Casios in the Outback

Cyril Catt · Oct 11, 2018

Travellers sometimes relieve the boredom of long drives of 500 to 1000km daily in the Australian outback by undertaking silly activities. Stopping to cover roadside termite mounds with spare clothing, for instance!

Trying to catch the results of previous travellers' pranks, through the window of a speeding coach, helped relieve the boredom of travelling through long drought stricken stretches of central Australia on a recent trip to Darwin. The handheld ZR800 did fairly well catching these scenes as they flashed by at 110 kph, though my reactions didn't manage to get them all at centre frame.

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Cyril

rolandb · Oct 12, 2018

Made me laugh Cyril,,

What a strange lot you are

Roland.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rolandb52/

"" I'm a snap-shooter! I shoot anything that interest me. Sometimes, I get lucky and some of my snap-shots turn into a photograph.""

Cyril Catt · Oct 12, 2018

rolandb said:
rolandb wrote: Made me laugh Cyril,, What a strange lot you are Roland. [...]

Roland, another example that I didn't manage to snap was a tree decorated with dozens of hats and caps. But don't blame Aussies entirely. I'd suggest that most of the people with the time to spare for such pranks in isolated spots would be backpackers and others on tourist visas. Though there may be a few of our grey nomads still with a larrikan spirit, most locals would be rushing to get their long journey over, with no time to stop for larks. ;-(

Cyril Catt · Oct 13, 2018

Springtime in the Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens can be a dangerous time!

BEWARE DO NOT APPROACH NESTING PLOVERS WILL ATTACK

Although the female kept her cool, as soon as the male spotted me approaching, he advanced on me with a raucous warning

GO AWAY!

YES! YOU!

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Cyril

Cyril Catt · Oct 16, 2018

There is often local information on posters at major sites in outback Australia. But they may contain so much information that it helps to to take a snap to digest at leisure. The ZR5100's wide angle was helpful for that. For instance at Anthwerrke (Emily Gap) a site near Alice Springs, with significant local cultural history.

This is a partial crop of quick 4-photo stitched pan of the entry to the Gap during the dry season, with visitors in the creek bed.

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Cyril

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