Photo a Day Challenge - Day 129 A Favourite Word

I find myself saying 'Cheers' a lot, even when closing a telephone conversation... Cheers Mate... So, with that in mind, I will now say cheers...

Moet & Chandon

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 128 Something You Do Every Day

Sit in traffic, only the depth of the traffic varies...

Travelling to work

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 127 A Smell You Adore

Firstly, I thought, how do you take a photo of a smell?? So a little 'outside the box' thinking was needed for this one. A smell that I do adore, apart from the standard perfumes etc (Michael Kors being VERY high on the list) is that of flowers, and more so, the smell of freshly cut grass. No surprises there hey?

Turf Trials

I don't know what it is, I just like the smell of fresh cut grass, much the same as a storm that is not to far away. Also, again weird I know, but in the middle of summer, on a hot bitumen road, when it starts to rain, again when there is a storm nearing, ahh the smells of summer...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 126 Someone That Inspires You

Someone that inspires me, as in present form, or in the past tense? Lets do both, shall we?

In the 'past tense, its kind of a no brainer as the single most important person, who not only inspired me, but also had confidence in me to do the things I wanted to do... That is, L...

Louise

Now in the 'present', this is a little more difficult, as there are many who inspire me, drive me to try new things and to achieve a lot more than I thought I ever could. Also, not just that, but in a lot of ways, maturity beyond their years as well... BUT, they know who they are and exactly WHAT they mean to me, as I have told them of this...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 125 You

When I visited Hong Kong back in 2010, I got to catch up with a turf colleague who's the Track Manager for both Happy Valley and Sha Tin, Hong Kong Jockey Club. Here we are, just past the finish post at Sha Tin...

Sha Tin Me and PAKO on the Track

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 124 Bird

I was out spotting in Melbourne, and along the airport viewing park, is a rural area where a lot of birds flock. On this occassion, there was a flock of Crows. This little fellow is sitting on a road sign just off the road...

MEL Crow

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 123 Fun

Last month, it was the 2012 Royal Easter Show, and we had the best fun... On the days it wasn't raining though of course!! Here is the view from the top of the Ferris Wheeel, looking down on Side Show Alley. I used an iPhone App to give it a 'tilt-shift' appearance.

Royal Easter Show 2012

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 122 Something You Wore Today

I went out for both my morning and evening walk today, and I wore my joggers... Here they are, with Jasmine at my feet!

Your Shoes (with cat)

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 121 Skyline(s)

I've been lucky enough to see a few skylines in my travels, yet nothing seems to surpass that of Sydney's. And this is not just that its my home city either, its the type of construction, its textures, and of course, surrounded by the magnificant harbour... The only one that comes close, is that of Hong Kong, especially when viewed from atop of Victoria Peak...

Hong Kong from Victoria Peak

Hong Kong (Happy Valley) Tote Board and Skyline

Santiago Skyline

Dubai Skyline

Sydney Skyline

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 120 Peace

Recently, an organised airside tour gave us the opportunity of photographing 'up close and personal' to the active runway in Sydney... Here, a QF Boeing 767-300 is taxiing past where we were located, and he gave us the 'PEACE' sign - cool hey!

Peace Man QF B763ER

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 119 Something That Makes You Sad

Something that makes me sad, is knowing that the twin would've recently had thier 2nd birthday...

Twins

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 118 Circle

London, 2010... it may not be in 'full frame', but I had a very limited opportunity to get this shot! So I worked with what I had at the time, and I am pretty happy with the result! The idea of getting a 'silhouette' style photography appeals to me...

Sun Eye

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 117 1pm

I honestly have nothing to do for this one, how bad am I?? But now, thinking about it, it will be at least 1pm SOMEWHERE, right?? But what I will do, is post a random photo, but if you look closely at the post time, guess what, its 1pm!!!

ICLEI TRIP

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 116 Somewhere you went

The other night, we went out on the town to do some night photography. We shot across to Circular Quay, the Harbout Bridge and the Opera House, all the 'usual suspect'... BUT, this is one of Luna Park, but from a slight closer, and more unusual angle...

Luna Park

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 115 Black and White

I (oddly) only have the one black and white photo in my flickr, and it is of R just after he was born back in 2007...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 114 Looking Down

ANZAC Day

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

Here is the view looking downs across the Great Pyramids of Egypt... I was in total AWE visiting these, and it is something I will always remember...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 113 Something you're Grateful For

To L's work, for what they have done to remember her...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 112 Vegetable

We were on the cruise leg of my trip to Angers France for the Turf Conference in 2010, and one of the meals we had onboard, we were served Vegetable Samosa's with a mango chutney as an Entree... Now, I was worried about this, but when I tasted it, it was actually very nice, curry spiced inspired, but nice all the same...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 111 Last thing You Bought

Recently, I was asked to go to my Professors retirement, and it ended up, I was the photographer for the night. Just one problem though, I had no flash gun, so I took off and researched for a suitable one. I ended up with a Nissin brand, which did me well on the night.

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 110 Bottle

This was part of the recent 'Sculptures by the Sea' art installation, between Tamarama and Bondi Beaches in Sydney. It was quite a large bottle, almost perched somewhat precariously within a crevasse along the cliff tops...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 109 Something you Drew

Ok... Heads up, I am NOT a drawer. I didnt even do very well drawing simple cell structures via a microscope when doing mu Masters!!! So, whislt this is NOT something I drew, it is a work of art that is someonelses drawing, and I think its a Boyd, I shall have to check...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 108 - Orange

Orange? When is orange now an orange?? not in the fruity sense either... Here we have some orange coloured veges, that make up a cute little car using Pumpkins, Squash and even an orange or two to make up the drivers...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 107 Hair

So we're back off to Bali, and to the Ulawatu Temple to the South. At the entrance to the Temple, is a monkey forest... Here we see this hairy little fellow, and yes we can see that hes a 'he', and they are all freindly enough. The WARNING though is this, remove ANYTHING sparkly, hair clips, sunglasses and the like as the monkeys collect them!!!

Monkey

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