Emily Davis had the crowd in the palm of her hands as she wooed them with her bluesy tones at the Wheatsheaf the other night. This was my first time at the Wheatsheaf on Goeorge Street and it will certainly not be my last. We listened a bit, chatted some, drank a little, solved some […]
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Day 511, The Lamson Rapid Wire System
There is a strange device hanging from the ceiling of the top floor of Adelaide’s Malcolm Reid building. In 1885 Robert McCarty patented a system of carrying packages on a wire and his invention was licensed to the Rapid Service Store Railway Company of Detroit. In 1887 Lamsons took control of this company and marketed […]
Read MoreDay 510, Tracing Circles
When I first started preparing this image I was not sure which way to take it. There is a lot going on and I am still not sure if it is all too busy. All my attempts to draw the eye to one subject seems to fail as I found my eyes tracing circles around […]
Read MoreDay 509, Arrival
No sooner had I decided on a title for this image and I had Abba songs coming to mind! Perhaps the recent Eurovision Song Contest had a little to do with it as well! In any case this image really has nothing to do with any of those! I have collected a few aircraft images […]
Read MoreDay 508, Seaweed Dreams
Our sea grasses are a very important part of the local coastal ecosystem. As well as providing important habitat for many creatures unique in the world to our southern shores they are also important nurseries for commercial fish species. My very first encounter with our coastal sea grass took place in a scene very similar […]
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