WHAT'S NEW?
A Chronology of Additions, Alterations & Amendments to this Web Site:
(Latest to oldest - in descending date order)
07 February 2012 - Four new items added to the Regional Video Collection - on You Tube.com.
01 November 2011 - Direct link added on the Homepage to the new Regional Video Collection - on You Tube.com. Contributions from Members are welcome. Just e-mail your video files to the Webmaster.
01 November 2011 - The Regional Photo Album has now been simplified to a single direct link to Flickr.com on the Homepage.
01 November 2011 - The Regional Forum has now been closed and deleted. As nobody had used it for quite a number of years, it was effectively defunct - so there was no point in retaining it.
23 August 2011 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: Wrights Hill Fortress, Wellington, New Zealand - 2011 Snowstorm. (40 photos by: Alistair Scadden.)
25 April 2010 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: ANZAC Day at Wrights Hill Fortress, Wellington, New Zealand. (26 photos by: Alistair Scadden.)
30 January 2010 - Following the closure of the Yahoo! "Geocities" Web Sites, John O'Brien's excellent "Guns of Western Australia" Web Site now has a new URL: http://members.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers/guns_of_wa/ All links on this Site have now been updated.
13 December 2009 - Regional News item added - regarding deletion of Yahoo! "Geocities" Web Sites.
29 September 2009 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: Port Fairy Fort, Victoria, Australia. (17 photos by: Bruce Williamson.)
11 May 2009 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: South Island Pillboxes (NZ), Tomahawk Battery (NZ) - and, Fort Taiaroa (NZ). All by: Bruce Williamson.
29 April 2009 - New SITE O International Homepage launched. A news item, regarding this, has been added to the Regional News Page. The URL is: http://sites.google.com/site/siteointernational/Home
29 April 2009 - The SITE O Regional Pages for the United Kingdom and Ireland have been moved to the new SITE O International Homepage. Their new URL is: http://sites.google.com/site/siteointernational/site-o-regional-pages-1/uk-and-ireland A news item, regarding this, has been added to the Regional News Page.
21 April 2009 - Aleksander (Alex) Jankovic Potocnik (Regional Director & Webmaster for SITE O Central and South-Eastern Europe) has a new e-mail address: ajp@amis.net . Regional Notice Board item added, regarding this.
17 February 2009 - Regional News item added - regarding "bugs" in the new Microsoft Windows Explorer 8 Browser. (The Regional Photo Album is affected.)
01 December 2008 - The SITE O International Web Site (www.siteo.net) is no longer available on-line. It is to be replaced by a new "SITE O International Home-Page", with a new URL. The Home, Introduction, Regional Fortification Links and Regional Artillery Links Pages of this Site have been amended and updated accordingly. A news item, regarding this, has been added to the Regional News Page.
14 November 2008 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: Wrights Hill Fortress, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand. (Additional 91 photos added to the original set by: Alistair Scadden.)
08 October 2008 - New Member added: (Bruce Williamson). Members and News pages updated.
05 October 2008 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: Wrights Hill Fortress, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand. (78 photos by: Alistair Scadden.)
15 September 2008 - New Fortification and Artillery links added: Waikiti Downs Pistol & Rifle Club (Inc.) [West Coast, South Island, New .Zealand]: http://www.nzrifle.com/cf_waikiti.htm and - Wellington Rifles: Service Rifle and Living History Unit (Inc.) [Wellington, New Zealand]: Home: http://www.hrs.org.nz/22nd/wellingon%20rifles.htm Yahoo! Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wellingtonrifles/
13 September 2008 - New URL for the SITE O Scandinavian Regional Pages: http://www.fortress-scandinavia.dk All links updated, accordingly. Regional News item regarding this, added.
13 July 2008 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: North Head, Auckland, New Zealand. (56 photos by: Alistair Scadden.)
28 June 2008 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: Fort Ballance Open Day: 28/06/2008, Wellington, NZ. (37 photos by: Alistair Scadden.)
28 May 2008 - New Regional News Item: Public Open Day at Fort Ballance (Wellington, New Zealand) on Saturday 28th June 2008.
27 April 2008 - New Fortification and Artillery links added: SITE O U.S.A. Regional Pages: http://www.mnstarfire.com/ww2/history/siteo/siteo.html Regional News item also added, regarding this.
11 April 2008 - Regional Members Page checked and updated against the current International Membership Records. Style and format regularised and, hopefully, improved.
10 April 2008 - New Member added: (Matthew Wilson). Members and News pages updated.
26 March 2008 - New Regional News Item: SITE O International: 10th Anniversary Journal?
15 March 2008 - New Fortification and Artillery links added: SITE O Central and South-Eastern Europe Regional Pages: http://www.ars-cartae.com/siteo/index.htm
11 March 2008 - New Fortification and Artillery links added: SITE O Scandinavian Regional Pages: http://www.fortress-scandinavia.dk (Please Note: This is a new address. It does not currently appear on the Regional Pages Listing of our International Web Site. It should). Regional News item also added, regarding this.
26 February 2008 - New Regional News Item: New (Temporary) Photo Web Site: Michel van Best's "Sabbatical 2007": http://waarbenjenu.vanbest.net/index.htm Check it out - quickly!
23 February 2008 - New photos uploaded to the Regional Photo Album: Godley Head Fortress, Christchurch / Lyttleton, New Zealand. (51 photos by: David Bishop.)
23 February 2008 - New URL for The Godley Head Heritage Trust Inc. (Christchurch / Lyttleton, New Zealand): http://godleyhead.110mb.com/ . All links updated accordingly.
16 February 2008 - Two new Regional Notice Board items: (1) Are you receiving your monthly newsletter from Joe Kaufmann? (2) Problem for Telstra Clear (NZ) Ltd. customers e-mailing Joe Kaufmann now resolved.
11 February 2008 - New Fortification link added: CDSG [The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc.] (U.S.A): http://www.cdsg.org/
14 January 2008 - New Fortification link added: Fort Stony Batter [Stony Batter Protection and Restoration Society Inc.] (Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand): http://www.fortstonybatter.org.nz/index.html Regional News item also added, regarding this.
25 November 2007 - Regional Photo Album now "up and running". Regional News item regarding this added.
23 October 2007 - New article on Regional History Page: "A Short History of Fort Ballance" - by Alistair Scadden.
23 September 2007 - New URL for Dr. Richard Walding's Fort Bribie and Fort Bribie History Web Site: http://indicatorloops.com/fortbribie.htm Please note: his Indicator Loops Web Site URL's, for the World, Australia and New Zealand, - have also changed. (All links updated accordingly.)
27 July 2007 - New Regional Notice Board item: Problem for Telstra Clear (NZ) Ltd. customers e-mailing Joe Kaufmann.
19 June 2007 - New Fortification and Artillery links added: Warmuseums.com.au (Australia): http://www.warmuseums.com.au/
15 June 2007 - New Fortification and Artillery links added: North Fort - Home of the National Artillery Museum (Sydney, NSW, Australia): http://www.northfort.org.au/index.htm
14 June 2007 - New Fortification link added: Additional link for Big Gun at Ben-Buckler (Bondi, Sydney, NSW, Australia): http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_02_2.cfm?itemid=5056455
13 June 2007 - New URL for SITE O U.K. Regional Pages: http://www.johnbray.org.uk/siteowiki/index.php/Main_Page (All links updated accordingly.)
02 March 2007 - New Fortification link added: Coastal Fortification on the Gulf of Mexico.
13 February 2007 - New Fortification link (and Web Site Review) added: Australian Bunker & Military Museum.
18 December 2006 - New Book Review: "The Price of Vigilance" by Kerry Neal and Nola Leov
14 December 2006 - New Regional Notice Board item: e-mail address for Alex Jankovick updated to: ajp@moj.net (As from 01st January 2007)
11 December 2006 - Christmas Greetings for 2006 posted on the Regional Forum "Online Notice Board".
11 December 2006 - New Item on Regional Notice Board re: Dennis Doeve.
22 November 2006 - New e-mail address for Joe Kaufmann (our Founder and International Director): joek05@sbcglobal.net
29 October 2006 - More news: Security review for SITE O "Down Under". Regional Forum info. on Home Page updated.
09 October 2006 - Stony Batter Protection and Restoration Society deleted from Fortification Links Page. News item concerning this added.
08 October 2006 - References to the alternative version of the SITE O International Web Site (by Dennis Doeve) deleted. (It is now defunct.) New item concerning this added to the Regional Notice Board.
30 September 2006 - All Fortification, Artillery, Castle and Modellers links checked. Broken or changed links fixed. Terminated links deleted. New Fortification link added: Fort Taiaroa, Dunedin, New Zealand.
29 September 2006 - New Fortification links added: Save the (H.M.V.S) "Cerberus". [Save the Cerberus Alliance] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Also,- the Fort Scratchley Historical Society Inc; Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
27 September 2006 - New Fortification link added: Vladivostok Fortress.
26 September 2006 - New Fortification link added: Urbanadventure.org (Bunkers Section). A great look at the Fortifications of Sydney, Australia.
08 September 2006 - Disclaimer on Introduction Page updated.
03 September 2006 - More news
27 August 2006 - Home Page and Introduction Page updated. Clearer instructions given for persons residing outside of the Region - as to how to join SITE O. Format of Introduction Page amended.
19 August 2006 - More news
10 July 2006 - Regional Castle Links Page updated.
01 July 2006 - SITE O U.K. Regional Pages back "on-line", as is John Bray's Fortress U.K. Web Site. New Fortification and Artillery links added for both. Regional Notice Board updated.
26 June 2006 - New Artillery link added: The Royal Association of Australian Artillery - Western Australia Inc.
26 June 2006 - New Fortification link added: The Leighton Battery Heritage Site (Buckland Hill, Perth, WA)
08 June 2006 - Regional Modellers Page added.
08 June 2006 - Regional Web Site Reviews Page added.
30 May 2006 - Regional Book Review Page now "up and running". More news added.
03 January 2006 - Web Site fonts regularised: "Arial" adopted for all but display headings, etc...
29 December 2005 - Regional Notice Board update: SITE O U.K. Regional Pages "off- line" for the foreseeable future.
29 December 2005 - New Fortification Link added: The New Zealand Wars.
17 December 2005 - New Fortification Link added: Phra Chulachomklao Fort (Thailand).
17 December 2005 - Regional Castle Links Page updated. (Link added to the "Official" Larnach Castle Site).
11 December 2005 - International Web Site information updated on Home Page. Link added to Dennis Dove's alternative version of the Site, and to Fortification Links Page. Link added to SITE O Canada Regional Pages on the Fortification Links Page. Item regarding Wrights Hill Fortress on Regional Notice Board modified.
10 December 2005 - More news
30 November 2005 - More news
08 November 2005 - Old "Forum" page re-designated as "Regional Notice Board". New external link to SITE O "Regional Forum" added. This IS a "chat room".
18 October 2005 - Homepage updated - (SITE O International access). All links now open in "new windows".
30 May 2005 - More news
30 March 2005 - More news
29 November 2004 - New Member added: (Bob Marmion). Members, News and Forum pages updated
17 November 2004 -1 new Fortification link added: (Stony Batter Protection & Restoration Society Inc.). 1 dead Fortification link deleted: (Urban Adventure. Org)
16 September 2004 - Members Page updated - New e-mail address for Matthew L Adams
01 September 2004 - 1 new Fortification link and 1 new Artillery link added: (DONZ)
11 August 2004 - Home Page, News, Forum and Members Pages updated
11 August 2004 - 11 new Fortification links and 1 new Artillery link added
10 August 2004 - News and What's New? pages re-arranged to "latest to oldest" date order
25 June 2004 - Dud e-mail addresses removed from Members Page
25 June 2004 - "Bad links" on Members Page fixed
23 June 2004 - News, Forum and Members Pages updated
27 May 2004 - New Artillery Link added. Waikiti Downs Pistol & Rifle Club Inc.
26 May 2004 - More news
18 May 2004 - More news
04 April 2004 - Regional Forum Page added
04 April 2004 - News Page added
30 March 2004 - * Fortification Links added
* Artillery Links added
* Home Page amended
* Introduction Page amended
* Castles Page amended
* Members Page amended, and links now "live"
07 November 2003 - Introduction and Members Page added
02 September 2003 - Site launched
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