The view up underneath the National Carillon. It is interesting to see the additional detail in the otherwise plain triangular tiling.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 64
National Carillon Canberra
The National Carillon is on Queen Elizabeth II Island in Lake Burley Griffin. The 50m tall brutalist structure was a gift from the British Government to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Capital.
A carillon is a bell tower with a least 23 bells played by pressing keys on a keyboard. This makes carillons the largest musical instruments in the world. The National Carillon has 57 bells, making it large by world standards.
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 64
Susan at Canberra Glassworks
Susan hard at work in the Canberra Glassworks, busy making her custom paperweight.
- Aperture: ƒ/3.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 13.7mm
- ISO: 400
Black Mountain Tower View
The view of central Canberra from the Black Mountain Tower. Springbank Island is in the West Lake of Lake Burley Griffin, the National Museum of Australia on the Acton Peninsula. Behind the peninsula is the Commonwealth Memorial Bridge, complete with two 2-tonne stone from Rennie’s Waterloo Bridge in London in the North and South abutments.
- Aperture: ƒ/8.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 9.6mm
- ISO: 64
Black Mountain Tower Lookout
The view out over Lake Burley Griffin from the Black Mountain Tower. It looks like I could have done with cracking a smile!
- Aperture: ƒ/4.3
- Camera: PENTAX Optio S45
- Focal length: 5.8mm
- ISO: 50
Canberra Red Hill Lookout
Canberra’s Parliament House from the Red Hill Lookout.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.4
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 23.7mm
- ISO: 64
Rambo – Goulburn
A close-up of the Big Merino in Goulburn. Apparently he is known as Rambo by the locals.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.4
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 23.7mm
- ISO: 64
Big Merino
The Big Merino in Goulburn. The three-storey 50 foot tall concrete ram houses a gift shop, wool display and a lookout.
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 64
Fairmont Gangers Trolley
It’s not all mainline steam at Thirlmere. They have a big selection of ganger’s trolleys as well, like this Fairmont example. Fairmont Railway Motors built track equipment like this from 1915. In 1979 Harsco Track Technologies took over Fairmont.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 400
Thirlmere Railway Museum
Some random tourist block the view of the trains at the Thirlmere Railway Museum.
Behind us is 2029, a NSW Railways 2-6-4T Z-20 Class. In the background is 38 Class Pacific (4-6-2), 3820, an express passenger locomotive.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 64
NSW BKD Prison Van
The long arm of the law finally caught up with me in Thirlmere. Here I am imprisoned in the NSW Government Railways BKD Prison Van. Four of these vans were built in 1915 and remained in service until 1975, transporting prisoners around the state.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 400