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Monday, August 31, 2009
Paladar Fumior Salon
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire Skywatch
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Enjoy your weekend - Brisbane looks like it's gonna be a scorcher!
For other flaming lovely skies around the world, visit Skywatch Friday.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Nepal Peace Pagoda
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Doorways of Brisbane
Monday, August 24, 2009
A Force To Be Reckoned With...
Queensland police have had their fare share of notoriety over the years - particularly in the 1980s and early 90s. This looks to me like there are still bridges that need building.
Interesting choice of music artist...
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Winter Wonderland
We're having a bit of a mid-winter heatwave at the moment. The weekend temperatures are up around 30 degrees with it getting even hotter on monday and tuesday. This is a shot of Streets Beach - a man-made riverside lagoon in the centre of the city that many locals and tourists head to if they don't have time to drive the hour it takes to get to a real beach. Perfect on a summer evening if you live or work nearby... and most days less crowded.
This was taken yesterday at about 1.30pm when all skin-cancer conscious heads were buried deep in the sand (while getting an attractive brown bum).
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Art Deco Building
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Suck It Up Skywatch
Having been a bit under the weather this week I have lacked last week's get-up-and-go...I looked at the sky from my bed >cue the violins< so you're going to have to make do with a different shot from last week. I like the way the clouds do this: they look like they're being vacuumed up from an unseen part of the sky.
Get your sky fix now at Skywatch Friday.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Traffic Stopping Art (number 27)
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Brisbane has hundreds of painted traffic signal boxes. Any resident can submit a design which makes for a huge range in styles. For the others in the series, click on the TSBs label below.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Blue Tongue
Being a Londoner, all things reptilian provoke a brief paralysis in me during which time I assess just how close to death I am. Anyway I don't know a lot about these things but I am pretty sure if it's a fat snake with legs, it's a Blue Tongue Lizard. They're supposed to be very gentle and many people have them as pets. So when I saw this thing in the back garden yesterday morning, sunning itself beside the Aloe Vera, after my heart started beating again, I grabbed the camera. My lens only goes up to 55mm so I was less than a foot away from it. It's a shame he didn't stick his tongue out - it really is a lovely blue. Maybe if I had waited long enough... but I was a little anxious to get it over with. I had to keep telling myself that it wasn't going to spring forward and sink two giant fangs into the side of my neck.
The things I do for a blog photo.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Spring Is Springing!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Things Here Are A Bit Pear Shaped
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On the up side, they let me snap away in other parts of the gallery. This is the appropriately named "3 Pears" by artist George Baldessin. That third one is tucked in behind - you can just see the stalk from this angle. They looked to me like they were made from bronze but the label said no, "polyurethane with shellac finish" so there you go. Easy to lift in case of intercontinental exhibitions... or if you're in a rush. Read a time line of George Baldessin's life and works and see a very handsome picture of him here.
The gallery gets very creative with this pool of water and, depending on the exhibition, floats things on it, creates stepping stones and walkways through it, uses it a means of reflection... and that's just the few times I've visited. It's not very deep - maybe 5-10 cm.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Chinese Chess
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Needless to say I had absolutely no idea what was going on, but it looked good.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Consolation Skywatch
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Wednesday was a public holiday in Brisbane metropolitain area for the "Ekka". It's an annual agricultural show and carnival that people get quite excited about.
I've got one of those silly jobs where public holidays mean nothing... so I was up really early on Wednesday while the majority of Brisbane slept in. As you can see, it wasn't a bad consolation prize. The skies are starting to lighten earlier each day and the morning air is losing its bite.
For other bloggers who have pointed their cameras skyward this week, visit Skywatch Friday.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Smoko
Some things here with one syllable get an "o" put on the end. (smoke-o, dave-o, john-o) Other things with more than one syllable are shortened to their first syllable and then get an "o" on the end (afternoon: arvo, ambulance worker: ambo, garbage collector: garbo)
The group of workers were celebrating one of them having a birthday and were in fine form.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Inala Fish Market
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Moreton Bay Fig Tree
Friday, August 7, 2009
On The Inside The Sun Still Shines...
Pop quiz: The title of today's post is the first line of the chorus from the theme tune of which 1970s and 1980s Australian drama?
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Shake Your Tail Petals
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
So Who's This Brisbane Bloke, Anyway?
*Lived: 1773-1860
*Born: Ayrshire, Scotland
*Went through the ranks in the British Army
*Became govenor of New South Wales
*Sent a scout north in 1823 to find a settlement for convicts
*Et voila! Our beautiful big river flowing into Moreton Bay! Perfecto!
*The settlement was named in his honour
*In 1839 it was opened to free settlement
*Brisbane wasn't around for that as he'd gone back to Scotland in 1825
*He was a keen astronomer, publishing a book of stars and establishing an observatory in Parramatta, Sydney
*Died: Ayrshire, Scotland
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Heavens Above!
I love his posture with hands in his pockets, gazing upwards.
Monday, August 3, 2009
I'll Take The High Way
Sunday, August 2, 2009
City Hall Angle
Saturday, August 1, 2009
August Theme Day: Night
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