Lower floor of the chapel , Versailles Palace, Paris

Shakespers Birth Place. Stratford Uopn Avon.
they charge 14 pounds to get in which is a bit much since he was only born there and lived else where. Apparently he had a house in Straford but the onwnere pulled it down as he was fed up with the vistors ( much later of course)

Another river view

One of the bridgs across the Seine. This river must have the best city views in the world.
Too many tourists though and this was not the summer!

Notre Dame view from the river seine. Since the Eiffel tower queue was too long we took the crusie

Cockatoo keeps eating nuts of my trees and breaking bits of the branches.

Watching life go bye for the madness of Humanity

Would love a better zoom for the camera. Shot in Warrickshire ( Autumn).

I believe the owl is not that old yet, but then I am no expert!

Major traffic in Chipping Camden, Cotswolds, England

A busy day for traffic in Chipping Camden!

A typical village in the Cotswolds, notice the standard stone used for the buildings.

Most villages in this area seem to use the same stone

Mosque at Lakemba NSW Australia

Lakemba Mosque. Very beautiful and a pleasure to visit it.

Photgraph taken with a wide angle lens so there is a bit of fish eye bend to the pillars.

Versailles Palace, France

Huge crowds fro a weekday but what a place!. What I like is they do not restrict photgraphy inside the building whereas elsewhere in the UK and germany they do.

I do not think there will ever be a place like this again

BlenHeim Palace

BlenHeim Palace. Birth place of Winston Churchill

Another Eiffel Tower from a different view

A nicer view I think!. Still a fantastic building since it was built in the late 1800's and was not expected to last more than 20 years.

Eiffel Tower, Paris

The Eiffel Tower is magnificent. The queues to go up are not though, they are just to big to bother with. I believe there is a time of day when they are not so long but decided to make use of the time better and do a cruise on the Seine.

Houses of parliament

Recent trip to the UK. Far to busy with people crammed every where on the river Thames bridge. It was difficult to take the required photograph with so many people around and this was a weekday in Autumn!. It is a shame one cannot visiti inside the houses but I guess security is an issue these days.

Hmm... I seem to have lost this blog site for a while. I could not remember my password etc. anyway found it again. I hope to add some phot soon but have not had much use of the camer as of late..

Empress falls National Pass Blue Mountains NSW

On The road from Queenstown to Glenorchy South Island Newzealand

The colours here are the true colours of the lake
Visitors

Milford Sound , South Island New Zealnad

Finally a Sunny day at Milford Sound, on past trips it has always rained so this time was very pleasant. It is a shame that the drive in from Queens Town takes four hours one way. Still worth it though

Trip to Newzealand

Just before entering the Homer tunnel into Milford sound South Island. What a beautiful place this is. This is the fourth time I have been this way and it gets better each time. Usually it is ranning but not this time!

Second View Hoptoun Falls

Hopetoun Falls, Ottway national Park Victoria

The Twelve Apostles. Victoria Australia

The twelve apostles are on the Great Ocean road the joins Victoria with South Australia. A number of the rock statues have disintegrated over the years and you can see smoke in the background as the rangers are burning off growth. No idea why they would do that as it is not a fire risk. Still a great view

Lower Eurobin falls: Mount Buffalo Victoria

The lower Eurobin falls. The walk is about 1.75km to the top falls and back. Whilst the
falls are small they are beautiful. I have seen many of the worlds spectacular falls
but these are beautiful in their completeness

Mount Buffalo Victoria: lower river Eurobun falls

This shot was taken at the beginning of the trail that goes onto Eurobin falls.
It is about 7 km past the park entrance

Japanese Section of Hunter Valley Gardens

The Japanese section of the Hunter valley gardens.
The Hunter valley is the main wine growing district in NSW.

Hunter Valley Gardens Winter Visit

The Hunter valley Gardens are located in the Hunter Valley about 50 mins from Gosford. I try to go there once every season change, this shot was taken a few weeks ago in winter.

Broken Hill Dust storm NSW

The Grossglockner mountain road, Austria

This is the highest road in the European Alps. It is only open from May 1ts onwards until autumn. The road is one way and if I remember correctly the toll is about 28Euros.

Kanagra Walls plateaux

The plateau on the right can be traversed and then other walking routes can be be picked up to find your way into the valley or you cam try your luck by bush bashing straight down, a good 3.5 hour effort!!

Kanagra Boyd National Park NSW, Kanagra Walls

This view is taken on the first part of the walk form the end of the road as you start to walk to the beginning of the plateau climb. The whole area is pristine with wedged tail eagles soaring off the warm air currents from the cliff walls. The water in the valleys is crystal clear and lovely to drink but the walking can get quit hard to get down/up from the valley bottom.

Stonehenge, Sailsbery Plain UK

Always a cold windy place every time I visit.

The Riverside Hotel, Kendal, Lake District UK

The Riverside Hotel is a quaint old hotel in Kendal, the Lake District. I stayed there last year on a walking trip to the area. Kendal is a town that has a horrible one way system with mad traffic jams during July. Trying to get to the hotel even though you keep passing it is a real accomplishment. I drove around the entire town 3 times before I managed it and then only when I had given up and was leaving the town!!

The second lake at Konigsee, Barvaria Germany

Taken last summer ( Northern hemisphere not southern that is). A lovely walk after you alight the boat from the first lake. Stopped for a cold beer before the walk.

The cold road to Lake Tekapo. South Island NZ

A long cold road to see the mountains

Routeburn track, Glenorchy NZ

At the beginning of the track. A beautiful walk even in the snow

Cold Mountain.... Queens Town NZ

At the back of Queens Town, very cold... the winter temperature is normally around -25C at this height. very barren and definitely no animals except us !

Peaks and Clouds, Queens Town NZ

Another shot taken from Coronet Peak on a beautiful day of about 4C.Lots of clouds hugging the valleys

Mountain Peaks Queens Town NZ

Taken from Coronet Peak ski resort. I used a 300mm zoom lens with a tripod to get this picture. One of the main problems photographing up at such altitudes are the ultra violet rays. Unfortunately I do not have a lens for my zoom.

Quad bikes on the mountain Queens Town NZ

This quad bikes are fantastic fun for 4wd driving up the mountains. A highly recommended fun thing to do. They handle slopes, streams and ditches well. The views at the top were literally spectacular.
This one adventure I would do again and again

On the road to Glenorchy NZ South Island

This shot was taken early in the morning on our way to the Routeburn walking track about 40 mins from Glenorchy. The weather was cold and expecting snow in the mountains which eventually occurred. The walk on the track was good but cold.

A lovely view from the top of Queenstown Hill

On top of Queens town Hill, very cold. We stopped off the quad bikes to take this picture. the temperature was well below 0C. The usual temperature in winter here is -25C. The quad bikes were fantastic for climbing the slopes and navigating the streams and ditches

Queens Town Wharf

A bright sunny morning in Queens Town New Zealand. This picture was taken last week and even though the day was glorious sunshine the temperature was around 4C. Living in Australia these are normally overnight temperatures but you get used to them. It has been along while since I have had to experience the cold as where I live on the NSW central coast the days are much warmer.
New Zealand very much reminds me of the UK ( not the scenery of course). The Kiwi acent is a bit hard to get used to though!!!

Evening approaches at the start of the road into Skippers Canyon

Skippers Canyon in New Zealand is where all the adrenalin activities take place ( well some of them) also some of the Lord of the Rings filming was done there ie the black riders crossing the river in pursuit... because the river in the canyon was to wild for the horses to cross they filmed the crossing elsewhere and merged the lower half with the top view in Skippers canyon.

An Evening View at Queenstown New Zealand

Arrived in Queens town in the evening and took this photograph from the hotel window.
The day was a warmish 2C. A beautiful spot though, well worth a visit

Top of the world New Zealand

A tad cold at -25C but what a view!! from a trip last week

The Mews Stamford England

English Pub ; Castor Lincolnshire England

An English Pub located in the village of Castor,England.

Airbus 380. Farnborough air show England.

Taken in July 2008. A marvellous piece of engineering.

Flowers in Rothenburg Ob der Tauber

The Rat Haus Munchen.

The Rat Haus in Marienplatz Munich, Barvaria Germany