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Married to Danger

Tonia Bern was a cabaret singer who graced the stages of Paris, London and New York when she married Donald Campbell in December 1958. Tonia describes Donald in this way, “He grew up in a boy’s dream world of speed. Instead of Alice in Wonderland, his boyhood and youth could be called 'Donald in Wonderland'!

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One Man, His Dream, Our Lake

A New Year’s Eve to remember: Breaking the world water speed record at 444.71 km/h. Blink and you would miss the moment! On 31 December 1964, on Lake Dumbleyung, in his hydroplane Bluebird K7, Donald...

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Mr Whoppit

Mascot

Mr Whoppit was Donald Campbell's mascot, who accompanied him during his water and land speed record attempts. Mr Whoppit also had a Bluebird patch stitched onto his little red jacket. The Mister...

Photo album of Campbell's world record attempt

Journey of a win

This is an album of photographs from Donald Campbell's 1964 record-breaking event. The album includes photographs of the very brief moment he broke the water speed record at 276.33 mph (444.71 km/h).