Hawthorn Church

After a work enforced hiatus, I'm hopefully going to be back to taking photos!




This is the same church that I photographed previously in Hawthorn, however I have used my iPhone this time and the stitching was done on the iPhone using an app. Unfortunately, the sun was very bright, so the colours aren't great.

Views around Noojee

Views of the valley around Noojee

Noojee trestle bridge

Man flu turned to tonsilitis which meant lots of catching up at work which in turn meant no photos.

Noojee Trestle bridge used to carry trains, but now is walkers only.

This bridge, known as No. 7, is the only remaining of seven trestle bridges on the section of railway line between Nayook and Noojee. Of the other six bridges, three survived the 1939 fire, but were destroyed later by another fire. The bridge of the main Noojee - Warragul Road (formally Longmore's Road) was dismantled.

The logs for pile were brought in by rail and a small amount of local timber was dragged out of the bush by teams of bullocks and horses. The bridge was then built by railway employees. The Noojee to Nayook section of the narrow gauge line to Warragul opened in 1919. There was a terminus at Noojee, to which large amounts of timber were transported from mills scattered through the forest by means of a network of timber tramlines, heading to the west and to the north.

The bridge was originally designed to carry the weight of N class steam locomotives, with the smaller engine classes J and K also using the line. This bridge was subsequently taken out of service in 1954 when the line was closed.

Blowing bubbles

I went out geocaching yesterday and came across this painted on the side of a building in Montrose.

Apologies for missing a few days. Got the man flu!

Grand Final Weekend

Early morning ballooning

Just got back from my early morning run when I spotted two of these drifting past me. Looked so nice and peaceful up there.

Sculpture

An interesting sculpture outside our building. It represents the Earth and the plants that give life to her. It was covered in weeds and overgrown until last week but now looks much better.

Hawthorn mosaic

Another amazing mosaic that I spotted on a sidewalk in Hawthorn today. This shot is actually a composite of 5 shots stitched together, so the quality isn't great. I will post the 5 originals at a later date.

Urban Art

This "Urban Apartment" used to be a display in Melbourne. It has now been removed, but it was quite eye catching!

Sun rising, moon setting

Farm road sunrise

Skywatch© Friday - Power Pylons

Sunrise, 6.39am on Saturday 12 September, on a farm road near Coldstream. The glow coming off these pylons was even more spectacular than this photo shows!

For more Skywatch photos, click here.

The road home

A track in the Warrandyte State Park where I went geocaching last Saturday morning.

Yarra River

A view of the Yarra from Warrandyte State Park. The rain came bucketing down right after I took this shot!

More Spring flowers

More lovely spring flowers photographed last Saturday near Wonga Park.

Spring flowers

Spotted taking over a fence. Does anyone know what they are?

Cows on the hill

Another photo from yesterday's sunrise expedition.

Ducks at sunrise

Got up at 6am this morning to grab some sunrise photos. These ducks were out taking an early morning dip.

Lilydale Lake

Another panorama taken with my new iPhone. This is the view from just outside my office.

Vineyard panorama

My first attempt at a panorama with my new iPhone. The colours came out great!

The view is of the vineyards that belong to our horticulture students on our campus.

Balnarring

Taken at Balnarring Beach on Western Port Bay last Christmas. There are some fantastic beaches along this section of the coastline.

Sweetpeas

My first spring flowers have started to appear. I spotted these sweetpeas last Friday.

The Shot Tower

The 50m high Shot Tower in Melbourne Central.

On the beach

The beach at Port Melbourne with the Spirit of Tasmania ferry in the background.

Fish n Chips

Waiting for our fish and chips in San Remo near Phillip Island

Optimistic Melbourners

Not sure that the Yarra has been this high in many years considering we are in a drought with strict water restrictions!

A burst of colour

A little bit of colour above the brown Yarra River, Warrandyte.

Water tank

An old water tank (still in use) on one of the small holdings in Warrandyte.

Moss

An area near the Yarra in Warrandyte.

The Yarra River

Melbourne's famous Yarra River seen from Warrandyte. I spent Saturday & Sunday geocaching around the area and got some great photos.

Wrath of Thor

The devastation left by the winds in Melbourne this week.

Melbourne Bling

One of my favourite motorcycles. Spotted in Warrandyte, near the RSL!

Don Valley in the autumn

This was taken earlier in the year while out geocaching on the Aqueduct Trail in the Don Valley near Seville.

Agnes Falls

Unfortunately, a file photo from our holiday to Gippsland in January. I am currently extremely busy at work and haven't had much chance to get out and take any pictures.

This is Agnes Falls, near Toora.

Another mosaic

Mullum Mullum Tunnel

The entrance to the Mullum Mullum Tunnel from the Eastlink Tollway. This is the other side of a previous photo posted from the pedestrian side of this ventilation shaft.

The old and the new

After a few days of being sick in bed, I'm finally back with another photo! This was taken in Franklin Street in North Melbourne. I always enjoy seeing the contrast between surviving Victorian buildings and the modern skyscrapers side-by-side.

Construction

New building going up at Swinburne University's Hawthorn campus.

Melbourne street art

Endeavour Hills Rugby

This is the ground at Endeavour Hills Rugby Club where we played our last game of the season. Well, I didn't play as I've pulled another hamstring!

Luckily it wasn't raining, else it would have been a mud bath!

P!nk

On Friday night I took my wife to see P!nk in concert at the Rod Laver Arena for our wedding anniversary. We had great seats, as you can see from these photos taken on my phone. If you want to see the photos taken on my point-and-shoot, see my Flickr set.