Nell's Picture Posts

Watery Wednesday

2009-04-08T15:12:00.006+10:00

Last weekend I went into Newcastle, NSW and took a walk along the beachfront. This is a pic of Nobby's Lighthouse.

This is the same stretch of beach that in June 2007 the huge ship Pasha Bulka was blown ashore in a major storm. It took almost a month before the ship was pulled free. As it turned out they had emptied their balast tanks before entering the harbour trying to save time. They were then sitting too high in the water and had not control when the storm blew up.

Camera Critters Saturday

2009-04-04T20:30:00.004+11:00

Spider Alert!
I spotted this creature while walking the dog the other week.

Ruby Tuesday

2009-03-31T20:18:00.004+11:00

I took this a couple of weeks ago. It's even got a little bug on a petal.

Mellow Yellow Monday

2009-03-30T19:54:00.006+11:00

While driving along to an appointment this overcast and drizzly morning I came across this yellow slippery dip. I had nothing planned for Mellow Yellow and lucky for me I had the camera handy.

Scenic Sunday

2009-03-29T20:35:00.005+11:00

This is a picture of the Story Bridge over the river in Brisbane, Australia. It was taken some years ago on 35mm film so I had to scan it in.

Camera Critters Saturday

2009-03-28T18:59:00.005+11:00

Not too far away from my place is a pond with heaps of ducks. As soon as I parked the car they all waddled up to me looking for a feed. After they realised that I was not there to feed them they all went back to the water. When the next car pulled up, out of the water they came again....

Watery Wednesday

2009-03-25T18:54:00.005+11:00

This picture of a dolphin was taken at SeaWorld on the Gold Coast, Australia.

G-O-G-G-O

2009-03-24T19:50:00.008+11:00

Many Australians might remember the TV commercial about the Goggomobile.

Here is a Goggomobile Dart.

And a Red Corvette

Blue Monday

2009-03-23T20:00:00.004+11:00

A simple blue money box.

Camera Critters Saturday

2009-03-21T18:34:00.005+11:00

I found a few cows to photograph last week. They were quite curious about having their padock invaded by someone with a camera.

Watery Wednesday

2009-03-18T20:58:00.005+11:00

These pics were taken in Vietnam. While spending a couple of days in Halong Bay in a junk boat, we were taken to a hole in a rock and found a private swimming area inside surrounded by a rock wall.

Sepia Scenes Wednesday

2009-03-18T16:09:00.005+11:00

This wooden seat was found down an arcade between shops in an old historic town. It's a nice way to use up old wagon wheels.

Ruby Tuesday

2009-03-17T19:47:00.005+11:00

These old wooden phone boxes are hard to find in Australia, they were replaced by newer modern ones. Even the new ones are becoming hard to find as most people now carry mobile phones.
A shopping center I worked in a few years ago had its only public phone removed because it wasn't making the phone company enough money.
Pitty is wasn't blue otherwise I would have stuck my head in to see if the inside was bigger than the outside...............

Blue Monday

2009-03-16T10:24:00.005+11:00

While walking around Historic Morpeth on the weekend I came across this old blue rocking chair. It was down a pathway between some craft shops.

Mellow Yellow Monday

2009-03-16T10:18:00.004+11:00

This weeks Mellow Yellow picture is taken of some yellow flowers found in a larger bouquet.

Camera Critters Saturday

2009-03-14T13:52:00.006+11:00

These polar bears were taken at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Australia. There are usually three bears but only one was out at the time. He looked like he was having fun.

SkyWatch Friday

2009-03-13T16:31:00.004+11:00

Another from my back door. While there's not a lot of colour in this sunset, the moon came up early and it was nice to get them both in one shot.

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Sepia Scenes Wednesday

2009-03-11T15:22:00.006+11:00

This was taken down my grandmothers driveway. I love the old wooden fence.

Blue Monday

2009-03-09T15:59:00.004+11:00

For Blue Monday this week let me introduce you to my dog Dudley, he is wearing a Blue Hawaiian shirt and Blue Doggles.

Mellow Yellow Monday

2009-03-09T10:29:00.003+11:00

Picture says all - Yellow watering can.

Scenic Sunday

2009-03-08T19:52:00.005+11:00

While in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, I was able to go to Tangalooma Resort on Moreton Island.
Tangalooma was formally a whaling station. When it closed the boats were sunk to form a breakwall/reef and is abundant with colourful sealife. It is a fantastic snorkling and diving site. http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/things-to-see-and-do/tangalooma-wrecks-dive-site/index.cfm
At night wild dolphins come up to the resort for hand feeding.

Shadow Shot Sunday

2009-03-08T19:40:00.004+11:00

This was taken late one afternoon on the western shores of Lake Tahoe, NV.

Camera Critters Saturday

2009-03-07T18:30:00.007+11:00

I took these tigers at Australia Zoo.

Umm... I see lunch
I'm coming to get you

Swim time

SkyWatch Friday

2009-03-06T17:53:00.003+11:00

These were taken from my back door last week.

Watery Wednesday

2009-03-04T18:59:00.005+11:00

We had a bit of rain a couple of weeks ago. I took these pictures at the bottom of my Grandmothers property.

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Sepia Scenes Wednesday

2009-03-04T18:54:00.004+11:00

I found this old house and steam engine in Virginia City, NV while visiting the area a couple of years ago.

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Three or More Tuesday

2009-03-03T10:27:00.005+11:00

Three or more.... lots of Fairy Penguins on parade. These Fairy Penguins were taken at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Blue Monday

2009-03-02T14:44:00.001+11:00

I love the colours in these Singapore Orchids.

Mellow Yellow Monday

2009-03-02T10:07:00.005+11:00

This was taken looking up into a hot air balloon.

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Scenic Sunday

2009-03-01T18:31:00.005+11:00

This weeks Scenic Sunday shots were taken at China Beach in Vietnam.

The round boat is interesting, it is paddled standing up and using just one oar.

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Camera Critters Saturday

2009-02-28T18:27:00.006+11:00

This weeks Critter pics were taken at Australia Zoo on a visit only months before Steve Irwin died. The family had a friend visiting from England so we drove up for the day. Australia Zoo is located just over an hour north of Brisbane. I will have more zoo animals next week.

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SkyWatch Friday

2009-02-27T15:20:00.005+11:00

This weeks picture for SkyWatch Friday comes from my trip to Vietnam in 2007. We spent a night on a junk boat cruising Halong Bay in the north, a very beautiful spot. During the first afternoon I climbed to the top of this mountain.

You can just see about half way up on the left there is a midpoint viewing platform and some stairs.

It looks so steep from this angle.

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Watery Wednesday #24

2009-02-25T18:20:00.006+11:00

This weeks picture is another taken on my trip to Lake Tahoe USA in 2005.

Going down......

Touch down!

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Sepia Scenes Wednesday

2009-02-25T18:12:00.006+11:00

This weeks pic for Sepia Scenes is an old cart taken at Euchuca, NSW on the Murray River.

Three or More Tuesday

2009-02-24T17:47:00.005+11:00

This is my first posting for Three or More Tuesday. The picture is of some wombats found at Australia Zoo. Wambats are large burrowing mammals found only in Australia. They live in a chamber of burrows and mostly come out at night to eat grasses, leaves and roots. They are marsupial, meaning, they carry their young in a pouch for about 5 months.

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Ruby Tuesday

2009-02-24T17:13:00.004+11:00

For this weeks post for Ruby Tuesday I am posting pics of my classic car. This is "Wilma" a 1958 Wolseley 1500. I have had her for just over 2 years and keep her on a restricted registration, which means I must be a member of a classic car club and can only drive her on club functions and outings.

Hasn't she got a great colour? Wolseley's were made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) but the 1500 was only assembled in Australia for about 18 months.

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Macro Monday

2009-02-23T13:05:00.006+11:00

Xmas 2007 my sister was trying to figure out some settings on her camera. This was the result:

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Mellow Yellow Monday - Card

2009-02-23T12:33:00.005+11:00

My yellow picture this week is another of my cards with a golden yellow flower.

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Blue Monday - Card

2009-02-23T12:10:00.005+11:00

My Blue Monday pic for this week is a card I made. A couple of years ago I got into stitched cards then last year found a new range of patterns to use with 3D images. The result was this card:

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Shadow Shot Sunday #40

2009-02-22T19:51:00.004+11:00

My pic for Shadow Shot Sunday was taken at Yosemite National Park.

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Scenic Sunday

2009-02-22T18:44:00.004+11:00

This weeks Scenic Sunday shot is another from my trip to Yosemite in 2005. The granite fomation in the background is called Half Dome.

Camera Critters Saturday

2009-02-21T15:53:00.004+11:00

This weeks Camera Critter pics are Koalas taken at Australia Zoo, the home of the late Steve Irwin.

The koala is Australia's favourite marsupial. It gets it name from an Aboriginal word meaning 'no drink'. 90% of its hydration comes from it's diet of Eucalyptus leave (or gum leaves). It only drinks when ill or when leaves are too dry eg. drought. There are hundreds of varieties of Eucalypt trees but the koala preferrs to only eat from about 10 varieties. Due to their poor low-energy diet koalas have a low-energy lifestyle and sleep for up to 20 hours a day, much like a cat. A baby koala (joey) will remain in their mothers pouch until they are about 22 weeks old when they will take their first look at the outside world. Between 22-36 weeks they spend more and more time out of the pouch until they can no longer fit back in. They are weaned at about 12 months old and become totally independant at about 18 months.

SkyWatch Friday

2009-02-20T16:34:00.008+11:00

My images for SkyWatch Friday come from my trip to Lake Tahoe (USA) in 2005. I spent a morning hot air ballooning over the lake. This is the only place in the world where the balloon takes off and lands on a boat rather than from the ground during the warmer months. I was lucky as this was the last week of the season for the boat trip and doubley lucky becasue that day was the first that week where they were able to launch the balloon. The afternoon was spent driving the circumfrance of the lake where the second image was taken.

I will post more shots from this trip in Watery Wednesday and Scenic Sunday over the next week.

Watery Wednesday

2009-02-18T15:08:00.008+11:00

My first posting to Watery Wednesday is a photo I took in Yosemite National Park on a visit in 2005.

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Sepia Scenes Wednesday

2009-02-18T14:57:00.005+11:00

I went to Yosemite National Park in 2005. Here is a pic of the remains of a Giant Sequoia Tree.

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Photo Meme's

2009-02-17T19:45:00.001+11:00

I've created this blog to post my photos instead of on my other site.