Category: Travel
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Defined by Flight – a Mini Life Update.
I feel like I have been defined by flight. By Qantas. That Platinum card (actually it’s down to Gold now). I’ve been traveling for work since 2005. I left my job in the lab on a Wednesday morning and flew to Singapore that afternoon for sales training. And I haven’t really stopped flying since. To…
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Reflections of a Man and a City.
These photos were taken at Eureka SkyDeck in Melbourne. Eighty-eight floors up and looking out over my beautiful city. I was putting my camera away when I noticed this reflection. I was standing close to the glass and my brother was behind me, about 15 metres away and I was struck by how cool it…
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The Twelve Apostles
My family visited me in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago and we took a few trips, doing the touristy things. One was a trip to The Twelve Apostles, which I have always loved. I went there last in 2004 and I went there when I was about 5 years old. This time, the weather…
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The Huangpu River View
I was in Shanghai last week. It’s such a long flight, it seems so silly to go for such a short time. I left Melbourne on Tuesday morning at 8am and arrived in Shanghai Tuesday night at 10pm Melbourne time – so that’s 14 hours of travel. I spent Wednesday to Friday in a sales meeting…
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Sydney’s Northern Beaches
I’ve just arrived back to Melbourne from Sydney. I was there all week for a sales and marketing meeting, but I went up on the Saturday and spent a wonderful evening with good friends. On Sunday, I spent the day with another good friend, we had lunch and took a drive through the northern beaches.…
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Beautiful Brisbane – July 2016
I’m a little late for Cardinal’s Changing Seasons. I did almost all of 2015 but then moved to Melbourne and the time never seemed right to start again. I visited Brisbane in July for work, but also stayed on a weekend, so I got some shots that I’d love to share. My previous Changing Seasons posts…
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Gritty / Pretty
I took these two photos in the same street, just a few meters apart, in Sydney, not far from the base of the Sydney Harbour Bridge which I photographed recently. Such a contrast between the dark and the light, the gritty and the pretty. We often see what we want to see. Shot with my…
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Curves Of Sydney
This prompt came out while I was in Sydney, so how could I resist the stunning and statuesque curves of the Sydney Harbour Bridge? It seems to appear out of nowhere when you’re driving through the city. You catch glimpses of it all the time. I’m always excited to drive over it, as usually I…
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Sarina Beach
This post was written before New Year’s Eve and I somehow neglected to post it… Finally it’s raining and the weather is much cooler, it’s beautiful. The only sacrifice is the loss of blue skies, but I love a good dark cloud, so I’m ok with it. We took a drive while my brother was…
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Shoal Point Beach.
It has been so dry here in Mackay. Well maybe that’s not the right way to put it. I’ve mentioned in some comments about how humid it is here – it’s usually about 30 degrees Celsius by 9am and sits at between 70 and 75% humidity. There’s a breeze off the ocean, but it’s a hot…
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The Trek North
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and holiday season so far. I did the long trek north in the car with my Dad a few days before Christmas. It was 1,064km and took us a little over 13 hours (see the map at the end of this post for a good idea of…
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Final Call
She knew she must look a fright. It was evening and yet she was walking through the airport wishing that her huge sunglasses would cover her entire face. Or at least more of her swollen and flushed cheeks. The tears wouldn’t stop. She’d been fine when they’d said goodbye (well maybe not fine, maybe just…
Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist 