In the gardens near the Adelaide Oval is a stature of Sir Donald Bradman. I was in the gardens a little while ago and I was interested in the way the morning light shone on the statue.
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In the middle of January, when it wasn’t too hot, we went for a quick trip to Morialta Conservation Park. It is only about 30 - 45 minutes away from where we live and is very accessible. It is not far from the CBD of Adelaide. We only went on the short walk to First Falls, which sadly were dry due to the drought.
On the way there we passed a bush that had a couple of butterflies floating around it. This is one of the better photos I was lucky enough to get.
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Also on the bush were some bees, at least I hope they were bees. On the way back to the car we saw a sign that said to be cautious due to European wasps in the area and that they could be aggressive if disturbed.
Along the path we passed this gum tree. I thought it would make an interesting photo as it looks like the tree is trying to reach out and grab you. The day was nice though I prefer to think it was trying to give us a hug.
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One of the most iconic buildings in Melbourne is Flinders Street Station. We used the public transport system on our last night in Melbourne, new years eve, to get to Federation Square for the fireworks and other festivities. Because we were travelling back to Adelaide the next day, via the Overland, we left early at around 10:00pm.
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I tried to get a number of photos of the station lit up at night. I didn’t have my large tripod with me, and with the huge crowds there would have been no space to use it. This is the only photo that came out ok, and as it was taken with me just holding the camera there may be a little bit of blurring.
This completes the series of four posts of our Melbourne Holiday photos. There are more photos, for those who may be interested, on my Picasa Web Albums gallery.
On another day of our holiday we walked up to the Melbourne Museum, first we took a tram, and then walked up through Carlton Gardens and past the Royal Exhibition Building. This photo is of the avenue of trees we walked up at the entrance to the gardens, it was nice and cool in the shade.
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This photo is of a fountain outside one of the entrances to the Royal Exhibition Building. It is a huge building and the architecture was very interesting.
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One of the places we visited while on our Christmas holidays was Healesville Sanctuary. It was a very hot day, must have been over 40 degrees Celsius, and many of the animals were taking a break in the shade of trees or other structures. This Koala was very sleepy.
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At one point during our visit it must have got a little uncomfortable and moved from one tree to the other. This photo is of him half way down to the ground, just before it decided being in the tree was preferable and climbed back up again.
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Although a very hot day, we had a great time visiting the sanctuary. One thing that did annoy me though were the number of people taking photos of the animals with their flash going off. I know not using the flash means you can’t get some photos because it is too dark, but spare a thought for the animals who get bright lights in their eyes all the time. We’re not paparazzi, we’re visitors to their homes.
Half way through our explorations at the Melbourne Aquarium during our Christmas holidays we went out onto a small deck for a bite of lunch. The deck was popular with some of the other visitors. It was also very popular with the sparrows and seagulls. This sparrow was on a guide wire for a shade sail and was very cute.
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I’ll be posting more photos from the trip in the coming weeks. They have also all been uploaded into my Picasa Web Album.
Have you ever wondered how peaceful it must be for a leaf to be lying amongst the grass. Particularly one that knows it has given all it can to the tree and is now moving on to the next stage in the life cycle of a tree? I found myself wondering about it when I took these macro photos today.
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Or, what if you were a duck. How proud would you be of the colours on the feathers under your wing? Would you be as proud as these ducks?
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These photos were taken at Flinders University today during my lunch break.
Last weekend my wife and I went to see Dinostory at Port Adelaide. It was a very pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon. We stood in awe at many of the sculptures and were amazed and the intricacy and attention to detail.
As always I took my camera along and took lots of photos. The best ones I’ve uploaded to my Piacasa Web Album. Below are some of my favourite photos.
A Stegosaurus
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A Parasaurolophus and child
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A Pteranodon and child
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A Triceratops
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The story around the exhibition, as far as I can remember, is that it is Christmas and a Grandfather is reading the Dinostory book to his grandson. The sculptures are the product of the boys imagination as he follows along with the story. This evocative image is best conveyed with one of the first sculptures you see as you enter the exhibition.
Grandfather reading to his grandson
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A friend and I went looking for an ibis that has been frequenting the lake here at Flinders University. We couldn’t see it at first and so walked almost half way around the lake, only to spot it mere meters away from where we started our search.
We quickly made our way back to where we started just in time for the ibis to take flight and fly across the lake to the place where we were only moments ago. This is the only photo I could get today.
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I’ll be keeping an eye out for this crafty, and seemingly camera shy, ibis. More photos will be posted when available.
A little wile ago I went into work early and took some photos of the statues near the Pendopo at Flinders University. More information about what a Pendopo is can be found here. The statues are all of mythical creatures, what a presume to be spirits or gods.
Either I had my camera on the wrong settings, or I wasn’t taking into account the strong morning light, because all of the photos had a washed out look. To “fix” this I used either this technique, or the GIMP Lomo plugin.
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