Tag: Canberra
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National Arboretum Canberra.
Location: ///luxury.fire.draw35°17.55096’S, 149°4.29126’E Took Juno for a walk up to the arboretum to catch the golden hour and perhaps grab a couple of snaps. Only he had other ideas, certain that the only reason we could possibly have come up here was so he could pee on a tree from every country on the planet.…
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Another day, another abandoned building.
Out for a walk this morning I happened upon an old building in the centre of Canberra that looks like it is straight out of a Batman movie. A plaque on the wall identified it as “Department of climate change, energy, the environment and water” (as if these were 4 seperate things). In a stroke…
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Giving autumn and building benches
Chalk up yet another perfect Canberra morning in the Autumn that just keeps on giving. A morning walk by the lake. A wake of golden-red foliage. The RSPCA was running their ‘million paws walk’, and we turned up late to catch the stragglers and sleepers-in. Juno immediately slotted in for bit of pack weaving, butt…
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The school of forestry.
Location: ///shorts.finger.entry35°18.2301’S, 149°5.70282’E Out for a walk today and came upon this old heritage listed building. The grounds are being meticulously maintained. The building itself is neglected and deserted. Such a shame. This was the Australian Forestry School. Opened in 1927, the building originally comprised two lecture theatres, a library, teaching laboratory and museum. It…
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Morning walk, Mt Taylor.
Location: ///vibrated.sieved.demonstrated35°22.5105’S, 149°4.55454’E Morning calf pump up Mount Taylor1. Perhaps some advanced cardio training for the impending temple and noodle bar treks through Kyoto…. Or perhaps a slowly dawning realisation that the imprints I’m leaving on my couch now resemble organic post-middle-aged buttocks potatoes. I’ll run with the noodle bars. Anyway…denial, preparation, whatever. It was…
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Through it on two wheels.
An Autumn day like this demands a two-wheeled response. So I ride through it. One of those days that serves up unanticipated perfection. One of those days that leaves a pleasant inscription in your memory that you might try to recapture (by doing the same activities or going to the same place) but inevitably fail…
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This picture is my choice for today. Snapped as a window reflection, I captured a workman in a high-vis jacket on his phone. I like the way the window etchings provide an interesting patternation overlay to the scene. I think the man could be a little sharper. Six out of ten. … I think this…
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Winter is coming.
Whilst these trees have not yet lost all their leaves, it will take but one big blow to drop the whole bundle.We have had a spectacular sunny Autumn here in Canberra, but now that is dissolving away and the gob of winter is pushing its way in. Despite my resistance. The smell of wood fires,…
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Smoking in the moment.
I’m really happy with this photo. The focus is sharp. The composition is good and the contrast between the man’s white beard and cigarette, and the greyscale background pops. I’ll give myself a nine out of ten. … Smoking. It’s one of those things that despite the overwhelming evidence of its badness, is still habituated…
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