Monthly Archives: November 2015

Sydney People’s Climate March – 29 Nov 2015

Here are a few photos from the march at Sydney. Heaps of people in attendance. Lets hope there is some real action taking place in Paris.

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Feeding Time at the Cooks River – 28 November 2015

I spent an interesting few hours along the Cooks River watching the birds having their lunch. An egret seemed to be doing the best. It was standing in a shallow part of the river (the tide was out) and was regularly … Continue reading

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Bowens Creek Canyon (Lower Section of the North Branch) – 26 November 2015

This was a very hot day in Sydney and almost as hot in the Blue Mountains, so an ideal day to visit a canyon. Bob had not been to Bowens Creek for a long time, and thought that a visit to … Continue reading

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Taronga Zoo – Visit on 25 November 2015

Having a yearly zoo pass makes it easy to visit the zoo many times. This visit I wanted to get some more photos and to try a different camera system to what I took on my visit the week before. … Continue reading

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Cooks River Birds – 24 November 2015

Brian from the National Parks Association had organised a walk from Wolli Creek up the Cooks River to Canterbury. I had hoped to join his party, but I had to stay home early in the morning to wait for a … Continue reading

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East Hills to Padstow Walk – 22 November 2015

I got the idea for this walk, and downloaded walks notes from the Wild Walks Website. I had not walked in this area before and this particular walk seemed the longest one on the website for that area. It was easy … Continue reading

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Fortress Creek Canyon – 19 November 2015

Fortress Creek Canyon is not one of the more spectacular canyons in the Blue Mountains, but it is quite nice and it is very accessible, being a short walk from the Mt Hay Road out from Leura. It had been … Continue reading

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Taronga Zoo Visit – 18 November 2015

Another enjoyable day at the zoo. This time it was quite a hot day. Not so many visitors and a lot of sleeping animals. The zoo is a good place to practice your photography. It is challenging to photograph the animals … Continue reading

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A Look at Sydney Park – 17 November 2015

I had a recent look at Sydney Park near St Peters. Its come a long way over the years and is a really nice park. Here are a few photos I took – 

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Vale – John Davis

It was a very bad accident. John Davis was travelling back from a coal mine protest in the helicopter of Richard Green and his wife. For some reason, on their way back to Sydney the helicopter crashed in the Wattagan … Continue reading

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