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Back on 20th Dec 1994, a major derailmet happened at Waterfall in the Southern Suburbs of Sydney just before the morning peak.
Seen here is the lead car of set S3 with the 2nd 4 cars being set 8 (can't remeber car numbers). S3/S8 ran into the train on platform 1 being sets S13/S11 (once again can't remember car numbers). S3/ S8 came out of the shunt neck at the south end of Waterfall Yard.
The footbridge was propelled onto the up main, 8163 was sent from the south and 8038/ 42213 weresent from the north to move the remaining cars out of the so they could eventually remove the damged cars.
20th Dec 1994.
Yep! Back where I'm comfortable. Bridge fixed, reclaimed as 'my space' and safe to sit on and contemplate the day that was.Life does not get much better than this, for those that merely require a half-equilibrium.
Meanwhile back home again (but I'm not done uploading photos from the recent trip to Africa I promise)
I think it's a squirrel, but it may have been the world's largest mouse, considering the way my cat was clawing at the glass in the patio door wanting to get at it. Or maybe she was just covering for the dogs, who were sacked out on the couch.
This was my least favorite part of the MOC, but I really wanted to incorporate the Vastus shoulder armor. When I sold Vastus a few months back, I forgot to sell this piece with him, and so I thought that using it in my self MOC would be a nice way to honor my late collection. :(
One street across from Henriques Street, which is where I was going.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 24mm F2.8D lens. Ilford Delta 100 35mm B&W film.
Back cover of: Lucile Finlay: Grant of Land.
Originally published under the title: The coat I wore.
Bantam Books 1951.
One of my standard test locations for cameras and film. The best delicatessen in town is in the grocery store. They have a bakery, and cold cuts, and hot food like BBQ chicken, Baby Back Ribs, Chili Dogs, and other gut bombs. They also have pre-made salads of all sorts.
This back door shot will soon become cluttered with additional trash cans, pallets, food racks, and other debris of a busy business in a busy tourist destination.
Olympus Trip 35, Kodak Portra 400, "A" for automatic, local soup kitchen, single pass scan.
E71 brought me back to Ilford, and is seen complete with AL code! This was actually from its second employment as it was new to SW for the 24. This third chapter of its career sees it nominally allocated for school work at River Road, though appearances on routes such as this, 101 and 147 are common. 27.10.19.
345008 Liverpool St-Goodmayes
SE25 Goodmayes-Ilford 364
E69 Ilford-King George’s Hospital 396
E71 King George’s Hospital-Ilford 396
DW421 Ilford-Charlie Browns Roundabout 123
DW542 CB Roundabout-Gants Hill 123
DW470 Gants Hill-Waltham Forest Collage 123
38101 Waltham Forest C-Walthamstow 212
DW474 Walthamstow-Blackhorse Rd Stn 230
That one was hell to make. >_<
I fell in love with this design on DA and I simply had to make it on his back. The original drawing was black and white but I wanted some colours; so I played around with my watercolour pencil and some water.
The dull weather drags on, making bird pics tricky on my zoom toy. So I gave up and went for some smaller aviators.
Deep in the Tugela Gorge in South Africa, we got a good view back up to the second highest waterfall in the world, which we had hiked to the top of two-days prior.
The best way to get a sense of the scale of the world is to travel by foot. When in the Drakensberg Mountains we hiked along the Tugela river that orginates in the mountains you see in the background of this photo, tumbles over the cliff edge as Tugela Falls and then heads to the sea in Tugela Gorge where I am standing. Following the path of the river this way provided a strong sense of the scale of the landscape both in terms of the size of the river and in the surrounding climate and plant life.
When so many aspects of modern life serve to make our planet seem smaller and smaller, taking time out to travel long distances by foot and rough it out a bit makes it clear that there actually is a lot to experience, enjoy and protect on our planet.
Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2011
Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L
... and photography!
Sorry I've been MIA for the last couple of weeks. I've been lacking inspiration for a while and the gloomy winter weather doesn't help. Torrential rain for weeks and relatively warm temperatures mean that, unlike most of the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, we don't even have any snow for some creative shots! And boy do we need some with those Winter Olympics starting here in just three weeks!!!
A car accident last week kept me busy with insurance paperwork, calls to the body shop, and visits to the doctor and chiropractor for whiplash suffered by myself and my three boys! Luckily we're all doing fine now.
Oh, and I had my first real photo shoot at the weekend for a local Day Spa needing shots to update and improve their website :-))
Anyway, thanks to those who sent emails and messages - I appreciate your concern. I'm back sparodically and will catch up with your streams in the coming days.