Spirit of Australia is a hydroplane designed and built by Ken Warby in Australia between 1972 – 1974.
Spirit of Australia is a wooden speed boat built in a Sydney backyard, by Ken Warby, that broke and set the world water speed record on October 8, 1978.
Ken Warby1972 – 1974
SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA is an Australian designed and built jet-powered, wooden, 3-point hydroplane that has held the world water-speed record since 1977.
Spirit of Australia was designed and built by Australian motorboat racer Ken Warby who holds the 317.6 MPH record that has been in place since 1978. The Spirit of Australia can today be found on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.
Personal life and death. Warby was born in Newcastle, NSW and lived in Australia before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio from 1983 where he died on 20 February 2023 aged 83.
Ken Warby had a dream as a young child to become the fastest man on water. A feat he achieved in 1977 then repeated in 1978, setting the current outright unlimited world water speed record of 317.6mph in his boat SPIRIT of AUSTRALIA.
The world's fastest man on water, Ken Warby, has died in the United States after a short illness.
Spirit of Australia's engine was a Westinghouse J34. ANMM Collection ANMS1163[290], reproduced courtesy of Graeme Andrews.
Adult passenger fares from $99 (Recliner included) per person each way based on night sailings in low demand season. Subject to availability. A $10 booking fee applies per person each way to non-internet bookings.
Forty years, 1 month and 8 days ago. Ken Warby, Australian professional pilot, pushes hard on the 10,000 horsepower of his Spirit of Australia, reaching 511 km/h on the waters of the Blowering Dam, marking that run in history.
In Australia, and many other countries the tax on spirits is calculated differently to tax on beer and wine. Spirits tax is known as excise duty and as of December 2022, this rate was $94.41 per litre of alcohol [2]. The rate is reviewed and adjusted twice per year.
By the early 1850s, news of a gold rush in Australia had reached southern China, sparking an influx in Chinese migration to Australia. It is thought that approximately 7000 Chinese people came to work at the Araluen gold fields in southern NSW.
The slogan 'Spirit of Australia' suggests that Qantas is the essence, life and soul of Australia.
SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA is an Australian designed and built jet-powered, wooden, 3-point hydroplane that has held the world water-speed record since 1977. Breaking both the 300 m/h and 500 km/h barriers, SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA raised the world record to 511.11km/h in 1978 at Blowering Dam near Tumut NSW.
Our Australian National Flags are 100% made in Australia. The flag is screen printed on a single side.
The Spirit of Australia II has undergone extensive computerised testing and wind tunnel modelling with Newcastle University. The team knows the boat has a theoretical max-speed of more than 600 km/h, but the speed seekers will be content just to set a new record.
Spirit of Tasmania Quay, Geelong Terminal
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If you're planning to pick up your rental car or campervan on arrival, or if you've only got a few days in Hobart or Launceston, then flying to Tasmania is the best option. But if you're planning on bringing your own vehicle to Tasmania then your only option is to cruise across on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry.
Between November 1971 and December 1981, Ford Australia produced the 'Cleveland' V8 engine at its engine factory in Geelong, having imported its initial batch from the US town of the same name in 1970.
100 years as the Spirit of Australia. From humble beginnings to becoming our national carrier, Qantas has been a part of Australia's story for 100 years.
The Holden V8 engine is an overhead valve (OHV) V8 engine that was produced by the Australian General Motors subsidiary, Holden (GMH), between 1969 and 2000.
At the record-winning event, Usain Bolt's average ground speed was 37.58km/h, whilst reaching a top speed of 44.72km/h in the 60-80m stretch – numbers fitting for the world's fastest man.
The current holder of the Outright World Land Speed Record is ThrustSSC driven by Andy Green, a twin turbofan jet-powered car which achieved 763.035 mph - 1227.985 km/h - over one mile in October 1997.
Usain Bolt, a Jamaican athlete born in 1986, is the fastest person in the world.