This is the street where I’m living in Mile End. This is the Mile End Common.
The Black Stump
These pictures were taken in the centre of Adelaide. The top photo is the office complex where I spend about half my work time. I’ve heard some staff call it “The Black Stump”. As Wikipedia explains: “The Australian expression ‘black stump’ is the name for an imaginary point beyond which the country is considered remote [...]
Pixlr online image editor
It’s a long time since I looked at an online image editor. With Photoshop CS3, who needs them? Well, they can actually be quite handy for editing pictures grabbed from the web. I’ve been using Pixlr for just that purpose lately and I’ve been most impressed. Pixlr is a flash-based editor with all the tools [...]
Focus on Australia
I’ve been using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 7.2MP camera since May 2007. Described as “the ultimate travel camera” I can vouch for that fact. The camera is small, light and compact. It has a wide-angle lens with a 10x optical zoom. Although I enjoy using my Nikon D60 at home and for sports, the Lumix [...]
Blue Lake, Mount Gambier
The Blue Lake was looking particularly beautiful today. Conditions were perfectly still, which magnified the reflection, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
