I have moved my online picture-sharing from flickr to zenfolio. I love zenfolio’s interface. It’s elegantly simple without ads and other such distractions. It’s just about the pictures, thank you very much.
This is a photograph I took inside the Sydney Opera House last May. It’s in my “Sydney” gallery at zenfolio.
(And I’m crass enough to [...]
Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category
Zenfolio
Posted in Australia, Photography, tagged Australia, Photography, sydney on October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Diversions
Posted in Australia, Down on the ground, Group travel, Travel tips, Urban on July 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We were in Sydney on a lovely fall Sunday, which was also Mother’s Day. [Remember: Southern Hemisphere = seasons opposite from the US.] Our group got off to an early morning start on our walking tour of the Rocks, and we encountered few other people then. [...]
Serendipitous artwork
Posted in Australia, Photography on June 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
How to create an art work without paint or canvas:
Take your little old Nikon Coolpix 7900 digital camera to the viewing point at Ayers Rock Resort from which you can see Uluru, just before dawn. Set it to the landscape mode. Hold it as still as possible and click as the sun rises.
Oops. You didn’t [...]
Our Lady
Posted in Australia, Urban on June 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our Lady of Snows – Love and Mercy, says the sign over the door at 468 Pitt Street, Sydney.
It was closed when I walked by, or I might have dropped in. You can never have too much love or mercy.
They serve free meals, next door but one. Tangible love and [...]
Souvenirs
Posted in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Travel on June 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The good, the bad, the ugly, the serendipitous and the regrettable, I have these in addition to the usual bits of clothing, jewelry, postcards and such.
From my ANZ-Fiji trip:
Two pair of socks brought from home and indelibly stained by red Outback dirt, at no additional charge
A reusable Woolworths grocery bag; $.99(AU)
Habit of eating more fresh [...]
Perfectly inept
Posted in Australia, Down on the ground, Flora, Urban on June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Had a mental rummage through the lexicon while out walking this morning, from which emerged this assortment: ineptitude, lack of aptitude, thick as two planks, invincible ignorance, eucalypt, monkey puzzle, hopeless.
You can talk to me all day about botany – species, habitats, all of it. And for all the details I retain, you [...]
Pink beret
Posted in Australia, Urban on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You can take this city girl out to the country, and she’ll darn near love getting dusty and sweaty and swatting the black flies – if it’s in the course of seeing new and interesting things. They did, and I did. Even better, a few days later I was delighted to be on [...]
Sky
Posted in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand on May 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For three weeks, traveling through three countries, we were shown one marvelous thing after another unexpected thing after another stupendous thing. Too many to remember all at once.
Today I’ve been thinking about the sky. On the plane to Melbourne from LA, the young Aussie guy sitting next to me spoke simply and eloquently [...]
