The past two Saturdays I’ve been down at Bondi with friends checking out Sculptures by the Sea.
Below are a few shots of my favourite sculptures from this year.
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V8 Supercars SMP 400 Photos
In late August I went to the V8 Supercars Sydney Motorsport Park 400 race at Eastern Creek.
As always I took hundreds of photos, but on this visit I was trying to get better panning shots. I’m fairly pleased with the results, and the 27 photos below are mostly focused on this.
Additionally, there are two videos of the race start and restart embedded further below.
Read morePukekohe V8 Supercars 2014 – Saturday
On the Saturday of ANZAC weekend I went to the New Zealand round of the V8 Supercars Championship at Pukekohe Park Raceway.
This is the first time I’ve been to Pukekohe since 2006. Many changes have been made to Pukekohe over the past few years to improve safety. However, for spectators this has come at the loss of a few good places to stand and watch the racing. In addition, in places, the double set of catch fencing makes seeing the action up close rather difficult.
Read moreLaunch of Electric Trains in Auckland
Last weekend I was in Auckland for the weekend. During this time I went to the launch of Auckland’s new electric trains – something of a major milestone in Auckland transport history.
Below are a set of photos from the day.
Read morePhotos: Top Gear Festival Sydney 2014
Last weekend I went to the Top Gear Festival at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Below is a short video and then a few photos from the day. While the show wasn’t quite as good as last year, the festival was still fantastic with a wide variety of cars, racing, stunts and entertainment.
Read moreSydney Festival and Australia Day Wrap Up
Over the last few weeks of January was the Sydney Festival. Below are a few photos from the wide variety of events that happened throughout the CBD. Additionally, there are a few photos of the Australia Day celebrations on Sydney Harbour which coincided with the festival.
The finale of the festival was the annual Symphony in the Domain. This year, Gustav Holst’s The Planets was performed, which is one of my favourite pieces of classical music. A short portion of Jupiter is below.
Happy 2014 – fireworks from Sydney
Happy New Year!
Once again I spent New Years Eve on Sydney Harbour.
This year we didn’t have tickets to any special areas, so we arrived at Bradfield Park, Milsons Point at 1.30pm and spent the afternoon basking in the beautiful sunny Sydney summer afternoon.
Getting to the harbour as early as we did scored us a seat right on the harbour’s edge, which gave great angles for photos.
Read morePhotos: Bathurst 1000
On Sunday, I went to the V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000 at Mt Panorama. Despite living in Sydney for nearly four years and being a crazy V8 Supercars nut, until this year, I had yet to make my way to the mountain for the great race. To just go for the Sunday race, a special train leaves Sydney just after 5am and returns just before 11pm, making for a very long day.
The race itself was an awesome event to attend. I found the atmosphere different to the previous V8 events that I have been to in both Sydney and Auckland, the fans were more passionate but also more friendly. Also despite the 100,000 odd people on the mountain there are so many places around the circuit to watch the race from. Additionally, the view from the top of the mountain is good on TV, but even better in real life.
Sydney International Fleet Review Photos
I’ve been out all day walking around Sydney Harbour taking checking out the Sydney International Fleet Review. The morning wasn’t as exciting as expected, but the afternoon air displays and then fireworks were incredibly impressive. Below are some of the shots from the day.
Read morePhotos: Vivid Sydney 2013
Vivid Sydney 2013 is on at the moment. Each year they expand the number of buildings and things to do, and this year they have included the Harbour Bridge and Darling Harbour in the displays. Last night I started from Milsons Point and walked across the Harbour Bridge to get photos of the city and Opera House lit up.
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