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Sydney & NSW

Cadman Cottage Colour Wall Shadowy People – Smart Light Sydney 2009 – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of the wall next to Cadman Cottage lit by a spectrum of red, blue, yellow and white for Smart Light Sydney 2009 festival taken slow exposure over 8 seconds to create the effect of shadowy people.
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Sydney Opera House Panorama – Smart Light Sydney 2009 – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download free 1680×1050 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of the Sydney Opera House lit up by projected coloured patterns for the Smart Light Sydney 2009 festival.
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Australian Museum: Up Close and Spineless Photography Exhibition (Review)

Did you know that over 99% of all animal species are invertebrates (animals without a backbone)? Spineless creatures comprise more than 30 major animal groups and over 5 million species.
These remarkable and diverse critters are under the spotlight once again in the annual Up Close & Spineless photography exhibition at the Australian Museum, Sydney.

credit: Beautiful [...]

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Sunrise on Top of Mount Kosciusko New Years Day – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of Sunrise on top of Mount Kosciusko at 4:59AM January 1st 2007 (New Years Day).
In the middle of Summer at the end of 2006, I went on a 4 day bush walking and camping trip organised by fellow members of the UTS Outdoor Adventure Club (OAC) to [...]

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New Years Eve 2003 – Sydney Harbour Bridge Lightup – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of New Years Eve Lighting 2003 – Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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New Years Eve Lighting 2003 – Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Tulips at Bowral, Sydney Southern Highlands – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of Tulips at Bowral, Sydney’s Southern Highlands.
In late 2005 I went to Tulip time at Bowral in Sydney’s Southern Highlands with my family. This is one of the better photos I took that day.
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Rainbow Lorikeet in my garden – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of a Rainbow Lorikeet in my garden
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Rainbow Lorikeet in my garden

Camera: Panasonic FZ20
Wallpaper format: JPG 729 Kb in size
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Face to Face: Our Endangered Primate Cousins

credit: tashiya

Writing about the plight of our primate cousins the orangutans, gorillas and chimps has been on my todo list for a while so when I heard that the Australian Museum was featuring the “Face to Face” exhibition created by the Natural History Museum, London I immediately made time in my schedule to see [...]

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Tourists Guide/Review of Sydney Observatory and Observatory Hill Park

This is a guide/review of Sydney Observatory and Observatory Hill Park to convince you that it’s worth visiting this under-appreciated area.
I live in Sydney, so I’ve seen all the regular tourist sights several times as we’ve shown visiting international relatives and friends visiting Australia around the city.
However until recently even I as a local [...]

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Guide to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)r

Every summer countless Sydneysiders and visitors from interstate and overseas come to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to watch matches like the Sydney New Year’s Test Match, One day internationals and domestic matches.
I’ll give you tips to help you get to the SCG quickly and enjoy your day as best as possible.

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Tourists Guide/Review of Sydney Wildlife World (Darling Harbour)

This is a guide/review of Sydney Wildlife World to convince you that it’s not worth buying an entry ticket for it compared to other wildlife parks like Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. I live in Sydney, so I’ve seen all the regular tourist sights several times as we’ve shown visiting international relatives and friends visiting Australia [...]

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Tourists Guide/Review of Sydney Centrepoint Tower Observation Deck

This is a guide/review of Sydney’s AMP Centrepoint Tower to help you decide whether it’s worth buying a ticket to go to the top for a view of the Sydney skyline from the Observation Deck.

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River Caves Canyon Walk Review – Wollemi National Park

On Saturday 5th May several members of the UTS Outdoor Adventure Club went on a day trip to the River Caves Canyon in Wollemi National Park, the largest wilderness area in NSW and part of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area – a maze of canyons, cliffs and undisturbed forest.
I arrived at Strathfield station [...]

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Royal National Park – Uloola Track Bushwalk Review

Today’s bushwalk was my first UTS Outdoor Adventure Club trip as a Trip leader
However to be fair, I wouldn’t have done it if one of our experienced club members Marty didn’t join the trip as deputy trip-leader because I don’t have any first aid training and he’s done much longer day bushwalks than [...]

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Tulip time: Bowral Sydney Southern Highlands

In 2008 the Bowral Tulip Time Festival is scheduled to start on 25 September and close on 8 October 2008.

Bowral was founded in the 1860’s and has become a summer retreat for Sydney residents. Many of Bowral’s earlier visitors built stately mansions and some of these historic homes and gardens can be appreciated by visitors [...]

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