Self Portrait in a dead TV

another abandoned televiseur in Footscary.

What's on?

Me!

Sorta.

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Hazy

Compare to this sunset shot and you can see how hazy and nasty it is here due to the bushfire cloud. *cough cough*


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She read her book

as she walked along the riverbank, oblivious to the dangers.

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FM

Footscray Market


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Um... what?

Oddly named store.

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Bridge Road

Charles Morris was here...

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Tuesday

A beautifully clear sky on a warm day.

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This is a colour photograph

Saturday was the hottest day ever recorded in Victoria, some 47°C/116°F.

Later in the day, a plume of smoke from one of the bushfires blew over the city, obscuring the sky and making it dusty, hazy and awful. Incredibly awful.

Outside the city, it's even worse.

The worst bushfire disaster in Australia is taking place on the fringes of the city. As of now, 96 people have died in the past two days, making this one of the worst disasters in the history of Australia.

It's heartbreaking. People around the city are sad, worried about their families and friends in the country. The Premier, John Brumby, keeps giving news conferences and choking up. Grown men are crying when getting hugs from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. A famous newsreader was found dead with his wife in their house; another woman was rescued with her children by her brother charging through a fire with a tractor (captured on 3AW radio, no less).

The fires may be threatening transmission lines, and have been knocking off power for parts of the metropolitan area from time to time in the past few weeks.

The nation is in shock. It's just so sad. Drought. Heatwave. Now this.

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la la la

A jaunty bird walking amongst the leaves left over from last Autumn along the Yarra River.


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good food fast

out at midsumma, the gay pride festival in the garden.

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Pieces & Stems

in a mysterious warehouse store near my house...


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Anna

kissed freedom...

and what did she get?

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Get off!

I sorta feel like someone walked all over me. I'm achy in weird places.

Of course, someone may have walked over me yesterday. My memory of the events is a bit hazy.

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Anticipation

Outside a grocery store.

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