Narrabeen Head
Narrabeen is a beachside suburb in northern Sydney. It is located 23 kilometres north of Sydney. (Wikipedia)
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Sunday night sunset over Pittwater viewed from the Sydney suburb of Palm Beach, NSW, Australia. When the white man arrived and began using this strip of land in the early 1800s there were many Cabbage Tree palms growing here, hence the name (pic coming soon of that type of palm).
Single 1.3 second exposure with tripod, remote and mirror lockup plus the aid of a Singh-Ray ColorCombo (polariser) and 3-stop hard step graduated neutral density filter.
Update: a slightly cropped version is now on RedBubble to order cards, prints, framed prints and posters.
Australian Brush Turkey - Alectura lathami. Fledgling.
The Australian Brush-turkey's range extends along eastern Australia, from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, south to the northern suburbs of Sydney and the Illawarra region of New South Wales.
The Australian Brush-turkey mainly inhabits rainforests and wet schlerophyll forests.
Brush-turkeys feed on insects, seeds and fallen fruits, which are exposed by raking the leaf litter or breaking open rotten logs with their large feet. The majority of food is obtained from the ground.
Photographed Maleny, Qld, Australia.
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Pacific National trip train at Gonaroo
On a clear still night 8007 on T158 stands at the gates to the wheat siding (Gonaroo) between Thornliegh and Normanhurst in the northern suburbs of Sydney as an up suburban passes by. The Gonaroo siding is now disused but the mill still remains. Tues 11th July 2006
Bare Island - La Perouse
Painting, Acrylic on stretched canvas 20x24 inches.
This is painted as a gift for my youngest sister who lives in Sydney, Australia.
The scene is Bare Island at the seaside suburb of La Perouse, Botany Bay.
La Perouse was named after the French navigator Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741–88), who landed on the northern shore of Botany Bay west of Bare Island on 26 January 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip and the first fleet of convicts had arrived in Botany Bay a few days earlier. Louis XVI of France had commissioned Lapérouse to explore the Pacific In April 1770 James Cook's expedition had sailed onto the east coast of Australia whilst exploring the south Pacific searching for Terra Australis or ‘Land of the South’. Upon King Louis XVI's orders, Lapérouse departed Brest, France, in command of Astrolabe and Boussole on 1 August 1785 on a scientific voyage of the Pacific inspired by the voyages of Cook. La Perouse in Sydney's south is named after the leader of this French expedition.
The small island just inside the heads was described by Captain James Cook as ‘a small bare island’. Bare Island was fortified in 1885, according to a design by colonial architect, James Barnet (1827–1904), and fitted with heavy guns. In 1912 Bare Island became a retirement home for war veterans, which continued to operate until 1963 when it was handed over to the New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service for use as a museum and tourist attraction. The sandstone foreshore has been the subject of wind and sea erosions, leaving interesting and attractive formations and patterns for visitors to admire the force of nature.
HDR Dee Why, Sydney, NSW
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Dee Why is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dee Why is located 18 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region. Dee Why is surrounded by the suburbs of Collaroy, North Curl Curl, Brookvale, Narraweena and Cromer. www.facebook.com/BRJINC
A view unobserved
Ready to be used, the bench seat sits there, but has no visitor. Sad really, for the view from the seat over to the northern suburbs is quite beautiful.
Again, this was a shot using the Yashica Electro 35, and I dialled back the ASA rating to 80 asa to bring out shadow details.
Bolte Bridge
"The Bolte Bridge is a large twin Cantilever bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It spans the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD. It forms part of the CityLink system of toll roads that connects the Tullamarine Freeway from the northern suburbs with the West Gate Freeway and the Domain and Burnley tunnels to the Monash Freeway and the south eastern suburbs.
The bridge was designed by architects Denton Corker Marshall and was built for head contractor Transurban by Baulderstone Hornibrook, construction taking three years from 1996 to 1999 and costing $75 million. It was named by Jeff Kennett, for former Premier of Victoria, Sir Henry Bolte because of its linking the West Gate, Monash and Tullamarine Freeways - projects commissioned or completed by the Bolte Government.
It is one of the largest balanced cantilever cast in situ box girder bridges in Australia. The superstructure is built as two independent bridges of variable depth, prestressed concrete box girders, separated by a 1.15 m clear gap between the structures.
The bridge features two 90 metre (295.2 ft)[1] high silver towers, situated on either side of the roadway at the midpoint of the bridge's span. These two towers are an aesthetic addition by the architects, and are not joined to the main body of the bridge.[1] These towers are hollow, and feature access ladders to a small roof top hatch. Until locked and surrounded by water, these towers were a popular target for urban explorers. It has four spans with two main spans of 173 metres (567.6 ft) and side spans of 72 metres (236.2 ft), giving an overall bridge length of 490 metres (1,607.6 ft). The bridge supports six lanes of automobile traffic. Access is prohibited to cyclists and pedestrians.
Other bridges in Australia of similar construction are the Gateway Bridge, Brisbane and Mooney Mooney Bridge near Gosford, north of Sydney."
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolte_Bridge
2018 Sydney: A very cold, windy late-winters day at Maroubra Beach
Maroubra is a beachside suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 10 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district.
Maroubra is a local Aboriginal word meaning place of thunder. In 1861, the first house was built in the area by Humphrey McKeon. A number of other settlers arrived on the land in the 1870s to work on the wool scouring works located at the northern end of the bay.
HDR Dee Why, Sydney, NSW
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Dee Why is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dee Why is located 18 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region. Dee Why is surrounded by the suburbs of Collaroy, North Curl Curl, Brookvale, Narraweena and Cromer. www.facebook.com/BRJINC
0210 Memorial to the victims of the 2002 Bali bombing terrorist attacks. Coogee Bay, Sydney, Australia, NSW
Memorial to the victims of the 2002 Bali bombing terrorist attacks. On the northern side of Coogee Beach a memorial to the Bali bombing victims comprises three interlocking bronze shapes. The linked figures in this sculpture signify family friends and community. Bowed in sorrow and remembrance, they comfort, support and protect each other. The figures also symbolize life, growth, hope and our strength in unity.
2002 Bali bombings
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 27 Britons, 7 Americans, 6 Swedish citizens and 3 Danish citizens). A further 240 people were injured. Various members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were sentenced to death. An audio-cassette purportedly carrying a recorded voice message from Osama Bin Laden stated that the Bali bombings were in direct retaliation for support of the United States' war on terror and Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bali_bombings
Coogee is a beachside suburb of City of Randwick, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is also a part of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The Tasman Sea and Coogee Bay along with Coogee Beach lie towards the eastern side of the suburb. The beach is popular for swimming and famous for its dangerous shorebreaks.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coogee_Beach
Muogamarra Nature Reserve, Sydney
Muogamarra (pronounced Moo-o-ga-marra) is a nature reserve in New South Wales (Australia), on the northern edge of Sydney. It lies between the outer Sydney suburb of Cowan to the south, and the Hawkesbury River to the north. It is closed to the public for most of the year, but opens for 6 weekends each year in spring, when there are prolific displays of wildflowers. (WIkipedia)
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Barrenjoey Headland Lighthouse
This lighthouse marks both the entrance into Sydney's Pitt Water and the northern tip of the suburb Palm Beach. Its a steep 400 meters of stairs or a longer more gradual climb to the top, both of which are harder in the dark carrying tripod and 4-5kg of camera gear. Its worth the climb though, fantastic views from the top.
heron study: maniac
Thank you very much for the visit and comments. Cheers....from a walk in the Oxley Creek Common at low tide. Oxley Creek Common is home to a remarkable variety of birds. An experienced observer can find as many as 70 species in one hour of observation during the spring – about 10% of all Australia’s bird species and several times the diversity one could find walking the suburbs. In the past eleven years over 190 species have been recorded on the Common. (Source: University of Queensland)
Striated Heron
Scientific Name: Butorides striata
Description: The Striated Heron is a small, squat water bird with short legs, a black crown and a small, drooping crest. There are two colour morphs (forms). The grey morph has a grey face, throat and neck streaked centrally with black, dark brown and white. The dark grey upperparts have a metallic green sheen and pink-brown to grey underparts. The wings are also green grey, with each feather outlined yellow. The eye is yellow outlined with dark grey, the bill is black and the legs and feet are orange in breeding season (otherwise, dull yellow). The rufous (reddish) morph is similar, but has rich rufous or cinnamon brown underparts and the upper wing feathers are outlined rufous to cinnamon brown. Young birds are darker and heavily streaked and mottled. This species has a characteristic hunched posture, pulling its head closely into its body, and flicks its tail downwards as it stalks prey on mudflats. It is also known as the Mangrove Heron or Mangrove Bittern.
Similar species: The Striated Heron is similar to the smaller (30 cm) Little Bittern, Ixobrychus minutus, which is more chestnut brown with orange-brown wing patches. Striated Herons are also found in mangroves. like Black Bitterns, but Striated Herons are smaller (up to 49 cm) and are lighter grey with a black cap
Distribution: The Striated Heron is found along the coast of mainland Australia, from Shark Bay, Western Australia, across northern Australia, to Cape York, Queensland, and south to Mallacoota, Victoria. It is more common in the north, with numbers falling abruptly south of Sydney, New South Wales. It is also found in North and South America, Africa, Asia, New Guinea and Pacific islands.
Habitat: The Striated Heron is found in mangroves and intertidal flats. It can become tame around marinas and boat ramps.
Seasonal movements: Sedentary.
Feeding: The Striated Heron feeds on crabs and other crustaceans, as well as molluscs and small fish. It stalks prey slowly, either standing and waiting for prey to emerge or may sometimes plunge at it from a perch, before stabbing it with its sharp bill.
Breeding: The Striated Heron nests in mangroves, building rough, flimsy stick platforms about 3 m to 9 m over water. Both sexes share nest-building, egg incubation and care of young. Two broods may be raised in a season.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Boathouse at Paradise Beach
I've just moved to the northern suburbs of Sydney and in between emptying boxes, I'm exploring. Thanks to a bit of help from Google today found this secluded spot called Paradise Beach at Avalon - beautiful piece of real estate.
HDR of 5 exposures from single RAW.
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Sunset
From the verandah of the ancestral home, looking over Pittwater. Northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia
L270 at Unanderra
They say a picture says a thousand words, well at least that many words are required to really, fully explain this picture of L270 leading 8928N.
The day started off innocently enough, a drive from Sydney to Bulli (northern suburb of Wollongong) via Moss Vale, hopefully to capture QRNational freight 6MS9, as well as the unusual combo seen above (it is becoming increasingly uncommon for the two PN L Class to lead trains to/from Port Kembla). We got our first few shots at Mittagong Junction, planning to snap 6MS9 and LS01 (a surprise addition to the expected lineup), before wandering across to Calwalla to get L270 and an El Zorro grain train.
With delays at Moss Vale, 8928 slipped through the cracks while we were waiting (fruitlessly) for 6MS9, instead photographing BB25, and heading south to meet LS01 (meanwhile 6MS9 snuck through). We figured we would catch up to 8928 at Robertson, as it turned out, he was ahead of us even there, so we gave up and had lunch, knowing we would easily beat the train to the bottom of the mountains.
As it turned out, we beat it too easily, having plenty of time to shoot 8938N, which was running ahead of 8928 (confused yet?), before ducking out along the Port Kembla branch to see if anything was moving. Having found 8117 departing with an empty coal to Mt Kembla, we wandered along that line for a photo, little realising we had run out of time to get our planned shot at Farmborough Heights. This was a rather last minute decision that worked out well! Needless to say, I'm not finished with L270 yet - a planned leisurely pace, with plenty of eye catching shots in fog and rain, turned into a grab shot at Unanderra!
Lighting up Gordon's Bay
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One of those trips out for sunrise where you just get up too late and end up scrambling around for a decent photo. But I'd tried this one last time I was in this spot and it worked a lot better this time. Today there was better light and better cloud.
This is the northern headland of Gordon's bay, taken from the south headland (the same location as my last upload). 4 shots stitched together for this panorama.
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White Duck on lake at dusk
Swan on lake at sunset (I think it's a swan?? - ok it's not a swan.)
Wagga Wagga main street (4)
Wagga Wagga (/ˈwɒɡəˈwɒɡə/ wog-ə wog-ə; informally called Wagga) is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of 62,149 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, and is an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia. It is midway between the two largest cities in Australia, Sydney and Melbourne, and is the major regional centre for the Riverina and South West Slopes regions.
The central business district is focused around the commercial and recreational grid bounded by Best and Tarcutta Streets and the Murrumbidgee River and the Sturt Highway. The main shopping street of Wagga is Baylis Street which becomes Fitzmaurice Street at the northern end. The city is in an alluvial valley and much of the city has a problem with urban salinity.
The original inhabitants of the Wagga Wagga region were the Wiradjuri people. In 1829, Charles Sturt became the first European explorer to visit the future site of the city. Squatters arrived soon after, leading to conflict with the indigenous inhabitants. The town, positioned on the site of a ford across the Murrumbidgee, was surveyed and gazetted as a village in 1849 and the town grew quickly after. In 1870, the town was gazetted as a municipality.
During the negotiations leading to the federation of the Australian colonies, Wagga Wagga was a contender for the site of the capital for the new nation. During World War I the town was the starting point for the Kangaroo recruitment march. The Great Depression and the resulting hardship saw Wagga Wagga become the centre of a secession movement for the Riverina region. Wagga Wagga became a garrison town during World War II with the establishment of a military base at Kapooka and Royal Australian Air Force bases at Forest Hill and Uranquinty. After the war, Wagga Wagga was proclaimed as a city in 1946 and new suburbs were developed to the south of the city. In 1982 the city was amalgamated with the neighbouring Kyeamba and Mitchell Shires to form the City of Wagga Wagga local government area.(Wikepedia)
Golden Flight
On my way to work this morning I stoppped and took some pictures.
This is an egret on Narrabeen Lake, northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia.
Back to Fishermens Passage
I was in the area last week so I visited the fishermens passage ( well thats what I call it) to get some more shots inside the carved out passage.
As usual in HDR taken with 5 exposures.
2018 Sydney: A very cold, windy late-winters day at Maroubra Beach
Maroubra is a beachside suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 10 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district.
Maroubra is a local Aboriginal word meaning place of thunder. In 1861, the first house was built in the area by Humphrey McKeon. A number of other settlers arrived on the land in the 1870s to work on the wool scouring works located at the northern end of the bay.
Bridge from the Ferry
...to Manly, one of the big northern suburbs of Sydney.
Rainbow at Bondi Beach (Australia)
Bondi Beach or Bondi Bay is a popular beach of about 1 km (0.62 mi) long and the name of the surrounding suburb in Sydney, New South Wales. Bondi" or "Boondi" is an Aboriginal word meaning water breaking over rocks or noise of water breaking over rocks. The Australian Museum records that Bondi means place where a flight of nullas took place.
Surf Life Saving Australia has given different hazard ratings to Bondi Beach. While the northern end has been rated a gentle 4 (with 10 as the most hazardous), the southern side is rated as a 7 due to a famous rip current known as the "Backpackers' Rip" because of its proximity to the bus stop, the fact that many backpackers and tourists do not realise that the flat, smooth water is a rip, and quite dangerous, and the unwillingness of tourists to walk the length of the beach to safer swimming.
There is an underwater shark net however it does not stretch the entire beach, it is made up of overlapping sections. Pods of whales and dolphins have been sighted in the bay during the months of migration (March-May and September-November).
Source: Wikipedia
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