Out On a Limb

Where    : Wahroonga, Sydney

When     : 25th February 2010

Weapon  : Panasonic Lumix TZ3

Tree lopper in action .. rather him than me.

Young Endeavour

Where    : Sydney Harbour

When     : Friday 12th February 2010

Weapon  : Sony P72

I was out with a few pals fishing when we were passed at high noon closely by the Young Endeavour.

What a fine looking vessel she is too.  no, she is a beautiful chip.  My word, I was quite taken aback as she sailed past just 30 metres away.

STS Young Endeavour is an Australian tall ship, presented as a gift from the United Kingdom for Australia's bicentenary of colonisation in 1988. She operates as a sail training vessel and is operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The vessel was designed by naval architect Colin Mudie and is brigantine rigged.

The ship conducts voyages for young Australians aged between 16 and 23 years. 24 'youth crew' are selected by ballot process twice a year, for an eleven-day voyage.

Death in the Dust

Where   : Collector, New South Wales

When    : 12th February 2010

Weapon : Panasonic Lumix TZ3

We went down to Canberra to see the Masters Exhibition ... including one of Van Gogh's "Starry Night"s ... and stopped off at Collector. Here, Constable Samuel Snelson {sic} aged 37, was shot dead on the 26th January 1865 when he took on bushrangers John Dunn and Ben Hall outside this pub. Samuel was married with 8 children. John Dunn, aged 19, was hanged on the 19th March 1866 at Darlinghurst Jail in Sydney for the murder of Constable Snelson.

Murrumbidgee at Gundagai

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.

UNEKE Antiques

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.

Cootamundra Station

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.

Junee Jail Brake

When    : Thursday 3rd September 2009

Where   : Junee, New South Wales

Weapon : Sony P72

On the road from Wagga to Junee, where there is a privatised jail, you have to pass (sic) this delightful  watering hole, depending on your need.