Wordless Wednesday No. 69 - Happy New Year (Sydney Style)

Happy New Year celebrations - Sydney Style!!

The LONG line...

FIRST people through the gates

Running for best position

PART of the estimated 4klm long line

Some of the 9pm 'Family Fireworks'

We then sat around, ate some dinner, had something to drink and enjoy that atmosphere, and a little before midnight, went to set up along the front fenceline to get the following shots...

Hoo roo for now...

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Thursday Thirteen #19 Blind Photography

Over the last couple of days, I have been 'entertaining' a friend of a friend of mine, who had come up from Melbourne, as a photo of his was being exhibited in a competition, Arts Access Australia - Art for people with disabilities. He took out the inaugural, Peoples Choice Award!!

Andrew is vision impaired, and is legally blind. The way he explained it to me was, he has zero sight in his left eye, so close your left eye, now 'squint' your right eye, so as you can only JUST see something about a meter in front of you... that is all the sight he has! Bad hey! So with that in mind, I showed him around, as best we could, some of the Sydney spots for his upcoming work, 'Day is Night' which will be exhibited in August 2013, and here is some of my shots from the two days in Sydney...

1. Woolloomooloo Gate - The Royal Botanic Gardens
   
2. Fort Denison - Sydney harbour
   
3. Kangaroo Paw - Mrs Macquaries Point
   
4. Photographer and his Guide Dog
   
5. Sailing Ship
   
6. 'Talent'
   
7. Sydney Ferries
   
8. Water over Rocks
   
9. Opera House, Harbour Bridge (and a Ferry)
   
10. Light Painting a Photographer
    
11. Sydney CBD by night
    
12. 'Andrew' and the CBD by night
    
13. Sydney Olympic Park - Boulevard
    

Hoo roo for now...

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Wordless Wednesday No. 66 - A night at Harry's

Harry's Cafe de Wheels

Hoo roo for now...

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Wordless Wednesday No. 65 - A Movable Feast!

Just a few words to explain - if I can? George St here in Sydney, is one of the busiest streets in the CBD. It was closed on Saturday night, for the 'Food Trucks' to be stationed, for the 'Movable Feast'! this was a great concept, but it was far from 'movable' as there was far too many people, it was gridlocked! BUT, it was a great thing to do on a Saturday evening... Now, onto the wordless...

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Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Movable Feast - Crowd

Movable Feast - DJ

Movable Feast - Movie Screening

Hoo roo for now...

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Wordless Wednesday 59 - Sydney Olympic Cauldron for the 2012 Paralympics

Hoo roo for now...

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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...

Hoo roo for now...

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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

Hoo roo for now...

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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...

Hoo roo for now...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 86 Your Name

I've recently done photo shoot at night, we went down to below the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Luna Park areas. Now, what does this have to do with 'My Name', well have a look at my photo below for the explanation!!

"Bernie"

Hoo roo for now...

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