Tag: Australia
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Kingston Foreshore
A day without photos led to an evening visit to Kingston Foreshore. The area, once an industrial estate, is now a mix of upscale residences and dining. Despite the quiet atmosphere, the writer found solace in a sugary treat.
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Black and white is worth the fight.
Black and white photography amongst the lilting call of bagpipes.
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Observing Stromlo
The Mt Stromlo observatory, near my childhood home, was a favorite biking destination. Despite destruction in 2003, new telescopes and equipment, like the ‘Sky Mapper’ and the Quantum Optical Ground Station, have been installed.
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The Golden Hour
“Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.” — Horace Mann
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Sylvia jetty sunset.
I used to live in Sylvia Curly House, a nurse’s residence at the old Canberra Hospital located out on Acton Peninsula. Looking out of the window of my small room in Sylvia, I had a million-dollar view out over the lake and across to the Brindabella Mountains. It became a nursing tradition to regularly meet…
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The Martian Embassy
A 10-year-old’s eerie encounter near a crashed UFO site turns out to be the fascinating story of the Australian Shine Dome.
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