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Wedding Cake
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PostSat May 17, 2025 7:25 pm
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I took the picture in Germany. It certainly doesn’t look like the traditional cake served at a wedding receptions following dinner, but it was in the shop window as a wedding cake. Traditionally, wedding cakes were made to bring good luck to all guests and the couple. Nowadays, however, they are more of a centrepiece to the wedding and are not always even served to the guests. I guess this one is just one of these cakes or perhaps it was made to demonstrate the craftsmanship of the cake maker.

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Water Lily
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PostSun May 11, 2025 12:46 pm
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The family contains about 70 known species. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on or rising from the surface. I took this picture at the resort I was staying in Port Douglas a few weeks ago.

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Reef
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The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, with over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching more than 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres. It is off the coast of Queensland. It can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. It is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Unfortunately, the day was overcast and the water wasn’t clear to appreciate the colours.

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Din Din
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It is the aboriginal name for Barron Falls. They were named after Thomas Henry Bowman Barron, the Chief Clerk of Police in Brisbane in the 1860s. The falls are created by the Barron River descending from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain.

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Modern art
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PostSun Apr 20, 2025 4:54 pm
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I took the picture at the Galery of Modern Art in Brisbane, and it is titled Life cup by Nomin and Ochirbold Ayurzana. It is a monumental creation consisting of almost 2000 cast-metal skulls suspended on wires, fixed floor to ceiling. It represents souls and consciousness confined within the human form. Two art lovers admire the work in amazement.

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Australian eastern water dragon
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PostSun Apr 20, 2025 4:52 pm
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I took the picture a few days ago in Brisbane. The species was first described by John Edward Gray in 1831. Australian water dragons are extremely shy in the wild, but readily adapt to continual human presence in suburban parks and gardens. They are fast runners and strong climbers. When faced with a potential predator, they seek cover in thick vegetation, or drop from an overhanging branch into water. They are able to swim totally submerged, and rest on the bottom of shallow creeks or lakes for up to 90 minutes, to avoid detection.

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Venus rising
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PostSun Apr 20, 2025 4:49 pm
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This sculpture is a contemporary marker for the eastern end of Kangaroo Point Park, acting as a portal between sea and sky. It has a lightness and warmth apparent both to the user and observer, inspired by a rich mix of cultural, astrological and natural references. The sculpture was considered not just as sitting within Kangaroo Point Park, but in the wider context of the city. The form and geometry of the piece are intrinsically linked to the structure and vice versa, resulting in a seamless piece where function and decoration are indistingui ...
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Art Gallery
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PostSun Apr 20, 2025 4:46 pm
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The Art Gallery of New South Wales was founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia.

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Bushtucker
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PostSun Mar 23, 2025 10:58 am
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I took the photo in Fraser Island (K’gari) after a guided walk around the resort. Our guide took us to a room and presented us with a plate full of plants, seeds and fruit to try and taste. She explained it was the food the natives of the area ate, complimented with what they were able to fish or hunt. She also explained that there were cases when scared local aborigines saw white men starving felt pity for them and placed food in their path, but to their amazement they saw the white men ignoring the food and dying of starvation.

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Full moon
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PostSun Mar 16, 2025 12:22 pm
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This image is a good example of what we want to see; it is not what we really see. Poets and lovers have always been and will always be influenced by celestial events, as lunatics. Last night many parts of the world saw a stunning "blood red" moon eclipse. However, a fraction of Australia only caught the final moments of a partial eclipse as the Moon rose over the horizon.

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To a Louse
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PostSun Mar 09, 2025 2:58 pm
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I took this picture almost two years ago in Sydney. I found the sculpture interesting, but its reflection even more so. The reflection reminded me of Robert Burns’ poem To a Louse. It concludes with:
‘O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!’
Such a power or ability would save us a lot of bother and ‘foolish notions’; but a louse cannot see itself as others see it.

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At Moffat Beach
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PostSun Mar 02, 2025 12:35 pm
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I took the picture a couple of weeks ago at Eleanor Shipley Memorial Park. People were enjoying the surf at Moffat Beach, QLD. People were just enjoying themselves in the outdoors. It is interesting that ancient Pacific cultures often surfed on their belly and knees, while the modern-day definition of surfing refers to a surfer riding a wave standing on a surfboard, as in this week’s picture. Modern surfing as we know it today is thought to have originated in Hawaii. It seems the history of surfing dates to c. AD 400 in Polynesia, where Pol ...
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