And from the best part of Australia (New Zealand of course), a Rakaia hare, mid-August.
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And from the best part of Australia (New Zealand of course), a Rakaia hare, mid-August.
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Some recent ones...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...17e7f8c8_b.jpgDSC_8805 by Ben, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...93bde735_b.jpgDSC_8436 by Ben, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...29a74a02_o.jpgTrusty Steed by Ben, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...068d97ac_o.jpgLivingstone Mountains at dusk by Ben, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...efe39654_o.jpgAcheron Lakes by Ben, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/7876/4...109b92aa_o.jpgWaikaia Panorama by Ben, on Flickr
@GravelBen did the Escort miss the tree.Looks like it was a heart in the mouth moment.
@ghosts yip was all good, tight slowish corner going around the tree so probably looks a bit more risky than it was. Good committed driving though, here it is a moment later:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...05881984_o.jpgDSC_8442 by Ben, on Flickr
This butterfly came around today so took a couple of photos
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I was reminded of this photo today when we took our rubbish to the tip. Waste not, want not my old Grandma used to say, and at the tip one of the workers was rescuing another old Briggs & Stratton and some roofing steel.
This is the remains of a bus, crashed badly into a tree, on a road in the far north of Mozambique, 2000. This was still pretty much out there in those days, very few Europeans around. There was a deep fear of them in the minds of the locals, after the Frelimo vs Renamo war, when the only white people the locals saw were mercenaries and Cold War special forces nasty bastards. You couldn't stray off the tar seal (thank you, Chinese) due to the real risk of losing your legs to a land mine.
As you can see, nothing was wasted from the remains of this bus. The steel was used as roofing on shacks, and the engine and drive train mechanicals recycled into whatever would take them. You do what you need to do up there, to survive. No Bunnings or ITM.
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So nothing special photographically, just a reminder to me of how much we take for granted.
i think you will know him ...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8beee3a3e8.jpg
two month ago in your beautiful landhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e22c3827bf.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f021b45509.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fa9d132d6e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9d161a673b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5c98521124.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...44765b0880.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...92ce42eaea.jpg
last week on the way to italy ...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2fbd8b4288.jpg
One of 8 Keas that annoyed me this last week. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...70a9e1404e.jpg
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Attachment 112880Approaching storm in suburban Perth (8x10 contact print from 8x10 FP4+)
'petrol head' (ambrotype 8x10)
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Sleepless in Perth. (Fuji FP100-C 4x5)
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this one was a fluke,taken left handed as walked in with rifle in right hand incase he got up
VERY proud of it.
unfortunately as camera was set on low resolution it cant be enlarged much before gets grainy.