The following comment was on the description page, but I think it belongs here instead. I have no idea who Susan is, or how this ended up where it was.

Susan writes: I planted 'Madame Alfred Carriere' in 2000 when it was a foot tall. The flowers were sparse and the plant had rose spot badly. I was disappointed. But the following year, it took off like crazy and has covered an arbor with beautiful, full, scented blooms aplenty. I am really amazed at how well it is doing. I live in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.

Red Stamens, semi-double, opens with dark pink petals fades to pale pink. This is a climber. The more flowers my plant has on it, the paler and smaller they seem to be. As far as I can tell, immune to black spot and mildew. Healthy, vigorous, long canes. A climber. I like the moderate spicy tea fragrance. The flowers do better (more fragrant, last longer) with afternoon shade. My plant is completely smooth (no thorns whatsoever).
I BELIEVE the plant I have is smooth lady.
Zone 6b, clay soil, part shade.

Is this rose thorny or smooth? I inherited a rose in my garden that looks like this.. trying to identify.
Thanks!

I just bought a bagged bare-root plant of this rose on impulse at a local Bunnings nursery. I remember seeing a bed of it in the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens decades ago, maybe early 1990s, and it remained in my memory ever since, yet I don't think I've seen it on offer at a nursery before. It's good to know that at least one Bell rose is still available. There are lots of very early shooting buds on this plant so it looks like it could end up being bushy.

And just a minor point, but the only name in the file here is 'The Australian Bicentennial', and when reading the references it's more likely to be 'Australian Bicentennial Rose' or 'The Australian Bicentennial Rose'. That latter is the name on the label of the plant I just bought.