Skywatch Friday: It's hard to tell...

hard to tell by tff

... whether it will rain or not!

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Skywatch Friday: CityCat

morning citycat by tff

Brisbane's river ferries are called CityCats, and here's one travelling upriver towards the CBD at sunrise (6:30am) on Wednesday, July 1st. A sensational ride for early commuters!

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Skywatch Friday: NZ's Lake Taupo

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Home skies have been grey and dreary this week, so here's a photo from my travels - New Zealand's beautiful Lake Taupo.
I like the layers - water, mountain, clouds, sky. Enjoy!

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Skywatch Friday: Brisbane's changing sky

Sunrise - Monday 15 June at 6:30 am

Later - Monday 15 June at 8:20 am

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Skywatch Friday: Old church

cathedral of st stephen by tff

Australia is a very young country in terms of modern western population, although the land itself is ancient, and its indigenous inhabitants had a viable (if nomadic) lifestyle long before the white settlers arrived to start a penal colony for England.

In my city of Brisbane, this is one of the oldest buildings; the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Stephen. The original cathedral, the smaller building on the right, dates from the early Moreton Bay convict settlement days. It was constructed from 1848 to 1850.

The current cathedral, on the left, was built to replace it in 1863. The two buildings are in current use, even though they are now dwarfed by inner-city office towers and apartment buildings, and they are pictured here beneath the blue sky of a Brisbane winter morning.

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Around town 4

St John's Cathedral by tff

The interior of St John's Cathedral

373 Ann St

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Skywatch Friday - Flowers and sky

Brisbane has just had one-third of its annual rainfall in a couple of days! Now that the skies have returned to normal, I couldn't resist shooting these flowers (that I just bought for my wife) against a Brisbane autumn sky. Enjoy!

flowers and sky by tff

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Around town 3

Stained glass by tff

Stained glass - St John's Cathedral

373 Ann St

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Skywatch Friday - The storm rolls in

the storm rolls in by tff

Sometimes we get rain - even in "beautiful one day, perfect the next!" Queensland!

From my balcony - enjoy!

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Around town 2

Two-up school by tff

I thought I had stumbled on a two-up school, but it turned out to be a a few blokes having a yarn around a billy on an open fire - click for larger.

80 Ann St

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Translations for non-Australian speakers:
two-up - a gambling game where coins are tossed and bets are placed on the outcome
blokes - guys, men
yarn - chat or conversation
billy - a cooking implement used for making tea

Around town 1

The Strap-hanger by tff

The weary worker on his way home - click for larger

540 Queen St, Petrie Bight

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Skywatch Friday: Aerial Gymnastics

aerial gymnastics by tff

From my back deck - I love it when the balloons drift by in the mornings.

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