engineering
Machinery, airplanes, ships, tanks etc.
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His Majesty’s Australian Ship, the corvette Castlemaine (HMAS Castlemaine)
Another album for the Boys HMAS Castlemaine is a museum ship moored in Williamstown Harbour, right near the heart of Melbourne. It’s open to the public on weekends, so of course I… Continue reading
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The beach, the Rocks and the Cars
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского The beach is called Gunnamatta, and it’s over on the Mornington Peninsula – a place I’ve driven all over, back to front and sideways. Not my fault it’s such a ripper spot… Continue reading
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Jets in flight
Latest album from the airshow. In order of appearance in the album: C-17A Globemaster III, F/A-18F Super Hornet, F-35A Lightning II, E-7A Wedgetail, KC-30A, P-8A Poseidon, C-130J-30 Hercules. C-17A from the US Air Force, all others from the RAAF –… Continue reading
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Black Korean eagles
Continuing the report from the Avalon airshow. This album’s all about a ten-minute slot when the Republic of Korea Air Force’s 53rd Demonstration Squadron, the “Black Eagles,” put on their aerobatic show. Gotta say, they absolutely smashed it. Flawless performance!… Continue reading
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Aerobatics
Here’s the next album from the airshow. Alongside the sporty planes, there’s an MH-60R Sea Hawk anti-submarine chopper in the mix. And the absolute highlight: a Mustang and a Spitfire doing a formation flight together! The best American and… Continue reading
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Airshow
And it wasn’t just any airshow — it was an international one, and one of the most significant in the world. It’s usually held in Australia every two years, but due to, well, you know what, the last one was… Continue reading
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Australian Army Museum at Bandiana
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского While I was busy editing the Tassie photos, I still managed to get out and take even more shots. And now, my hands have finally made it to the post-Tasmania… Continue reading
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A lot of tanks
And yeah, there really are heaps of them at the Australian Army Tank Museum on the Puckapunyal military base (gotta say, that name’s a bit of a mouthful — proper wild Aboriginal word). There’s not much in the way… Continue reading
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Steel mill
Yeah, we’ve got one of those too — Bluescope Steel in Hastings, not far from my place. I ended up going on a tour there, kind of unexpectedly. It was a private tour for friends and family of the… Continue reading
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Guns and Casemates
Old, big album. I just realised I never showed anyone this old album, which I shot all the way back in September. What’s interesting is that I took these shots during a sneaky little outing in the middle of… Continue reading









