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Patsy's 80 th! and XMAS

2008-06-20T00:41:00.000-07:00

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XMAS IN KANGAROO VALLEY!

Some Sporting Imagery!

2008-01-10T21:46:00.000-08:00

Geoff Hegil at Manly in an open air pool set up on Beach

During Sydney 2000 olympics

Steve Montagetti Doing the Sydney Marathon, over Glebe Island Bridge

At Penrith White water complex, again during Sydney 2000 Olympics

Australia V Croatia

Gainsford- Taylor airborn!

Lake Conjola and Rainbow Paraquite

2007-11-05T23:48:00.000-08:00

Lake Conjola Canoeing rain and sunshine!

2007-11-05T17:14:00.000-08:00

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KYLIE!!

The fantastic house

Fishing in the rain

A Kangaroo's Tail

180 degree view from the front yard!!

Beach

Some recent shots!

2007-08-29T18:44:00.000-07:00

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Another shot of lovely Girlfriend and horses, (girlfriend is one with only 2 legs) Taken up on farm above Woollongong

Ferns and gums on road down into Megalong valley

A walking Double Bass! careful Aliens, Foveaux St Surry Hills

Rainbow looking south from The bluff Lookout Glenbrook NSW

Another great Sunset heading home on Freeway, through the car window

Bar-b-que on a Glorious winters Day

2007-08-29T18:38:00.000-07:00

Went for a walk out to 'The Rock' Marg's MSF crew

Winter Magic Festival at Katoomba July 2007

2007-08-29T18:17:00.000-07:00

Where King Arther and Pete the Pirate can find common ground!

New Car, this one is for Sanjeev!!

2007-08-29T00:54:00.000-07:00

A 1992 Toyota Hilux Wagon 2.8 turbo diesel, slight improvement on old car!

RED Eclipse of The Moon!!

2007-08-29T00:52:00.000-07:00

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The Budawangs!

2007-07-25T17:02:00.000-07:00

Spent a 4 day weekend hiking through the Budawangs with my great friend and directionally challenged Gregor. Fantastic

Weekend at Lake Macquarie

2007-06-19T01:25:00.000-07:00

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Myself and Kylie, down by the lake near Her Dads's and Sherida's place

Gerry and Kylie on the boat. Rain threatened but we got a few hours in under sail

Wet Weekend in Wollongong

2007-06-12T23:43:00.000-07:00

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One pic from new lens Tamron 12-24 F4 AT-X

This blog would not be complete without my Beautiful Lovely Girlfriend Kylie, and Fortune

The weekend of massive downpours, floods around Newcastle. wollongong got it's share of rain which made all the local waterfalls go off!

Belmore Falls near Robertson NSW

Carrington Falls near Robertson NSW

This is looking north past Stanwell Park, better weather. Shot from the new bridge on Lawrence Hargrave Drive. Monday 12/06/2007

Ian And Gil and the National Pass Wentworth Falls, click on image for larger view

2007-04-29T23:43:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, Sunday day spent with good friends Gillian and Ian and Ruby. Walked the National Pass from Valley of the Waters to Wentworth Falls.

Decending down Valley of the Waters

Water and colours of the layered Rock formations

Waterfalls coming for the hanging swamps hundreds of meters above

Pools half way down Wentworth Falls

Ian tackles the steep climb up the cliff to Wentworthfalls

And Gil tackles it also, not so well maybe

Eath Hour 60

2007-04-01T18:19:00.000-07:00

Saturday afternoon I drove to Bathurst to photograph Students from Charles Sturt Uni who were part of the celebrations supporting Earth Hour 60. They turned of all lights in their dorms, walked around with Glo sticks and had fire dancers, Of course!!

Full Moon rising looking east along Great Western Highway, just out side Kelso.

Students doing their stuff.

The Rocky is no more....... click on image for a larger view

2007-03-11T04:42:00.000-07:00

After many years of faithful service and many an adventure the Rocky and I parted ways. I was sad and sort of sureal to see her head on up Hodgson Rd with out me:(

Great sky at Sunset and a front light flouro

I've never really understood why but Australian roads are punctuated by these roads side memorials to accident vistums. As a race we seem to be fixated with remembering people exactly at the spot inwhuch they left this world. Some, like this one are in the country are resonably picturesque locations, but that is the minority. Mostly, they are at the littered noisy polluted bitumen ground.

Not sure about you, but I think I would like to be remembered some other way

KIDS ON THE WASHING LINE!!

A whole bunch of fun!

Some recent shots, click on image for larger view

2007-02-02T21:27:00.000-08:00

It's not easy to make a living if your a trainie Santa these days!

What do you do when your Mum turns 79? Go all out and take her to the pub for lunch. From left, my sister Marg, Patsy (Mum), my sister Anne and friend J9

The old classic " Afternoon sun breaks through the clouds while driving home on the freeway!"

A Lightning Storm over Glenbrook last week, looking north west over my backyard

One hot Monday, a grass fire at "The Lagoon"

My Favourite dish at my Favourite cafe, Dahl curry and rice with a chocolate milk shake. Served up by the lovely ladies at
The Blue Tongue Lizard Glenbrook NSW Australia, I can highly recommend it!

Comet McNaught Saturday 20/01/2007

2007-01-20T03:35:00.000-08:00

The Moon made a dramatic exit first, click on image for a larger view.

Comet McNaught take 4 or 5 !!

2007-01-19T16:10:00.000-08:00

Friday Night 19/01/2007 Sky was darker, less cloud my best results yet
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The head of Comet has sunk below the horizon, Tail shoots up, pretty cool

Searching for Comets take 2! Comet McNaught

2007-01-16T05:11:00.000-08:00

Comet McNaught. Finally I got the sucker! 8.45pm Thursday 18th taken from the Bluff lookout Glenbrook NSW

Monday night 16/01/2007, the smallest of glimpses

Tuesday night 17/01/2007. Once again too much cloud, but alas a great sunset

searching for Comets

2007-01-14T05:08:00.000-08:00

These were all taken at the Bluff, around 8pm Sunday 15/01/2007. just after sunset we were supposed to be able to view a Comet but, too much light, too many clouds. Made for a good Sunset though!

Every evening, exactly on sunset the local Cockatoo's head to Euroka for the night, Have spent many a afternoon watching this migration. They head south west out of the village across national park and Glenbrook creek.

King Parrots in action

And the sunset. Great location for this as you look directly westwith nothing but Bush to the horizon

Some of my adventures 1

2007-01-12T04:25:00.000-08:00

Second day on the Milford track walk New Zealand, look as those trout!

Milford track NZ. Cresting the pass, all down hill from here. I left the hut before sunrise and reaching the summit shortly after sunrise. Got a couple of the greatest photo's ever taken....... well. Ten minute later it clouded in and the view was lost to all and sundry (especially the slackers who slept in)

Southern Rim Grose Valley Blue Mountains NSW Australia. Gregor, (who drove a cracking pace) along Lockleys Pylon track. On our way out from a night in the Bluegum forest

Interior BC Canada, Some lake, in the middle of no where! Enroute to Black Tusk, north of Whistler. This was way up in the hills, A 7 to 800 metre climb from where track began, 10 klms maybe. No roads, just a great walk and then magic!

People, You gotta love em!

2007-01-11T16:47:00.000-08:00

James, Great friend, musician, composer, philosopher.

Mariko, Lovely Lady, photographer extraordinary

Lets not leave out Billy

Ellie sings, Andy plays and Sarah dances, Boxing day 2005

Some pictures to get this thing rolling! Places.... ,click on image for larger view

2007-01-11T16:22:00.000-08:00

Seagull, Circular Quay, Overcast day

Late summer afternoon Sydney

Melbourne sky and birds

Making most of water shortage in Melbourne

My daily (sometimes) pics, click on image for larger view

2007-01-11T15:57:00.000-08:00

I got to see two and half days of the 5th Test in Sydney. The Aussies killed em, bit sad really to see the Poms fall yet again so easily. Some views of that
Brett Lee steams in.

OHH AHH threatens

McGrath on fire

The scene from Members, Paddington end