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Sydney's Olympic (Accor) Stadium in the early evening.
The AC DC 'Power Up' Concert.
November, 2025. Sydney.
Here's AC DC with 'Back in Black':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vWNauaZAgg
Sydney's Olympic (Accor) Stadium at sunset.
The AC DC 'Power Up' Concert.
November, 2025. Sydney.
Here's AC DC with 'Highway To Hell':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFFVfObwss
So I attended the AC DC 'Power Up' concert at the Sydney (Accor) Olympic Stadium, at Homebush in western Sydney, last Friday 21st November, 2025, and then again on Monday, 25th November, 2025.
It was VERY loud but amazingly energetic. My two daughters were NOT at all impressed, arguing that Taylor Swift is far better and more popular. "Well," I argued back, "let's see who has sold more tickets, and which tickets sold the fastest?" So we looked at the Ticketek website and guess what? AC DC destroyed Taylor Swift for sales!!! "OMG," declared Miss 18, "there must be SO many old people in Sydney." See what I live with.
A mobile phone photograph of dubious quality, lol.
Processed, to some extent, in Adobe Lightroom.
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Well, as some of you might have guessed, I went in vacations and had some great time there ! I went in the South West of France, near Spain, where I could see amazing landscapes, obviously I took the opportunity to visit some stables because even on vacation, we need to see horses ! During my journey, I visited a Mediterranean stable, it was really fancy, all the horses were so pretty but when I saw this gorgeous mare, I immediately fell in love with her.. Can you understand why ?!
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➵ Bridle : Cheval D'or / Teegle Avatar / Cantara Spanish Set
➵ Saddle : Cheval D'or / Teegle Avatar / Lambskin Saddle.
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➵ Mane : ABADDON ARTS - Roadrunner Mane II [Teegle Avatar]
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Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) female perched on a tree.
Samica gąsiorka (Lanius collurio) siedząca na drzewie.
Mount Washington Cog Railway, New Hampshire
The railway is still in operation, climbing Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA. It is the second steepest rack railway in the world with an average grade of over 25% and a maximum grade of 37.41%. The railway is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) long and ascends Mt. Washington's western slope beginning at an elevation of approximately 2,700 feet (820 m) above sea level and ending just short of the mountain's summit peak of 6,288 feet (1,917 m). The train ascends the mountain at 2.8 miles per hour (4.5 km/h) and descends at 4.6 mph (7.4 km/h). It takes approximately 65 minutes to ascend and 40 minutes to descend.
Source : Wikipedia
Swine's Back, Peak District, UK
© 2025 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
Some lovely pinks looking across the Cloughs to Swine's Back a couple of weeks ago.
This photo shows the reverse side of Pulteney Bridge, which spans the River Avon in Bath. It was designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style and completed in 1774. As with Georgian architecture, the reversed side is often less grand than the front, as in the phrase "Queen Anne front and Mary Ann back".
Taken from the pavement which runs alongside.
Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
I am not sure if this is the Mum or her child back in our Pittosporum Tree today. I last saw the baby on Mum's back in February this year.
Częstochowa lies in Southern Poland and is a very important city in regrds to Polish history, thanks to Jasna Góra, a monastery located in the city. During the Swedish invasion of Poland in the mid-17th century, the crew, consisting of 160 people, managed to defend the monastery against a horde of some 4000 Swedes. This event lead to a huge uprising among the Polish people and is now recognised as the start of the Polish national identity. To this day, the monastery is visited by milions of pilgrims each year.
The Polish railfan community also has its own reason to visit the city - thanks to its steelworks and an extensive network of sidings. A little curiosity here are the locomotives of the 6De class, which are in reality modernised SM42 locomotives, which have had their V8 engine replaced with two smaller V12 engines from the 401Da class. Apart from the 6De, it's also possible to stumble upon the first three prototypes of the 6Dg class, which has since then overtaken Poland and been produced in numbers above 200.
6De-2637 is one of the two still working 6De locomotives and it was photographed by me on the 18th of February, as it was returning from the pickup point "PZ" back to the steelworks (located to the left of the frame - the buildings in the middle are glassworks). Not even a month has passed since the reopening of the steelworks, as this picture was being taken. The electric arch furnace has been off from 2022 up until 20.02.2025, when the steelworks' new owner - Węglokoks - resumed production. You can read more about the very complicated histtory of the steelworks in this post flic.kr/p/2qhQbv3
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
A street corner in Macclesfield, just over the road from the Water's Green pub. I do like Macclesfield but it's a long trip to get there. The sharpness of this lens amazes me (zoom in and look at the details on the bricks), I'm not really into sharpness but this old camera is pretty impressive.
Voigtlander Bessa folding camera from 1937
Skopar 105 mm f/4.5 lens
Kentmere 100 film
Lab develop & scan
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White-backed vulture showing off its impressive wingspan.
The fact that this species is critically endangered already makes me count my blessings that I got the opportunity to observe and photograph it. The wing spread is just icing on the cake.
The behaviour being shown here is your typical thermoregulation. This was shot very early in the morning, when temperatures were still relatively low. Even vultures understand that as you increase your surface area, you’re able to absorb more energy (controlling body temperature and aiding the digestive process as a result).
I'm back in Ottawa and there's still lots of snow. This was taken on February 28th on film. Kodak Gold 200 on a Minolta XG-1.
One day old back alleys like this will be part of history. How many of us have not paid attention to places like this and then think in future years when it's too late that we have no record of where we grew up.
At the end of the three day 4WD tour that goes across the Salar de Uyuni, then up volcanic valleys with flamingo lakes, you end up at the Chile border. From there it's a one hour bus to San Pedro de Atacama.
I decided not to go on to Chile, but do the seven or so hours back to Uyuni, so see a lot of it all again...
Back Tor, Derwent Edge, Peak District, UK
© 2023 Paul Newcombe. Don't use without permission.
A spectacular sunrise on Derwent Edge this morning. For a moment or two anyway.
Juvenile red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) perched o na branch.
Młody gąsiorek (Lanius collurio) siedzący na gałązce.
Brighton's West Pier under a cloudy sky shortly after sunrise as the waves crash on to beach and then rush back off the sand to then turn again.
If you look very closely to close ups of Hummingbirds, you will see how their back feathers are used to help them hover. It is especially evident in this shot.
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) male perched on a staff gauge.
Samiec gąsiorka (Lanius collurio) siedzący na wodowskazie.
Le parc Frédéric-Back (situé dans le Complexe environnemental de Saint-Michel) est un grand parc multi-fonctionnel à Montréal situé dans l'arrondissement de Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, au Québec. D'une superficie actuelle de 48 hectares, il est appelé à devenir d'ici quelques années l'un des plus grands parcs urbains de la Ville de Montréal.
Most often my method is a simple attention to God combined with a general sense of hunger for God. I find myself often attached to God with the great sweetness and delight of an infant at the mother's breast. I hesitate to use the expression, but the inexpressible sweetness which I taste and experience there is as if I were at the bosom of God at all times. Sometimes my thoughts wander away from God by necessity or infirmity. But soon an inner desire brings me back to God. This inward yearning is so delightful and delicious that I am ashamed to describe it.
-The Practice of the Presence of God In Modern English, Brother Lawrence Translated into Modern English by Marshall Davis
It was a pleasant surprise to see #7764, a GE C40-8 loco, which was in storage all these days at Waycross, GA, back in action. It was on Y123, a local from Charleston to Cosgrove Yard, and here it is seen on its way back at N. Charleston.