Where : Gundagai
When : 26 November 2009
Weapon : Panasonic DMC-TZ3
Located along the Murrumbidgee River and Muniong and Yambla Mountain ranges, Gundagai is 390 kilometres south-west of Sydney.
I took this shot on the Nangus Road about 1km out of town.
Where : Wagga Wagga
When : 2nd Sept 2009
Weapon : Panasonic DMC-TZ3
Now here's an interesting emporium, UNEKE antiques, homewares and gifts located in Fitzmaurice Street, in Wagga Wagga in the Riverina.
We are frequent visitors to Wagga (just the one Wagga as it is known), as our daughter is on campus here at Charles Sturt University.
Apart from the bric-a-brac and stuff, I particularly like the staircase, colours and old, tongue and groove cypress pine floor.
When : Friday 4th September 2009
Where : Cootamundra
Weapon : Sony P72
Cootamundra is a wonderful country town in mid-eastern New South Wales. There are some delightful old colonial buildings here, like the railway station.
When : Thursday 3rd September 2009
Where : Junee, New South Wales
Weapon : Sony P72
When : Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Where : Wagga Wagga
Weapon : Sony P72
Empty sheep pens at the Wagga Wagga Livestock Yards cast shadows on a late Winter's afternoon.
Took part in a hazard reduction (backburning) today in the northern suburbs of Sydney. Very exciting. Hadn't been to an HR before.
I was really impressed with the professionalism of the volunteer firefighters. A lot of planning goes into these HRs ... from community consultation to the technical requirements of hose and hamper.
The seasonal fire cranes ("Elvis") have not arrived yet from faraway places, such as the Olympic fires in Greece and California (where they are still in real action), so we made do with a local "firebird", a Bell 407 for the aerial ignition, which basically involves dropping ping-pong balls of fuel with an ignition spike onto the target fireground. A job of precision, particularly in rugged country laced with power lines.
This is very dangerous, rugged country, with steep slopes, rocky outcrops and long drops for the hoses down to the creeks. Apart from the obvious physical danger to the firefighters, the other objective is to secure the safety of the nearby built-up areas of homes and property.
Where : Turramurra
When : 4-30pm, Thursday 20th August 2009
Weapon : Panasonic DMC-TZ3
The carpet is finished.
Where : Narrabeen
When : 2-30pm, Wednesday 19th August 2009
Weapon : Panasonic DMC-TZ3
Narrabeen is about 16kms north east of the CBD and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Of course this is the South Pacific you can see - on a calm mid Winter's day, although a bit breezy ! 23 degrees.
These beaches extend north of Sydney for 30kms, from North Head. The surf beaches include Manley, Queenscliff, Harbord, Freshwater, Curl Curl, Dee Why, Collaroy, Narrabeen, Warriewood, Mona Vale, Newport, Bilgola, Avalon, Whale and then Palm Beach (where they film the TV soap Home and Away).
Great names aren't they ... some English but a good smattering of dead neat anglicised aboriginal words.
Where : Wollombi Road
When : Not so long ago
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
Yes, her cries can still be heard across the vineyards.
Anyone who can assist with enquiries, please contact Crime Blusters
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At this stage, it looks like a case of trying to scare off unwelcome attention, however the prize may have eluded the pretenders.
The answer is pretty scary .... Stone the Crows !
Where :: Sydney Fishing Wharf
When :: 11-30am, Sunday, 9th August 2009
Weapon :: Panasonic DMC-TZ3
Sydney fish markets ... not quite the romantic fishing boat bobbing sea of Laugharne, in fact 12,000 miles away, but no doubt similar vessels, real working fishing boats and prawn trawlers. They dress up well for thew little fishes in their splendid blues and rusts. Here are a few LFBs (Licenced Fishing Boat) trawlers ready to sail tonight, back on Wednesday night, two nights at sea.
It all reminds me of course of the "dab-filled sea where the Arethusa, the Curlew and
the Skylark, Zanzibar, Rhiannon, the Rover, the Cormorant, and the Star of Wales
tilt and ride."
Here we have the Kylie, Koala, Queen of Prawns and Kookaburra ... all getting ready for another trip into the South Pacific looking for snapper, bream, ocean perch, gemfish and flathead on the sandy bottoms.
Where : Turramurra
When : 12-30pm, Monday 3rd August 2009
Weapon : Panasonic DMC-TZ3, Leica Lens
This passiflora specimen is taking over a trellis on my garden fence.
You can never have too much passion.
The passion here is triggered by and comes in the form of passiflora cinnabarina.
The passion in this case is actually referring to the Passion of Christ, rather than any damp bits.
Where :: Sydney Fish Markets, Ultimo, Sydney
When :: 11-oopm, Tuesday 21st July 2009
Weapon :: Panasonic TZ3
Here we are at the Sydney Fish Markets.
It's more of a tourist attraction now - gone are the days when when big men called Guiseppe, Salvatore, young Joe Musomeci. Vincenzo and da Costi splashed about on tiled floors in their wellies and rubber aprons, chucking dead fish into skips full of ice. Now it's all Ying, Tamara, Xing Nol, Weng Chiang and Yazza, Chan and Xue-Li. Not that I mind, I don't ...
... but I do miss the water spewing all over the place, the guts in the gutters, shark fins on the line and the fish-heads in the futtocks.
We used to come down here, grab a bag of chips and just wander around. Ah well, some of the magic is still here. This is a shot of what's left of the local fleet ... the Francesca, Kirrawa, Fat Bottomed Girl, The Jodie Ann, Immacolata, Maybelle 2, Fishfinder, the Zanzibar and FB 109.
Where :: Wahroonga, Sydney
When :: 9-30am, Thursday 23rd July 2009
Weapon :: Panasonic TZ3
What a whoppa ... great colours but h-u-g-e. Must have been feeding this one on raw wombat steaks.
Where : Wollombi Road
When : 1-11pm, Wednesday 27th May 2009
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
Where : Wollombi Road
When : 3-55pm, Wednesday 27th May 2009
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
Chateau Waldorf at Wollombi ... fully air conditioned, easy access and spectacular views from this heritage home. Listen to the rain fall on the traditional roof - the old home is hewn from local timbers - a memorable place to stay - bring your own slab.
Where : Peats Ridge Environs
When : 2-50pm, Wednesday 27th May 2009
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
I've been standing here waiting Mr. Postman .... which box did you put it in .... so many days you passed me by .... you didn't stop to make me feel better by leavin' me a card or a letter .... Mr. Postman, look and see .... if there's a letter in your bag for me
Where : Wollombi Road
When : 3-31pm, Wednesday 27th May 2009
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
I was unfortunate enough to be right on the spot to capture the pathos of this heartbreaking incident. As if they had not all suffered so much already.
Love can be so cruel.
The trichoglossus haematodus is found from 25-30 cm in size, and with a wingspan of about 17 cm.
They vary significantly in colour, but our neighbours are dark blue or violet-blue head and stomach, a bright green back, tail and vent, and an red/orange breast and beak.
Where : Turramurra
When : 12-30pm, Sunday 24th May 2009
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
This passiflora specimen is taking over a trellis on my garden fence.
You can never have to much passion. In this case it is passiflora cinnabarina, the passion in this case is actually referring to the Passion of Christ, rather than any damp bits.
Where : Turramurra
When : 12-30pm, Monday 25th May 2009
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
The trichoglossus haematodus is found from 25-30 cm in size, and with a wingspan of about 17 cm.
They vary significantly in colour, but our neighbours are dark blue or violet-blue head and stomach, a bright green back, tail and vent, and an red/orange breast and beak.
Where : Turramurra
When : 12-30pm, Sunday 24th May 2009
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
The trichoglossus haematodus is found from 25-30 cm in size, and with a wingspan of about 17 cm.
They vary significantly in colour, but our neighbours are dark blue or violet-blue head and stomach, a bright green back, tail and vent, and an red/orange breast and beak.
Where : Turramurra
When : 12-30pm, Sunday 24th May 2009
Weapon : Panasonic TZ3
Tree down tonight on the way back from Narrabeen Beach, where we had been to watch the huge seas generated by the storms on the eastern seaboard of New South Wales.
Just before we got to Terrey Hills, a tree came crashing down across the Mona Vale Road westbound carriage way at Tumbledown Dick.
Very Exciting
Where : Turramurra
When : 4-30pm, Friday 22nd May 2009
Weapon : Sony P72
Yes ... when we go fishing on the Harbour, we have to pass under the Bridge and past the Opera House.
Here we are heading East, down the Harbour - it's about 4kms to Sydney Heads and the South Pacific from here. It's a tough life.
New Zealand ? Straight on.
Where : Sydney Harbour
When : Recently
Weapon : Sony P72
