I actually went out today, and not as my usual routine to the shopping mall or a movie theatre. I went into the city with the express idea to take some pictures, and actually had quite a lovely time. By myself of course, but one step at a time people :)
I waited until 1.30pm to head in, meaning I had lunch at home, and had left it too late to pick up a movie as well, which turned out OK actually. I got off the bus outside of City Hall, took the obligatory piccie there, and picked up some extra film - after taking pictures of clouds and spiders at home yesterday, I only had three or four pictures left on the current film. And that was not going to do at all :)
Headed down to the riverfront down by Eagle Street Pier, wandered down to the Botanic Gardens. There are some ugly sculptures in the city - took a pic of one, which was the backdrop to some sparrows drinking from leaky irrigation, but as for the rest, forget it. They is just ugly.
Saw a mother duck with a couple of ducklings, the ducklings still have the fuzzy downy type of feathers. I ummed and ahhed as to whether to take pics, some people came from the opposite direction, and the ducks headed into the undergrowth - I got down next to them to take a pic, obviously a bit too close cos mother duck was hissing at me, but hopefully the pic will come out all right...
Had a lemonade ice block from the cafe, sat down and relaxed for about ten minutes, just taking in what a great idea it had been to come out for the day. Went down to the 'tip' of the gardens, and took in the mangrove walk. Saw a couple of people kayaking across the other side of the river, and that will hopefully be a good picture. A mother and her kid had stopped by the side of the walkway, they had spotted a couple of tiny crabs - I stopped and watched from the side for a couple of minutes, the crabs, not the people, but didn't take a picture. They were very small, and I don't think my zoom would have gone in enough.
Walked across the Goodwill Bridge to South Bank. Walking under the South East Freeway, thought that from underneath the highway looked like a vaulted cathedral - just a stray thought. Stopped in the middle of the bridge for a couple of minutes, just watching the ferries chop their way through the water. Nice and relaxing. And then, on the other side of the river, looked down on the HMAS Diamantina, part of the Maritime Museum.
Thought about going in to the museum, but didn't get around to it - thought instead how much fun it looked like for a kid to run around the old frigate. Oh dear, a kid thought LOL.
Wandered down South Bank, was in the mood for a beer by this stage - walking up a thirst as it were. Went past the South Bank 'beachfront', thinking it would be nice to dip my feet in, but then had the guy by himself with a camera thought, maybe not best if I stopped and looked around - yes, it was best to look straight forward and keep walking LOL. Bikinis, five minutes walk from a city centre, I tell you. Let alone the camera in my hands train of thought - no, not thinking of the women, thinking of the kids, there was a bit of trouble with dodgy people taking pics of kids at South Bank a few months back. One of those clear the beach issues...
By the time I had rushed through the beach area, I was at the Cultural Centre end of South Bank - I had missed going 'inland' to the pubs earlier on the walk. And an entirely different crowd were leaving the Cultural Centre - dressed up, with Dirty Dancing programmes in their hands. Yes, the musical must be in town - nobody puts baby in the corner and such.
Walked across the Victoria Bridge, thinking I might duck into the casino for a quick beer, but then thought maybe the Irish bar below Wintergarden, whose name completely escapes me at the moment. Got a strawberry, banana and lime juice instead from one of those overpriced juice bars, but that got me the strength to go back to St Stephen's Church behind the Post Office, where I had walked to Eagle Street before. I had thought that there were good camera angles on Elizabeth Street there, but didn't take any on the walk down. Took some more piccies of the church and such :)
And then caught the bus home. Was considering taking pics of that sculpture next to the new David Jones complex, but was just too ugly LOL. There is a park, or should I more accurately say, a traffic island, in Lutwyche, with some sort of memorial on top of it, that I would like to have a closer look at sometime - as well as the park just half a block up from that with the cliff face showing to the east. Or perhaps the cemetary as well, tastefully done of course.
And after going out for the afternoon like I had just done, came home and wanted to have a swim. Unfortunately, there had been cleanser chemicals put in the pool or something, so I could dip my feet in, as I wanted to do down at South Bank, but as for swimming, only if I wanted to maybe burn my eyes out LOL.
So the energy went into making my mother a cuppa instead - allow her to put her feet up and watch the tennis. I think the tennis is about the only sport my mother actually allows herself to watch - don't even get her started on how stupid the other sports are, especially rugby :)
Still full of energy, I really did need that swim :)
Pauly
I waited until 1.30pm to head in, meaning I had lunch at home, and had left it too late to pick up a movie as well, which turned out OK actually. I got off the bus outside of City Hall, took the obligatory piccie there, and picked up some extra film - after taking pictures of clouds and spiders at home yesterday, I only had three or four pictures left on the current film. And that was not going to do at all :)
Headed down to the riverfront down by Eagle Street Pier, wandered down to the Botanic Gardens. There are some ugly sculptures in the city - took a pic of one, which was the backdrop to some sparrows drinking from leaky irrigation, but as for the rest, forget it. They is just ugly.
Saw a mother duck with a couple of ducklings, the ducklings still have the fuzzy downy type of feathers. I ummed and ahhed as to whether to take pics, some people came from the opposite direction, and the ducks headed into the undergrowth - I got down next to them to take a pic, obviously a bit too close cos mother duck was hissing at me, but hopefully the pic will come out all right...
Had a lemonade ice block from the cafe, sat down and relaxed for about ten minutes, just taking in what a great idea it had been to come out for the day. Went down to the 'tip' of the gardens, and took in the mangrove walk. Saw a couple of people kayaking across the other side of the river, and that will hopefully be a good picture. A mother and her kid had stopped by the side of the walkway, they had spotted a couple of tiny crabs - I stopped and watched from the side for a couple of minutes, the crabs, not the people, but didn't take a picture. They were very small, and I don't think my zoom would have gone in enough.
Walked across the Goodwill Bridge to South Bank. Walking under the South East Freeway, thought that from underneath the highway looked like a vaulted cathedral - just a stray thought. Stopped in the middle of the bridge for a couple of minutes, just watching the ferries chop their way through the water. Nice and relaxing. And then, on the other side of the river, looked down on the HMAS Diamantina, part of the Maritime Museum.
Thought about going in to the museum, but didn't get around to it - thought instead how much fun it looked like for a kid to run around the old frigate. Oh dear, a kid thought LOL.
Wandered down South Bank, was in the mood for a beer by this stage - walking up a thirst as it were. Went past the South Bank 'beachfront', thinking it would be nice to dip my feet in, but then had the guy by himself with a camera thought, maybe not best if I stopped and looked around - yes, it was best to look straight forward and keep walking LOL. Bikinis, five minutes walk from a city centre, I tell you. Let alone the camera in my hands train of thought - no, not thinking of the women, thinking of the kids, there was a bit of trouble with dodgy people taking pics of kids at South Bank a few months back. One of those clear the beach issues...
By the time I had rushed through the beach area, I was at the Cultural Centre end of South Bank - I had missed going 'inland' to the pubs earlier on the walk. And an entirely different crowd were leaving the Cultural Centre - dressed up, with Dirty Dancing programmes in their hands. Yes, the musical must be in town - nobody puts baby in the corner and such.
Walked across the Victoria Bridge, thinking I might duck into the casino for a quick beer, but then thought maybe the Irish bar below Wintergarden, whose name completely escapes me at the moment. Got a strawberry, banana and lime juice instead from one of those overpriced juice bars, but that got me the strength to go back to St Stephen's Church behind the Post Office, where I had walked to Eagle Street before. I had thought that there were good camera angles on Elizabeth Street there, but didn't take any on the walk down. Took some more piccies of the church and such :)
And then caught the bus home. Was considering taking pics of that sculpture next to the new David Jones complex, but was just too ugly LOL. There is a park, or should I more accurately say, a traffic island, in Lutwyche, with some sort of memorial on top of it, that I would like to have a closer look at sometime - as well as the park just half a block up from that with the cliff face showing to the east. Or perhaps the cemetary as well, tastefully done of course.
And after going out for the afternoon like I had just done, came home and wanted to have a swim. Unfortunately, there had been cleanser chemicals put in the pool or something, so I could dip my feet in, as I wanted to do down at South Bank, but as for swimming, only if I wanted to maybe burn my eyes out LOL.
So the energy went into making my mother a cuppa instead - allow her to put her feet up and watch the tennis. I think the tennis is about the only sport my mother actually allows herself to watch - don't even get her started on how stupid the other sports are, especially rugby :)
Still full of energy, I really did need that swim :)
Pauly
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