Sunday, 1 November 2020

Favourite Photos of the Past 10 Years - Episode 9 - 'Sail Away'




Above:- Kim's favourite photo of the episode

'From the Deck of MSC Opera'

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea after leaving Dubrovnik. 

October 2011

That's one of the Opera's sister ships in the photo.

Above:- 'We were one of those cabins right at the top with the balconies'
Athens, Greece
October 2011
I wonder if she is still sailing or has been retired due to the pandemic, I'll have to google it.
... 
Yep, she still going, currently in the Med. 
 
 We were on deck 12 called La Bohème

Above:- 'Loading the Luggage'

Venice, Italy

October 2011

If you remember on the news last year there was a news story about a  cruse ship that 

crashed into the dock in Venice.

Yep,,,  it was the MSC Opera.

Above - 'Going on a tour'

Athens? or Dubrovnik? 

October 2011


Above:- 'Out on the deck'

On the MSC Opera

October 2011

 

Above:- 'Graham on the deck'

On the MSC Opera

October 2011


Above:- 'The Bridges on the Bosporus Strait'

Istanbul, Turkey

On the MSC Opera

October 2011

Above:- 'In Port'

MSC Opera

October 2011

Above:- 'View from our balcony'

On the MSC Opera

October 2011

Above:- 'At Sea'
Coromandel Peninsula
New Zealand
September 2014 

Above:- 'Foggy Ferry'
Amsterdam
December 2017

Above:-'Isle of Wight Ferry'
Portsmouth
January 2018


Above:-'Boarding the Ferry'
Isle of Wight
January 2018 
 

Above:-'On board the Isle of Wight Ferry'
January 2018 
 

Above:- 'Another Ferry'

Venice, Italy

October 2011

 
Above:- 'Gondola'

Venice Italy

October 2011

Above:- 'Parked Gondola's'

Venice Italy

October 2011

Above:- 'More parked Gondolas'

Venice Italy

October 2011

Above:- 'Another City, a different canal system'

Amsterdam

December 2017 

Above:- 'War Canoe'
Auckland New Zealand
September 2014

Above-'Boat trip with the Car Club'
Port Macquarie
November 2016
 

Above:- 'Paddle steamer'
 Echuca, Victoria
May 2012

Above:- 'Port Fairy'
 Victoria
May 2012
 
Above-'Barge' 
Ireland
September 2011

Above:- 'Fishing Boats at Low Tide'
Morecambe Bay
U.K.
August 2011

Above:-'More Fishing boats'
South Africa
November 2015

Above:-'On the Great Barrier Reef'
Far North Queensland
September 2015
 
Above:- 'On the New Endeavour'
Sydney Harbour
October 2017


Above:- 'On board the New Endeavour'
Sydney Harbour
October 2017
 
Above:- 'She likes taking photos of rigging'
On the New Endeavour
Sydney Harbour
October 2017 
 
Above:-'Schooner, Whale's Tale'
Fiji 
April 2016

Above:-'Beautiful Blue sea'
Fiji 
April 2016

 

 Above:- 'More Rigging'
'Whale's Tale'
Fiji 
April 2016

Above:- 'Its like a Turner painting'

HMS Warrior

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018


Above:- 'Figurehead'

HMS Warrior

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018
 

Above:- 'Guess what? Rigging'

HMS Warrior

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018
 
Above:- 'At Sunset'

HMS Warrior

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018
 
Above:- 'The Mary Rose'

Henry the VIII's great ship

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018
 

Above:- 'The Actual Anchor Rope'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018
 
Above:- 'Nelson's famous Flagship'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018
 

Above:- 'Inside, Nelson's famous Flagship'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018
 

Above:- 'The gun deck'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

Above:-'The Flag of the Flagship'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

Above:- 'The Aft and the End'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018
 

 
 



 


 
 

Saturday, 3 October 2020

Favourite Photos of the Past 10 years - Episode 8 - 'Sky High'



Above:- 'It's always good to see your suitcase get on the right plane, right?'
Kim's favourite aircraft photo of the past 10 years!
Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
September 2014
 
Ha ha. Strange I know.
But there's Big Bertha, black and red on the top of the second trolley.
She has done lots of miles that old girl, she even got a trip on top of a barge in Venice, but I was a bit too slow (and overwhelmed by Venice's beauty) to take a photo of that moment.  
(P.S. 2026 , We left her behind in Glasgow, Scotland! But that’s for a future post,,,)

This is a shorter post.
And truly,,, I am really picking the topics at random, and I'm not halfway there yet.

Above:- 'Same day as above. On our way to NZ'
Sydney Charles Kingsford Smith Airport
September 2014 
 
Above:- 'Birthday Joyflight'
Fleet Helicopters
Armidale Airport
May 2011

Above:- 'Gorge Country from the Helicopter'
Fleet Helicopters
Near Armidale
May 2011
 
Above:- 'The Thames above Tower Bridge'
That bridge! 
Been on it, in it, under it, above it!
London U.K
August 2011

Above:- 'The Red Soil of South Africa'
On the way to Kruger National Park
November 2015

Above-: 'A Spitfire'
Auckland War Memorial Museum
New Zealand
September 2014
 
To fit the above plane into the building they had to put the plane in first 
then build the building around it.

Above:- 'Another Spitfire'
Amberly Airforce Base Heritage Museum
Queensland
November 2015
 
Above:- 'An Old Plane'
??
Amberly Airforce Base Heritage Museum
Queensland
November 2015
 
Above:-'Replica of the Wright Brothers Aircraft'
Amberly Airforce Base Heritage Museum
Queensland
November 2015
 
Above:-'Helicopters Again'
Vietnam Helicopters?
Amberly Airforce Base Heritage Museum
Queensland
November 2015
 
Above:- 'I think this was a Medivac Helicopter'
Which is why its red.
 Amberly Airforce Base Heritage Museum
Queensland
November 2015
 
Above:- ' The very important ....Westpac Rescue Helicopter'
Tamworth
May 2014

Above:- 'A more gentle way to fly in the big blue sky'
Auckland New Zealand
September 2014
 

 

 

Saturday, 19 September 2020

Covid at work

 

Well, if you expect your staff to don and doff and covid test symptomatic patients you have to be prepared to be the first to get into the get up and go out and do the thing yourself.

What I didn't tell the staff was that I used the wrong tube so I found out later that

 this test was totally invalid!  

This year we have also put some great graphics on the patients bedrooms walls.