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'Appy Straya Day

Postby gstark on Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:30 am

'Appy Straya Day, all y'all.

Just two things:

Take a few moments to remember those of us who have suffered (or are still suffering) great losses due to the various weather events that we've been experiencing of late.

Stay cool.

And let's see some Straya Day photos in this thread. MAke some images, and post them here.


Stay safe.
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby biggerry on Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:38 pm

gstark wrote:And let's see some Straya Day photos in this thread. MAke some images, and post them here.


nothing like having to work on Australia day eh? but it could be worse..

cant get more australian then qantas... excluding all their offshore maintenance :)
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby colin_12 on Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:20 pm

At least the extra funds will be appreciated Gerry.

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went out for a quick walk this morning and found these. :up:
Orchids and fungi, how could I go wrong.
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby the foto fanatic on Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:15 pm

gstark wrote:'Appy Straya Day, all y'all.


Typo.

It now seems to be Shtraya. :?
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby aim54x on Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:21 pm

Happy Straya Day to you all!
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby gstark on Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:29 pm

Gerry,

I do like the second of those images. Great work.

Colin, the first is wonderful.
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby rflower on Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:17 pm

couldn't have an Australia Day without a Pav could you??

Decided to make one around lunchtime.
In the oven by 1:30pm, cooked by 3:00 pm

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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby ATJ on Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:32 pm

I spent 3 and a half hours on Australian soil and maybe another 2 hours in Australian air space. Most of the day was spent in Vanuatu. I did have lunch at The Beach Bar which is run by an Australian and he was playing Australian music.

All the staff on Hideaway Island were wearing hats with Australian flags and/or temporary tattoos of Australian flags.

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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby biggerry on Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:01 pm

ATJ wrote:The Beach Bar which is run by an Australian and he was playing Australian music.


it had better have been Triple J's Hottest 100 :up: :up:

rflower wrote:couldn't have an Australia Day without a Pav could you??


I feel fat looking at that :rotfl2: but I reckon I could put that away in a couple of bites :up:

colin_12 wrote:At least the extra funds will be appreciated Gerry.

or at least the time in lieu :|

I love that fungi Colin, it actually looks quite dry though.. how big is it?

gstark wrote:I do like the second of those images. Great work.


right place, right time, right angle - damn hard to nail a shot like that with everything in symmetry. :up:
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby surenj on Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:38 pm

Hope everyone had a good day. It was a tad hot though. :wink:
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby Remorhaz on Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:26 pm

surenj wrote:Hope everyone had a good day. It was a tad hot though. :wink:


It was and I had the full day... arrived in the city just before 9:30AM and my daughter and I spent the whole day roaming the various city activities (from Hyde Park to the Harbour to the Rocks and Darling Harbour for the fireworks) - didn't get home till 10PM - she was very tired :)

I'll post some pics later :)

Happy Australia Day everyone :)
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Re: 'Appy Straya Day

Postby colin_12 on Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:33 pm

biggerry][quote="colin_12 wrote:At least the extra funds will be appreciated Gerry.

or at least the time in lieu :| Ouch that smarts, but you do like to get out and away.

I love that fungi Colin, it actually looks quite dry though.. how big is it?

gstark wrote:I do like the second of those images. Great work.
:agree:

right place, right time, right angle - damn hard to nail a shot like that with everything in symmetry. :up:[/quote]

Hey Gerry, the fungi was one with a dry style of cap, almost like velvet. It was about 15mm across from memory.
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