Landscape, Melbourne, Victoria 0 comments on Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale

Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale

Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale

Looking across The Rip, or The Heads,from Point Nepean to Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula. This is 2km wide entrance to Port Phillip. Queenscliff Low Light (the white lighthouse in the center and Queenscliff High Ligh (the black lighthouse) are the key navigational aids to shipping entering the Bay.

  • Aperture: ƒ/5.4
  • Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
  • Taken: 6 December, 2009
  • Focal length: 23.7mm
  • ISO: 64
Canberra, Holiday, Landscape 0 comments on Parliament House from the Australian War Memorial

Parliament House from the Australian War Memorial

Parliament House from the Australian War Memorial

… or perhaps that should be Parliament Houses. Looking down ANZAC Parade, in the front is Old Parliament House opened in 1927. Behind it is the current Parliament House on Capital Hill. Construction started in 1981 and it was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988, during the bicentennial celebrations.

  • Aperture: ƒ/8
  • Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
  • Taken: 22 September, 2009
  • Focal length: 7.9mm
  • ISO: 64