Mardi Gras 2008

To anyone off the the Mardi Gras, I would just like to say,

happy Mardi Gras !

Midtown Signage

Thursday in Central Park

Wednesday in Central Park

Monday and Tuesday in Midtown

Shining bright on Monday

Tuesday traffic

2nd Avenue @ 47 st with the Roosevelt Island tram(cable) car in the distance

Pictures of Sydney (Part III)

The QE II on her last visit to Sydney

From the Christopher St Pier

Woolworth Building, built 1913, was until the construction of the Chrysler Building in 1930, the tallest building in the world

Verranzo Narrows Bridge and the Staten Island ferry

Statue de la Liberte

Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns: Gray, now showing at the Met, Met's blurb here, Jasper Johns Wikipedia entry here

Pictures From Sydney (Part II)

From the travel section of The New York Times, an article on Sydney's 'rock pools'

Bronte

(was where I lived before moving to New York, I kinda miss the place though if I left New York at the moment I would miss it a whole lot more. I figure I'll be back to Sydney one day though I've got no idea when, can just say I feel very fortunate to have lived there for the time I did.)

Newport

Fairy Bower

Bondi

Sunrise at Bronte

Pictures of Sydney (Part I )

From The Sydney Morning Herald, Pictures of The Queen Victoria's Visit

Saks 5th Avenue

Blue Bus on 49st

NYC Snow

NYC Laundry

All I Want For Valentines Day Is........

A juicy piece of apple

NYC Streetscape

The Australian Government Says Sorry To It's Stolen Generation

Today's front page of The New York Times
(click to enlarge, article here )

From the late 1800s up until 1970, the Australian government had a policy of forcibly removing Aboriginal children(in numbers over 100 000) from their families and placing them in orphanages, institutions or foster care of white families, expecting over time that Australia's indigenous race would be bred out.

The Previous Howard government had steadfastly refused to issue a formal apology. The Parliament of Australia under the leadership of new prime minister Kevin Rudd has just done so.

Hell's Gate Bridge

Hell's Gate Bridge , which carries rail traffic, was completed in 1918, and spans 310 metres, certainly draws comparison with The Sydney Harbour Bridge which was completed in 1932 and spans 503 metres.



Pictures taken from the Triboro Bridge

Hudson River

Seagull

New Jersey apartments with nice views of Manhattan

Sanitation trucks and a stretch limo