Super-Tight Security

I took the following photo for an article in another blog. As you may notice, it's not entirely horizontal.


As my finger was pressing the button, an official informs me that photos are not permitted ... for "security" reasons. I tried to explain that the photo contained mere bus arrival times - and the existence of timetables meant this was hardly top-secret information. My logic fell on deaf ears.

So while i'm still kind of concerned at the ever-growing list of things that are apparently "security" concerns; i'm also trying to figure out an explanation - even if it's only remotely plausible.

The best i've come up with is the newsagency in the background. If the these locations become known, terrorists may launch "operation golden casket" where they buy up all the scratchies - striking the gambling community at its core ;)

Open 24 Hours

Apparently this tank is available to collect rain at any time of day...


I would have thought this'd be true of all water tanks ;)

Do you reckon it's a deliberately joke, or just an obsession with putting advertising on every available surface...?

Smile !

If you had to decsribe me in 5 words, "photogenic" would be a long way from the top of your list. So a profile-style pic was always going to be a challenge. But with a very patient friend behind the camera, and a bit of photoshop magic, we produced something reasonable.

ps. i should have mentioned that it was for a tech-related article, so it had be computery. A perfect opportunity to show off my friend's widescreen monitor!

City Art

Cityscape

Long-time readers may remember the Southbank Sunset that i blogged some time ago. The photo was taken from the ferry looking across the river.

Having crossed the river, i then took another shot back towards the city side. It didn't turn out that great, but today i was desperate for a "Brisbane" photo for my uni project.


It's amazing what some cropping and colour saturation can do.

Flags Are Up

My good friend Murray and I recently headed to the Gold Coast for the Titans' first game of the season - and the first at the new stadium. Actually Murray was keen to see the visiting team - his beloved North Queensland Cowboys (but the less said about their performance the better).


As the commentator said on the coverage "If there are 27,000 fans here, there must be at least 26,000 flags". Talk about excitement... the enthusiasm in this picture is just for the team running onto the field! You can imagine what happens when they score.

Taking Flight

Today was the day the little guys decided to have a go at flying. The first guy almost slipped off the branch before he eventually managed a successful flight, albeit to a lower balcony (more of a controlled fall really).


Then the second guy decided he could manage this aswell. Although he is much more of a look-before-you-leap kind of bird. I had put my camera away before he finally had a go. (hmm, perhaps he was just shy)

Bird Update

Ok, it's been a few days now. So after several days' worth of being sat on, the little birds have hatched. Sometimes they will be sitting in the nest by themselves, sometimes mum or dad will come along with food for them. This is one feeding time when the little ones had just been given their food.

Nest-ling In

One of the things i like about Brisbane is that even though i live in the "inner suburbs", there is still a fair bit of nature around. The latest example is this bird which has set up camp in a tree just outside my window.


There's actually two of them, but they rarely sit around long enough for me to grab my camera. If you've got any idea what type of bird it is, i'd be interested to know.

Me and Mark Waugh

I had a go on the Weetbix Face2Face Challenge. According to the face-recognition software, the Australian Cricketer I look most like is Mark Waugh. (73.5%)

I think the main differences is about 16,500 runs for Australia ;)
If you give it a shot, let me know how you go.