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Camelot Castle for sale, Adelaide hills

Real estate listing for â€˜Camelot Castleâ€™ at Lot 52 Lobethal Road, Basket Range in the Adelaide Hills. The building has functioned as a hotel and wedding venue since 1972. The 3000 square metre building is named after the fictitious…

Tags: Adelaide Hills, arcading, arches, Arthurian, battlements, Camelot, castellation, castle, chapel, crenellation, real estate, recreation, SA, South Australia, towers

Harry Potter Birthday Parties With Owls

A hyperlink to a page the Western Australian Birds of Prey Centre website. It reads:

"With the increasing number of themed birthday partys, the Harry Potter theme is a fantastic way to have fun and relive the memorys of Harry Potter. The Western…

Tags: birds, birds of prey, birthday, children, eagle, eagles, falconry, flying display, flying displays, Harry Potter, hawk, hawks, owl, owls, parties, party, Perth, prey, raptor, raptors, recreation, rehabilitation, WA, Western Australia, Western Australian Birds of Prey Centre

"Balingup festival a medieval sensation"

An online article by The West Australian with fourteen images of the 2011 Balingup Medieval Festival. The caption reads: "The Balingup Medieval Festival was a knock-out success at the weekend with people travelling from Perth and further afield to…

Medieval Precedent for Women Playing Bowls

SMH 1934 Thurs 27 Sept Women in Sport Bowls Popular Medieval Women.pdf

The â€˜new phenomenonâ€™ of women participating in sport post World War I is discussed at length. The writer argues that women are physically capable of participating in some sports. The counterpoints to this argument are that they could…

Tags: bowling, bowls, exercise, feminine, femininity, leisure, medieval precedent, medieval precedents, medieval women, Pepys, popular culture, recreation, sport, sports, unfeminine, women, women in sport

Hourglass Gauntlets

An image of reproduction hourglass gauntlets, sold by the Medieval Shoppe in Parkes, NSW. The Medieval Shoppe produces and sells replicas of swords, shields, armour, and other historical weapons. Their website provides some information about…

Tags: 14th Century, Armour, battle, combat, fourteenth century, gauntlets, gloves, Medieval Shoppe, New South Wales, NSW, Parkes, protection, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, replica, replicas, weapon, weaponry, weapons

Advertisement for the Medieval Shoppe Australia

An advertisement for The Medieval Shoppe, a store in NSW which produces and sells replicas of swords, shields, armour, and other historical weapons. The advertisement is shot in black and white and features The Medieval Shoppe crest and five men clad…

Tags: advertisement, advertising, Armour, arrow, chain mail, crest, halberd, helmet, infantry, knight, Medieval Shoppe, New South Wales, NSW, plate armour, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, replica, replicas, shield, shop, Switzerland, sword, warrior, weapon, weaponry, weapons

The Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology, Brisbane

The Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology, located in Brisbane, Queensland, aims to provide an understanding of the human past through dynamic interpretation and historical re-enactment. They provide displays and offer a diversity of events and…

Weddings at Sunshine Castle, Bli Bli

The Sunshine Castle is a popular tourist destination on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Influenced by a Norman architectural style, and complete with medieval additions such as a moat, turrets and a drawbridge, the castle hosts markets and…

Tags: Bli Bli, castle, entertainment, function venue, herald, knight, medieval feast, Norman, Norman style, popular culture, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, Sunshine Castle, Sunshine Coast, tourism, tourist, venue, wedding, weddings

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