Crash Kavanagh

THIS IS NOT the sort of thing you expect to see in the window of an architect’s office, in this case that of Terry Forbes in Brisbane. The Douglas at one stage belonged to Reg ‘Crash’ Kavanagh, a legendary stunt performer who did film work as well as performing at numerous shows and in stadiums around the world. Kavanagh’s perilous life was the subject of a book written by Anthony Richardson.

BELOW “Head down, hands protected, Reg Kavanagh shoots through the tunnel of flame – 21 feet of petrol-soaked hessian makes a scorching blaze.”