June 1st, 2008
I was at Jenolan Caves last week … PANORAMA (Quicktime Flash). This is the Temple of Baal cave, one of the many highly decorated chambers in the caves. Jenolan Caves is a three hour (train/bus) trip west of Sydney and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the state. The Showcaves website has a lot of info on this particular cave in their world cave directory. Here is another panorama — of the Grand Arch — a large exterior cavern … PANORAMA (Quicktime Flash).
April 25th, 2008
Anzac Day today, the 93rd anniversary of the first major military encounter of Australian troops — against Turkish forces at Gallipoli. The crowd numbers seemed distinctly down on the last few years.
panorama
March 23rd, 2008
At the Royal Easter Show yesterday in Sideshow Alley …. panorama, video. The zombie character behind the barrel periodically lurches into life, looks up despairingly, then, vomits, hyper-realistically, quantites of toxic-looking gunk. (Vomiting robots you might think would be thin on the ground but a little Googling shows this is not so — they are used for instance in dental training simulators.) Here is a panorama of one of the more heavy duty thrill rides. A panorama from the Poultry Pavilion. Here is the scene during some judging in the Cattle Pavilion . .. panorama.
March 17th, 2008
Here am I being blessed by a bunch of bishops (and a pope) at the St Patricks Day parade yesterday … panorama. The pope is coming to Sydney later in the year for World Youth Day. The peculiar looking building facade behind them used to have a giant Scientology volcano on it — with ads for Dianetics on the now dead big screen on top.
February 25th, 2008
Sizable crowds turned out yesterday to see the new Cunard liner Queen Victoria on her first visit to Sydney – panorama – and the final visit of the QEII (off to become a floating hotel in the Middle East) .
February 20th, 2008
A warm sunny day today after a month of cool, wet weather …. panorama. This is Dawes Point after Captain Dawes of the First Fleet - who built the colony’s first observatory here. The ugly metal sign on the concrete pillar out in the water is a speed limit notice for boats. A little way along the shore towards the city is Campbells Cove — panorama — the site of the colony’s first Stores. The tall ship is the Svanen.
February 14th, 2008
Prime Minister Rudd delivered a long awaited apology to Australia’s indigenous people as the first order of business of the new Labor government in Canberra today. Crowds gathered in many venues across the country to watch the historic speech including here in Redfern in inner Sydney. Panorama.