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This is the new A380 when it made it's first visit to Australian soil - touching down at Brisbane airport for a quick Quantas paintjob before heading down south. Note the size of the massive semi-trailer parked on the apron of the hangar, then look at the plane! Maximum takeoff weight: 590,000 kg (1,300,700 lbs) - yup, a MILLION POUNDS! If you love your specs, you can check out some good A380 stats at Thai Technics
2005/12/16: Submitted to PhotoFriday "Weight" challenge.
We have had a couple of largish bushfires around Keperra and the Gap over the last two days, this afternoon it really took off. Our Fire & Rescue guys were going hard at it in the choppers protecting homes and lives.
This picture (before cloning out the watch) placed 10th in the FujiMugs "Fear of the Dark" challenge. It's a self-portrait back-lit with only a torch (flashlight).
Update 2005/09/30: Submitted to PhotoFriday "Darkness" challenge.
Toowong Cemetary, Brisbane Australia. Sad that some people get a thrill from defacing the resting places of others - with not even a piece of eight to show for it.
Placed 30th (oh well) in the FujiMugs "Movies" challenge.
2005-07-05 Submitted to the PhotoFriday "Somber" challenge.
2006-10-20 Last-minute submission to the PhotoFriday "Destruction" challenge.
Known around here as "Christmas Beetles" as they tend to come out around November/December, our summer. Their colourings are just amazing, providing you can get past the fact that they are, after all... bugs.
They have a wonderful multicoloured speckled back, but once they get tired (like this guy was) they insist on rolling onto their backs and become rather uncooperative models. As it turns out, they have shiny bellies too.
2005-07-29 - Submitted to PhotoFriday.com "Attractive" challenge.
Taken for the PhotoFriday 'Symbol' topic. The equipment behind the glass is a Telequipment D83 CRO (Cathode Ray Oscilloscope) that still gets permanent residence on my desk despite being rarely used. It's a geek thing, I guess :-)
Hmm... well.... now the PhotoFriday topic is "Nerdy". It's as if I took this photo a challenge or so early! Lazy, yes... but I'm submitting this one again.
