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.
