Thursday
29Oct2009

Botanical Gardens Sydney

Went for a lunchtime stroll today through the Botanical Gardens in Sydney.  We only really got to see a small part of the gardens, and shall be going back!

 

 

There are plenty of shots in my gallery 

Friday
02Oct2009

Dust Storm Fun & Games

I have been slack putting this here.  Last week Sydney was assaulted by a ginormous dust storm.

 

There are plenty of shots in my gallery 

Tuesday
25Aug2009

A quick trip to Canberra

A quick run down to Canberra for my annual visit to the War Memorial.  I also went to the National Gallery (no photography allowed inside of course).

 

The statue of Simpson and his donkey in front of the memorial.  trust me, there IS a donkey down lower!

 

 

And here is a shot from the sculpture garden of the national gallery

 

 

 

If you are after wind, I can highly recommend Canberra in August.  Man, it blew!

 

There is a full gallery here,

 

 

 

Saturday
13Jun2009

Vivid Sydney 2009

A new festival was started in Sydney this year, with a number of major buildings such as the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Opera House being lit up at night.  We braved the winter's night to have a look around.

 

This is the Museum of contemporary art, and of course the Opera House was there too.

 

There are more shots in my gallery!

 

 

Monday
11May2009

Lunch Time walk to Victoria Barracks

I went for a walk to these historical barracks in sydney to try out my new 35mm f1.4 lens. It looks like a keeper!

On the way I found a statue of Trim the cat, who was Matthew Flinder's cat on his navigational trips in the 19th century.  The feather makes it look like he just had dinner.


 I took a few shots inside the barracks to give the lens a bit more of a run

 

 

There are more of these shots in the Victoria Barracks gallery