The SETI Wheel

Ignoring the carriages and peering straight through the steelwork it’s easy to forget this structure is an amusement ride. A giant steel spiderweb or perhaps some archaic antenna searching for extraterrestrial life. In fact anything but the fun and games of a show. I must admit however some deep and primal part of me would […]

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They All Dreamed To Fly

Excited murmuring ran up and own the queue as they waited apprehensively in line. Above them yelps of joy, shrieks of horror, wailing fear and cries of exhilaration filled the sky. Soon they would know … They had all dreamed to fly. They were all about to find out what it just might be like. […]

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Fun Far From Home

When I captured this image of a group of young people having a wow of a time on the rides in the Garden of Unearthly Delights I thought nothing more other than rides and colour and fun. Later my daughter while looking over my shoulder exclaimed she recognised some of these people from the Adelaide […]

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Boys Just Want to Have Fun

Back at the Garden of Unearthly Delights there are plenty of people not interested in the shows, in the stalls or the festivities. Down the back where the rides are, you’ll find that boys just want to have fun! Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Boys Just Want to Have Fun’ 1/400s f/2.8 ISO1600 70mm

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