New Zealand - Muriwai - Australian Hope Bartlett and co-driver in their Bugatti racing car at Muriwai Beach - 1927 Coloured Photo is created using Artificial Intelligence software so it is not a 100% accurate representation due to limitations of the algorithm. Falkner Hope Bartlett - Born in 1892 at Waverley, New South Wales (Australia). Hope, as he was known, was the older son of Charles Bartlett and Ada Gale. - His need for speed was fueled when Hope started as a works rider in 1910 on the belt-driven Zenith motorcycle. [2] - Hope's first job was a trainee wool buyer, but that was soon abandoned in favour of something more exciting; taking over the motor service previously operated by George Harrison and running a daily motor service (bus company) between Nowra and Moruya from 1924, and later went as far as Bega, Eden and Cooma. He lived on his Kinghorne Street premises at Nowra for around thirty years. While his business allowed him to drive, Hope was passionate about motor racing and he is considered by some to have been well ahead of his time. - He was as successful on oval tracks (especially the 1.4-kilometre concrete Maroubra Speedway) as on the road or at hillclimbs, and on two wheels as on four. He was known as a wizard on the sand at the Gerringong Beach course. Between 1931 and 1948, he competed in several Australian Grands Prix. Twice during the 1930s he crossed the Tasman Sea to win the prestigious New Zealand Cup, firstly in a Vauxhall and then in a Bugatti. During his motor racing career than spanned more than forty years, he drove a Sunbeam, MG, Dixon Riley, and a Jaguar. The XJ Jaguar powered Hope to victory at Bathurst's famous Mount Panorama circuit in 1951, after which he hung up his goggles and helmet aged 59 years. (Reference: https://www.speedcafe.com/hall-of-fame-inductees/hope-bartlett/) Muriwai - Also called Muriwai Beach, is a coastal community on the west coast of the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. - The black-sand surf beach and surrounding area is a popular recreational area for Aucklanders. - Gannets nest there in a large colony on the rocks. - The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "water's end" for Muriwai. (source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriwai) -------------------- Image source: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1533-ALBUM-295-23-1 http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=2&RF=HIORecordSearch&MR=5&QI0=%3D%221533-ALBUM-295-23-1%22