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On the Eastern bank Elizabeth Quay stands The Ritz-Carlton Hotel and a residential tower with unobstructed river views.
Elizabeth Quay inlet with the Perth bell tower in the background.
Elizabeth Quay is a mixed-use development project in the Perth central business district. Encompassing an area located on the north shore of Perth Water near the landmark Swan Bells, the precinct was named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II during her Diamond Jubilee.
The project includes construction of an artificial inlet on what was previously the Esplanade Reserve, and modifications to the surrounding environs including Barrack Square, with the project opening nine sites for potential development. Completed facilities were initially projected to include 1,700 residential apartments, 150,000 square metres (1.6 million square feet) of office space and 39,000 square metres (0.42 million square feet) of retail space.
Planning Minister John Day and Premier Colin Barnett turned the first ground at the Esplanade Reserve on 26 April 2012, and Barnett announced the name "Elizabeth Quay" on 28 May 2012. Construction of the inlet and associated infrastructure were completed in January 2016, ahead of the Perth International Arts Festival and Fringe World. The quay was officially opened on 29 January 2016. Construction of the associated buildings will be completed at varying times thereafter, with the first – The Ritz Carlton Hotel and an adjacent residential tower – opened on 15 November 2019.
Description
The Elizabeth Quay precinct is centred around an artificial inlet that opens to the Swan River at its south. At the eastern side of the mouth of the inlet is an islet, which contains the Florence Hummerston Kiosk (which hosts a hospitality complex), the Bessie Rischbieth statue and a playground, and is connected to the eastern shore by a short bridge and to the western shore by the longer Elizabeth Quay Bridge, a pedestrian and cycling bridge which spans the mouth of the inlet.
On the eastern shore are 24 public short stay moorings for recreational boats, as well as the Meet Our Australian Sailor sculpture on the south-eastern shore near the islet. The eastern side contains a 28-storey Ritz Carlton hotel and an adjacent residential tower, as well as two smaller buildings containing food and beverage outlets. The north shore, designated "The Landing", features the sculpture Spanda at its centre, with a carousel immediately west of the public artwork. Directly north of The Landing, across Geoffrey Bolton Avenue which bisects the area from west to east, is the 19-storey Nine The Esplanade office tower development (scheduled for completion in 2025), with the 29-storey Australian headquarters of Chevron Corporation located in the north-east of the precinct. To the north-west, adjacent to the Nine The Esplanade development, is an empty lot yet to be developed as of February 2025; this lot has been slated for the future 56-storey Fifteen The Esplanade mixed-use development.
The western shore features the Elizabeth Quay Jetty for Transperth ferry services to South Perth as well as commercial moorings. To the north-west is a shaded water park and play area and a building containing public toilets and a food and beverage outlet, with the mixed-use EQ West development consisting of two towers (52-storeys and 25-storeys, under construction as of February 2025) taking up the rest of the precinct to its west and south-west. The art piece First Contact stands on the south-west shore, near the western entry to the Elizabeth Quay Bridge.
Still looking a superb mountain in the snow at the top. New cable car system - an express service to get to the bottom of the mountain and then take the train up to the top. Very expensive now but a special trip no doubt. Have been to the top a few times and it was always a tiring day, and I do not have the energy to repeat it at the moment. But the view is grand from the lower levels of Grindelwald like this image.
Just a simple candid street style Snap captured of a guy looking as if he's waiting for the establishment to open.
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Jour 311
Ouf! J'ai pu traverser le chemin de fer juste avant que le train passe. Sinon, j'aurais eu à attendre jusqu'à 10 minutes
Phew! I was able to cross the railroad just before the train passed. Otherwise, I would have had to wait up to 10 minutes.
Not much snow on the mountains around Adelboden, but I enjoyed this view with the stark rock faces above the green grass ski areas lower down dotted with ski lifts for the winter sport season.
Taken 6th July 2025 with iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tooth Barkington the cairn terrier, aka The Tooth, has fallen asleep while waiting for a call from his publicist. ©2025 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
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It was a cold one, frost on this log that some enterprising folks had tried to push it into the lake possibly, or something deliberate to help wildlife walk out of the lake? But makes an interesting feature in the foreground.
This location is twenty miles from the centre of London but has been used in so many TV and films over the years as it only 2-3 miles from Pinewood Studios.
The lake is frozen here but you can walk round three quarters of it. The last quarter has the grounds of The Langley Hotel ( 5* and quite expensive) which is out of bounds unless you are staying at the hotel.
Shot taken using iPhone 15 Pro Max.
This is Philorine, a public health nurse who drove 45 minutes from Ol Tukai Lodge to our Elewana Tortilis Camp on the other side of Amboseli National Park to care for me when I went to bed for 24 hours with gastroenteritis. Later she checked on me several times until she was satisfied that I was well. A wonderful young professional; I hope she has a successful future. ©2025 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
Just a simple candid street style Snap captured of a guy going about his business "Walking In The Rain".
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Just a simple candid street style Snap captured of a young lady walking past some railings that I was standing by.
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This was my first encounter with the up-and-coming super-tusker Esau, a very affable elephant. At 33, he's still only a tusker, and an impressive one at that, and if he can be kept safe from poachers and is able to hit his 40s and 50s, he'll join the ranks of such elephantine legends as Tim and Craig and Tolstoy. In the meantime, he enjoys the grass on the plains of Amboseli National in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
A few words about feeding
Note how Esau will kick up divots of grass and then shake them free of dirt before eating them. Also note that after he curls his trunk about a tuft of pulled grass he will shake the dirt off before putting it in his mouth. Getting rid of the dirt first is a life-prolonging tactic because it keeps his teeth from being ground down prematurely. Once an elephant loses its teeth and no longer can grind food, it will starve and die. This happens to all elephants in old age eventually, but the ones that know how to eat properly will live longer.
What is a tusker? What is a super-tusker?
A tusker is an elephant male around the age of 30 with tusks weighing about 50 pounds each. (There can be females with huge tusks, but they are not called tuskers but "iconic females.") A super-tusker is in his 40s or 50s with tusks weighing 100 pounds each and often reaching the ground. Elephants' tusks always are growing, and a male can sire children into his 50s.
That thing around his neck
What is that thing around Esau's neck? It's a tracking collar. It's not at all fashionable but it helps keep him alive by warning would-be poachers that he is being watched. Tuskers are always in danger of being killed for their tusks, and they're becoming more and more rare, depleting the gene pool of these giants. ©2025 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
And there's plenty of Esau to see, isn't there? Here Mount Kilimanjaro is in the background. Up-and-coming super-tusker Esau, a very affable elephant. At 33, he's still only a tusker, and an impressive one at that, and if he can be kept safe from poachers and is able to hit his 40s and 50s, he'll join the ranks of such elephantine legends as Tim and Craig and Tolstoy. In the meantime, he enjoys the grass on the plains of Amboseli National in the shadow of Kilimanjaro. ©2025 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
Only a small or little amount of light illuminates this dark place.
One of my new pictures, a simple and casual picture of the interior of a train station.
I went for heavier post-processing for this picture, as it was taken in less than ideal conditions.
Winthrop Hall.
University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UWA was established in 1911 by an act of the Parliament of Western Australia.
UWA is the oldest university in Western Australia (WA) and the sixth-oldest in Australia. It is classed as one of the "sandstone universities", an informal designation given to the oldest university in each state.
UWA is a member of the Group of Eight, which consists of the eight most research-intensive and best-ranked Australian universities. UWA is also a member of the international Matariki Network of Universities.
UWA is ranked in the world's top 200 universities, according to several highly respected publications. Another defining characteristic of UWA is that it has retained its convocation as an integral part of its governance structure. All UWA graduates are automatically lifelong members of the university through convocation, which grants them the right to attend annual general meetings, elect two members of the university senate, and review any changes to university legislation.
UWA graduates include Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke, five justices of the High Court of Australia (including Chief Justice Robert French, now Chancellor), Governor of the Reserve Bank H. C. Coombs, various federal cabinet ministers, and seven of Western Australia's eight most recent premiers. In 2018 alumnus Akshay Venkatesh received the Fields Medal. As of 2021, the university had produced 106 Rhodes Scholars. Two members of the UWA faculty, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, won Nobel Prizes as a result of research at the university.
It is quite hard to make out this amazing staircase in the Helsinki Central Library.
It is like two staircases going down opposite each other, beautiful construction with wooded hand rails.
( I made the image black and white in order to gain more detail from the composition.)
There must have been a very innovative group of architects that put this building together - thinking outside the box all the time.
Image taken with iPhone 15 Pro Max.