Chaos tamed by averaging...

The view from the window in my hotel.
It is a 6 way intersection where the lights seemingly change in specific sequence to cause maximum carnage and confusion.

Luckily everyone who uses the intersection follows all the road rules exactly, so there are never any issues!


I also took some time lapses that worked pretty well...
For how I did it... it involved a camera and some careful use of straps.

Last night's cook....

On a street corner in Miluo.
Weather was nice.
Food was hot...  temperature and spice wise.

Social Documentary

Topic for the Toowoomba Photographic Society this month is social documentary...
no prize for guessing what country I would be drawing my photos from...

Very serious old lady overseeing her shop in Xian

On our way into Avatar Mountain...

Gentleman resting while digging the trenches for the new subway in Changsha

A bit of serious weather

Huge number of police around because there was a Party meeting in Miluo.  I could feel the increased security and safety in my bones!

Motion Sickness

The moon was huge this evening.  Sitting just above the houses and the tree line.
If I watched hard enough, I thought I could see it moving.

Not good.

If you get motion sick from the movement of the planet, there is no where to get off to regain your composure.

Basketball this weekend

Playing around on the weekend in Miluo, Hunan, China.

The rest of the day was spent sleeping, and getting ready for the next 60 hours of work this week...

Miluo BBQ

Sunday afternoon in Miluo..
6th Floor of our hotel looking out over our "village".

Camerageek info if you want it: light fading in the background, small $5 multi LED flashlight pointing down at me held up by my friend with the camera.

Shot in China

Blythe and Russell, shot while shooting in China.
The whole pool hall was stinking hot... people taking turns standing in front of the struggling airconditioner.

I did not see Fast Eddie the pool shark, anywhere!

Sometimes it is a little bit pretty....

The view from my hotel room earlier this week...

Searching....

Crash into you...

Happy 4th of July

This is some fireworks
Of course - I have no idea who set them off in the middle of the street in Miluo.
You will have to draw your own conclusions....

Combination

An awesome combination of lightning, stars, cloud and beach....
Coffs Harbour in New South Wales...

Where I work....

Well, sort of at least.
Because it needs to look a little bit pretty I have quickly thrown more random vegetation into the foreground...
I think it is being used as part of the propoganda for just how lovely the plant looks.

Working it out..

Occasionally, you get given something, or buy something, and you realise that it might be a bit difficult to get home...

But not here.
Where there is a will there is a way!

This was concrete reinforcing for pillars...  and the gentleman carrying it looked incredibly uncomfortable!

My new nephew..

 Who really does not look like he is coping with being held by me... and is certainly not happy about being photographed while it happens!