tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post2073393576370919100..comments2023-09-15T21:58:57.894+10:00Comments on Mark's Tasmanian Bush Blog: Fossil Cove - 13th November 2010Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17380216351005921687noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post-71353413796535405912011-11-21T22:34:28.356+11:002011-11-21T22:34:28.356+11:00Just got an email from someone who reckons the Tin...Just got an email from someone who reckons the Tinderbox name comes from a tinderbox that was found there, having been lost by an early French exploration party. Could end up being a cool explanation!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380216351005921687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post-85212912591296769642011-04-06T10:29:06.350+10:002011-04-06T10:29:06.350+10:00Thanks Mark. I did not mean to take up your time, ...Thanks Mark. I did not mean to take up your time, but find old names interesting.<br />Keith.<br />http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.comKeithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post-4284385251485576912011-04-05T22:40:07.451+10:002011-04-05T22:40:07.451+10:00Not sure, tried looking. There is a "powder j...Not sure, tried looking. There is a "powder jetty" around the coast a way, and the end of the peninsula has the site of an old battery, intended, as I recall, to help repulse the Russians in the very early years of last century. Perhaps the powder was stored in the vicinity, rendering the place a bit of a "tinderbox".<br /><br />I've also read, rather implausibly, that an actual tinderbox was lost here and then found again...<br /><br />I will see what I can find out.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380216351005921687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post-61414304988679935252011-04-05T11:15:24.024+10:002011-04-05T11:15:24.024+10:00Do you know why "Tinderbox" is so named?...Do you know why "Tinderbox" is so named?<br />http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.com