The view or two from my "office"

[VPS]

Portreath Beach Cornwall

It wasn't very cold but it certainly wasn't warm and these four girls had set up a windbreak right next to the stone wall and were having a little picnic. I could think of better things to do than visit the beach on a day like today. I did see a bottle of Malibu so maybe that was helping

 

[Flyfrequently]

The reason for our overnighter in Melbourne - Hamer Hall


Tommy Emmanuel magnificent concert!

Still touring , definitely worth it, paging @GarrettM @Denali

 

[ellen10]

Originally saw Tommy Emmanual 40 years ago. Fantastic show.

 

[kookaburra75]

After the last few days of cold weather in Canberra, we expected Sydney to be much the same. But we were wrong (thankfully)
The view from our AirBnB apartment in Elizabeth Bay
Looking east towards the harbour
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Looking towards the CYC where we will be lunching

Before and after shots. Sunshine on Saturday and now dust on Tuesday in Sydney.

Thankfully we were able to move our flight home forward, but we're expecting delays. That's life

 

[Flyfrequently]

Originally saw Tommy Emmanual 40 years ago. Fantastic show.

His late brother Phil and my brother were great mates, so even more special last night as Tommy recalled many memories of Phil

 

[jkbaus]

His late brother Phil and my brother were great mates, so even more special last night as Tommy recalled many memories of Phil

I knew them many years ago.
Although Tommy was always technically great but I always thought Phil had a much better feel.
Such a loss

 

[drron]

One of my regular offices. SQ 708 to BKK.

 

[RB001]

On my lunchtime walk near the Sydney (Banksia) office.
A Westerly breeze is picking up, so planes are largely taking off to the west at this time, I.e. directly over me. I look up whenever their passing is announced, and this time my eye was particularly caught by the 777-300ER that is NZ104. A welcome break from the domestic 737 conga line, but notice the lower part of the picture.


I don't photograph every plane I see, but it took a split second to register there was another plane in view - and headed up!
Turns out VA413, coming in to land got as far as 375 vertical feet (FR24) and decided landing wasn't for them.
From a brief look at what data is currently in FR24, NZ104 was barely off the ground when the VA flight reached their lowest point.

 

[ellen10]

His late brother Phil and my brother were great mates, so even more special last night as Tommy recalled many memories of Phil

Yes when we saw them both Tommy and Phil were on stage.

I just read that Phil died of an asthma attack at age 65 in 2018.
Tommy is 69. They were taught to play the guitar by their mother.

 

[OZDUCK]

Colmar is beautiful and so are some of the surrounding villages - I could go back there tomorrow

It certainly is beautiful. We took far too many photos. All up we were there for over 6 hours and were just wandering the streets for most of the time. We only had a break for lunch, the boat ride and a short trip in little free electric bus that does a circuit.

 

[drron]

And arrived in another of our regular offices. IC club, Bangkok.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Dawn over the Yarra this morning

 

[TheRealTMA]

Lovely visit to The Abbey museum at Caboolture today. Highly recommend.

 

[Denali]

Sitting in our room Changi transit hotel and six planes spotted out the window


And T1 pool view

 

[Daver6]

QF domestic J lounge MEL. Although trying to confuse folks by offering pizza perhaps?

 

[Flashback]

QF domestic J lounge MEL. Although trying to confuse folks by offering pizza perhaps?

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There's supposedly a "pizzeria" in the Crown Lounge at AMM ... stay tuned ...

 

[Flashback]

The view from our LHR T5 ... gate A10 (bus gate ) office. Finally, a new bus fleet and using the proper COBUS vehicles. You can see the coughpy white one behind it.. which are narrow transit buses. A nice change.

 

[OZDUCK]

Strasbourg - Barrage Vauban. Built 1686 - 1690 to enable the flooding of the River Ill as a defensive measure. It was used in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War.



The remnants of the mechanism used to operate the floodgates.

 

[Daver6]

Approach from the west into BNE

 

[Captain Halliday]

Approach from the west into BNE

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I hate to break it to you, but the water and islands are to the East of Brisbane.

We’ll forgive you though because you’re used to the coast being imPERfectly located and on the wrong side.