callan park – football, water, jogging and nutters

i love this place. it’s got it all – trees, water, running/cycle paths, sports fields, playgrounds for the kiddies and a great atmosphere. if it was still a nuthouse, i would well consider admitting myself to stay there.

too bad that the university of sydney wants to chomp it up. it is a develpers wet dream come true if they get their hands on it – and no doubt that the former nsw labor government had this site specifically in mind when they tried to push through their failed ‘metro‘ project.

at least there is the ‘friends of callan park‘ group – who want to protect the site and keep it as a recreation area for the public.

with all the high-rise development going on, where are all these unit-dwellers going to go for a bbq, where will they go for a run amongst trees, where will their kids play? i dfinately think callan park should be preserved for public use. all of it.

Edited: April 29th, 2012

tempe sunset

Edited: November 12th, 2010

dead dog memorial wall

how sweet. not while quite a pet cemetery, this is a memorial wall for the dearly beloved dogs that once used to frolic about in bicentennial park, glebe.

there are little plaques erected, some with laminated photos.

it’s a great little dog community down there and one of the few places left in sydney where there is a dedicated dog beach. nice.

Edited: May 14th, 2010

sunny afternoon in sydney

glebe park – it’s a top spot. the area used to be a bit of an industrial wasteland, and there are a few pockets here and there which still are. parked across the bay are berthed mega multi million dollar floating toys for the rich.

a popular place to take your dog for a swim.

Edited: April 13th, 2010

amazing new photographic evidence of UFOs in Australia

Well, it’s actually just a shot of this at night.

Just so that I don’t ruffle too many feathers with a misleading title, today i read an article in the Sydney Morning Herald about a guy in the Northern Territory who has been filming strange goings on in the sky. He plans to make the Top End into a tourist attraction that beats the pants off Roswell in the US.  Good luck to him, i say..

You can check his videos out at www.UFOterritory.com.au

this is another photo from the amazing series.

Edited: August 13th, 2009

after the children have gone to sleep…

I actually went back to re-shoot a previous post, as suggested by some of the readers here, but got distracted by this scene instead.

The park was full of 16 yr olds getting pissed for someones birthday, it was all good though. Kind of like a time machine.

I come down here often, but it’s the first time i’ve been down here at night in years.  With the eye, it’s not at all creepy, but through the lens, it certainly can be – especially when shooting tungsten using daylight temperatures.

So i guess i will just have to come back and get the UFO’s another night…

Edited: August 8th, 2009