Thursday 24 March 2011

Australia holidays 2009


Ya, I know I don't deserve to win the free tickets at the Rheda dinner lucky draw, didn't even pay for the dinner, but I did and so we were in Oz for 2 weeks. Brought my D90 and my now favourite lens the 105 micro nikkor 2.8 vr. See some of the results.



Seagulls at the Spit, Gold Coast,
 

Natural Bridge, near Gold Coast, Qld
  

Kookaburra
 

Darling Harbour baskers
 


Bird of Paradise
  

BMWX3 demolished. The lady (on the right) said, '' I stepped on the brake
but I don't know why it shot forward "Poor tree got hurt or else the car and
occupants would have gone down the seacliff near the blowholes.
 

Matchstick flowers.
 

Look for the spider
 

Bet you didn't know, Shallot flower. 
 

Sydney harbour.
 




Just good old flowers.
 

Crimson Rosella, Jenola caves
 

Centurion tank, Canberra
 

King Protea, Blue Mountains.NSW
 

Waratah, Blue Mountains. NSW


Pelican, Gold Coast
  

Flying foxes. Sydney Botanical Gardens.
 

Jenolan Caves. NSW ( boring) 
 

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Rail. Wollongong Botanical Gardens, NSW
 

Sulphur-crested White Cockatoo. Unannounced breakfast guest gave us a
surprise appearance at our balcony.
 

Glasshouse Mountain. Sunshine Coast in the background. The mountains
in this area are actually volcanic plugs left behind after a few million years
of erosion by the weather.
 

Obviously gainfully unemployed on a weekday.
 

Male flowering cycad. Seaworld, G. Coast, Qld.
 

to be named
 

Blowhole
 

Rainbow Lorikeet. very difficult subject to shoot.
 

Succulent plant ?