The view from my "office"

love_the_life · Mar 30, 2024

Ade said:
Some more views en route MEL. I think I might have seen something that resembles a “controlled burn” around 20 mins before landing into MEL.

My photos don’t do justice. But initially it looked like the fog was blanketing the mountains because of winter, but as the flight proceeded I think I saw a trail of smoke coming off the mountains which then was blanketing the surroundings.
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Canberra has been been very smoky for the past few days especially in the afternoon when the wind picks up a bit. A number of controlled burns near Paddy's River and around and also near Black Mountain. Makes for great sunsets but can smell the smoke.

Port Power · Mar 30, 2024

OZDUCK said:
In Salzburg HBF the T Shirts were €24.99.

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So two for €30 was a bargain!

Ade · Mar 30, 2024

love_the_life said:
Canberra has been been very smoky for the past few days especially in the afternoon when the wind picks up a bit. A number of controlled burns near Paddy's River and around and also near Black Mountain. Makes for great sunsets but can smell the smoke.View attachment 376043

Reminds me of what I saw few days back, near Braddon.

Near Dickson

drron · Mar 30, 2024

Views from Kagoshima. Sakurajima is sleeping today.

And SENGAN-EN . Cherry Blossom began yesterday. But the main story was the beautiful Japanese garden.

RooFlyer · Mar 30, 2024

Hanging out at Arthur River, NW Tas

At the heads is a magnificent panorama of the Southern Ocean crashing against the coast

And looking up through the heads towards the little hamlet

Cruise tomorrow.

zig · Mar 30, 2024

Sunrise on approach to Hermanus on Silver Cloud.

Flashback · Mar 30, 2024

zig said:
Sunrise on approach to Hermanus on Silver Cloud.
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There's some nice hiking around there, if you're getting off the ship.

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zig · Mar 30, 2024

Flashback said:
There's some nice hiking around there, if you're getting off the ship.

Some are going hiking. I’m going to the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve.

Flashback · Mar 30, 2024

The view from the Barrie, Ontario office. It was rather chilly, a bit cooler than I expected although I foolishly only checked the forecast for Toronto for our trip, not further north where we are now (Wasaga Beach/Collingwood - had to visit there, to see if there were any bogans around wearing black and white).

The Spirit Catcher. Note the gull......

Walking on the lake, which is still frozen in parts. Brrrrrrr.

$10/hour for an open air very basic carpark? In downtown Barrie of all places......?! Ouch!

I suppose the surface could be icy....... given it's near an ice machine

The architecture is really mixed.

Who could go past a Little Caesars for a quick and easy dinner - Home Alone style. Keep the change ya filthy animal!

RooFlyer · Mar 30, 2024

Flashback said:
The view from the Barrie, Ontario office.

Go a bit further up the road to Sudbury and you’ll see some real crazy rocks man!
When the meteor hit, it lifted up God knows how many millions of tons of rocks semi molten and they dropped down and draped or drooped over whatever was left there. Think of the Salvador Dali watch painting.

Flashback · Mar 30, 2024

RooFlyer said:
Go a bit further up the road to Sudbury and you’ll see some real crazy rocks man!
When the meteor hit, it lifted up God knows how many millions of tons of rocks semi molten and they dropped down and draped or drooped over whatever was left there. Think of the Salvador Dali watch painting.

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Cool! Don't think we'll get time as we're heading down today to catch the Mennonites farmer's market (St. Jacobs Market District | Farmers market | St. Jacobs Farmers' Market, Weber Street North, Woolwich, ON, Canada), but there's a cool version of that clock in person in Andorra which I saw last year.