When we entered the foyer of Customs House in Sydney it was busy, noisy and there were people everywhere. Some people gazed into the atrium void above, others marveled at the scale replica model of Sydney below the glass floor. Tour groups posed for photos while tourists in pairs or alone wielded selfie sticks to […]
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I spotted Dromaneen Castle on the other side of the Blackwater River while on the road from Mallow to Killarney and there ensued an all morning effort to get close enough to photograph this old Irish ruin. After several dead ends, wrong turns and traversals down roads more suited to goats and cows than cars […]
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You could be forgiven in thinking this gothic style church hidden away in the side streets of Mallow is old. At nearly 200 years it is old by shopping mall standards but not nearly as old as many other churches in Ireland. Still, despite its age, the immaculate condition is a credit to to those […]
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Looking up towards heaven inside The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria. When The New Cathedral was designed it was to be the largest, tallest and most majestic cathedral in Austria. The bureaucracy had decreed however that in Austria-Hungary no building was allowed to be higher than Saint Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. Stifled […]
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Grub Castle can be seen across the water from the Austrian village of Hallstat on the eastern shore of Lake Hallstatt. This privately owned residence is immaculate and as such it is hard to imagine this fairy story castle has a 500 year history with humble beginnings as a simple farmhouse. In the intervening years […]
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