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Rural rubbish

gordon — Mon, 09 May 2005 09:34:03 +0000

An audioBlog accompanies this photograph [2.5 Mbytes, 5 min 39 sec duration]. The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast. You need to subscribe to my RSS2 feed towards the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you need to use aggregator software capable of utilising this. The photograph is also included within the .mp3 file. View it via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.

Not all by any means, but many rural properties have a rubbish tip somewhere around the place. Many dumps are hidden from view and many property owners dispose of large metal objects in gullies to slow the flow of stormwater and thus lessen erosion damge. The dump here, though, is easily seen from the road.

Kilcoy Cemetery from afar With the lens set to 510mm (35mm equivalent), Kilcoy Cemetery...
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Morning light

gordon — Sun, 01 May 2005 02:35:30 +0000

[Updated May 7: An audioBlog accompanies this photographs [3 Mbytes, 6 min 49 sec duration]. The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast. You need to subscribe to my RSS2 feed towards the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you need to use aggregator software capable of utilising this. The photograph is also included within the .mp3 file. View it via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.]

One of the nice things about the sun rising later in autumn and winter mornings is that I’m out and about at that time of day. There’s something special, magical even, about the atmosphere created by the light, the mist and the stillness.

Mist rising I drove home later than usual this evening. Going by...
Morning triptych Just for a change, here are three images from this...
Wall of mist I started the drive to work in light mist, which...

Pictures in sound

gordon — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 02:22:02 +0000

Today, as an experiment, I present my images in sound rather than in photographs.

These sound pictures [4.1 Mbytes, 9 min 48 sec duration] were recorded during this morning’s walk with the dogs. Note:

The audio is also distributed as a podcast.
The download a podcast you need to use appropriate aggregator software that knows what to do with enclosures and subscribe to my RSS2 feed

Today you must let your imagination do the work. You’ll hear bird calls, frogs, boots on gravel, boots on grassland, dogs bathing in roadside culvert, dogs eating breakfast, and more birdcalls.

To continue the images in sound theme, the sounds were all captured using my compact camera, a Nikon Coolpix 3700 – the very same camera that I normally use to take photographs on my morning walks.

Soundscapes I was sitting in the dog run this morning listening...
Grass going to seed I continue to be pleasantly surprised by the quality of...
Saturday wanderings I walked around our property, then took a drive to...

The previous 10 days' photographs

gordon — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 02:30:03 +0000

Being the end of the calendar, academic and financial year at work, things got a little hectic in tidying projects up before I started 3 weeks leave. There wasn’t much time for photography or audioblogging!

Here I give an audio commentary [4.9 Mbytes, 9 min 14 sec duration] to accompany the photographs of the previous 10 days. Note:

The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast.
The download a podcast you need to use appropriate aggregator software that knows what to do with enclosures and subscribe to my RSS2 feed
The photographs are also included within the .mp3 file. View them via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.

This audio post attempts to tie up those photographic loose ends before the end of the year. Next year will bring a new telephoto zoom lens and with it, I hope, a fresh eye on old and new subject material.

Morning light [Updated May 7: An audioBlog accompanies this photographs [3 Mbytes,...
Rural rubbish An audioBlog accompanies this photograph [2.5 Mbytes, 5 min 39...
No people in sight With less time to spend looking for photographic material during...

Sunday flora

gordon — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:14:20 +0000

At last, the terrestrial Hyacinth Orchids are beginning to flower.

An audioBlog accompanies these photographs [4.8 Mbytes, 9 min 43 sec duration]. The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast. You need to subscribe to my RSS2 feed towards the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you need to use aggregator software capable of utilising this. The photographs are also included within the .mp3 file. View them via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.

The Dipodium have been growing slowly over the past several weeks. Now the flowers are beginning to emerge (those that haven’t been nipped off by rabbits or hares).

There are many more “Lady’s Slipper” violets, the Hybanthus monopetalus, than in previous years. Whether this is due to climatic conditions, or just less predators (cattle or whatever), I know not.

Now that this green-stalked hyacinth orchid is beginning to flower, it might be easier to identify. I now think it may be Dipodium pulchellum rather than the Dipodium variegatum which I had previously identified it as.

Funghi growing on a dead tree branch that’s lying on the ground. Not difficult to miss given the bright orange colour.

Hyacinth orchid in flower Something bright for christmas day. A hyacinth orchid (Dipodium punctatum)...
Sunday saunter Some of today’s wildflowers, photographed on our property, have been...
Rock around the block Today was the day for the weekend stroll around part...

Monday milk and light

gordon — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:51:02 +0000

I stop off on the way home to pick up some fuel. Storm cells are all around me but I don’t pass too close to any.

An audioBlog accompanies these photographs [4.2 Mbytes, 8 min 27 sec duration]. The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast. You need to subscribe to my RSS2 feed towards the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you need to use aggregator software capable of utilising this. The photographs are also included within the .mp3 file. View them via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.

There’s more than one type of fuel on sale here …

… this is what I’m looking for.

These toy animals wait patiently for somebody to offer them a home.

It’s much easier to notice in 3 dimensions but these clumps of grass are hanging above the creek from fencewire. A recent flash flood has left the grass high and dry. The water level must have been pretty impressive for a short time. The topmost clump would be about 2m / 6ft above the current water level.

Interesting light plays in interesting clouds as the storm moves around.

A hole in the clouds highlights this hilltop. It stands out as a beacon amidst the darkness.

Water and thunder A common theme through today’s photographs is water and thunder....
Sunset and storm There were some spectacular storm clouds around as I drove...
Storm cell Driving home last night at around sunset, I could see...

Sunday saunter

gordon — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 12:00:20 +0000

Some of today’s wildflowers, photographed on our property, have been seen on previous weekend photoblog entries though today’s are all recent growth. The remainder of the photographs are of unrecorded (by me) plants.

An audioBlog accompanies these photographs [3.1 Mbytes, 6 min 0 sec duration]. The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast. You need to subscribe to my RSS2 feed towards the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you need to use aggregator software capable of utilising this. The photographs are also included within the .mp3 file. View them via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.

This member of the Heath family, with tiny flowers, is looking full of life.

Only recently identified by me, this is Lomandra longifolia, the Spiny-headed Mat-rush.

An unidentifed plant just beginning to flower. It could be a weed – but then again, a weed is just a plant out of place

This terrestrial orchid, Dipodium punctatum, the Hyacinth orchid, is just about to flower.

A variety of goodenia with an orange flower.

Another goodenia, with yellow flower.

Rock around the block Today was the day for the weekend stroll around part...
Wildflowers new this week Today was the day for the weekend wander around the...
Afternoon perambulation I took the now-traditional walk around the property this afternoon...

Town and country

gordon — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 07:02:27 +0000

A Saturday routine – in town at lunchtime, then a drive though the countryside to get home.

An audioBlog accompanies these photographs [4 Mbytes, 8 min 3 sec duration]. The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast. You need to subscribe to my RSS2 feed towards the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you need to use aggregator software capable of utilising this. The photographs are also included within the .mp3 file. View them via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.

Straight lines (the walls) and ragged lines (the pavers and safety fence). The contrast caught my eye in a quirky moment.

Tattersalls Hotels (aka “Tatts”) framed by the new shade “sails” in the pedestrian mall.

Back in the countryside now, and a dunny (outdoor toilet) in the middle of the paddock. The old shearing shed is out of sight to the right.

This lizard stayed very still for me – no doubt assuming that if it didn’t move then I wouldn’t see it.

A close-up of the lizard. Its eye keeps track of me.

It’s that time – the feral goats are back on their journey through the area. Here they are in a neighbour’s paddock.

Around town [An experimental audioBlog accompanies these photographs, 1.8 Mbytes, 5 min...
Lizard on rock I just caught a glimpse of this lizard as I...
Lizard on fence Greeting me at the gate was this small lizard. Unlike...

Facades and flagpoles

gordon — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:14:37 +0000

Continuing on from yesterday’s architecture trip I set myself the theme of facades in the Armidale CBD. To add to the challenge, each facade had to incorporate a flagpole. I was disappointed at how few flagpoles were found flying a flag from the facade (perhaps I should be the founder member of Alliteration Anonymous!)

An audioBlog accompanies these photographs [3.5 Mbytes, 6 min 48 sec duration]. The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast. You need to subscribe to my RSS2 feed towards the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you need to use aggregator software capable of utilising this. The photographs are also included within the .mp3 file. View them via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.

The town hall from behind.

The new(ish) town council building.

Above the local newspaper’s offices.

The Imperial Hotel behind the pedestrian crossing.

The Armidale Post Office. Post code 2350.

The former Richardson’s Department Store building.

Morning light [Updated May 7: An audioBlog accompanies this photographs [3 Mbytes,...
The previous 10 days' photographs Being the end of the calendar, academic and financial year...
Lums Lang may yer lum reek! … as they say in...

The Old Boilerhouse

gordon — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 10:38:09 +0000

Today’s series of photographs comes from a walk around the outside of the old boilerhouse at UNE. For years high pressure hot water was fed around the campus heated by this coal-fed boiler house. Nowadays the hot water comes from gas-driven boilers. I know nothing about boilerhouses so don’t trust any of my descriptions below. The grey day helps to amplify the greyness of the building.

An audioBlog accompanies these photographs [3.9 Mbytes, 7 min 45 sec duration]. The audio commentary is also distributed as a podcast. You need to subscribe to my RSS2 feed towards the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you need to use aggregator software capable of utilising this. The photographs are also included within the .mp3 file. View them via Apple’s iTunes artwork function on a PC or Mac, for example.

The doors to the twin fires. Coal fed.

Gauges and dials.

A stash of small motors and pulleys and stuff.

Concrete and metal lines.

Extract the gasses and push tehm up the chimney.

The boilerhouse glasshouse. A place to view the action.

Morning light [Updated May 7: An audioBlog accompanies this photographs [3 Mbytes,...
Rural rubbish An audioBlog accompanies this photograph [2.5 Mbytes, 5 min 39...
Monday milk and light I stop off on the way home to pick up...