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wazkelly
28-02-2016, 07:26 PM
With PBG supplying kits to all parts of the globe thought it might be nice to share some photos of where we all live, work and play as a way of expanding the interaction between forum members.

To kick things off I have travelled most of the East Coast of Australia from Cape Tribulation down to Wilsons Promontory and also been along Great Ocean Road and on to Adelaide. In my humble opinion the Sunshine Coast is the best place on this side of the country and hope the following photos provide you with a local's perspective. Should mention I have also been to Perth a couple of times too and fell in love with Freeo and Rotty but it is just too damn far away from everything plus the exorbitant artificial mining tax on everything jacks the cost of living sky high.

Looking forward to some good shots and accompanying stories.

These were taken on a deep sea fishing charter out of Mooloolaba back in Sept 2015. Sadly I caught no fish worth bring home but saw plenty of humpback whales instead.
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Mooloolaba Marina at Dawn
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Daybreak over Point Cartwright
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Looking back at Mooloolaba Beach on daybreak
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Catch of the Day

wazkelly
28-02-2016, 07:32 PM
Storm clouds over Caloundra earlier this month....
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Kings Beach today taken from boardwalk at southern end
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Looking across to tip of Bribie Island with Golden Beach high rise buildings in background
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All this within 4.6kms from my driveway.

dingobass
28-02-2016, 08:49 PM
Nice part of the world :)

I was born and raised in one of the most beautiful parts of NSW, the Southern Highlands..
If you think things are expensive here in Perth, try living in Bowral!!

I ended up in Canberra for 15 years, a truly beautiful city but the winters are freaking horrible! It is also a very expensive place to live....

Now in Perth, and I love it! As for being expensive, I don't find it too bad, especially if you are not living near the city..

tonyw
29-02-2016, 04:41 AM
I love pics of all sorts, you have some real nice captures there Waz

I have 1000's of pics but these will do for now.

Pics are St Kilda where i spent the early years of my life, and still go down there alot seeing as its not far, and the ship is a tramp steamer Kwangsi that was loading on the wharfs at Port Melbourne one morning when i was down there early.

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tonyw
29-02-2016, 04:50 AM
A couple more Port Melbourne x 2, Mordialloc Pelican and my backyard
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/sydney_zpss9hfyjvf.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/light2_zps3yxx22ly.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/pel_zpstu89lko0.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/wattle_zpsowlyxdcf.jpg

stan
29-02-2016, 05:08 AM
I work here;

http://www.cityprofile.com/forum/attachments/australia/3183-melbourne-flinders-street-station1.jpg

and drive these;

http://www.otenko.com/gallery3/index.php/rest/data/10855?size=full

http://img12.deviantart.net/193d/i/2013/145/9/c/metro_comeng_train_for_msts_by_melbournesparks-d66lkwb.jpg

Muzza
29-02-2016, 05:28 AM
This is the other end of Wazkelly's coast.

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And I was out surfing at the top of this photo this morning.
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dave.king1
29-02-2016, 06:04 AM
Era Beach, where the weekender is and the view from the window looking over the beach
Directly below the bluff headland behind where the shacks are in the first pic is the location of the now infamous Figure 8 Pools

And the view from the front balcony of our house, hard to believe it's the middle of suburbia

Rabbitz
29-02-2016, 07:56 AM
A couple more Port Melbourne x 2, Mordialloc Pelican and my backyard
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/sydney_zpss9hfyjvf.jpg


How ironic.

A "postcard from Port Melbourne", showing (now ex-) HMAS Sydney.

I only noticed, as I work on the FFG (Frigates). Sydney is (or was) one of my workplaces.

tonyw
29-02-2016, 08:17 AM
How ironic.

A "postcard from Port Melbourne", showing (now ex-) HMAS Sydney.

I only noticed, as I work on the FFG (Frigates). Sydney is (or was) one of my workplaces.

Small world lol i had up until Sept last year been on the wharfs for 10 years, my dad was at sea for 35years. My wifes Grandfather was on HMAS Stuart, the scrap iron flotilla in the mediteranian in 1940-42. Upon his return to Australia he was sent to Sydney to recuperate and signed on to HMAS Lolita, he was in action again against the Japanese Mini Subs in Sydney Harbor.

I also have some great pics of HMAS Canberra, The Canberra Class Amphibious Assault Ship, she was bought across from her dock to East Webb under tugs so they could practice loading her, and make sure they could get the vehicles on and off, they found problems with the B ramp straight away, the trucks wouldn't go on board.

zeromick
29-02-2016, 02:48 PM
How ironic.
I work on the FFG (Frigates). Sydney is (or was) one of my workplaces.

I've been doing some work (through various channels) for the FFGs supplying new vent valves for some re-furb work the Navy have been doing... Have done the HMAS Darwin, Newcastle and another one that escapes me.

zeromick
29-02-2016, 03:09 PM
So I live in one of the most beautiful places on earth (the South Coast of NSW)

Its where the mountains touch the sea....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/roofdrop/pgb01_zpswnvojnuw.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/roofdrop/media/pgb01_zpswnvojnuw.jpg.html)

There's an island or two floating around...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/roofdrop/pbg02_zpslhnz9wrt.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/roofdrop/media/pbg02_zpslhnz9wrt.jpg.html)

Some hidden rainforests...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/roofdrop/pbg03_zpsixvpun2k.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/roofdrop/media/pbg03_zpsixvpun2k.jpg.html)

I've seen some of the most beautiful places on earth but at the end of the day... there's no where else I'd rather call home.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/roofdrop/pbg04_zpsmvhmg2ao.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/roofdrop/media/pbg04_zpsmvhmg2ao.jpg.html)

tonyw
29-02-2016, 03:15 PM
Very nice Photography and use of HDR zeromick

Rabbitz
29-02-2016, 03:19 PM
Hi ZM,

You with H.I. Fraser, perhaps?

I'm at BAE on the Island.

Melbourne is probably the missing one...

wokkaboy
29-02-2016, 03:25 PM
awesome photos Mick and love everyone elses postcards, keep up the good work

zeromick
29-02-2016, 03:31 PM
Very nice Photography and use of HDR zeromick

Cheers man, but none of that HDR crap! I do it old school with graduated filters :)

zeromick
29-02-2016, 03:32 PM
Hi ZM,

You with H.I. Fraser, perhaps?

I'm at BAE on the Island.

Melbourne is probably the missing one...

Yes! the HMAS Melbourne :)
Na I'm with Pentair (Keystone Valves)

tonyw
29-02-2016, 03:55 PM
Cheers man, but none of that HDR crap! I do it old school with graduated filters :)


Well done, i did some HDR for awhile, but dont use it anymore. It looks so good how your controlling light levels and balancing the tones of a photograph.

zeromick
29-02-2016, 04:01 PM
Well done, i did some HDR for awhile, but dont use it anymore. It looks so good how your controlling light levels and balancing the tones of a photograph.

Cheers mate, I shoot with a Nikon as well, and for landscapes... they really cant be beaten.
If you're interested check out my website www.michaelphoto.com.au ... there isn't a single HDR image on there I can assure you that :) It's all about waiting for the right light!

Andy40
29-02-2016, 05:01 PM
Muzza...Tea Trees goin' off!!!

BTW I prefer Granites too if its pumping

robin
29-02-2016, 05:01 PM
Awesome photos guys, unfortunately I can't compete with the quality of those.

But this is the view from my workshop. As most of you know I don't have a real workshop but build all my guitars on my back patio. So on the days when the summer storms roll in here in Brisbane I get an early break.

dingobass
29-02-2016, 05:07 PM
Happy snap of the view from our back deck...

wokkaboy
29-02-2016, 05:21 PM
@ Westie that's a nice view, good value you get to knock off early when the showers are heavy.
My workshop is under a back patio too.
I've seen DB's back deck view many times, nice area

wazkelly
29-02-2016, 07:14 PM
Nice shots folks, thanks for sharing and hope to see many more.

DrNomis_44
01-03-2016, 12:02 AM
I'll have to wait till I buy myself a new Digital Camera so I can post some nice pics of around Darwin for you guys, I'm sure you'd be interested.

tonyw
01-03-2016, 01:19 AM
Cheers mate, I shoot with a Nikon as well, and for landscapes... they really cant be beaten.
If you're interested check out my website www.michaelphoto.com.au ... there isn't a single HDR image on there I can assure you that :) It's all about waiting for the right light!

Photography used to be so simple haha

I do alot of gold prospecting so I cant cart a big camera anymore, they would get smashed, i also cant hang around for a capture, continuously on the move 20k a day in tough terrain sometimes, carrying enough weight to make a soldier cringe. I am also in the freezing cold and searing heat, and often submerged in water when i go in the bay with my underwater detector, so i have to use an Olympus TG4 these days.

Pretty hard on man and machines.
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Crawling around on your guts in deep mud for a couple of days can pay off
WW2 Airforce badges
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wazkelly
01-03-2016, 06:34 PM
Hi Tony, where did you find the WW2 badges? PNG or somewhere nearer to your home in Melbourne?

tonyw
02-03-2016, 02:20 AM
AN old disused RAAF base in Victoria that i did alot of research on. I was on my way to the gold fields, so took my relic hunting machine with me as well, and legally hit this place up in the pouring rain.

I have buckets of relics, including old rising suns etc, 100's and 100's of old coins from the 1800's and of course some nice gold :D

Funny you should mention New Guinea, i served in the Army up there in 1972, and where we got supplied from was an old Japanese air base at Awar, we found an old shot up Betty Bomber and got some of the control labels off her but i wouldnt know where they were these days.

Fretworn
02-03-2016, 09:39 AM
Some of you guys have great views from you backyards. Over my back fence is a 7 lane highway!

wokkaboy
02-03-2016, 09:41 AM
Hey Fretty slow down on the all that typing mate, you will need a new keyboard soon, your old one is smoking haha

Dedman
02-03-2016, 01:05 PM
taken during a morning push bike ride
Thats Sea World you can see over th eother side of the broadwater
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Dedman/12010539_10207974791154624_8922126609139561356_o_z psgbyzadxm.jpg
Looking in the other direction
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Dedman/11221779_10207974790514608_5915758080158059217_n_z psl1xcha8m.jpg

wokkaboy
02-03-2016, 01:13 PM
nice location Dedman !

DaveyCustom
15-03-2016, 05:45 AM
I think I know where I want to go on vacation! Beautiful pictures! Wow. Ill try to get some New England pics up soon.. its a pretty drab time of year... lol

Swanny
15-03-2016, 07:04 AM
I took this yesterday when out on a bike ride... looking over the Samford Valley North West of Brisbane. I rode through and out the other side...

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/swanny66041/IMG_20160314_103207_zps0rzhgndp.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/swanny66041/media/IMG_20160314_103207_zps0rzhgndp.jpg.html)

... and then to the coast. I took this last week when I got caught in a rain shower at Scarborough Harbour. There are worst places to wait out the rain!

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/swanny66041/20160309_131058_zps1vzaxp1n.jpg (http://s231.photobucket.com/user/swanny66041/media/20160309_131058_zps1vzaxp1n.jpg.html)

tonyw
15-03-2016, 07:51 AM
Victorian Gold Fields last week, very hot, humid and very dry.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/wed1_zps7hyrgsqb.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/wed2_zpsnwyhfeam.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/wed3_zpskd3teyh7.jpg

The lonely grave of Thomas Whyte died on the goldfields July 21 1855 and was buried next to his tent.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/my04tone/wed4_zps6hzz7j4p.jpg

DaveyCustom
15-03-2016, 09:28 PM
Heres a few pics from a month ago or so. Its the Bunker Hill monument in Charlestown MA.. Bunker Hill was an epic battle in our Revolutionary War. From the top of the monument, I took a pic out of each side. You can see some of the Boston skyline, the Logan airport tower (tallest in the world, I believe), the Mystic River (Tobin) Bridge, and the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) in the Charlestown Navy Yard..http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160315/26a654b5a53839e9cb767de0e549e2ca.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160315/6f0d5c2a615e57412751bd7dc35734dc.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160315/553635cca91cee5bf5e316b865dbd679.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160315/77c66e61cc9f54063aff458fec92fc82.jpg

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DaveyCustom
16-03-2016, 12:32 AM
Heres a few of my yard... some seasons it looks like this..http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160315/0ef36001bc363570dd89f52b16a0bc53.jpg
Others, like this...http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160315/449ceb1e6c52d1148be5478e67bdfbf0.jpg

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Andy40
16-03-2016, 02:43 AM
Wow, thanks for putting those up Davey. Looks mighty cold in that last photo.

DaveyCustom
16-03-2016, 02:49 AM
Wow, thanks for putting those up Davey. Looks mighty cold in that last photo.
That was last year, this time... we had over 8 ft of snow, total.. It didnt all melt until the end of May!

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wazkelly
16-03-2016, 07:10 PM
Where was the native wildlife? I was expecting to see squirrels in the trees in your backyard.

Great photos and sure looks cold. How warm does it get there in summer?

DaveyCustom
16-03-2016, 07:15 PM
Theres actually lots of wildlife back there.. my property abuts a large conservation area. We have turkeys, whitetail deer, coyotes, foxes, lots of squirrels... I think my camera was more focused on beer that day! Lol. Summer can get into the high 90's, or can be 75... it can be 80% humidity or dry as can be. Thats the beauty of living in New England... if you don't like the weather, just wait...

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wazkelly
16-03-2016, 08:19 PM
Hi Dave, was trying to figure out where in Oz it may relate to? Maybe Canberra or possibly Melbourne or anywhere in Tasmania except for the depth of snow as we never get 8 feet of snow in suburbia.

Sounds like an interesting place with loads of early US historical significance.

DaveyCustom
16-03-2016, 08:29 PM
Our region is definitely the epicenter of US History. It's funny because growing up here, and travelling around the states a bit, New England obviously has the oldest architecture, cities and history in the states. At least as far as European colonists are concerned.. Then, I travelled to Ireland for a 10 day trip. Europe is f#@%$ing OLD!!! Some of the things I saw in Ireland made Boston look like a newborn... We do have beautiful beaches, mountains, lakes, rivers as well as bustling cities. I live about 40 min drive (on a good traffic day) North of Boston. Im about 11km west (metric system is so much easier) from the Atlantic, about 60km south of the beginning of the White Mountains... I have pretty much everything within an hours drive in any direction. I love it here. Id love to travel more though... lol.. time and money prevent that!

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wazkelly
16-03-2016, 09:13 PM
Ahhh, money......lack of it presents so many obstacles.

DaveyCustom
16-03-2016, 09:16 PM
Yes it does! My last sentence should have read, "Lack of time and money prevent that".. though it seems the point came across..lol

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tonyw
17-03-2016, 02:31 AM
They say here in Melbourne we have 4 seasons in a day, but the northern cities (Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane) seem to get smashed more by storms and floods than us, we just have to contend with the storms blowing up off the Southern Ocean over winter, or the dust storms blowing on from the Mallee on a hot northerly over summer.

DaveyCustom
20-03-2016, 02:17 AM
Im mad... we've had barely any snow this year, after 8 ft last year... its the middle of March, and we have a winter storm warning for tomorrow into Monday! Expecting 6-8 inches of snow... ughhhh.!

wazkelly
20-03-2016, 07:10 PM
In these parts the greenies would be blaming it on global warming when it is probably just part of the usual weather pattern cycles that have occurred may times over past decades.

DaveyCustom
20-03-2016, 09:23 PM
Exactly. They're the same everywhere, apparently..

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DrNomis_44
21-03-2016, 01:20 PM
Now that I've bought myself a new Digital Camera, I'll see if I can get some pics of around Darwin for you guys this coming fortnight, I need to go buy a bigger sim card for the camera first though, so stay tuned.

Hobastard
08-01-2017, 10:33 AM
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corsair
08-01-2017, 11:32 AM
We've wound up here for a while... Point Vernon, a part of Hervey Bay, 3 hours north of Brisbane.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u66/forthill/DSC_0014_zpsrqxfmmrj.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/forthill/media/DSC_0014_zpsrqxfmmrj.jpg.html)

... we're about 5 streets back from the seafront, so not entirely dreadful!!

Urangan harbour from the floatplane...

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u66/forthill/DSC_0021_zpspsr4xavm.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/forthill/media/DSC_0021_zpspsr4xavm.jpg.html)

And to those people who reckon it gets cold in Australia, I present to you....

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u66/forthill/DSCF0658_zpstvallm7x.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/forthill/media/DSCF0658_zpstvallm7x.jpg.html)

Fletts Road Landing in 2006, South Otago, NZ; just up the road about a mile from our farm - that's a frozen waterfall/cataract!! Christ, it was cold!!

FrankenWashie
08-01-2017, 11:38 AM
We've wound up here for a while... Point Vernon, a part of Hervey Bay, 3 hours north of Brisbane.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u66/forthill/DSC_0014_zpsrqxfmmrj.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/forthill/media/DSC_0014_zpsrqxfmmrj.jpg.html)

... we're about 5 streets back from the seafront, so not entirely dreadful!!

Urangan harbour from the floatplane...

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u66/forthill/DSC_0021_zpspsr4xavm.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/forthill/media/DSC_0021_zpspsr4xavm.jpg.html)

And to those people who reckon it gets cold in Australia, I present to you....

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u66/forthill/DSCF0658_zpstvallm7x.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/forthill/media/DSCF0658_zpstvallm7x.jpg.html)

Fletts Road Landing in 2006, South Otago, NZ; just up the road about a mile from our farm - that's a frozen waterfall/cataract!! Christ, it was cold!!

Coldest day i've ever experienced in NZ was a summers day in Invercargill with a southerly ripping up out of the southern ocean. It took four tequila shots for me to even start to believe i would ever be warm again.

corsair
08-01-2017, 11:44 AM
Coldest day i've ever experienced in NZ was a summers day in Invercargill with a southerly ripping up out of the southern ocean. It took four tequila shots for me to even start to believe i would ever be warm again.

Oh, yeah - it gets chilly down there and that wind is just mega! We moved to North Canterbury, then to Gisborne, then to the UK and then back to Australia simply becasue we got tired of being cold; northern hemisphere winters are much more savage than anything I've ever experienced in NZ ... and I've had hot water bottles freeze overnight in the bedroom in Ophir, Central Otago!!

FrankenWashie
08-01-2017, 11:52 AM
I love the South Island, Its a beautiful part of the world no doubt, but i really couldn't deal with the cold.
I've experienced the starting and dying cusps of a Northern European winter but never its peak, a fact of which I am extremely glad! When working in Finland i remarked to a colleague how cold i found their spring and he looked back at me and said "You should have been here for the winter, we had -35." Forget that!

dave.king1
08-01-2017, 12:46 PM
One of my car club mates own a bus company up there in Hervey Bay

JB RETRO
08-01-2017, 01:07 PM
Its my favourite place to surf almost anywhere ,even with a crowd. Noosa that is I'm guessing

euroa guitars
13-01-2017, 06:59 AM
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Wow! Beautiful part of the world. I remember staying at Cradle Mountain and saying to my wife, "I wonder how much snow you need to be snowed in" Next morning couldn't see the hire car it was a big white ball and guess what? we were snowed in!

Hobastard
16-01-2017, 10:46 AM
Wow! Beautiful part of the world. I remember staying at Cradle Mountain and saying to my wife, "I wonder how much snow you need to be snowed in" Next morning couldn't see the hire car it was a big white ball and guess what? we were snowed in!
This photo was just a Frost..... However, the Backyard Snow Pic was taken by my Daughter to show me what it was like. I had been snowed out and was stuck in Town after a 12 hour Night Shift, unable to get home.

euroa guitars
16-01-2017, 07:31 PM
This photo was just a Frost..... However, the Backyard Snow Pic was taken by my Daughter to show me what it was like. I had been snowed out and was stuck in Town after a 12 hour Night Shift, unable to get home.

Geez I hope that pony was white to start with :)

billb
25-01-2017, 06:04 PM
Panorama of a recent sunset, spectacular time of the year.
The panorama does skew the image a lot but you get the idea.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w462/bbfrms/20170124_203014_zpsya048koc.jpg (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/bbfrms/media/20170124_203014_zpsya048koc.jpg.html)

Andy40
31-01-2017, 04:27 PM
Fantastic Bill...big sky country

Brendan
11-02-2017, 02:01 PM
Not quite where I live, but rode there from home this morning... This is from the top of the Zig zags east of Perth looking back over the city.

dave.king1
11-02-2017, 02:48 PM
Big effort, that's far too far to be dragged by the goolies :)

Brendan
11-02-2017, 07:31 PM
Not too far - only 40km from home. Just reminds me of how flat Perth is.

Simon Barden
11-02-2017, 07:33 PM
Ah, the old flat Perth theory. ;)

wazkelly
11-02-2017, 07:42 PM
Hey Brendan, that shot makes the hills look bigger than when you are down on the flat parts of Perth.

If your ride was into the Adelaide hills that would be impressive as they are a lot steeper than that.

Brendan
11-02-2017, 07:48 PM
Plenty steep enough for me Waz... :).

Hobastard
11-02-2017, 07:55 PM
Nice part of the world :)

I was born and raised in one of the most beautiful parts of NSW, the Southern Highlands..
If you think things are expensive here in Perth, try living in Bowral!!

I ended up in Canberra for 15 years, a truly beautiful city but the winters are freaking horrible! It is also a very expensive place to live....

Now in Perth, and I love it! As for being expensive, I don't find it too bad, especially if you are not living near the city..

We were almost Neighbours, I grew up in Nowra, and played many gigs at Berrima and Kangaroo Valley.
Even spent a year in Freo with the Navy at the tender age of 15. before returning to Nowra.
Spent quite a while in Canberra as wee, mostly weekends.... helping a mate with a fledgling transport business supplying 80% of the City's Victorian Beer.....

wazkelly
11-02-2017, 07:56 PM
And me too.

Don't think I have ever ridden that far on a push bike. Top effort.

Dedman
23-05-2017, 06:54 PM
winter on the Gold Coast... morning bike ride again
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wazkelly
23-05-2017, 07:06 PM
After all the rain on Friday it is still hard to believe we are less than 8 days away from the start of winter.

Nice shots Deddy, looks like somewhere near Southport?

Dedman
23-05-2017, 08:57 PM
yea Waz, Broadwater parklands

wazkelly
23-05-2017, 09:05 PM
Just another day in paradise.

Kick
24-05-2017, 12:57 AM
Its so hard for me, as a Western European, to grasp that this is what winter looks like in your country... I'm a bit jeaulous to be honest!

wazkelly
24-05-2017, 09:09 PM
Had some Tasmanians in at work yesterday and they couldn't believe it either as what we were experiencing was about as good as it gets in Hobart in the middle of their summer.

Andy40
25-05-2017, 05:21 AM
It's hard to beat a qld winter isn't it waz

FrankenWashie
25-05-2017, 06:16 AM
I've Finnish Colleagues that believe our winter doesn't actually qualify as winter. I've worked through a Finnish Spring, they may actually have a point.

wazkelly
25-05-2017, 07:05 PM
These shots were taken earlier in the year from the bottom of Caloundra Headland looking back towards Golden Beach and the Glass House Mountains in the far background......
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Check out the Osprey in the 3rd shot.

Dedman
25-05-2017, 08:12 PM
awesome Waz! 4th one could be anywhere in the world. The Glass Houses are almost alien looking

Andy40
26-05-2017, 03:38 AM
Magic shots Waz

Kick
27-05-2017, 02:29 PM
The fourth picture almost looks from an alien planet. Must be wonderfull to live there...

wazkelly
27-05-2017, 04:24 PM
One of the nicest places on the whole of the east coast of Australia.

wazkelly
02-06-2018, 06:35 PM
Last warm weekend of Autumn at Kings Beach looking south towards Bribie Island across the shipping channel....
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This is the view that greeted tonight me after stopping to grab a special coffee for my wife at Bulcock Beach near the boardwalk adjoining Pumicestone Passage looking across to Golden Beach....
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Geez, it's hard not to like living in this part of the country when everywhere else is shivering their butts off.

blinddrew
04-06-2018, 04:31 AM
Let's see if I can get the photos working again.Here's a few of York.
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I should point out that these shots, along with my build diary, give a very flattering picture of the weather in York, it's generally a lot greyer and a lot wetter.

Hardcoretroubadour
04-06-2018, 04:34 AM
Let's see if I can get the photos working again.Here's a few of York.
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I should point out that these shots, along with my build diary, give a very flattering picture of the weather in York, it's generally a lot greyer and a lot wetter.

Some fantastic buildings there, I tend to forget how young Australia is some times.

blinddrew
04-06-2018, 04:37 AM
There's the remains of a tower, in the same gardens as that last shot, that got a base that's pre-roman. Does tend to blow the minds of some of our tourists from newer countries. :)

cork sniffer
04-06-2018, 06:48 AM
Let's see if I can get the photos working again.Here's a few of York.

WOW, so much old stuff. Why don't they knock it all down and replace with nice new fresh buildings?


Haaa, Here in Australia if it's 50 years old they put a heritage protection order on it.

wazkelly
04-06-2018, 11:38 AM
So which one was your castle?

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FrankenWashie
04-06-2018, 12:52 PM
I fondly remember sitting in London for the first time, supping a pint with mates, in an inn whose building was as old the settled history of both of the countries I call home. Apparently it is referenced in the first map of Southwark circa 1543.
And to think NSW was planning to bulldoze and rebuild the SFS because it's 30 years old!

chrissyinbkk
04-06-2018, 01:41 PM
There's the remains of a tower, in the same gardens as that last shot, that got a base that's pre-roman. Does tend to blow the minds of some of our tourists from newer countries. :)

My home city York, lovely place, wish I could afford to move back there.....

cork sniffer
04-06-2018, 01:53 PM
And to think NSW was planning to bulldoze and rebuild the SFS because it's 30 years old!

I have a mate originally from the UK, he calls any house built after WWII a "New Build".

Hardcoretroubadour
04-06-2018, 03:08 PM
Consider I work at sea for half the year, here are some pics of places I worked last year.

wazkelly
04-06-2018, 06:22 PM
Nice shots hardcore. Whereabouts were they taken?

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blinddrew
04-06-2018, 06:59 PM
My home city York, lovely place, wish I could afford to move back there.....

Yeah, it's getting crazy expensive now. :(

blinddrew
04-06-2018, 07:00 PM
Consider I work at sea for half the year, here are some pics of places I worked last year.

Cracking shots there, and that's one miserable looking fish. ;)

cork sniffer
04-06-2018, 08:16 PM
No photographer here but even phone shots are OK when looking down at ones home.
Hmmm, it was a nice panoramic photo but the program won't accept :-(
How about one of Mrs Cork Sniffer in the same place, Wollongong's Nth suburbs.

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Hardcoretroubadour
05-06-2018, 03:42 AM
Nice shots hardcore. Whereabouts were they taken?

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Top left is Christmas Island, bottom left is Cocos Isands and the middle one is from Fort Greenhill on Thursday Island in Torres Strait.

BlindDrew - the fish looked a lot happier when I let him go, that did not last long though, as a pack of sharks tore him to pieces seconds later. Cocos Island is a VERY sharky place.

blinddrew
06-06-2018, 04:42 AM
noted for future avoidingthehelloutofthatplace ;)

Hardcoretroubadour
06-06-2018, 08:14 AM
noted for future avoidingthehelloutofthatplace ;)

Beautiful spot to swim and dive, just not if you are a small fish ;)
Mainly reef sharks

Dedman
06-06-2018, 11:50 AM
No photographer here but even phone shots are OK when looking down at ones home.
Hmmm, it was a nice panoramic photo but the program won't accept :-(
How about one of Mrs Cork Sniffer in the same place, Wollongong's Nth suburbs.

ah, I was born and raised in Port Kembla, it's sure changed since then.

cork sniffer
06-06-2018, 01:28 PM
ah, I was born and raised in Port Kembla, it's sure changed since then.

Yep sure change a lot.
While always living north side I was indentured to the old AIS from 68 to 71.
You'd recognize this, I took it with an early pocket camera years ago.

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dave.king1
06-06-2018, 03:23 PM
No photographer here but even phone shots are OK when looking down at ones home.
Hmmm, it was a nice panoramic photo but the program won't accept :-(
How about one of Mrs Cork Sniffer in the same place, Wollongong's Nth suburbs.

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We are looking at moving to that very area in the background or maybe slightly north some time in the next 12 months.

Rabbitz
06-06-2018, 04:04 PM
Consider I work at sea for half the year, here are some pics of places I worked last year.

Grey cruise lines?

Hardcoretroubadour
06-06-2018, 04:09 PM
Grey cruise lines?
Ha! Similar, but better pay and conditions :D

cork sniffer
07-06-2018, 07:29 AM
We are looking at moving to that very area in the background or maybe slightly north some time in the next 12 months.

Well it sounds like you know the area. Our first and second house (25 years) were in Coledale, now home is Thirroul.

dave.king1
07-06-2018, 01:31 PM
Well it sounds like you know the area. Our first and second house (25 years) were in Coledale, now home is Thirroul.

We spend a bit of time down there, looking at Bulli, mainly between Point St & Farrell Rd within walking distance of the beach.

We have seen a couple of other spots of interest but that is the main one and it's about half an hour of where we live now so not too far from the grandies

FrankenWashie
07-06-2018, 02:12 PM
We spend a bit of time down there, looking at Bulli, mainly between Point St & Farrell Rd within walking distance of the beach.

We have seen a couple of other spots of interest but that is the main one and it's about half an hour of where we live now so not too far from the grandies

I get down there once or twice a month for work, Thirroul and the hamlets/Villages along the coastal road are lovely. I always make time to stop along the way and just sit for a bit.
Magic part of the world.

Rabbitz
08-06-2018, 09:50 AM
Ha! Similar, but better pay and conditions :D

Cape Class?

Hardcoretroubadour
08-06-2018, 10:46 AM
Cape Class?

And the winner is.....

Rabbitz
08-06-2018, 11:36 AM
And the winner is.....

Tough gig.

My hat is off to you.

wazkelly
21-02-2019, 06:59 PM
Been down to the beach late every day since Saturday to see how cyclone Oma is affecting things. These were taken on Sunday afternoon.....
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Grass fire when looking towards the west with Glass House Mountains in the distance.

Full moon rising looking back towards Kings Beach surf headland.

wazkelly
21-02-2019, 07:05 PM
'Snow Moon' shots taken on Tuesday.....
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Samsung mobile phone cannot do much better in low light plus there was also a lot of salt spray creating a haze effect.

Went down again tonight and the wind has considerably picked up, got sand blasted from all the airborne sand, surf is about the same, and loads more salt spray haze.

Not often we see a cyclone this far south and it may be a couple more days before we know where it might end up. Board riders will be loving it.

PJSprog
21-02-2019, 10:10 PM
Wow. You guys live in some beautiful places.

HERIBERTO
22-08-2019, 09:15 PM
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