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Saturday, 16 June 2012

Winter Fishing Reconnaissance

Pictures from a scouting trip to some fishing spots in the Swan Hill and Kerang region of Victoria. On the way I stopped and looked at the interesting vista in the frosty dawn at Tragowel Swamp near Kerang, then dropped a line into the Murray River and Little Murray River on Pental Island near Swan Hill. On our way back we visited Kow Swamp near Gunbower and even had a quick fish in the famous Box Creek that runs out of Kow Swamp to the Murray. Not even a nibble :-( The last picture is my attentive passenger and companion for the trip.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 1600, 35mm f8, 1/25 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f11, 1/160 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/800 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/320 sec

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Thursday, 14 June 2012

Sign Of The Times

During the gold rush in Central Victoria three brothers from Denmark Moritz, Julius and Jacob Cohn, founded a small cordial factory in Bendigo. Cohn products were sold across the Australia and exported to the United Kingdom and Asia. The brothers went on to hold prominent positions on the local Council, and were part of the group that founded the Bendigo Land and Building Society, which became the Bendigo Bank. This sign was hand painted by Bendigo sign writer Frank Barr around 1954. It was hidden for decades by an adjacent building but when it was demolished the sign was revealed. It can be found near the corner of Bridge & Arnold Streets, Bendigo. Source: http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/made-in-bendigo-cold-beer/

iPhone 4

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Sunday, 3 June 2012

Spirit of the Truck

The latest mod to my 'mighty tuff truck' is a TJM Roof Top Tent on the EGR hard lid. Rhino Rack rails fitted disperse the meagre 58Kg of this tent across the tub walls and I have done several hundred K's over bitumen, dirt and tracks to see how she handled it and it was solid as a rock. Also with no wind drag that you normally get from roof top mounting. It takes about two minutes to deploy and pack up, see images below and is very sturdy. To date I have added Steel TJM Bull bar, TJM Winch, TJM Snorkel, 2" lift from ARB Dakar Rear Leaf Springs, OME Nitro Sport Shocks, Tiapan 3" Exhaust, EGR Flat top lid on tub, dual battery system with 100ah deep cycle battery for all the accessories or lights, and now a TJM Roof Top Tent on Ute Lid and Rhino Racks. This latest mod will go well with my other camping setup which fits easily within the tray. I can still fit 4 people in th cab easily even with the Engel Fridge in the middle of the back seat. Next a set of slide out ute drawers in the tub (see - Slide out from Ironman) then maybe, when I need them a set of more aggressive tread all terrain 4x4 tyres.

Not my image :-(

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/125 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 720, 16mm f8, 1/80 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 500, 16mm f8, 1/80 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/125 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 16mm f8, 1/125 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 16mm f8, 1/125 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 16mm f8, 1/125 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 280, 16mm f8, 1/80 sec

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Sunday, 20 May 2012

Home & Winter

Sunday dinner with family, chicken and pork belly from the wood fired oven. With cup cakes after another good weekend of AFL.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 900, 50mm f1.4, 1/80 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/3200 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/1600 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/4000 sec

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Sunday, 13 May 2012

Mothers Day Trentham, Vic.

Trentham, Victoria where the locals look like they have a lot of fun. This ute load of locals was having a great time in the main street. Mothers Day 2012. No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - your life. A mother made all those sacrifices for all those years and now only wants you to call every now and then. Don’t you have someone that you really should call? I live with mine and she keeps asking when I'm going home :-) See her on Facebook.