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Gare Aix en Provence, and the first railway line in France I’ve seen that is not electrified.
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Visiting the Dalí Theatre and Museum, in Figueres this afternoon. I’ve seen Dalí work before but I knew nothing about him before this visit. Some really evocative pieces in this collection.
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Mercado de La Boqueria, and the location of our Covid-safe celebration lunch for my friend’s recent marriage.
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Visited Sagrada Família this afternoon. Absolutely stunning cathedral. Photos don’t do it justice, especially from cameras with dirty lenses (sorry for all the lens-flares).
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Making this my first photo of Barcelonia: the lift in our hotel has two doors at 90° of each other. First instance of seeing this.
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Morning walk along a wooded trail just outside Elorrio. Perfect for recharging my social batteries after last night’s wedding reception.
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Elorrio, and the day of my friends wedding. It’s been a few years in the making, due to the pandemic, but the day has arrived.
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It never ceases to amaze me how large the seagulls are in Europe and the UK. So much larger than the ones back home.
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Now we’re really checking items off my bucket list. TGV from Paris Montpanasse to Hendaye, on the French/Spanish border. Speed topped at 312 km/h on the way to Bordeaux.
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At Dubai International Airport, buying $12 coffee and looking for departure boards, which are few and far between.
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At the cafe this morning. The ledge of this cabinet is the perfect height for dogs to do this. I always enjoy seeing it.
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April usually means controlled burns, and they’re conducting these burns at a bush reserve near my place. I was afraid that the smoke would be an issue, but so far it’s been such a non-issue I was wondering if the burns were actually called off. Apparently not.
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This teeny tiny lizard made its way into my house somehow. I’ve seen it on and off over the last week, but I managed to catch it and put it outside. There’s another one running around that I’ll also need to find and rescue.
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Wow, some serious work’s happening on the overhead wires of the train line. Looks like they’re replacing these old stanchions. I guess they’ve reached their end of life. Not sure how long they’ve been in service but they look quite old. Certainly older than me at the very least.
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Caught up with my sister, and her two cockatiels this afternoon. Nice to visit them again.
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One of the photos I was going to use in my last post was this photo, which was modified using Google’s Magic Eraser. You can compare this with the original photo in that post (it had two people in it). It’s far from perfect, but it’s still quite impressive.
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Photos Of Churchill Island
Yesterday, my parents and I went to Churchill Island for afternoon tea and a walk around the homestead. Here are a few photos of that outing. Apologies that some of them are not great — they were taken in a bit of a hurry.
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Photos of Fitzroy Gardens, while we play our bocce comp. grand final. Perfect weather for it. Also lots of weddings going on.
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A lot of track work going on this weekend. I enjoy seeing these trucks that can go both on roads and rails. You don’t want to be waiting for them to transition, though. It’s usually done at level crossings and they don’t rush it.
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Some acorns fell to the ground while I was passing under an oak tree this afternoon. I looked up and saw a few female king parrot perched there, feeding on the acorns.
It was difficult making them out: their green plumage provided good camouflage.
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Very hot today. Mercury hovering just under 40°C, with every chance that it may get hotter than that. But you know what? I rather it be hot today than tomorrow. Why? You’ll find out tomorrow. In the meantime… cheers! 🧊☕️
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This hollow is hot property at the moment. It was occupied by a couple of kookaburra chicks about a month ago. They’ve since flown the nest. Now a pair of rainbow lorikeets are interested in it.
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Passing by the Vegemite factory on the way to work. You usually get a whiff of its signature smell when you walk by, but today it was particularly strong.
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Putting up a new print today.
Original is by a local artist, although I didn’t get their name.
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I also saw an interesting water-bird this morning. Don’t know what species it is. Looks a bit like a Pied Cormorant but the colour around the eyes and beak is wrong. I tried to take a picture but it flew off and the best photo I got, one with a high digital zoom, is quite muddy.
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While walking this afternoon, I met a small flock of gang-gang cockatoos. A gang-gang gang if you will. And yes, I have been sitting on that line for the past week or so. 🙂
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Wishing you all a merry Christmas, a safe and restful holiday, and a happy and prosperous New Year.
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Went on a tour to see the Hoover Dam this morning. What an impressive feat of engineering.
Equally impressive was the bridge where the first shot was taken.
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State election today. Number of people making their commitment to the process quite early. #mbnov
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Typing in “graze” into Google Photos returned this photo. Conveniently, this was taken six months ago to the day. #mbnov
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Rocking my super cool hat and jacket ensemble this morning. We’re a couple of weeks from the high UVs of summer so I wear the hat whenever I’m outside. But it’s really cold this morning and the wind feels like ice so the jacket had to come out as well. Trendy. 🤓 #mbnov
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