an Inventor..

Of what ?  Sorry.  Mr. Google has been no help yet.

G'day Sheba. Look at box that his hand is on BUT think of it being black. I know who he is but as I used him myself I will not name him

Cheers.

Thanks Jack.  Although for all I could see of the box his hand is on, it could have been a gate-post.  I took your clues, and found he is David Warren, the 'Plane Black Box Inventor.

Credit goes to you, so I reckon you should take it.

David Warren it is Sheba. Over to you.:

G'day Sheba. We are on the road and have no coverage at times. Please post.

Cheers.

Thanks guys.  Try this one. [Hope it works properly this time.]

Very few of you would not have read at least one of her books.

With that clue is it Enid Blyton?

Sure is Sandy.  Off you go.

Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897  28 November 1968) was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton's books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into 90 languages; her first book, Child Whispers, a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922. She wrote on a wide range of topics including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives and is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five and Secret Seven series

Thanks Sheba. Now who is this guy.

Frank Sedgman ?

No this accomplished man on the road through his career was also an author and an artist

My brain is in lockdown.  I know him now, but can't get his name.  This might help some-one else.  He built  most of the inland roads, if not all.  I think his surname starts with "B".

Good clue Sandy. 

Like looking down a gunbarrel your hot on the track Sheba

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Like looking down a gunbarrel your hot on the track Sheba

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 Got it.  Len Beadell.  Some-one else please post, as I'm having too much trouble with the Lap-top tonight.

Great clues Sandy.  .

Thanks Sheba...Now what about a volunteer to post the next pic I'm doing a bit of studying and only popping in now and then.

Ok. I'll have a go. Who is this?

 Cheers.

Toots Holzeimer.

G'day Sheba. That's her. I thought she would be harder. Who do you have for us?

Cheers.

Inducted into the Shell Rimula Wall of Fame at ReUnion 2000.

There is perhaps no other woman in Australia better known for her truck driving skills than Toots.  With husband Ron they drove their trucks on the Cape York track.

The road stretched 1000 miles over some of the most treacherous and isolated country in Australia and Toots averaged fifty trips a year for twenty five years.  She did all her own loading and unloading and was more than capable of changing tyres, springs and axles by the roadside.

Toots and her ageing 25.280 MAN truck more than held their own on the road.  She dug herself out of bogs and crossed swollen crocodile infested swamps in the wet and battled bulldust and corrugations in the dry.  When the others stopped she kept going.  Other truckies soon learnt to wait until Toots made her decision before making a move themselves.

Renowned for her colourful language, Toots was a bit of a rough diamond but she never failed to give a hand when needed.  Toots was always surprised at the attention the media gave her truck driving ability.  To her it was just a job and one she was bloody grateful to have.

Toots was accidently killed in 1992 when she was crushed by a load of pipes at the wharf in Weipa while loading.  It was an untimely death to an Aussie icon.

She sounds like an amazing person. There is a book about her written by her daughter. https://truckyarns.com.au/product/toots-woman-in-a-mans-world/

About her daughter:-

Donna Vawdrey - Author

Donna, the fourth eldest child to Toots Holzheimer was born and educated in Cairns. Mother of two beautiful children, Steven and Rebecca, Donna now lives in Innisfail, North Queensland with her husband Lynton.

Going down the old Byerstown Range, I was simultaneously astounded with its beauty and peril. The road was so narrow and the edges fell away for hundreds of metres to the valley floor below. My stomach plummeted as the 4WD plunged into washouts, crabbed on loose rock and bounced over tree roots that took the 4WD precariously close to the edge. The words of a song that Mum had sung back in the seventies (Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer) came uninvited to my mind. It was not till we joined the convoy again on the bitumen that I finally relaxed my death-like grip on the door handle allowing the blood to flow through to my white knuckles. Ray, who had driven the old road with Toots, took me to many of my mothers old haunts. We found the old bridge Mum had built at Marmoss Creek and the old telegraph track. The majority of the poles had been pushed over but surprisingly only the cross-arms had rotted. Bypassing the PDR, Ray took me through the rivers and creeks that Mum crossed and just like Toots we skidded and spun our wheels climbing up the banks. I really came to appreciate why my mother loved the Cape. The scenery was breath-taking and constantly changing. Camping out under the stars, sitting around a camp fire and enjoying the sound and smells of nature brought the old stories to life. It was truly a memorable experience.

https://www.toots-thebook.com.au/author.html

I've reserved the book at the Library for my wife who is an avid reader so she will tell me if it is any good

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G'day Sheba. That's her. I thought she would be harder. Who do you have for us?

Cheers.

Inducted into the Shell Rimula Wall of Fame at ReUnion 2000.

There is perhaps no other woman in Australia better known for her truck driving skills than Toots.  With husband Ron they drove their trucks on the Cape York track.

The road stretched 1000 miles over some of the most treacherous and isolated country in Australia and Toots averaged fifty trips a year for twenty five years.  She did all her own loading and unloading and was more than capable of changing tyres, springs and axles by the roadside.

Toots and her ageing 25.280 MAN truck more than held their own on the road.  She dug herself out of bogs and crossed swollen crocodile infested swamps in the wet and battled bulldust and corrugations in the dry.  When the others stopped she kept going.  Other truckies soon learnt to wait until Toots made her decision before making a move themselves.

Renowned for her colourful language, Toots was a bit of a rough diamond but she never failed to give a hand when needed.  Toots was always surprised at the attention the media gave her truck driving ability.  To her it was just a job and one she was bloody grateful to have.

Toots was accidently killed in 1992 when she was crushed by a load of pipes at the wharf in Weipa while loading.  It was an untimely death to an Aussie icon.

 

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Not sure I should Post another one tonight Jack.  Still having problems.  The reason I knew her straight away, is that I always wanted to meet her.  Unfortunately, I never did.

I lived up Cape York for about 3 years in the mid '80's.

The ABC did a Doco. on her some years back.  I must try and get a copy.

Some-one else please post again.

No one else seems to want to, so I'll try again.