photography
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Walls of China
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского In Australian English there’s a word ‘mallee’. It refers both to a type of landscape and to the vegetation. Basically, mallee means low-growing eucalyptus trees that cover vast semi-arid plains, along with… Continue reading
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Mildura holiday – Castlemaine
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского On the way to Mildura, we made several long stops. The first of them was the town of Castlemaine. By the way, I’ve already written about Castlemaine before — not about the… Continue reading
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Mildura holiday – Lake Tyrrell
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского A very long time ago, right in the middle of Australia, there was a massive lake that covered parts of what are now Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. If you… Continue reading
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Mildura holiday – the road there and back
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского And so that wonderful moment finally arrived when we headed off on our family holiday. We try to do this every year, usually heading somewhere wild and exotic – places like Tasmania,… Continue reading
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Nicholas Building
Stories have a habit of weaving themselves together. Sometimes you learn something new — an interesting little piece of information or history. Then you come across another one that doesn’t seem related at all. And then a third one appears,… Continue reading
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The Rainforest and the Hills
Here are some photo reports from two decent little outings. They weren’t full day trips — just times when I happened to have a few free hours and headed out into nature for some fresh air. And I always take… Continue reading
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West Gate Tunnel
Remember how the Fellowship of the Ring travelled through the mines of Moria in the first book of Tolkien’s famous trilogy? Well, I also got to wander through some massive underground caverns — Melbourne-style this time — though my adventure… Continue reading
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Sunset on the beach
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского After a long day at work, I headed down to the beach for a stroll, to breathe in some sea air and watch the sunset. I just happened to have my camera… Continue reading
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Aurora Australis
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского “The space battle unfolded in the reaches above the planet. An armada of lumbering alien starships, drawn up in a spearhead formation, surged into attack. Nothing stood in their way now. The… Continue reading
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Anamorphic Gardens
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского “What a load of nonsense!” — you might say. “There’s no such thing as anamorphic gardens!” And you’d be right — there aren’t. But there are anamorphic lenses, and you can use… Continue reading
