Every once in a while (like 17 times a day) my wife is overcome with the urge to hug Jasper. The price you pay for being an adorable fluffy dog, I guess. Well, there are worse things than being loved, Jasper.

This is 'Bri' a young friend of mine who loves photography & doing a little bit of modelling for me.

I love Taking classic B&W photos but i have to admit i do really enjoy doing selective colour B&W in editing.

Hervey bay/ˈhɑrvi ˈbeɪ/ is a city in Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) or 3½ hours highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is a natural bay between the Queensland mainland and nearby Fraser Island. The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the North, access to Fraser Island, accessible recreational fishing and boating and the natural north facing, calm beaches with wide undeveloped foreshore zones.

At the 2011 Australian Census the city recorded a population of 76,403.[1] Hervey Bay is an area of high population growth...

Climate

Hervey Bay has a mild climate with an average 30 °C (86 °F) in summer and 22 °C (72 °F) in winter. The coast is predominantly affected by the south east trade winds throughout the summer with occasional strong northerly winds and storm swells. These winds keep the temperatures down in summer and up in winter, preventing temperature extremes. As a result, Hervey Bay rarely experiences temperatures over 35 °C (95 °F) in summer or under 5 °C (41 °F) in winter.

Cyclones are a threat at times with Cyclone Hamish threatening in 2009 as a Category 5. The land mass of Fraser Island significantly affects the pattern of weather in Hervey Bay and protects the immediate marine environment from open ocean storm effects. Cyclone Oswald in 2013 caused significant damage in the area, mainly as a result of tornadoes spawned by the system. The average rainfall for the year is around 1,100 millimetres (43 in). December to March is the main rainy period, with a secondary peak in May and June. The months of April and from July to November are generally dry and sunny.

Whale watching

Hervey Bay is the whale watching capital of Australia, with humpback whales migrating along the coast between April and October every year. Researchers at the Oceania Project conducted a 14 year study which found the bay was an important social hub for humpback whales.[15] Whale number have increased from about 2,000 in 1992, to around 7,000 in 2005.[15] Hervey Bay is the resting place for Humpback whales, Mum's and Calves, they come to the Bay to rest and build up energy for their long travels back to Antarctica. The Adults come to play, socialise and there have been heat runs observed in the Bay. The Humpback Whales are known to be very relaxed in the company of the whale watching vessels.

a row of green and yellow Aussie Made pegs in Aussie colours

ODC - rows

Atkinson MK1 Tanker BP

Taken:: Myself

Edited:: Nobody ;)

Location:: Sydney, Aussie.

Company:: ß.û Μ.â.Ý.ê.Đ ™ ufffffffffff.. lol

Missing ya aLL.. ^_^

Klobber and its not at Claudines ... but near , out front .

Go Aussie ..

Kingaroy

Don't know this one, out of our area ( about 200km from where we live ). We were looking at bee sites and of course I took the camera.

Have a great weekend, work as usual for us.

That girl with the blue hair .

Australia Day 20

Storey Bridge Hotel

Kangaroo Point

Brisbane

This Big Atkinson is fitted with a Rolls Royce 6 cylinder turbo diesel.

Mike Rinkin's Ford Mustang Aussie Racing Car at Phillip Island, November 2015.

A Pretty cool machine

www.colinederin.fr

This is a male of the 'Aussie Bronze Jumper' (Salticidae Helpis minitabunda). Unlike most of the jumpers around these parts, these have long legs and unusually for spiders the male is actually larger than the female. Note those wicked fangs.

Like most salticidae, they tend to be quite curious and happy to perform. The image in the first comment field is a view of the whole spider.

View Large And On Black

and if you have ever seen how a ChuckIt ball can bounce like crazy then you will understand how Tinker learned those crazy change direction moves....pixie dust, no way, it's Aussie dust!!!!! Go Miss Roxy...(She really does spend a lot of time in the air....)

The Hacking River at Audley in the Royal National Park, Sydney.

photo by her mama she wolf

May 7 2017

A cabochon I made from polymer clay with a glass gem and bits of jewelry. There is a little sprig of holly and a Christmas tree. A fellow artist said it looked like an Australian Christmas...hot, brown and dusty. LOL! Well....I promise it's not dusty. XD

"AUSSIE WILDFIRE" FIRE UNIT SEEN AT A MINE SUPPLIER, HEADING TO WA GOING BY THE PLATES

our girl Freyja

she turns one year old on December 18th 9:05 pm 2017

A bit of Aussie Car racing at Queensland Raceway.

Aussie friend from the Fremont Sumer Solstice Parade, 2008

Gasworks Park, Seattle, WA.

West Sydney Motorsport Craig Woods Mustang

... of 8 puppies

Well, this is not really a road to nowhere - although it is a dead end street - but it does lead to among other things the most beautiful little dump on the East Coast.... beautiful little dump is probably an exaggeration, but it certainly is the dump with one of THE best views in Australia. These days I suppose it's not called a dump either, but rather a part of the Waste Management Infrastructure. ;-)

This is another one from when i met up with Kim and Steven the other day.

Unfortunately the top of Mount Warning just didn't want to come out to play and stayed hidden during the entire sunset period this particular afternoon.

For other views from this spot see this shot or this and then you'll probably understand my statement of one of the most beautiful views from a dump :-)

Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere

WELL WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOIN'

BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN

AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE KNOWIN'

BUT WE CAN'T SAY WHAT WE'VE SEEN

AND WE'RE NOT LITTLE CHILDREN

AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT

AND THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN

GIVE US TIME TO WORK IT OUT

We're on a road to nowhere

Songwriters: BYRNE, DAVID / WEYMOUTH, TINA / FRANTZ, CHRIS / HARRISON, JERRY

Aussie Chevelle Drag Week 2016

Art lessons with the Kangaroos on our latest holiday out west. Found a nice spot in the bush and set up and the roos didn't care. They went about their business and we set about ours.

A35-020 - F-35A - Royal Australian Air Force - 2 OCU

Atkinson MK3 3800 see this one out an about an in Owner/Driver mag last year photo taken at a container park Footscray Melb 2008

This oft seen photo of 5 Sqn CAC Boomerang A46-126 is flown by, from memory F/L Alf Clare and was taken in the Townsville area during WW2. The Boomerang was a home grown fighter derived from the Wirraway design. Photo RAAF Williamtown Official via my collection

Given his bushwacker hat, my guess is that this gentleman, pictured on the Royal Mile near Edinburgh Castle, is a visitor from Australia

6 weeks old and on the move all the time!