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Day 126: I wish I had today's weather for yesterday, oh well. This is a wooden retaining wall in my apartment complex.
I've been meaning to take a Project 365 photo of the chimney near the roundabout on Creswick Road, so decided to take it as a night shot.
I never really knew much about it but I have found some Council PDFs on google about it. They say it is heritage listed and was once part of the kilns on the site of a pottery works.
A 2002 Courier article has a different take on it. www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/news-features/balla...
The Gnarr Creek vent.
Ever wondered about the history behind the large brick chimney-like structure outside Mitre 10 on the roundabout at the intersection of Creswick Road, Webster Street, Market Street and Doveton Street North?
Many people believe the chimney is the remains of an old foundry of some sort on the site, but they're wrong. The structure is in fact a huge vent built over Gnarr Creek, which runs underground from Lake Wendouree to Yarrowee Creek. The creek once flowed in the sunshine, but was covered over in the late 19th century as the City of Ballarat grew.
The vent was built to relieve the pressure of the creek flowing underneath the road after heavy rains, which swelled the waters of the creek.
``You can hear water gurgling up the vent after a big downpour,'' said Mr Bell.
There would be havoc in the area without the vent.
``A build-up of water pressure could lead to flooding and the possible collapse of the road and surrounding
buildings.''
Edit:
I've also found more council/heritage related PDFs on Google confirming this is a vent. (So I'm not sure why some documents talk about a chimney and others talk about the vent)
One of my twitter friends also mentioned that the height of the tower is level with the overflow outlet at the lake.
A busy Saturday watching the boys. I got the Acer rolling pretty good in between wiping butts and noses and let it roll through my whole flickr account. Pretty crazy to see it all roll by throughout the day and see where it all began.
BTW, that is my wife and my uncle meeting in Germany. Not me. That is, however, quite possibly what I will look like in 20-some-odd years.
And yes I know I have some mad cord management to do.
Strobist info: sb900 at 1/32 power bounced into the ceiling and triggered via manual CLS.
After years of accutane and every possible prescription med for acne, this cheap and wonderful system has left me zit free for 8 months.
So, I ordered a photo bag from B&H so that I could fit all my gear into one bag for shoots, and be able to attach my tripod and lightstands to it. I could have sworn I ordered the one that said it was "carry-on" size.
At least now I also have enormous luggage for all those long trips. Oh, wait...
Explored #491
I look kind of normal from the front, but from the side I look like a hippo with a very huge bump. I don't think I have 'shared' on Flickr that I am due to have a baby on Christmas Day. Three months to go and I can barely move - maybe I could give up work and hang out here all day :-)
We prepared for the cold days ahead by insulating the basement. flamingobox.com/2025/01/13/insulated/
Running out of ideas. I spent half the day trying and couldn't find any ideas. It was a productive day but not in the photographic way. I'll keep trying to take the photos earlier to aviod this sort of thing.
015/365-Today for school the teachers got to dress up as a book character and we did not tell our students. I chose Pinkalicious and wore all pink inlcuding socks, tutu, tights, shirt, and then topped it with a tiara my grandmother had in her apartment from something she won. Some days it is hard knowing I can't send her a picture, but I know she had the best view of my outfit.....
Contrasts
...And I just noticed, it looks very Easter-y. I only just noticed, because we have completely ignored Easter this year.
Another album Cover in today's Project 365 photo.
It was so cheesy that I ended up pasting the back cover and the picture inside into the pic.
Meet Joe Hasham... (Not to be confused with Joe Hachem, the international poker champion).
Hasham enjoys hiding in the bushes outside your house, Standing in the bushes outside your house while bare-chested, wearing double denim and one day hopes to be swept off the rocks into the sea.. while bare-chested.
Tracks on the album include, "Father and Son", "Blowing in the Wind" and the timeless classic "Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear". (Yeah... I had to google it too)
Hasham was on the Television show Number 96 and also received an OAM in 2008 for his work in creating an acting studio in Malaysia.
"Mechanical velociraptors don't eat people. Chase and eviscarate for the fun of it, sure, but eat? We're mechanical, we don't eat. It's a bum rap." -Snarl
My Saturday went like this: Sleep. Drive 90 miles. Get coffee, watch football, go to pub, drive 90 miles. Watch TV. Go to bed.
I took this photo when I was listening to the radio in the car park before I went to Starbucks. I was going to take a picture at the match but hey, it's only January. There will be plenty of those to come.